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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
Overture
by SixHq
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Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsProductivity
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Last committhis month2 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

Overture · Summary

Overture is an MCP server that visualizes AI coding agent execution plans as interactive flowcharts before code is written.

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

Overture · Use cases

  • Visualizing complex AI coding workflows before execution to ensure proper understanding
  • Collaborating with team members on code plans by sharing the interactive flowchart
  • Debugging and optimizing AI agent execution by identifying problematic nodes
  • Teaching and learning about code generation processes through visual representation

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

Overture · Install

Overture is an MCP server that can be installed with various AI coding agents:

# Claude Code
claude mcp add overture-mcp -- npx overture-mcp

# Cursor (add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "overture": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["overture-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

# GitHub Copilot (create .vscode/mcp.json)
{
  "servers": {
    "overture": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["overture-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

# Global installation (optional)
npm install -g overture-mcp
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