DeskTime MCP server
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Time tracking and productivity reporting with DeskTime - read account settings, list employees for a day, week or month, and fetch one employee's tracked apps and projects.
Try DeskTime with your agent
Connect DeskTime, then paste this into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. For ideas from other apps, see the use cases.
Using Corsair, show me what you can do in DeskTime on my account, then run one read-only example and show me the result.
DeskTime tools and triggers
Tools are what your agent can do in DeskTime through Corsair's MCP server. Triggers are the DeskTime events a routine can start from.
Employee
- AppsRead-only
Read the apps one employee used on a day, grouped as unrated, neutral and productive
employee.apps
- BasicRead-only
Read one employee's arrival, departure, tracked time and productivity for a day, defaulting to the key owner and today
employee.basic
- ProjectsRead-only
Read the projects one employee tracked time against on a day
employee.projects
Company
- GetRead-only
Read the account's name, work hours, tracking window and timezone
company.get
Employees
- ListRead-only
List every employee for a day, week or month with their arrival, tracked time and productivity, nested by date then employee id
employees.list
Ping
- GetRead-only
Check that the DeskTime API answers. A configured key is still required, because the runtime resolves the account key before any endpoint runs
ping.get
Projects
- ListRead-only
List the account's active projects with their tasks. Archived projects are left out
projects.list
Connect DeskTime to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
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Connect DeskTime in Corsair
Add your DeskTime API key once in Corsair. Corsair stores the credential encrypted and makes the DeskTime API calls for your agent, so it never goes into a prompt or a config file. Connect DeskTime
If your link lets the agent add apps, you can skip this: it gives you a sign-in link the first time it needs DeskTime. On a ChatGPT personal plan, connect DeskTime here first.
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Add Corsair's MCP server to your agent
Every client uses the same address:
https://mcp.corsair.dev/mcpOpen Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector, paste the address, then select Connect.Add a custom MCP server with the address and choose OAuth. Personal plans get read tools only.Add to CursorOr add this to~/.cursor/mcp.json. Cursor opens Corsair to sign in the first time it connects.{ "mcpServers": { "corsair": { "url": "https://mcp.corsair.dev/mcp" } } }Run this, then run/mcpin Claude Code to sign in.claude mcp add --transport http corsair https://mcp.corsair.dev/mcpCodex, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Zed and other clients with OAuth sign-in work the same way. Clients without it, such as GitHub Copilot's coding agent, use a link's own address and an API key. Setup for every client
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Sign in and choose what needs your approval
Your client opens Corsair to sign in. Pick a link: the apps your agent can use and a mode that decides what it may do without asking. Every DeskTime operation only reads data, so it runs right away in every mode.
FAQ
Install corsair and @corsair-dev/desktime, add the DeskTime plugin, and connect with an API key. Then call methods like corsair.desktime.api.company.get() from your app. Corsair keeps each tenant isolated.
Yes. DeskTime requires an API key from your DeskTime account or developer dashboard. Create credentials with access that matches what you automate, then paste them into Corsair or connect through managed auth in Hub.
Yes. One Corsair client can hit DeskTime, GitHub, Notion, Stripe, and the rest. Trigger DeskTime from a webhook, push updates to Slack, or chain actions across plugins. Same tenant context across integrations, plain TypeScript.
Teams use Corsair for time tracking and productivity reporting with DeskTime - read account settings, list employees for a day, week or month, and fetch one employee's tracked apps and projects. Common builds include sync jobs, admin tooling, and agents that call DeskTime APIs from your backend.
The SDK is open source. Self-host and you pay Corsair nothing for the integration layer. Hub bills for hosted auth and execution, not per DeskTime API call. Hub has a generous free tier. For hobby projects you can probably run the whole thing on free. Paid plans start to matter with more tenants or heavier traffic.
We maintain @corsair-dev/desktime in the open repo. When DeskTime ships API changes, upgrade the package. Your call sites stay typed. You should not need to rewrite the integration layer each time.
No. Corsair does not read your DeskTime data or hold individual access credentials. Credentials stay in your database. API calls run on your instance. We do not store DeskTime data on your behalf.
Yes. Add https://mcp.corsair.dev/mcp as a custom connector or MCP server in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code, Codex or any client that supports remote MCP servers with OAuth sign-in, then sign in to Corsair. On ChatGPT personal plans, custom servers currently get read tools only.
Yes. Put DeskTime on a link in Strict mode and every write waits for your approval, while destructive actions are refused. Every DeskTime operation only reads data, so there are no changes to approve today. You can change a link's mode at hub.corsair.dev/me.