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time
by modelcontextprotocol
heuristic-mcp
by softerist
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Developer ToolsAI / LLM ToolsSearch
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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.

heuristic-mcp · Summary

An MCP server that enables semantic code search with call-graph proximity and recency ranking for AI coding assistants.

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

heuristic-mcp · Use cases

  • Finding relevant code patterns in large codebases using natural language queries
  • Locating specific functions or classes based on semantic similarity rather than exact matches
  • Discovering related code that might be affected by changes to specific parts of the project

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"]
    }
  }
}

heuristic-mcp · Install

npm install -g @softerist/heuristic-mcp

Then start the server:

heuristic-mcp --start

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

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