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time · Summary

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

action_mcp · Summary

A Ruby gem that provides MCP server capabilities to Rails applications with robust production-ready network-based deployments.

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

action_mcp · Use cases

  • Building MCP servers for Rails applications that need to expose data and functionality to AI systems
  • Creating production-ready MCP integrations that require robust network-based connections
  • Developing custom MCP tools and prompts for Ruby/Rails applications with consent management and structured output

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"]
    }
  }
}

action_mcp · Install

Installation

Add ActionMCP to your Gemfile:

# Add gem to your Gemfile
$ bundle add actionmcp

# Install dependencies
bundle install

# Copy migrations from the engine
bin/rails action_mcp:install:migrations

# Generate base classes and configuration
bin/rails generate action_mcp:install

# Create necessary database tables
bin/rails db:migrate

Configuration

ActionMCP supports network-based MCP connections. To connect with Claude Desktop, add this to your config/mcp.yml:

development:
  servers:
    - name: action_mcp
      command: ["bundle", "exec", "rails", "server"]
      args: []
      env: {}

And in Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "action_mcp": {
      "command": "ruby",
      "args": ["-e", "require 'action_mcp'; ActionMCP.start"]
    }
  }
}
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