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An MCP for Telling the Time?

Smithery has been acquired by Arcade.dev, as announced in a blog post. The post highlights a common issue where large language models in long sessions reason about time based on a static date injected at the start of the conversation, which can become outdated.

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An MCP for Telling the Time?
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In a long session an LLM is reasoning about time based on what's in its system prompt: a static date injected at conversation start...

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