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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
mcp-monitor
by seekrays
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Official
Categories
Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
MonitoringDeveloper ToolsOps & Infra
LanguageTypeScriptGo
Last committhis month10 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

mcp-monitor · Summary

Go-based MCP server exposing system metrics including CPU, memory, disk, network, and process information.

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

mcp-monitor · Use cases

  • LLM assistants monitoring system health without switching to terminal
  • Automated reporting of server metrics in conversational AI contexts
  • DevOps integration for real-time system diagnostics through AI interfaces

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

mcp-monitor · Install

# Build from source
git clone https://github.com/seekrays/mcp-monitor.git
cd mcp-monitor
make build

# Run the server
./mcp-monitor

For Claude Desktop, add to config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "system-monitor": {
      "command": "path/to/mcp-monitor"
    }
  }
}
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