Everything Search MCP

Add to your Codex configuration file (%USERPROFILE%/.codex/config.toml or project-level .codex/config.toml):

[mcp_servers.everything]
command = "cmd.exe"
args = ["/d", "/c", "npx", "-y", "everything-mcp-server"]

Or add via Codex CLI:

codex mcp add everything -- cmd.exe /d /c npx -y everything-mcp-server

Add to your project's opencode.json:

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "everything": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["cmd.exe", "/d", "/c", "npx", "-y", "everything-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

Or run the OpenCode setup wizard and enter the command above:

opencode mcp add

Install the plugin, then restart the profile:

dsh plugin --profile <profile> add dsh-everything-mcp

Or install straight from this repository:

dsh plugin --profile <profile> add github:EcRal5t/everything-search-mcp#path:/plugins/dsh-everything-mcp

The tools appear as mcp__everything__search and mcp__everything__status. To wire it by hand instead, add this row to the profile's cordis.patch.yml:

- insert:
    - id: mcp-everything
      name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client'
      config:
        serverName: everything
        transport: stdio
        command: npx
        args: ['-y', 'everything-mcp-server']

DSH spawns commands directly, so no cmd.exe wrapper is needed. See plugins/dsh-everything-mcp for the bundle itself.

Add to your MCP client configuration (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "cmd.exe",
      "args": ["/d", "/c", "npx", "-y", "everything-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code uses servers as the top-level key.

search

Search, browse directories, count items, and retrieve indexed metadata.

Pass 1–8 queries in the required requests array:

{"requests": [{"query": "ext:pdf", "count": 5}]}

Parameters for each query:

IPC provides all listed fields and sorts. HTTP sorts by name, path, size, or modified time; it provides size and modified-time fields, with other metadata depending on the service.

Output Format:

Results label columns once, followed by row arrays:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "base": "D:/Projects",
      "total": 42,
      "next_offset": 2,
      "columns": ["path", "type", "size_bytes"],
      "rows": [
        ["src/index.ts", "file", 1024],
        ["package.json", "file", 512]
      ],
      "size_basis": "indexed_logical"
    }
  ]
}

Combine base with relative paths in rows to obtain full file paths. File and folder sizes use logical byte counts from Everything's index.

status

Check backend connectivity, Everything version, selected instance, and index status.

Parameters:

• verbose (boolean, default false): Include total indexed items and limits.