@quickerhub/everything-mcp

Fast cross-project file search for AI agents via voidtools Everything on Windows.

Published by QuickerHub. Use with Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code Copilot, Windsurf, and other MCP hosts.

Why

Cursor and other agents only index the current workspace. When you work across many repos under D:\source\repos, built-in Glob/SemanticSearch often cannot find directories in other projects.

everything-mcp exposes Everything's indexed search to agents so they can locate files and folders in milliseconds across the whole machine.

Related MCP server: Everything MCP Server

Prerequisites

1. Windows

2. Everything installed and running in the tray (GUI client must be up; service alone is not enough for es.exe)

3. Everything CLI es.exe on PATH (install voidtools.Everything.Cli via winget, or set EVERYTHING_ES_PATH)

4. Node.js 18+

First-time setup:

winget install voidtools.Everything
winget install voidtools.Everything.Cli
# Start Everything tray client (required for IPC)
Start-Process "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" "-startup"

MCP config

Cursor / Claude Desktop (mcpServers)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@quickerhub/everything-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Copilot (servers)

{
  "servers": {
    "everything-search": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@quickerhub/everything-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Global install

npm install -g @quickerhub/everything-mcp

{
  "command": "everything-mcp",
  "args": []
}

Tools

search parameters

Example queries

quicker-rpc
ext:cs path:D:\source\repos\quicker
*.slnx
CeaQuickerTools QuickerUtil

Development

cd D:\source\repos\quicker\everything-mcp
npm install
npm run build
npm start

Debug with MCP Inspector:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node dist/index.js

Publish

npm package releases are triggered by GitHub Release tags (v*) via .github/workflows/publish.yml.

git tag v0.1.0
git push origin v0.1.0

Requires NPM_TOKEN secret on the QuickerHub/everything-mcp repository.

Related

• QuickerHub/quicker-rpc — Quicker action authoring MCP (@quickerhub/qkrpc-mcp)

• voidtools Everything — indexed file search engine

License

MIT