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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
mcp-anything
by Type-MCP
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everything · Summary

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

mcp-anything · Summary

MCP-Anything generates production-ready MCP servers from briefs, codebases, or API specs in seconds.

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

mcp-anything · Use cases

  • Rapidly convert existing REST APIs into MCP servers for AI agent integration
  • Generate MCP servers from OpenAPI, GraphQL, or gRPC specifications
  • Create customized MCP servers by describing desired functionality in natural language

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

mcp-anything · Install

pip install mcp-anything
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-...

Build an MCP server from a brief:

# my-api.yaml
server_name: payments-mcp
domain_description: >
  A payment API for managing customers, invoices, and subscriptions.
use_cases:
  - "Create a customer with email and name"
  - "Issue an invoice and send it to the customer"
data_source_path: ./openapi.json
data_source_kind: openapi
auth_method: bearer_token
backend_target: fastmcp
mcp-anything build --brief my-api.yaml -o ./my-mcp-server
cd my-mcp-server
pip install -e .
python -m mcp_payments_mcp.server

Add to Claude Desktop:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "payments": { "command": "python", "args": ["-m", "mcp_payments_mcp.server"] }
  }
}
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