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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
api2mcp4j
by TheEterna
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Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOps & Infra
LanguageTypeScriptJava
Last committhis month2 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

api2mcp4j · Summary

Spring Boot starter that automatically converts REST APIs to MCP servers with zero to low code.

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

api2mcp4j · Use cases

  • Quickly expose internal management system APIs to AI agents
  • Build multi-agent systems by converting microservices into MCP tools
  • Prototype AI features on top of production REST services without duplicating logic

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

api2mcp4j · Install

Installation

  1. Clone and build the project:
git clone https://github.com/TheEterna/api2mcp4j.git
cd api2mcp4j/server2mcp-starter-webmvc
mvn clean install
  1. Add dependency to your pom.xml:
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.ai.plug</groupId>
    <artifactId>server2mcp-starter-webmvc</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
  1. Enable in application.yml:
plugin:
  mcp:
    enabled: true
    parser:
      params: SWAGGER3, SWAGGER2, SpringMVC, JACKSON, TOOL
      des:    SWAGGER3, SWAGGER2, JAVADOC, TOOL, JACKSON
    scope: interface
  1. Start your application and test with any MCP client
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