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time
by modelcontextprotocol
rootcause
by yindia
Stars★ 85,748★ 31
30d uses
Score7744
Official
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LanguageTypeScriptGo
Last committhis month1 mo ago

time · Summary

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

rootcause · Summary

RootCause is a local-first MCP server that turns natural language requests into Kubernetes incident analysis, diagnostics, and safer operations.

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

rootcause · Use cases

  • Investigating Kubernetes incidents with evidence-based root cause analysis
  • Evaluating rollout/restart safety before mutating Kubernetes operations
  • Diagnosing issues in platform ecosystems like ArgoCD, Flux, or cert-manager

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"]
    }
  }
}

rootcause · Install

Installation

  1. Download the binary for your platform from the [releases page](https://github.com/yindia/rootcause/releases)
  1. Make it executable:
chmod +x rootcause
  1. Add to your PATH:
sudo mv rootcause /usr/local/bin/
  1. Verify installation:
rootcause --version

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to Claude Desktop's config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootcause": {
      "command": "rootcause",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}
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