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time · Summary

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

mcp-redis · Summary

Official Redis MCP Server providing natural language interface for AI agents to manage Redis data efficiently.

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-redis · Use cases

  • AI assistants storing and retrieving session data in Redis
  • Vector search applications with Redis as the backend
  • Chat applications using Redis pub/sub for real-time messaging
  • Caching AI model responses and queries

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-redis · Install

Installation

From PyPI (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "RedisMCPServer": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "redis-mcp-server@latest",
        "redis-mcp-server",
        "--url",
        "redis://localhost:6379/0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From GitHub

uvx --from git+https://github.com/redis/mcp-redis.git redis-mcp-server --url redis://localhost:6379/0

Docker

docker run -d --name redis-mcp-server -e REDIS_HOST=<redis_hostname> -e REDIS_PORT=<redis_port> -e REDIS_USERNAME=<redis_username> mcp/redis
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