everything-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVERYTHING_ES_PATH | No | es.exe绝对路径；未设置时从PATH查找 | |
| EVERYTHING_INSTANCE | No | Everything命名实例；未设置时连接默认实例 |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| everything_searchA | Search the local Everything index. query supports Everything syntax (ext:pdf, size:>1mb, dm:today). No path means all indexed locations. Returns paths, size bytes and modification times. Pagination reflects a live, changing index. Does not read file contents. |
| everything_countA | Count matching indexed files/folders without retrieving their paths. |
| everything_statusA | Check ES version and Everything IPC connectivity. No changes to the service. |
| everything_search_regexA | Search filenames using ES regular expressions, e.g. ^报告.*.pdf$. |
| everything_search_fuzzyA | Filename matching: subsequence (约指南 matches 约会指南), substring, or unordered keywords. Literal characters are escaped; use search_typo for spelling errors. |
| everything_search_pinyinA | Match full pinyin, initials or mixed Chinese/pinyin against a bounded ES candidate page. heteronym enables alternative character readings. Continue next_candidate_offset until candidates_exhausted; not an exhaustive global result before that. |
| everything_search_exactA | Match the entire literal basename, including extension. No wildcard interpretation. |
| everything_search_keywordsA | Match all/any literal filename keywords and exclude literal words; words containing spaces remain phrases. |
| everything_search_wildcardA | Match full basename using * (zero or more characters) and ? (one character). Other characters are literal. |
| everything_search_by_typeB | Search a documented extension category. Explicit filters.extensions overrides the category's default extension list. |
| everything_list_directoryB | Browse indexed children (not a filesystem listing). recursive=False returns direct children; missing index entries are not included. |
| everything_search_typoA | Rank a bounded page of filenames by SequenceMatcher similarity (0..100). Not semantic search. All matches on the page returned; ranking is page-local. Continue next_candidate_offset for remaining candidates. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 12 tools
Multiple tools search filenames with different matching modes (regex, fuzzy, pinyin, exact, keywords, wildcard, typo), which creates real overlap in purpose. The descriptions do a good job differentiating them, but an agent must read carefully to select the correct variant.
All tools follow a consistent everything_verb[_modifier] snake_case pattern, with the search variants uniformly named everything_search_*. This makes the tool family easy to recognize and predict.
Twelve tools is well within the ideal range and each tool has a distinct matching mode or core operation. The count feels justified for a search-oriented MCP server covering the Everything index.
The surface covers the core Everything operations: general search, specialized filename matching, counting, status checks, and directory browsing. No obvious dead ends or missing critical capabilities for working with the local Everything index.