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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
ai-mate
by symfony
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everything · Summary

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

ai-mate · Summary

MCP server for Symfony PHP projects that provides AI development assistance through standardized tools.

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

ai-mate · Use cases

  • Assisting with Symfony application development through AI code analysis
  • Automating PHP refactoring suggestions and code improvements
  • Providing context-aware documentation and API assistance for PHP developers

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

ai-mate · Install

composer require --dev symfony/ai-mate
vendor/bin/mate init
composer dump-autoload

The package includes an optional symfony/ai-mate-composer-plugin that automatically refreshes Mate extension discovery after composer install and composer update.

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