"Popular MCP tools commonly used by programmers" matching MCP servers:

Enables logging time to Tempo (Jira time tracker) via natural language in Claude Desktop or OpenCode.

Enables deterministic calculations for AI API and subscription costs, meeting time zones, recurring schedules, and cron next-run previews, returning normalized inputs, units, assumptions, dated sources, and links to results.

Provides task and project management tools for AI agents, including todo list management, prioritization frameworks like Eisenhower Matrix and RICE scoring, time estimation using PERT, daily standup generation, and sprint burndown calculation.

Enables users to annotate individual sentences or selected passages of Claude's responses in an inline interface and send all their replies and questions back in a single message. Claude then answers each point in turn.

Enables a family assistant to search documents, inspect, fill, edit, and sign files, manage scheduled work and runs, and perform web searches, with each tool gated by the caller's groups.

MCP server for document conversion and processing, enabling AI assistants to handle various document formats.

MCP server that provides tools to control a server-owned Pomodoro timer, allowing focus, pause, resume, skip, reset, and stats operations.

Enables AI assistants to convert and process various document formats through an MCP server interface.

MCP server for accurately reading and writing Excel .xlsx files while preserving structure, styles, and formulas. Provides tools for inspecting, editing, and aggregating spreadsheet data, with optional LibreOffice recalculation.

Enables AI agents to read, write, and edit Office documents via LibreOffice with token-efficient design. Supports multiple formats including DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, and legacy formats through LibreOffice bridge.

Provides a read-only MCP interface to Kaiten, letting an agent retrieve cards, spaces, boards, columns, lanes, discussions, checklists, tags, custom properties, sprints and time-tracking reports with paging, filtering and long-text continuation. It also lists card and comment attachments and downloads selected originals as local files, with hashes and safe unique names, for further agent analysis.

Provides seamless integration with macOS native applications including Messages, Notes, Contacts, Mail, Reminders, Calendar, and Maps, enabling natural language control and automation of Apple ecosystem apps.

Enables AI assistants to read, create, edit Word/Excel/PPT files and manage the filesystem on the user's computer via natural language.

Turns markdown the agent produced into a link that renders as a typeset, paginated document with tables, Mermaid and math. The document is encoded in the URL, so nothing is uploaded and no account is needed.

Enables AI assistants to interact with Gmail and Google Docs, allowing them to send emails, create drafts, append content to documents, and retrieve document information.

MCP server for creating and reading Word (.docx) documents with rich formatting support.

Enables AI assistants to interact with Slack workspaces, providing tools for reading messages, posting content, managing channels, and more.

Enables creation, reading, and manipulation of Excel workbooks without Microsoft Excel installed, supporting formulas, formatting, charts, pivot tables, and data validation through multiple transport protocols.

A full-featured Model Context Protocol server that gives AI assistants real-time access to Google Workspace services including Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, and Apps Script.

Enables Claude and Gemini to access and manage multiple Google accounts simultaneously across services such as Gmail, Drive, Calendar, YouTube, Sheets, Analytics, AdSense, and Fitness, with create, read, update, and delete operations. It runs locally without external intermediaries to keep account access private.