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DeskTime for AI agents

DeskTime automatically tracks time and productivity for teams and freelancers, giving managers visibility into projects and work habits without manual timesheets. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.

Connect DeskTimeSee the 11 actions ↓
HR and recruitingAPI keyMCP + RESTdesktime.com
AUDIT LOG · DESKTIMEPOLICY: acme-support
09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read
desktime.get_employee
Get Employee✓ allowed · 212ms
09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read
desktime.ping_request
Ping DeskTime API✓ allowed · 164ms
09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write
desktime.create_project_with_task
Create Project with Optional Task✓ approved · approved by user
EVERY DESKTIME CALL, ON THE RECORD
01 · USE CASES

What agents do in DeskTime.

01

Check an employee's tracked time

Check an employee's basic time data before reviewing their productivity for the week.

02

Start a project task

Start tracking time against a specific project task assigned to an employee.

03

Look up a project's assigned employees

Look up an employee's assigned projects before reassigning any of their workload.

02 · ACTIONS

11 DeskTime actions, graded by risk.

Every DeskTime action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.

read

8

Look things up. Allowed by default.

  • desktime.get_employee
    Get Employee
  • desktime.get_employee_apps
    Get Employee Apps
  • desktime.get_projects_list
    Get Projects List
  • desktime.get_account_details
    Get Account Details
  • desktime.get_employee_projects
    Get Employee Projects
  • desktime.get_all_company_employees
    Get All Company Employees
  • desktime.get_employee_projects_and_apps
    Get Employee Basic Data
  • desktime.ping_request
    Ping DeskTime API

write

3

Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.

  • desktime.create_project_with_task
    Create Project with Optional Task
  • desktime.stop_project_task
    Stop Project Task
  • desktime.start_project_task
    Start Project Task

destructive

0

Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.

  • No destructive actions.
03 · HOW IT WORKS

DeskTime in three steps.

  1. 01Your users connect DeskTimeThey add their DeskTime api key on Arc0 Connect, under your brand. It goes straight into the vault.
  2. 02You set the rulesReads run, and writes like “create Project with Optional Task” can wait for the user to approve.
  3. 03Any agent can actYour agent calls DeskTime through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.
POLICY.TS
await arc0.policies.set('desktime', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // create_project_with_task
  destructive: 'deny',  
})

# Claude Code: the same connection, one URL
$ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \
    https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2
04 · AUTH AND DATA

How DeskTime connects.

Users add their DeskTime api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

The same DeskTime connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →

AUTH
API key
CREDENTIALS
Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES
Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG
Every call, on every plan
05 · WORKS WITH

Use DeskTime from any agent.

Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Codex
VS Code
OpenAI Agents SDK
Claude Agent SDK
Vercel AI SDK
Mastra
LangGraph
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07 · FAQ

DeskTime and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use DeskTime with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect DeskTime to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the DeskTime actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect DeskTime?

Users add their DeskTime api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

Q03

Which DeskTime actions can my agent take?

11 in total: 8 read, 3 write and 0 destructive, such as “create Project with Optional Task”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I make my agent read-only in DeskTime?

Yes. Allow read actions and deny writes in the DeskTime policy. Your agent can still look things up, and any write it attempts is blocked and logged.

Q05

Can my own backend call DeskTime too?

Yes. The same DeskTime connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.

Get started

Plug DeskTime into your agent.

Your users connect DeskTime once, under your brand. Your agent gets 11 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan