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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
skalex
by TarekRaafat
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Last committhis month1 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

skalex · Summary

Zero-dependency JavaScript database with built-in vector search, agent memory, and MCP server functionality.

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

skalex · Use cases

  • AI agent memory and knowledge base
  • Local-first vector database for semantic search
  • MCP server integration with Claude Desktop and Cursor

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

skalex · Install

npm install skalex@alpha

To use as MCP server with Claude Desktop, add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skalex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["skalex", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}
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