Provides access to various local system utilities through a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.
Provides access to various local system utilities through a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. That is what the local utilities mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to various local system utilities. This server can be used with Cursor and other MCP-compatible clients to provide quick access to system information.
You on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
The server publishes 12 tools. What each one is for:
get_time_and_date — Returns the current local time and date in various formats, including: - Local time - Local date - Day of the week - ISO 8601 format - Unix timestampget_hostname — The get_hostname tool exposed by this serverget_public_ip — Returns the public IP address of the machine running the MCP serverlist_directory — The list_directory tool exposed by this serverget_node_version — Returns the Node.js version information of the environment running the MCP servercheck_port — The check_port tool exposed by this serverthink — The think tool exposed by this serverget_thoughts — The get_thoughts tool exposed by this serverclear_thoughts — The clear_thoughts tool exposed by this serverget_thought_stats — The get_thought_stats tool exposed by this serverBuilding — The Building tool exposed by this serverTesting — The Testing tool exposed by this serverThis sits in the file and storage access group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Local Utilities's toolset — get_time_and_date, get_hostname, get_public_ip and 9 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by arjshiv; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| get_time_and_date | Returns the current local time and date in various formats, including: - Local time - Local date - Day of the week - ISO 8601 format - Unix timestamp |
| get_hostname | The get_hostname tool exposed by this server. |
| get_public_ip | Returns the public IP address of the machine running the MCP server. |
| list_directory | The list_directory tool exposed by this server. |
| get_node_version | Returns the Node.js version information of the environment running the MCP server. |
| check_port | The check_port tool exposed by this server. |
| think | The think tool exposed by this server. |
| get_thoughts | The get_thoughts tool exposed by this server. |
| clear_thoughts | The clear_thoughts tool exposed by this server. |
| get_thought_stats | The get_thought_stats tool exposed by this server. |
| Building | The Building tool exposed by this server. |
| Testing | The Testing tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"localutils": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["github:arjshiv/localutils-mcp-server"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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