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time
by modelcontextprotocol
matlab-mcp-tools
by neuromechanist
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Last committhis month3 mo ago

time · Summary

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

matlab-mcp-tools · Summary

MCP server for MATLAB development with script execution, workspace management and figure analysis tools.

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

matlab-mcp-tools · Use cases

  • Interactive MATLAB development using LLM assistants with context preservation between script executions
  • Analysis of MATLAB-generated figures and plots by extracting metadata and raw data
  • Remote MATLAB execution without direct interface access through MCP-compatible clients
  • Code quality checking with integrated MATLAB linting

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"]
    }
  }
}

matlab-mcp-tools · Install

Installation

Quick Start (Recommended)

./install-matlab-mcp.sh

Manual Installation

  1. Clone the repository:
git clone [repository-url]
cd matlab-mcp-tools
  1. Set MATLAB path if needed:
export MATLAB_PATH=/path/to/matlab/installation
  1. Install dependencies:
./scripts/setup-matlab-mcp.sh

Configuration for Claude Desktop

Add to .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "matlab": {
      "command": "/path/to/matlab-mcp-tools/.venv/bin/matlab-mcp-server",
      "env": {
        "MATLAB_PATH": "/Applications/MATLAB_R2024b.app"
      }
    }
  }
}
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