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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
Gitingest-MCP
by puravparab
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Official
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GitHubDeveloper ToolsAI / LLM Tools
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Last committhis month14 mo ago

everything · Summary

Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.

Gitingest-MCP · Summary

MCP server for extracting GitHub repository summaries, structure, and content.

everything · Use cases

  • Testing MCP client implementations against all protocol features
  • Learning MCP protocol capabilities through a reference server
  • Validating client compatibility with different transport methods

Gitingest-MCP · Use cases

  • Quickly analyze unknown GitHub repositories before contributing
  • Generate comprehensive documentation for existing projects
  • Extract and summarize codebase structure for onboarding

everything · Install

NPX (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

On Windows, use cmd /c:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/everything"]
    }
  }
}

Global install

npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything@latest
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything

Gitingest-MCP · Install

Installation

Via Smithery
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @puravparab/gitingest-mcp --client claude --config "{}" # Claude
Via GitHub

Add to your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitingest-mcp": {
      "command": "<path to uv>/uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/puravparab/gitingest-mcp",
        "gitingest-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
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