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opentrace
by adham90
time
by modelcontextprotocol
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opentrace · Summary

OpenTrace is an MCP-native observability engine that connects AI coding agents directly to production data via MCP tools.

time · Summary

A comprehensive MCP server providing time and timezone conversion tools with automatic system timezone detection.

opentrace · Use cases

  • Debug production errors by having AI agents search logs and analyze error groups
  • Investigate performance bottlenecks through MCP tools for database queries and endpoint metrics
  • Generate tests and safety assessments based on actual production data

time · Use cases

  • Assisting with international meeting scheduling across time zones
  • Providing real-time time information for location-based queries
  • Enabling time conversion for travel planning and itineraries

opentrace · Install

Installation Options

VPS (Hetzner, DigitalOcean, any Linux server)

ssh root@your-server
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adham90/opentrace/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Docker

docker run -d --name opentrace \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v opentrace-data:/data \
  -e OPENTRACE_LISTEN_ADDR=0.0.0.0:8080 \
  ghcr.io/adham90/opentrace:latest

Connect to Claude Desktop

Create a .mcp.json file in your project:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opentrace": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@opentrace-sdk/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OPENTRACE_URL": "https://your-server.com",
        "OPENTRACE_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

time · Install

Installation Options

**Using uv (recommended):**

uvx mcp-server-time

**Using PIP:**

pip install mcp-server-time
python -m mcp_server_time

**Configure for Claude Desktop:**

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "time": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-time"]
    }
  }
}
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