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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
lazy-mcp
by voicetreelab
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Last committhis month4 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

lazy-mcp · Summary

Lazy MCP proxy server that loads tools on-demand to reduce context window usage and token consumption.

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

lazy-mcp · Use cases

  • Reducing context window usage in large LLM applications with numerous MCP tools
  • Implementing permission controls for sensitive tools through Claude Code hooks
  • Organizing and categorizing multiple MCP servers into a coherent hierarchy

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

lazy-mcp · Install

Installation

  1. Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/voicetreelab/lazy-mcp.git
cd lazy-mcp
  1. Build the proxy server:
make build
  1. Configure by setting up your hierarchy structure:
./build/structure_generator --config config.json --output testdata/mcp_hierarchy
  1. Add to Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-proxy build/mcp-proxy -- --config config.json
  1. Set up permission hooks if needed (see README for details).
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