time vs ai-trader

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	time by modelcontextprotocol	ai-trader by whchien
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 694
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Score	77	52
Official	✓	—
Categories	ProductivityDeveloper ToolsCommunication	FinanceAI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Tools
Language	TypeScript	Python
Last commit	this month	2 mo ago

time · Summary

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

ai-trader · Summary

AI trader MCP server allows LLMs to run backtests, fetch market data, and analyze trading strategies across stocks, crypto, and forex.

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

ai-trader · Use cases

AI assistants can run backtests with natural language commands like 'Run a backtest of CrossSMAStrategy on TSM data from 2020-2022'
Traders can fetch market data through AI assistants for multiple markets with commands like 'Fetch Apple stock data from 2021 to 2024'
Developers can list and analyze available trading strategies via the MCP server integration

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"]
    }
  }
}

ai-trader · Install

Installation

**Option A: Install from PyPI**

pip install ai-trader

**Option B: Install from Source**

git clone https://github.com/whchien/ai-trader.git
cd ai-trader
uv sync

MCP Server Configuration

**Start the Server (for testing):**

python -m ai_trader.mcp

**Configure with Claude Desktop:** Add the ai-trader MCP server to your Claude Desktop configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-trader": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["-m", "ai_trader.mcp"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/ai-trader"
    }
  }
}

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