@quickerhub/everything-mcp

Fast cross-project file search for AI agents via voidtools Everything on Windows.

Uses the Everything SDK DLL (same approach as QuickerPc), not es.exe.

Published by QuickerHub.

Architecture

Cursor / Claude / VS Code
  → everything-mcp.exe (MCP stdio)
  → Everything64.dll (bundled SDK IPC client)
  → Everything.exe (user-installed tray client + index engine)

The bundled DLL is only an IPC client. Everything.exe must be installed and running to maintain the file index.

Prerequisites

1. Windows x64
2. .NET 8 Runtime
3. Everything 1.4.x installed (stable). Tray client should be running.
4. Node.js 18+ (only for npx launcher)

No es.exe / ES CLI required.

MCP config

Direct exe (recommended for local dev)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything-search": {
      "command": "D:\\source\\repos\\quicker\\everything-mcp\\publish\\cli\\everything-mcp.exe",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

Build first:

cd D:\source\repos\quicker\everything-mcp
.\build.ps1 -Publish

npm launcher

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

Override exe path:

{
  "env": {
    "EVERYTHING_MCP_EXE": "D:\\path\\to\\everything-mcp.exe"
  }
}

Tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | search | Search files/folders via Everything index (returns JSON) | | status | Check bundled SDK DLL and Everything client state |

search parameters

| Parameter | Description | |-----------|-------------| | query | Everything query (ext:cs, wildcards, etc.) | | max_results | Default 100, max 1000 | | scope_path | Limit to folder subtree | | match_path | Match full path | | match_case | Case-sensitive | | match_whole_word | Whole words only | | regex | Regex mode | | sort_by | name_asc, date_modified_desc, ... | | auto_start | Try starting Everything tray client (default true) |

Example

{
  "query": "quicker-rpc",
  "scope_path": "D:\\source\\repos\\quicker",
  "max_results": 20
}

Development

.\build.ps1          # build only
.\build.ps1 -Publish # publish to publish/cli
.\publish\cli\everything-mcp.exe --smoke-test

Release

Latest: https://github.com/QuickerHub/everything-mcp/releases/latest

.\publish\Publish-GitHubRelease.ps1 -Version 0.2.0
gh release create v0.2.0 --title "v0.2.0" artifacts/*

npm (@quickerhub/everything-mcp)

Requires NPM_TOKEN repo secret (npm automation token with publish access to @quickerhub).

gh secret set NPM_TOKEN --repo QuickerHub/everything-mcp
gh workflow run publish.yml --repo QuickerHub/everything-mcp -f version=0.2.0

Creating a GitHub Release also triggers the npm publish workflow automatically.

Comparison with QuickerPc

| | QuickerPc | everything-mcp | |--|-----------|----------------| | SDK DLL | Everything64.dll bundled | same | | Everything.exe | user-installed, required | same | | IPC | P/Invoke | P/Invoke | | es.exe | not used | not used |

Related

• QuickerHub/quicker-rpc
• voidtools SDK

License

MIT. Everything SDK DLL is from voidtools (public SDK); not affiliated with voidtools.