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The TimeChimp MCP server connects your TimeChimp data directly to Claude. This integration is currently in a read-only phase. Claude can only read and look up information to help you analyze it; it cannot overwrite, add, or change anything in your TimeChimp administration.
In this phase, Claude has access to two information streams: your projects and your time tracking (hours).
Connect the integration
Follow the steps below to connect Claude to the TimeChimp MCP server.
Open Claude in your web browser.
Go to the sidebar and click on 'Customize'.
Click on the 'Connectors' tab.
Click the '+' button on the right side of the 'Connectors' header.
A modal will open. In the 'Name' field, type: TimeChimp
In the 'Remote MCP server URL' field, paste this exact link: https://mcp.timechimp.com/mcp
Leave the remaining fields empty and click 'Add'.
Claude has now created a page for TimeChimp. Click on 'Connect'.
A new page will open to grant access. Click 'Allow access'.
Log in with your TimeChimp email address and password.
The TimeChimp MCP server is now connected to Claude.
Managing endpoint permissions
Once connected, you can manage permissions for the different endpoints. An endpoint is the specific route Claude uses to fetch a certain type of data.
For each endpoint, you can choose from three options:
Always allow: Claude accesses this data automatically whenever you ask a question about it, without asking for confirmation.
Needs approval: Every time Claude wants to fetch data from this endpoint, it will first ask for explicit permission in the chat.
Blocked: Claude is completely blocked from reading data from this endpoint.
Testing the connection
Open a new chat in Claude and ask a question about your hours or projects.
Examples for projects:
"What is the status of project Nova?"
"Which clients have the highest budget?"
"Show projects without activity this month."
Examples for time tracking:
"How many hours did the team log this week?"
"Summarize the hours logged per project."
"Give me a quick report of last month."
Get more reliable results with Skills
A Skill is a small file that gives Claude specific instructions for a particular tool or task. For TimeChimp, this means Claude understands how to handle data it retrieves from TimeChimp.
How to add a Skill:
Download our TimeChimp Skill
Open Claude
Go to the sidebar and click on 'Customize'.
Click on the 'Connectors' tab.
Click the '+' button on the right side of the 'Skills' header.
Click Create skill -> Upload a skill
Upload the Skill we provided at the bottom of this article.
ChatGPT
For the best results please use Claude. If you still prefer to use ChatGPT, these steps explains how to setup the MCP in ChatGPT.
Please note, if you are using a company account, you may not be able to set this up yourself.
Open ChatGPT
Go to Settings
Go to Apps
Click on Advanced settings
Toggle on Developer mode
A button will appear called Create app
A modal will open. Fill in the following required fields:
name: TimeChimp MCP
connection: https://mcp.timechimp.com/mcp
authentication: Oauth