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time
by modelcontextprotocol
ChatSQL
by thomasjerard
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DatabaseAI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Tools
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Last committhis month11 mo ago

time · Summary

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

ChatSQL · Summary

ChatSQL converts natural language questions to PostgreSQL queries using Gemini and FastMCP protocol.

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

ChatSQL · Use cases

  • Business analysts querying databases without SQL knowledge
  • Quick data exploration by asking questions instead of writing queries
  • Educational tool for learning SQL through natural language interaction

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"]
    }
  }
}

ChatSQL · Install

Installation

  1. Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/thomasjerard/ChatSQL.git
cd chatSQL
  1. Create a .env file with your database credentials and Gemini API key:
DB_NAME=chattosql
DB_USER=postgres
DB_PASS=yourpassword
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=5432
GEMINI_API_KEY=your-gemini-api-key
  1. Run the server in one terminal:
./run_server.sh
  1. Run the client in another terminal:
./run_client.sh

To use with Claude Desktop, add to your config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chatsql": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["path/to/chatsql/server.py"]
    }
  }
}
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