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time
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bear-notes-mcp
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time · Summary

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

bear-notes-mcp · Summary

An MCP server for Bear Notes with ranked search, SQLite queries, and write capabilities.

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

bear-notes-mcp · Use cases

  • Search years of notes with relevance-ranked results instead of basic substring matching
  • Manage tags across an entire note library with hierarchical tag browsing
  • Append content to specific sections of notes without rewriting the entire note
  • Query Bear notes while keeping the Bear app closed for faster 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"]
    }
  }
}

bear-notes-mcp · Install

Claude Desktop Extension

  1. Download the latest bear-notes-mcpb-*.mcpb extension file from [Releases](https://github.com/vasylenko/bear-notes-mcp/releases)
  2. Make sure Claude Desktop is running
  3. Double-click the extension file to install

Standalone MCP Server

Add to your MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bear-notes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "bear-notes-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}
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