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time
by modelcontextprotocol
mcp-diagnostics-extension
by newbpydev
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Official
Categories
ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication
Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsMonitoring
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScript
Last committhis month7 mo ago

time · Summary

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

mcp-diagnostics-extension · Summary

VS Code extension that exposes diagnostic problems via MCP for AI agents to access in real-time.

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

mcp-diagnostics-extension · Use cases

  • AI agents can access real-time TypeScript and ESLint errors to provide contextual debugging assistance
  • Development teams can integrate diagnostics into their AI-powered workflows for faster issue resolution
  • IDE extensions can leverage MCP to share diagnostic information across development tools

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"]
    }
  }
}

mcp-diagnostics-extension · Install

Installation

From VS Code Marketplace

  1. Open VS Code
  2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
  3. Search for "MCP Diagnostics Extension"
  4. Click Install
  5. Reload VS Code if prompted

From Source

git clone https://github.com/newbpydev/mcp-diagnostics-extension.git
cd mcp-diagnostics-extension
npm install
npm run compile
code --extensionDevelopmentPath=.

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vscode-diagnostics": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["scripts/mcp-server.js"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/mcp-diagnostics-extension",
      "env": {
        "NODE_ENV": "production"
      }
    }
  }
}
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