# mcp-everything-search

> An MCP server for Everything (voidtools) file search

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-everything-search/claim

## Declared
- publisher: essovius
- homepage: https://github.com/essovius/mcp-everything-search
- repository: https://github.com/essovius/mcp-everything-search
- version: 0.3.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: claude, everything, file-search, mcp, voidtools
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-everything-search

### Description (declared)

# Everything MCP Server

[![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/mcp-everything-search.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/mcp-everything-search)
[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that integrates [Everything](https://www.voidtools.com/) file search with Claude Desktop. Search your entire Windows filesystem instantly from Claude.

## Features

- ⚡ **Instant search** - Leverages Everything's lightning-fast file indexing
- 🔍 **Multiple search modes** - Basic, filtered, regex, type-based, attribute-based
- 📁 **Folder operations** - Search within specific paths, find empty folders
- 📊 **Statistics** - Get file counts and total sizes without listing files
- 🕐 **Recent files** - Find recently modified files
- 📋 **Duplicate finder** - Locate files with the same name
- 💾 **Export** - Save results to txt, csv, json, and more

## Prerequisites

1. **Windows** - Everything only runs on Windows
2. **[Everything](https://www.voidtools.com/)** must be installed and running
3. **es.exe** (Everything command-line) installed
   - Install from: https://github.com/voidtools/es
   - Must be in `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WindowsApps`

## Installation

### Using uvx (recommended)

```bash
uvx mcp-everything-search
```

### Using pip

```bash
pip install mcp-everything-search
```

## Configuration

Add this to your Claude Desktop config file:

**Location:** `%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`

### Using uvx

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

### Using pip

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything-search": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "mcp_everything_search"]
    }
  }
}
```

### Everything 1.5 Alpha Users

If you're using Everything 1.5 alpha, add the `EVERYTHING_INSTANCE` environment variable:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything-se…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.filesystem (1, derived)
- dev.terminal (0.825, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-everything-search/ (first seen 2026-09-10T01:20:30.263Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-everything-search/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-everything-search · ARD identifier urn:air::server:mcp-everything-search