everything vs claude-emporium

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	everything by modelcontextprotocol	claude-emporium by Vvkmnn
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everything · Summary

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

claude-emporium · Summary

A collection of 6 MCP plugins that wrap standalone servers with automation hooks, commands, and skills.

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

claude-emporium · Use cases

Enhancing Claude Code with automated context management and session memory
Implementing error recovery and pattern learning through the Gladiator plugin
Optimizing prompts with the Orator plugin's scoring system

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

claude-emporium · Install

Install the plugins via npm:

npm install claude-praetorian-mcp
npm install claude-historian-mcp
npm install claude-oracle-mcp
npm install claude-gladiator-mcp
npm install claude-vigil-mcp
npm install claude-orator-mcp

Each plugin self-configures on install. To enable these in Claude Desktop, add to your config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "praetorian": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["claude-praetorian-mcp"]
    },
    "historian": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["claude-historian-mcp"]
    },
    "oracle": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["claude-oracle-mcp"]
    },
    "gladiator": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["claude-gladiator-mcp"]
    },
    "vigil": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["claude-vigil-mcp"]
    },
    "orator": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["claude-orator-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

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