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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
mcp-auth-proxy
by sigbit
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everything · Summary

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

mcp-auth-proxy · Summary

An OAuth 2.1 authentication proxy for MCP servers that adds security without code changes.

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-auth-proxy · Use cases

  • Securing self-hosted MCP servers with enterprise authentication
  • Adding OAuth protection to file system or other MCP servers
  • Providing centralized authentication for multiple MCP deployments

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-auth-proxy · Install

Installation

  1. Download the binary from the [release page](https://github.com/sigbit/mcp-auth-proxy/releases)
  1. For stdio transport:
./mcp-auth-proxy \
  --external-url https://{your-domain} \
  --tls-accept-tos \
  --password changeme \
  -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem ./
  1. For SSE/HTTP transport with URL:
./mcp-auth-proxy \
  --external-url https://{your-domain} \
  --tls-accept-tos \
  --password changeme \
  -- https://your-mcp-server/mcp
Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "auth-protected-server": {
      "command": "path/to/mcp-auth-proxy",
      "args": ["--external-url", "https://your-domain", "--tls-accept-tos", "--password", "your-password", "--", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem", "/"]
    }
  }
}
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