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time
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ida-headless-mcp
by zboralski
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Developer ToolsSecurityAI / LLM Tools
LanguageTypeScriptPython
Last committhis month3 mo ago

time · Summary

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

ida-headless-mcp · Summary

A headless IDA Pro binary analysis server providing 52 MCP tools for reverse engineering with multi-session concurrency.

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

ida-headless-mcp · Use cases

  • Automated binary analysis in reverse engineering workflows
  • Security auditing of compiled software binaries
  • Integration of IDA Pro capabilities with AI assistants for code analysis
  • Malware analysis through AI-assisted reverse engineering

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"]
    }
  }
}

ida-headless-mcp · Install

Installation

  1. Clone the repository:

``bash git clone <repo-url> cd ida-headless-mcp ``

  1. Run setup:

``bash make setup `` This automatically sets up idalib, installs Python dependencies, and builds the Go server.

  1. Start the server:

``bash ./bin/ida-mcp-server `` The server runs on port 17300 by default.

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ida-headless": {
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:17300/",
      "type": "http"
    }
  }
}

Manual Setup

For troubleshooting or custom setup:

./scripts/setup_idalib.sh   # Setup idalib
make install-python         # Install Python dependencies
make build                  # Build Go server
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