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time
by modelcontextprotocol
shebe
by shebe-oss
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Last committhis month3 mo ago

time · Summary

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

shebe · Summary

Fast BM25 code search tool with 14 MCP tools for AI coding agents to find references and search codebases.

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

shebe · Use cases

  • Finding all references to a symbol in large codebases for refactoring
  • Searching polyglot codebases for specific patterns or functions
  • Impact analysis before making changes to unfamiliar repositories

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"]
    }
  }
}

shebe · Install

Installation

**Homebrew (macOS and Linux):**

brew tap shebe-oss/tap
brew install shebe

**Manual download (Linux x86_64):**

export SHEBE_VERSION=v0.5.8
curl -LO "https://github.com/shebe-oss/shebe-releases/releases/download/${SHEBE_VERSION}/shebe-${SHEBE_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz"
curl -LO "https://github.com/shebe-oss/shebe-releases/releases/download/${SHEBE_VERSION}/shebe-${SHEBE_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz.sha256"
sha256sum -c shebe-${SHEBE_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz.sha256
tar -xzf shebe-${SHEBE_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
sudo mv shebe shebe-mcp /usr/local/bin/

**Claude Desktop Configuration:** Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shebe": {
      "command": "shebe-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}
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