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time
by modelcontextprotocol
compass
by raystack
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Official
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ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication
Knowledge GraphAI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Tools
LanguageTypeScriptGo
Last committhis month1 mo ago

time · Summary

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

compass · Summary

Compass is a knowledge graph context engine that provides MCP tools for AI agents to search and traverse organizational metadata.

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

compass · Use cases

  • AI agents discovering organizational metadata and system relationships
  • Impact analysis when making changes to critical systems
  • Context assembly around entities for comprehensive understanding

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"]
    }
  }
}

compass · Install

Install Compass on macOS, Windows, Linux, or via Docker:

# macOS
brew install raystack/tap/compass

# Linux (Debian)
sudo dpkg -i compass_*.deb

# Docker
docker pull raystack/compass:latest

Configure MCP server in .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "compass": {
      "type": "sse",
      "url": "http://localhost:8080/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Start the server with:

compass config init
compass server migrate
compass server start
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