Clockify MCP server

Clockify MCP Server allows you to manage your time entries in Clockify directly through AI tools. With this integration, you can register time entries by simply sending prompts to language models like Claude, streamlining your time tracking workflow.

Installation Options

Installing via Smithery

The easiest way to install the Clockify MCP server for Claude Desktop is through Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @https-eduardo/clockify-mcp-server --client claude

Manual Installation

If you prefer to install manually, follow these steps:

1. Install tsx globally:

npm i -g tsx

2. Configure the MCP server in your Claude Desktop configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clockify-time-entries": {
      "command": "tsx",
      "args": ["ABSOLUTE_PATH/src/index.ts", "--local"],
      "env": {
        "CLOCKIFY_API_URL": "https://api.clockify.me/api/v1",
        "CLOCKIFY_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_CLOCKIFY_API_TOKEN_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration

Required Environment Variables

To use the Clockify MCP server, you need to configure the following environment variables:

• CLOCKIFY_API_URL: The Clockify API endpoint (typically https://api.clockify.me/api/v1)
• CLOCKIFY_API_TOKEN: Your personal Clockify API token

Getting Your Clockify API Token

1. Log in to your Clockify account
2. Navigate to your user settings
3. Find the "API" section
4. Generate or copy your existing API token

Usage

After installation and configuration, you can interact with the Clockify MCP server through Claude Desktop. Simply send prompts to Claude asking it to track your time, and the MCP server will handle the integration with Clockify.

Example Prompts

• "Record 2 hours spent on project documentation today"
• "Log 45 minutes of meeting time with the client yesterday"
• "Start tracking time for project research"
• "Stop the current time tracking"

The server will interpret these natural language requests and convert them into appropriate Clockify API calls to manage your time entries.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues with the MCP server:

• Verify your API token is correct and has the necessary permissions
• Check that the CLOCKIFY_API_URL points to the correct endpoint
• Ensure the path to the index.ts file in your configuration is correct
• Confirm that tsx is properly installed globally

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "clockify-time-entries" '{"command":"ts-node","args":["ABSOLUTE_PATH/src/index.ts"],"env":{"CLOCKIFY_API_URL":"https://api.clockify.me/api/v1","CLOCKIFY_API_TOKEN":"YOUR_CLOCKIFY_API_TOKEN_HERE"}}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "clockify-time-entries": {
            "command": "ts-node",
            "args": [
                "ABSOLUTE_PATH/src/index.ts"
            ],
            "env": {
                "CLOCKIFY_API_URL": "https://api.clockify.me/api/v1",
                "CLOCKIFY_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_CLOCKIFY_API_TOKEN_HERE"
            }
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "clockify-time-entries": {
            "command": "ts-node",
            "args": [
                "ABSOLUTE_PATH/src/index.ts"
            ],
            "env": {
                "CLOCKIFY_API_URL": "https://api.clockify.me/api/v1",
                "CLOCKIFY_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_CLOCKIFY_API_TOKEN_HERE"
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect