Variflight MCP Server

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Implementation Reference

• dist/index.js:195-209 (handler)

  The async handler function that computes today's date using new Date() in local timezone and formats it as YYYY-MM-DD, returning it as text content.

  }, async () => {
      const today = new Date();
      const year = today.getFullYear();
      const month = String(today.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0');
      const day = String(today.getDate()).padStart(2, '0');
      const todayDate = `${year}-${month}-${day}`;
      return {
          content: [
              {
                  type: "text",
                  text: todayDate
              }
          ]
      };
  });

• dist/index.js:192-194 (schema)

  Input schema definition using Zod, with an optional dummy string parameter to support no-parameter tools.

  random_string: z.string()
      .optional()
      .describe("Dummy parameter for no-parameter tools")

• dist/index.js:191-209 (registration)

  Full registration of the getTodayDate tool via server.tool(), including name, description, schema, and inline handler function.

  server.tool("getTodayDate", "Get today's date in local timezone (YYYY-MM-DD format). Use this tool whenever you need today's date - NEVER hardcode dates.", {
      random_string: z.string()
          .optional()
          .describe("Dummy parameter for no-parameter tools")
  }, async () => {
      const today = new Date();
      const year = today.getFullYear();
      const month = String(today.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0');
      const day = String(today.getDate()).padStart(2, '0');
      const todayDate = `${year}-${month}-${day}`;
      return {
          content: [
              {
                  type: "text",
                  text: todayDate
              }
          ]
      };
  });