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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
mcp-go
by XiaoConstantine
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Official
Categories
Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsOther
LanguageTypeScriptGo
Last committhis month5 mo ago

everything · Summary

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

mcp-go · Summary

Go implementation of MCP protocol with client and server components, supporting stdio and HTTP transports.

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-go · Use cases

  • Building Go-based MCP servers that expose system tools as MCP capabilities
  • Creating Go clients to integrate with existing MCP servers
  • Developing context providers that bridge Go systems with LLM clients

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-go · Install

go get github.com/XiaoConstantine/mcp-go

For Claude Desktop, add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-go": {
      "command": "go",
      "args": ["run", "github.com/XiaoConstantine/mcp-go"]
    }
  }
}
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