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time
by modelcontextprotocol
mcp-template-node
by Rethunk-AI
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ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication
Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsProductivity
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScript
Last committhis month2 mo ago

time · Summary

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

mcp-template-node · Summary

TypeScript template for Node.js MCP servers with a notes management example.

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-template-node · Use cases

  • Getting started quickly with MCP server development in TypeScript
  • Learning MCP implementation patterns through the notes management example
  • Creating new MCP servers by extending this well-documented template

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-template-node · Install

Installation

  1. Clone the repository:

``bash git clone https://github.com/Rethunk-Tech/mcp-template-node.git cd mcp-template-node ``

  1. Install dependencies:

``bash yarn install ``

  1. Build and run the server:

``bash yarn build yarn start ``

For Claude Desktop integration, add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-template-node": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["path/to/mcp-template-node/build/index.js"]
    }
  }
}
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