
tick-mcp
A time server that keeps your AI honest about time.
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
A time server that keeps your AI honest about time. Real clock + drift guard, zero dependencies.
How to connect
How to connect tick-mcp to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://tick-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect tick-mcp to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://tick-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect tick-mcp to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://tick-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (2)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| now | Get the REAL current date and time. Call this at the start of a reply and before using any relative time words (yesterday, tomorrow, tonight, next week). Never guess time from context. NEVER write a clock time in your reply that did not come from this tool's output in THIS turn — a timestamp without a fresh call is a hallucination, even if it plausibly continues from an earlier one. ALWAYS pass the user's IANA timezone — this server is remote, so without it you get UTC, not the user's local time. |
| since | How long ago (or from now) a given ISO-8601 timestamp is, in human form ('3h 42m ago'). Use to check whether an event was really 'yesterday'. Include the UTC offset in the timestamp. |