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time
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open-computer-use
by Wide-Moat
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time · Summary

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

open-computer-use · Summary

MCP server providing Docker workspaces with browser, terminal, code execution and document skills for any LLM.

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

open-computer-use · Use cases

  • AI agent web scraping and data analysis with real-time browser interaction
  • Automated document generation (Word, Excel, PDF) with professional formatting
  • Code development and testing in isolated environments with full terminal 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"]
    }
  }
}

open-computer-use · Install

Installation

git clone https://github.com/Wide-Moat/open-computer-use.git
cd open-computer-use
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env — set OPENAI_API_KEY (or any OpenAI-compatible provider)

# 1. Start Computer Use Server (builds workspace image on first run, ~15 min)
docker compose up --build

# 2. Start Open WebUI (in another terminal)
docker compose -f docker-compose.webui.yml up --build

For MCP client integration, connect to http://localhost:8081/mcp for self-hosted or https://api.yambr.com/mcp/computer_use with API key for hosted version.

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