time vs lightdash-mcp-server

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time · Summary

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

lightdash-mcp-server · Summary

MCP server providing AI assistants with standardized access to Lightdash's analytics platform through API tools.

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

lightdash-mcp-server · Use cases

AI assistants can explore Lightdash projects and retrieve specific data visualizations based on user queries
Automated documentation generation for business metrics and dashboards by extracting chart configurations
Integration with AI systems to create natural language interfaces for business data exploration

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"]
    }
  }
}

lightdash-mcp-server · Install

Installation

Via Smithery (Recommended)

npx -y @smithery/cli install lightdash-mcp-server --client claude

Manual Installation

npm install lightdash-mcp-server

Configuration

Set these environment variables:

LIGHTDASH_API_KEY: Your Lightdash Personal Access Token
LIGHTDASH_API_URL: The API base URL

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "lightdash": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": [
      "-y",
      "lightdash-mcp-server"
    ],
    "env": {
      "LIGHTDASH_API_KEY": "<your PAT>",
      "LIGHTDASH_API_URL": "https://<your base url>"
    }
  }
}

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