Everything Search

by alihkhawaher

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Integrates with the Everything Search Engine to enable file search and management across large file systems using advanced query options and customizable result formatting.

Details

Repository
Alihkhawaher/everything-search-server

Explore

- Full text search across files and directories
- Advanced search options:
- Case sensitive search
- Whole word matching
- Regular expressions
- Path search
- Sorting options:
- By name
- By path
- By size
- By date modified
- Result formatting:
- Human-readable file sizes
- Formatted dates
- Full file paths

Setting up with Highlight

This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:

  1. Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
  2. Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
  3. Configure the plugin with the settings below
    Plugin Name Everything Search
    Command (node, npx, python, etc.) npx
    Arguments
    • Argument 1 -y
    • Argument 2 @highlight/mcp-server

    Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.

  4. Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches

From the repository

- Node.js 16 or higher
- Everything Search Engine with HTTP Server enabled

1. Open Everything Search
2. Go to Tools > Options > HTTP Server
3. Enable HTTP Server
4. Set the HTTP Server port to 8011 (this is the default port used by this MCP server)
5. Click OK to save changes

search

Search for files based on specified criteria. Parameters: query (string, required), scope (string, optional), caseSensitive (boolean, optional), wholeWord (boolean, optional), regex (boolean, optional), path (boolean, optional), maxResults (integer, optional), sortBy (string, optional), ascending (boolean, optional).

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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.

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

Linux

{
    "env": [],
    "args": [
        "-y",
        "@highlight/mcp-server"
    ],
    "command": "npx"
}

Macos

{
    "env": [],
    "args": [
        "-y",
        "@highlight/mcp-server"
    ],
    "command": "npx"
}

Windows

{
    "env": [],
    "args": [
        "/c",
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@highlight/mcp-server"
    ],
    "command": "cmd"
}

An MCP server that provides integration with Everything Search Engine, allowing powerful file search capabilities through the Model Context Protocol.

Features

- Full text search across files and directories
- Advanced search options:
- Case sensitive search
- Whole word matching
- Regular expressions
- Path search
- Sorting options:
- By name
- By path
- By size
- By date modified
- Result formatting:
- Human-readable file sizes
- Formatted dates
- Full file paths

Prerequisites

- Node.js 16 or higher
- Everything Search Engine with HTTP Server enabled

Everything Search Configuration

1. Open Everything Search
2. Go to Tools > Options > HTTP Server
3. Enable HTTP Server
4. Set the HTTP Server port to 8011 (this is the default port used by this MCP server)
5. Click OK to save changes

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