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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
markdownify-mcp
by zcaceres
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everything · Summary

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

markdownify-mcp · Summary

MCP server converting various file types and web content to Markdown with comprehensive tool coverage.

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

markdownify-mcp · Use cases

  • Convert research papers (PDF) and lecture recordings (audio) into readable Markdown for study notes
  • Transform web articles, search results, and video transcripts into digestible Markdown documents
  • Automatically process batches of office documents (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX) for archival and search purposes

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

markdownify-mcp · Install

Installation

  1. Clone this repository
  2. Install dependencies:

``bash bun install ` The preinstall step creates a Python virtual environment at .venv and installs markitdown[all]`.

  1. Build the project:

``bash bun run build ``

  1. Start the server:

``bash bun start ``

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "markdownify": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "{ABSOLUTE PATH TO FILE HERE}/dist/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}
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