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time · Summary

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

mcp-proxy · Summary

MCP proxy that bridges stdio and SSE/StreamableHTTP transports for connecting MCP servers.

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-proxy · Use cases

  • Enabling Claude Desktop to connect to remote MCP servers over SSE
  • Making local MCP servers accessible via web interfaces through SSE
  • Connecting MCP servers that use different transport protocols

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-proxy · Install

Installation

Via PyPI

pip install mcp-proxy

From GitHub

git clone https://github.com/sparfenyuk/mcp-proxy.git
cd mcp-proxy
pip install -e .

Using Docker

docker pull sparfenyuk/mcp-proxy:latest

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-proxy": {
      "command": "mcp-proxy",
      "args": [
        "http://example.io/sse"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_ACCESS_TOKEN": "access-token"
      }
    }
  }
}
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