Mcp Simple Timeserver
What is Mcp Simple Timeserver
mcp-simple-timeserver is a simple MCP server designed to provide Claude with the ability to check the current time and timezone information, addressing the limitation of Claude not having access to timestamps for user messages.
Use cases
Use cases include enhancing user interactions in chat applications, providing time-sensitive responses, and allowing Claude to manage time-related tasks effectively.
How to use
To use mcp-simple-timeserver, you can install it via Smithery using the command ‘npx -y @smithery/cli install mcp-simple-timeserver --client claude’ or manually by running ‘pip install mcp-simple-timeserver’ and configuring it in the MCP client.
Key features
Key features include ‘get_time’, which provides the current local time and timezone from the user’s machine, and ‘get_utc’, which retrieves the current UTC time from an NTP time server.
Where to use
mcp-simple-timeserver can be used in applications where real-time interaction with users is essential, particularly in chatbots or virtual assistants that require time awareness.
Clients Supporting MCP
The following are the main client software that supports the Model Context Protocol. Click the link to visit the official website for more information.
Overview
What is Mcp Simple Timeserver
mcp-simple-timeserver is a simple MCP server designed to provide Claude with the ability to check the current time and timezone information, addressing the limitation of Claude not having access to timestamps for user messages.
Use cases
Use cases include enhancing user interactions in chat applications, providing time-sensitive responses, and allowing Claude to manage time-related tasks effectively.
How to use
To use mcp-simple-timeserver, you can install it via Smithery using the command ‘npx -y @smithery/cli install mcp-simple-timeserver --client claude’ or manually by running ‘pip install mcp-simple-timeserver’ and configuring it in the MCP client.
Key features
Key features include ‘get_time’, which provides the current local time and timezone from the user’s machine, and ‘get_utc’, which retrieves the current UTC time from an NTP time server.
Where to use
mcp-simple-timeserver can be used in applications where real-time interaction with users is essential, particularly in chatbots or virtual assistants that require time awareness.
Clients Supporting MCP
The following are the main client software that supports the Model Context Protocol. Click the link to visit the official website for more information.
Content
MCP Simple Timeserver
One of the strange design decisions Anthropic made was depriving Claude of timestamps for messages sent by the user or current time in general. Poor Claude can’t tell what time it is! mcp-simple-timeserver is a simple MCP server that fixes that.
This server provides two tools:
get_timeprovides the current local time and timezone information from the user’s machine. This way Claude can know what time it is at the user’s location. He can also calculate how much time passed since his last interaction with the user should he want to do so.get_utcprovides current UTC time obtained from an NTP time server.
Installation
Installing via Smithery
To install Simple Timeserver for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install mcp-simple-timeserver --client claude
Manual Installation
First install the module using:
pip install mcp-simple-timeserver
Then configure in MCP client - the Claude desktop app.
Under Mac OS this will look like this:
Under Windows you have to check the path to your Python executable using where python in the cmd (Windows command line).
Typical configuration would look like this:
Dev Tools Supporting MCP
The following are the main code editors that support the Model Context Protocol. Click the link to visit the official website for more information.
