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time
by modelcontextprotocol
lumen
by ory
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time · Summary

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

lumen · Summary

Local semantic code search engine that reduces AI agent token usage by up to 66% through efficient code indexing.

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

lumen · Use cases

  • Enhancing code search for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and OpenCode AI assistants
  • Reducing AI processing costs for code analysis in large codebases
  • Improving development efficiency by providing semantic code search

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"]
    }
  }
}

lumen · Install

Installation

Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add ory/claude-plugins
/plugin install lumen@ory

Verify by starting a new Claude session and running /lumen:doctor.

Cursor

Lumen ships a native Cursor plugin bundle. Use Cursor's plugin installation workflow with the bundle in .cursor-plugin/ directory.

Codex

codecodex mcp add lumen -- "${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}/lumen/scripts/run" stdio

OpenCode

Add @ory/lumen-opencode to the plugin array in your opencode.json:

{
  "plugin": ["@ory/lumen-opencode"]
}
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