Everything MCP Server
This MCP server attempts to exercise all the features of the MCP protocol. It is not intended to be a useful server, but rather a test server for builders of MCP clients. It implements prompts, tools, resources, sampling, and more to showcase MCP capabilities.
Components
Tools
-
echo
- Simple tool to echo back input messages
- Input:
message
(string): Message to echo back
- Returns: Text content with echoed message
-
add
- Adds two numbers together
- Inputs:
a
(number): First numberb
(number): Second number
- Returns: Text result of the addition
-
longRunningOperation
- Demonstrates progress notifications for long operations
- Inputs:
duration
(number, default: 10): Duration in secondssteps
(number, default: 5): Number of progress steps
- Returns: Completion message with duration and steps
- Sends progress notifications during execution
-
printEnv
- Prints all environment variables
- Useful for debugging MCP server configuration
- No inputs required
- Returns: JSON string of all environment variables
-
sampleLLM
- Demonstrates LLM sampling capability using MCP sampling feature
- Inputs:
prompt
(string): The prompt to send to the LLMmaxTokens
(number, default: 100): Maximum tokens to generate
- Returns: Generated LLM response
-
getTinyImage
- Returns a small test image
- No inputs required
- Returns: Base64 encoded PNG image data
-
annotatedMessage
- Demonstrates how annotations can be used to provide metadata about content
- Inputs:
messageType
(enum: "error" | "success" | "debug"): Type of message to demonstrate different annotation patternsincludeImage
(boolean, default: false): Whether to include an example image
- Returns: Content with varying annotations:
- Error messages: High priority (1.0), visible to both user and assistant
- Success messages: Medium priority (0.7), user-focused
- Debug messages: Low priority (0.3), assistant-focused
- Optional image: Medium priority (0.5), user-focused
- Example annotations:
{ "priority": 1.0, "audience": ["user", "assistant"] }
-
getResourceReference
- Returns a resource reference that can be used by MCP clients
- Inputs:
resourceId
(number, 1-100): ID of the resource to reference
- Returns: A resource reference with:
- Text introduction
- Embedded resource with
type: "resource"
- Text instruction for using the resource URI
-
startElicitation
- Initiates an elicitation (interaction) within the MCP client.
- Inputs:
color
(string): Favorite colornumber
(number, 1-100): Favorite numberpets
(enum): Favorite pet
- Returns: Confirmation of the elicitation demo with selection summary.
-
structuredContent
- Demonstrates a tool returning structured content using the example in the specification
- Provides an output schema to allow testing of client SHOULD advisory to validate the result using the schema
- Inputs:
location
(string): A location or ZIP code, mock data is returned regardless of value
- Returns: a response with
structuredContent
field conformant to the output schema- A backward compatible Text Content field, a SHOULD advisory in the specification
listRoots
- Lists the current MCP roots provided by the client
- Demonstrates the roots protocol capability even though this server doesn't access files
- No inputs required
- Returns: List of current roots with their URIs and names, or a message if no roots are set
- Shows how servers can interact with the MCP roots protocol
Resources
The server provides 100 test resources in two formats:
-
Even numbered resources:
- Plaintext format
- URI pattern:
test://static/resource/{even_number}
- Content: Simple text description
-
Odd numbered resources:
- Binary blob format
- URI pattern:
test://static/resource/{odd_number}
- Content: Base64 encoded binary data
Resource features:
- Supports pagination (10 items per page)
- Allows subscribing to resource updates
- Demonstrates resource templates
- Auto-updates subscribed resources every 5 seconds
Prompts
-
simple_prompt
- Basic prompt without arguments
- Returns: Single message exchange
-
complex_prompt
- Advanced prompt demonstrating argument handling
- Required arguments:
temperature
(string): Temperature setting
- Optional arguments:
style
(string): Output style preference
- Returns: Multi-turn conversation with images
-
resource_prompt
- Demonstrates embedding resource references in prompts
- Required arguments:
resourceId
(number): ID of the resource to embed (1-100)
- Returns: Multi-turn conversation with an embedded resource reference
- Shows how to include resources directly in prompt messages
Roots
The server demonstrates the MCP roots protocol capability:
- Declares
roots: { listChanged: true }
capability to indicate support for roots - Handles
roots/list_changed
notifications from clients - Requests initial roots during server initialization
- Provides a
listRoots
tool to display current roots - Logs roots-related events for demonstration purposes
Note: This server doesn't actually access files, but demonstrates how servers can interact with the roots protocol for clients that need to understand which directories are available for file operations.
Logging
The server sends random-leveled log messages every 15 seconds, e.g.:
{
"method": "notifications/message",
"params": {
"level": "info",
"data": "Info-level message"
}
}
Usage with Claude Desktop (uses stdio Transport)
Add to your claude_desktop_config.json
:
{
"mcpServers": {
"everything": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"
]
}
}
}
Usage with VS Code
For quick installation, use of of the one-click install buttons below...
For manual installation, you can configure the MCP server using one of these methods:
Method 1: User Configuration (Recommended)
Add the configuration to your user-level MCP configuration file. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl + Shift + P
) and run MCP: Open User Configuration
. This will open your user mcp.json
file where you can add the server configuration.
Method 2: Workspace Configuration
Alternatively, you can add the configuration to a file called .vscode/mcp.json
in your workspace. This will allow you to share the configuration with others.
> For more details about MCP configuration in VS Code, see the official VS Code MCP documentation.
NPX
{
"servers": {
"everything": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
}
}
}
Running from source with HTTP+SSE Transport (deprecated as of 2025-03-26)
cd src/everything
npm install
npm run start:sse
Run from source with Streamable HTTP Transport
cd src/everything
npm install
npm run start:streamableHttp
Running as an installed package
Install
npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything@latest
Run the default (stdio) server
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything
Or specify stdio explicitly
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything stdio
Run the SSE server
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything sse
Run the streamable HTTP server
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything streamableHttp