Everything MCP Server
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MCP server for Everything (voidtools) file search
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- Author
- essovius
- Categories
- Search, File Management, Productivity
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Setup
Install Everything MCP Server in your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and others).
Repository: https://github.com/essovius/mcp-everything-search
Follow the installation instructions in the repository README, then restart your MCP client.
MCP server for Everything (voidtools) file search
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that integratesEverythingfile search with Claude Desktop. Search your entire Windows filesystem instantly from Claude.
- β‘Instant search- Leverages Everything's lightning-fast file indexing
- πMultiple search modes- Basic, filtered, regex, type-based, attribute-based
- πFolder operations- Search within specific paths, find empty folders
- πStatistics- Get file counts and total sizes without listing files
- πRecent files- Find recently modified files
- πDuplicate finder- Locate files with the same name
- πΎExport- Save results to txt, csv, json, and more
- Windows- Everything only runs on Windows
- Everythingmust be installed and running
- es.exe(Everything command-line) installed
- Install from:https://github.com/voidtools/es
- Must be in%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WindowsApps
Add this to your Claude Desktop config file:
Location:%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
{ "mcpServers": { "everything-search": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["mcp-everything-search"] } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "everything-search": { "command": "python", "args": ["-m", "mcp_everything_search"] } } }
If you're using Everything 1.5 alpha, add theEVERYTHING_INSTANCEenvironment variable:
{ "mcpServers": { "everything-search": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["mcp-everything-search"], "env": { "EVERYTHING_INSTANCE": "1.5a" } } } }
- "Find all Python files in D:\Projects"
- "Search for PDF files larger than 10mb"
- "Find images modified in the last 3 days"
- "Look for duplicate files named config.json"
- "Find all video files in my Downloads folder"
- "Search for files matching regextest_.*\.py$"
- "Find empty folders in D:\Archive"
- "What's the total size of all MP3 files?"
- "How many JavaScript files are in this project?"
- "Find hidden files in C:\Windows"
- "Export all log files to a CSV"
- name,path,size,extension
- date-modified,date-created,date-accessed
- Add-descendingfor reverse order (e.g.,size-descending)
# Clone the repo git clone https://github.com/essovius/mcp-everything-search.git cd mcp-everything-search # Create virtual environment python -m venv venv .\venv\Scripts\activate # Install in development mode pip install -e . # Run the server python -m mcp_everything_search
- Everythingby voidtools
- Model Context Protocolby Anthropic
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