The MCP System Bridge server provides cross-platform tools to interact with the operating system:
Open URLs: Launch one or multiple URLs in the default web browser
Clipboard Management: Copy text directly to the system clipboard
Date & Time Information: Retrieve comprehensive date/time details including ISO 8601 formats, Unix timestamps, week numbers, quarter information, leap year status, and time components
System Notifications: Send native system notifications across Windows, macOS, and Linux with customizable title, message, and app name
All operations are designed as safe, read-only tools for system integration through the Model Context Protocol.
Provides a tool runner called 'uvx' which is part of the uv package manager from Astral, used for running the MCP server.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@MCP System Bridgeopen https://github.com/leynier/mcp-sys-bridge"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
MCP System Bridge
A bridge implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that exposes native operating system features such as clipboard management, URL handling and date information retrieval.
Table of Contents
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Overview
mcp-sys-bridge provides a minimal set of tools for MCP compatible clients, allowing them to interact with the underlying OS in a safe manner.
Key Features
🚀 URL Opening — open one or multiple URLs in the default browser.
📋 Clipboard Support — copy text directly to the clipboard.
🔔 System Notifications — send native OS notifications (Windows, macOS, Linux).
📆 Date Info — retrieve detailed information about the current date and time.
Installation
mcp-sys-bridge runs directly with uvx;
no package installation is required. Add the server to your MCP configuration:
Ensure uv is installed following the uv documentation.
Quick Start
Start the bridge manually:
Available Tools
open_urls— open a list of URLs in the default browser.copy_to_clipboard— copy text to the clipboard.send_notification— send a native system notification with customizable title, message, app name, and timeout.get_current_date_info— return rich information about the current date such as day number, week number, quarter and more.
Changelog
0.1.5
Added
send_notificationtool to send native system notifications across Windows, macOS, and Linux.Added
plyerdependency for cross-platform notification support.
0.1.4
Defined annotations to declare tools as read-only.
0.1.3
Added
get_current_date_infotool to get comprehensive information about the current date.
0.1.2
Change
open_urltoopen_urlsto open a list of URLs in the default browser.
0.1.1
Improve the
open_urltool to handle URLs without a scheme and validate that the URL is valid.
0.1.0
Added
open_urltool.Added
copy_to_clipboardtool.
License
MIT License. See license.