basic-mcp

basic-mcp

Provides a suite of deterministic tools for time calculations, math, and string manipulation that LLMs often struggle to perform accurately. It also includes utilities for secure randomness, data validation, and basic network operations like DNS lookups.

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basic-mcp

MCP server providing deterministic tools for operations that LLMs commonly struggle with: time, math, counting, randomness, and validation.

Installation

bun install

Usage

With Claude Code

Add to ~/.claude.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "basic-tools": {
      "command": "bun",
      "args": ["run", "/path/to/basic-mcp/index.ts"]
    }
  }
}

Standalone

bun run index.ts

Tools

Time

Tool Description
now Get current date/time with timezone support
date_diff Calculate difference between two dates
date_add Add/subtract time from a date
unix_timestamp Convert between Unix timestamps and dates

Math

Tool Description
calculate Evaluate math expressions (supports "15% of 200", sqrt, trig, etc.)
convert_units Convert between units (km to miles, celsius to fahrenheit, etc.)
statistics Calculate mean, median, mode, std dev, min, max, sum

Strings

Tool Description
count Count characters, words, lines, bytes, sentences, paragraphs
hash Generate MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512 hashes
uuid Generate UUID v4
base64 Encode/decode base64
regex_test Test strings against regex patterns

Random

Tool Description
random_int Cryptographically secure random integer
random_float Cryptographically secure random float
random_choice Select random item(s) from a list
shuffle Randomly shuffle an array (Fisher-Yates)

Validation

Tool Description
validate Validate email, URL, IPv4, IPv6, UUID, JSON, credit card (Luhn)
json_parse Parse JSON with optional path extraction
url_parse Parse URL into components
dns_lookup DNS lookup (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, CNAME records)

License

MIT

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