everything vs compass

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	everything by modelcontextprotocol	compass by raystack
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Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	Knowledge GraphAI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Tools
Language	TypeScript	Go
Last commit	this month	1 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

compass · Summary

Compass is a knowledge graph context engine that provides MCP tools for AI agents to search and traverse organizational metadata.

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

compass · Use cases

AI agents discovering organizational metadata and system relationships
Impact analysis when making changes to critical systems
Context assembly around entities for comprehensive understanding

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

compass · Install

Install Compass on macOS, Windows, Linux, or via Docker:

# macOS
brew install raystack/tap/compass

# Linux (Debian)
sudo dpkg -i compass_*.deb

# Docker
docker pull raystack/compass:latest

Configure MCP server in .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "compass": {
      "type": "sse",
      "url": "http://localhost:8080/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Start the server with:

compass config init
compass server migrate
compass server start

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