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everything vs github-brain

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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
github-brain
by wham
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Last committhis month3 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

github-brain · Summary

GitHub Brain MCP server summarizes GitHub discussions, issues, and PRs with local database for fast responses.

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

github-brain · Use cases

  • Summarizing GitHub discussions and pull requests for team meetings
  • Analyzing user contributions in a specific time period
  • Creating efficient reports on GitHub activities without hitting API limits

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

github-brain · Install

npm i -g github-brain

Or with npx:

npx github-brain@latest

MCP Configuration

Claude Desktop

Add to Claude MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github-brain": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "github-brain",
      "args": ["mcp"],
      "env": {
        "ORGANIZATION": "your-org"
      }
    }
}
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