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time
by modelcontextprotocol
tmux-mcp
by nickgnd
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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.

tmux-mcp · Summary

A MCP server enabling Claude Desktop to interact with and control tmux terminal sessions.

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

tmux-mcp · Use cases

  • Automating terminal tasks through AI assistants
  • Monitoring and debugging long-running terminal processes
  • Creating tmux sessions programmatically through AI agents

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"]
    }
  }
}

tmux-mcp · Install

Installation

  1. Install Node.js if not already installed
  2. Install and configure tmux
  3. Add to Claude Desktop configuration:
"mcpServers": {
  "tmux": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "tmux-mcp"]
  }
}

Optionally specify shell type:

"mcpServers": {
  "tmux": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "tmux-mcp", "--shell-type=fish"]
  }
}
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