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time
by modelcontextprotocol
ollama-mcp
by rawveg
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ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication
AI / LLM ToolsDeveloper ToolsProductivity
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScript
Last committhis month6 mo ago

time · Summary

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

ollama-mcp · Summary

TypeScript MCP server exposing complete Ollama SDK with 14 tools for local LLM integration.

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

ollama-mcp · Use cases

  • Enable Claude Desktop to interact with local Ollama models for enhanced privacy
  • Provide AI assistants with web search capabilities through Ollama Cloud
  • Integrate local LLM functionality into VS Code via Cline
  • Manage local models with pull, delete, and create operations
  • Generate embeddings and chat completions using local models

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"]
    }
  }
}

ollama-mcp · Install

Quick Start with Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ollama": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "ollama-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Global Installation

npm install -g ollama-mcp

For Cline (VS Code)

Add to your Cline MCP settings (cline_mcp_settings.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ollama": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "ollama-mcp"]
    }
  }
}
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