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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
ros-mcp-server
by robotmcp
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everything · Summary

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

ros-mcp-server · Summary

ROS MCP Server connects AI models like Claude & GPT with robots via ROS without changing existing robot code.

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

ros-mcp-server · Use cases

  • Controlling mobile manipulators in simulation environments
  • Enabling natural language control for quadruped robots
  • Debugging industrial robots through natural language queries

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

ros-mcp-server · Install

Installation

  1. Install the package via pip:

``bash pip install ros-mcp-server ``

  1. Set up your ROS environment (ROS 1 or ROS 2)
  1. Add the rosbridge node to your ROS setup
  1. Configure your MCP client (e.g., Claude Desktop) with:

``json { "mcpServers": { "ros": { "command": "python", "args": ["-m", "ros_mcp_server.server"], "env": {} } } } ``

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