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time
by modelcontextprotocol
ark-mcp
by vpopescu
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Last committhis month7 mo ago

time · Summary

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

ark-mcp · Summary

Enterprise MCP server supporting WebAssembly plugins as MCP 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

ark-mcp · Use cases

  • Enterprise tool integration via WASM plugins
  • Custom MCP tool development for various languages
  • Secure token-based access for MCP services

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"]
    }
  }
}

ark-mcp · Install

Installation

  1. Using Docker (recommended for quick start):
docker build -t ark-tryout -f docker/Dockerfile .
docker run --rm -p 8000:8000 -p 3001:3001 --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)/docker/config.yaml",target=/etc/ark.config.yaml,readonly ark-tryout
  1. From source:
git clone https://github.com/vpopescu/ark-mcp
cd ark-mncargo build --release

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ark": {
      "command": "ark",
      "args": ["serve"]
    }
  }
}
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