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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
spring-ai-playground
by spring-ai-community
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everything · Summary

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

spring-ai-playground · Summary

Cross-platform desktop app for building, testing, and publishing MCP tools with a 'no-pass-no-run' safety workflow.

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

spring-ai-playground · Use cases

  • Developers building MCP tools with built-in validation before deployment
  • Teams connecting MCP tools into Python, Node.js, or mixed-stack environments
  • Users of Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and other MCP-compatible environments

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

spring-ai-playground · Install

Installation

Desktop App (Recommended)

  1. Download the installer for your platform from the [GitHub Releases page](https://github.com/spring-ai-community/spring-ai-playground/releases)
  2. Install like a normal desktop application
  3. Launch Spring AI Playground from your applications menu

Docker

docker run -p 8282:8282 -v spring-ai-playground:/root ghcr.io/spring-ai-community/spring-ai-playground

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spring-ai-playground": {
      "command": "java",
      "args": ["-jar", "path/to/spring-ai-playground.jar", "--spring.profiles.active=mcp-stdio"]
    }
  }
}
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