ConvertTimestamps
将时间戳转成日期或时间。返回内容如果有时间戳，透过此Tool显示成为日期或时间。
LABSCO SUMMARY
DataWorks resources in your own editor, with a filter on the tool list.
Alibaba also ships a console-side DataWorks assistant that needs no setup; this server is the other path — bring your own client and your own key pair, and get the Open API surface inside it. The startup filter is the part that matters, because handing an agent an entire cloud API's worth of tools is what eats context.
What it is
A server over the Alibaba Cloud DataWorks Open API, aimed at AI clients such as Cursor or Cline that talk to a DataWorks workspace directly instead of through the console assistant.
What you get
- DataWorks Open API operations exposed as MCP tools for working with workspace resources
- The exposed tool set can be narrowed when the server starts — by category, or to a named list — so a client only sees the operations you meant to give it
- ConvertTimestamps renders raw timestamps in a date format you choose
- ToTimestamps converts dates or times back into timestamps
Requirements
An Alibaba Cloud access key pair with DataWorks Open API access, plus the region your DataWorks instance runs in. The server runs on Node and installs from npm or builds from source.
Setup effort
One command plus a key — npm install -g alibabacloud-dataworks-mcp-server, then supply credentials
USE CASES
01
Working with a DataWorks workspace from your editor
Point your MCP client at the server with your key pair and region, and explore or manage workspace resources in the same window as your code.
02
Keeping the tool list small enough to be useful
Restrict the server to one category of operations, or to a named list, so the agent sees only what this project needs.
03
Reading raw timestamps in an API response
Convert a batch of timestamps into a readable date format in one call instead of one by one.
04
Filtering by a date you can actually type
Turn dates or times into the timestamps the API expects before you pass them along.
2 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
ToTimestamps
将日期或时间转成时间戳。
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
2 tools when we connected. TOOL_CATEGORIES (such as UTILS or SERVER_IDE_DEFAULT) and TOOL_NAMES (such as ListProjects) decide which tools register; with neither set, only ConvertTimestamps and ToTimestamps appear.
Requires
- npx on PATH
- Node.js
- ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID in your environment
- ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET in your environment
Where it runs
Both documented clients run the server on your machine.
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the 2 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Server setup
TERMINAL
npm install -g alibabacloud-dataworks-mcp-serverMCP Clients
Cursor, Cline
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"alibabacloud-dataworks-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"alibabacloud-dataworks-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"REGION": "<YOUR_REGION>",
"ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "<YOUR_ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID>",
"ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET": "<YOUR_ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET>"
},
"disabled": false,
"autoApprove": []
}
}
}
