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I wrapped Google TimesFM-3 as an MCP server — you still cannot use the weights in production

A developer released an MCP server for Google's TimesFM-3 time-series forecasting model, enabling tools like Claude Desktop and Cursor to call the model. The wrapper exposes forecast and quantile outputs but notes that the model weights are restricted to non-commercial, non-production use, with Google's commercial path via BigQuery or AlloyDB.

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Google released TimesFM-3 on 31 August 2026. I shipped an MCP server for it the next day so Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and Cursor can call the model as a tool.

Repo: https://github.com/thenameisdevair/timesfm3-mcp

The tool is forecast(history, horizon)

.

You pass a chronological list of numbers. You get:

forecast

— median / point predictionquantiles

— the nine official TimesFM-3 heads, q10

through q90

TimesFM-3 already produced those quantile heads. Most thin wrappers throw them away. This one does not.

Piece License
This MCP wrapper Apache-2.0
TimesFM-3 weights (google/timesfm-3.0-pytorch )
non-commercial, non-production

You can research, evaluate, and run agent experiments. You cannot put this checkpoint behind a paid API, a customer deliverable, or a live demand planner. Google’s commercial path is BigQuery / AlloyDB AI.FORECAST

.

If a README hides that, it is not a serious integration.

Weights are gated on Hugging Face. Accept the model terms first.

git clone https://github.com/thenameisdevair/timesfm3-mcp.git
cd timesfm3-mcp
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r local/requirements.txt
pip install git+https://github.com/google-research/timesfm.git
huggingface-cli login
cd local && python client.py

Point Claude or Cursor at local/server.py using the venv Python. Config snippets are in the README.

No multivariate targets yet. No past/future covariates. No commercial backend. Those are next. This cut exists so “TimesFM-3 MCP” has a public, honest surface while the launch is still warm.

If the tool shape is wrong for your agent, feel free to open an issue on the repo.

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