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time
by modelcontextprotocol
api2mcp4j
by TheEterna
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Last committhis month2 mo ago

time · Summary

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

api2mcp4j · Summary

Spring Boot starter that automatically converts REST APIs to MCP servers with zero to low code.

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

api2mcp4j · Use cases

  • Quickly expose internal management system APIs to AI agents
  • Build multi-agent systems by converting microservices into MCP tools
  • Prototype AI features on top of production REST services without duplicating logic

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"]
    }
  }
}

api2mcp4j · Install

Installation

  1. Clone and build the project:
git clone https://github.com/TheEterna/api2mcp4j.git
cd api2mcp4j/server2mcp-starter-webmvc
mvn clean install
  1. Add dependency to your pom.xml:
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.ai.plug</groupId>
    <artifactId>server2mcp-starter-webmvc</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
  1. Enable in application.yml:
plugin:
  mcp:
    enabled: true
    parser:
      params: SWAGGER3, SWAGGER2, SpringMVC, JACKSON, TOOL
      des:    SWAGGER3, SWAGGER2, JAVADOC, TOOL, JACKSON
    scope: interface
  1. Start your application and test with any MCP client
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