everything vs lightdash-mcp-server

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	everything by modelcontextprotocol	lightdash-mcp-server by syucream
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everything · Summary

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

lightdash-mcp-server · Summary

MCP server providing AI assistants with standardized access to Lightdash's analytics platform through API 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

lightdash-mcp-server · Use cases

AI assistants can explore Lightdash projects and retrieve specific data visualizations based on user queries
Automated documentation generation for business metrics and dashboards by extracting chart configurations
Integration with AI systems to create natural language interfaces for business data exploration

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

lightdash-mcp-server · Install

Installation

Via Smithery (Recommended)

npx -y @smithery/cli install lightdash-mcp-server --client claude

Manual Installation

npm install lightdash-mcp-server

Configuration

Set these environment variables:

LIGHTDASH_API_KEY: Your Lightdash Personal Access Token
LIGHTDASH_API_URL: The API base URL

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "lightdash": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": [
      "-y",
      "lightdash-mcp-server"
    ],
    "env": {
      "LIGHTDASH_API_KEY": "<your PAT>",
      "LIGHTDASH_API_URL": "https://<your base url>"
    }
  }
}

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