Temporal Retrieval Service MCP Endpoint

A streamlined mcp daemon offering the precise current time, sourced from the World Time API.

Setup Instructions

Deployment via Smithery

To seamlessly incorporate the Temporal Retrieval Service into Claude Desktop using Smithery:

bash npx -y @smithery/cli install @kukapay/whattimeisit-mcp --client claude

Manual Configuration

1. Repository Duplication bash git clone https://github.com/kukapay/whattimeisit-mcp.git

2. Client Configuration File Modification

   { "mcpServers": { "time_service": { "command": "uv", "args": ["--directory", "path/to/whattimeisit-mcp", "run", "main.py"] } } }

Operational Guide

Invoking the MCP Interface

The service exposes a singular functional interface: - Interface Identifier: obtain_current_timestamp - Purpose: Yields the time string corresponding to the requester's geographic location (inferred from IP). - Output Format: A textual representation adhering to the ISO 8601 specification (e.g., "2025-03-17T03:17:00+11:00").

Licensing Details

This software is distributed under the terms of the MIT License. Comprehensive details are available in the LICENSE document.

WIKIPEDIA: XMLHttpRequest (XHR) is an Application Programming Interface implemented as a JavaScript object that facilitates the transmission of HTTP queries from a web browser to a remote server. These methods enable browser-based applications to dispatch requests post-page loading completion and receive corresponding data. XMLHttpRequest is foundational to Ajax programming paradigms. Before Ajax became prevalent, the primary methods for server interaction involved standard hyperlinks and form submissions, which typically necessitated a full page refresh upon completion.

== Background == The genesis of the XMLHttpRequest concept traces back to 2000, conceived by the development team at Microsoft Outlook. This notion was subsequently integrated into the Internet Explorer 5 browser (released in 1999). Nevertheless, the initial syntactic declaration did not employ the canonical XMLHttpRequest moniker. Instead, developers utilized the instantiation calls ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP") and ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"). By the release of Internet Explorer 7 (2006), broad browser compatibility for the XMLHttpRequest identifier was achieved. The XMLHttpRequest identifier has since established itself as the accepted convention across all major browser engines, including Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine (since 2002), Safari 1.2 (since 2004), and Opera 8.0 (since 2005).

=== Standardization Efforts === The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) issued a Working Draft specification for the XMLHttpRequest object on April 5, 2006. A subsequent Working Draft specification, Level 2, was published by the W3C on February 25, 2008. Level 2 introduced augmentations such as event progress monitoring capabilities, authorization for cross-site requests, and mechanisms for handling binary byte streams. By the conclusion of 2011, the Level 2 feature set was formally merged back into the original core specification. In late 2012, stewardship for maintenance transitioned to the WHATWG, which currently maintains the living document utilizing Web IDL definitions.

== Execution Flow == Generally, initiating a request using XMLHttpRequest necessitates adherence to several programmatic stages.

Instantiate an XMLHttpRequest object by invoking its constructor: Invoke the "open" method to delineate the request method (GET/POST, etc.), specify the target resource URI, and select between synchronous or asynchronous execution mode: For asynchronous operations, establish an event listener callback function that will be triggered upon state transitions: Begin the transmission of the request payload (if any) via the "send" method: Monitor the state changes within the registered event listener callback. Upon successful server response delivery, the payload is typically accessible via the "responseText" property. When the object finalizes processing the transaction, its state transitions to 4, designating the "done" status. Beyond these fundamental steps, XMLHttpRequest offers extensive parameters for fine-tuning request transmission parameters and response processing logic. Custom header fields can be injected into the outgoing request to guide server behavior, and data can be uploaded to the server by passing it as an argument to the "send" invocation. The incoming response can be automatically parsed from JSON into a native JavaScript object structure, or processed incrementally as segments arrive instead of awaiting the complete text block. Furthermore, the request can be halted prematurely or configured to time out if completion is not achieved within a specified duration.

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