everything-mcp

Quick start

/plugin marketplace add elis132/everything-mcp
/plugin install everything-mcp@everything-mcp

That's it for Claude Code - the plugin bundles the MCP server and a skill that teaches the query syntax. For every other client, see Installation below.

Why this one

Performance

es.exe (Everything's real-time NTFS index) vs. a naive filesystem walk, same query:

• everything-mcp: 220 ms avg (5 runs)
• Naive walk of C:\: 66,539 ms
• ~300x faster

@'
import os, subprocess, time, statistics

ES = os.path.expandvars(r"%LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything\es.exe")
QUERY = "everything.exe"

es_runs = []
for _ in range(5):
    t0 = time.perf_counter()
    subprocess.run([ES, "-n", "100", QUERY], capture_output=True, text=True)
    es_runs.append((time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000)

t0 = time.perf_counter()
matches = []
for dirpath, _, filenames in os.walk(r"C:\\"):
    for name in filenames:
        if name.lower() == QUERY:
            matches.append(os.path.join(dirpath, name))
walk_ms = (time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000

es_avg = statistics.mean(es_runs)
print("ES avg ms:", round(es_avg, 2))
print("Walk ms:", round(walk_ms, 2))
print("Speedup x:", round(walk_ms / es_avg, 1))
print("Matches:", len(matches))
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Installation

Prerequisites

1. Windows with Everything installed and running
2. es.exe (Everything's command-line interface) - included with Everything 1.5 alpha, or install separately:
   • winget install voidtools.Everything.Cli
   • scoop install everything-cli
   • choco install es
   • or download from github.com/voidtools/es and place it in your PATH
3. Python 3.10+ or uv

Run the server

uvx everything-mcp          # recommended, no install needed
pip install everything-mcp  # or via pip

From source:

git clone https://github.com/elis132/everything-mcp.git
cd everything-mcp && pip install -e ".[dev]"

Add it to your client

Every client below uses the same MCP server definition:

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

{ "mcpServers": { "everything": { "command": "everything-mcp" } } }

Environment variables (optional)

Everything MCP auto-detects your setup, but you can override: