everything vs kindly-web-search-mcp-server

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	everything by modelcontextprotocol	kindly-web-search-mcp-server by Shelpuk-AI-Technology-Consulting
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 325
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Score	77	50
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Categories	Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther	Web ScrapingAI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Tools
Language	TypeScript	Python
Last commit	this month	1 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

kindly-web-search-mcp-server · Summary

Web search MCP server with robust content retrieval for AI coding tools and agents.

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

kindly-web-search-mcp-server · Use cases

Improving AI coding assistants by providing complete StackOverflow and GitHub discussions
Retrieving up-to-date documentation and API references for programming
Enhancing AI agents with comprehensive web search and content extraction capabilities

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

kindly-web-search-mcp-server · Install

Installation

Install uvx:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Install a Chromium-based browser (required for page_content)

Set your search API key (Serper, Tavily, or SearXNG)

Run the MCP server:

uvx --from git+https://github.com/Shelpuk-AI-Technology-Consulting/kindly-web-search-mcp-server \
  kindly-web-search-mcp-server start-mcp-server

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kindly-web-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/Shelpuk-AI-Technology-Consulting/kindly-web-search-mcp-server", "kindly-web-search-mcp-server", "start-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "your-serper-key",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "your-github-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

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