How do I use MCP Time Server?

1. Click on "Install Server". 2. Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state. 3. In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@MCP Time Server what time is it in Tokyo?" 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 Time Server

Minimal MCP server that returns current time. Timezone configured on client side.

Installation

python3.13 -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

Create config.json:

{
  "token": "your-secret-token",
  "port": 23386,
  "path": "/your-random-path"
}

Running

.venv/bin/python server.py

Client Configuration

Claude Code CLI

claude mcp add time --transport sse \
  --url "https://DOMAIN/PATH/sse" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer TOKEN" \
  --header "X-Timezone: Asia/Novokuznetsk"

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "time": {
      "command": "%APPDATA%\\npm\\mcp-remote.cmd",
      "args": [
        "https://DOMAIN/PATH/sse",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:Bearer ${MCP_TIME_TOKEN}",
        "--header",
        "X-Timezone:${MCP_TIME_TIMEZONE}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TIME_TOKEN": "your-token",
        "MCP_TIME_TIMEZONE": "Asia/Novokuznetsk"
      }
    }
  }
}

Xray + Nginx Setup

When running behind Xray VLESS with ALPN-based fallbacks to nginx, add location block to nginx config (both h2 and http/1.1 server blocks):

location /PATH/ {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:PORT;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header Connection '';
    proxy_buffering off;
    proxy_cache off;
    proxy_read_timeout 86400s;
    send_timeout 86400s;
    chunked_transfer_encoding off;
    add_header X-Accel-Buffering no;
}

Note: Xray path-based fallbacks only work with HTTP/1.1. For HTTP/2 (ALPN h2), requests go to nginx fallback, so nginx location is required.