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time
by modelcontextprotocol
mcp-reticle
by soth-ai
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Developer ToolsMonitoringAI / LLM Tools
LanguageTypeScriptRust
Last committhis month4 mo ago

time · Summary

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

mcp-reticle · Summary

Reticle is a debugging tool for MCP servers that intercepts, visualizes, and profiles JSON-RPC traffic in real-time with zero latency overhead.

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-reticle · Use cases

  • Debugging MCP server integrations by inspecting JSON-RPC traffic
  • Profiling performance issues and token usage in MCP communication
  • Capturing and recording MCP sessions for later analysis

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-reticle · Install

Install Reticle using one of these methods:

# npm
npm install -g mcp-reticle

# pip
pip install mcp-reticle

# Homebrew
brew install labterminal/mcp-reticle/mcp-reticle

Wrap your MCP server with Reticle:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "mcp-reticle",
      "args": ["run", "--name", "filesystem", "--", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem", "/Users/me/work"]
    }
  }
}

Launch the UI:

mcp-reticle ui
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