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time
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ThinkWatch
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time · Summary

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

ThinkWatch · Summary

Enterprise AI bastion host with unified proxying, RBAC, audit logs, rate limiting, and cost tracking across multiple LLM providers and 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

ThinkWatch · Use cases

  • Enterprise governance of AI usage across development teams with unified authentication and audit trails
  • Cost control and budget management for AI API calls across multiple providers
  • Secure access control for MCP tools with per-user OAuth tokens and RBAC
  • Monitoring and compliance for AI-assisted code generation and data access

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"]
    }
  }
}

ThinkWatch · Install

Installation

ThinkWatch requires Docker and Docker Compose for deployment. Follow these steps:

  1. Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch.git
cd ThinkWatch
  1. Start the services:
docker compose up -d
  1. Access the web console at http://localhost:3001

Integration with Claude Desktop

To use ThinkWatch with Claude Desktop, update your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thinkwatch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@thinkwatch/mcp-server", "--server", "http://localhost:3000"]
    }
  }
}

Configure your API key in the Claude Desktop settings or set it as an environment variable.

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