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Timely for AI agents

Timely automatically tracks time across apps, calendars, and devices to build timesheets, used by agencies and consultancies that bill clients by the hour. 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 TimelySee the 41 actions ↓
HR and recruitingOAuth 2.0MCP + RESTtimelyapp.com
AUDIT LOG · TIMELYPOLICY: acme-support
09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read
timely.list_roles
List roles✓ allowed · 212ms
09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read
timely.get_team
Retrieve a team✓ allowed · 164ms
09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write
timely.create_team
Create Team✓ approved · approved by user
09:41:12 · claude · u_8f2destructive
timely.delete_team
Delete a team✕ blocked · policy: deny
EVERY TIMELY CALL, ON THE RECORD
01 · USE CASES

What agents do in Timely.

01

List projects and their events

Pull tracked activity events for a project as a read-only check before invoicing.

02

Filter a time report

Run a filtered report across a team or client for a given period.

03

Confirm before deleting a label

Check with the user before deleting a project label, since past time entries carry that label.

02 · ACTIONS

41 Timely actions, graded by risk.

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

read

24

Look things up. Allowed by default.

  • timely.get_team
    Retrieve a team
  • timely.get_user
    Retrieve a user
  • timely.get_label
    Retrieve a label
  • timely.get_client
    Get Client
  • timely.list_roles
    List roles
  • timely.list_teams
    List teams
  • timely.list_users
    List users
  • timely.get_project
    Get project
  • timely.get_webhook
    Get Webhook
  • timely.list_events
    List events
  • timely.list_labels
    List labels
  • timely.list_clients
    List clients
  • timely.list_accounts
    List accounts
  • timely.list_projects
    List projects
  • timely.list_webhooks
    List Webhooks
  • timely.get_activities
    Get activities
+ 8 MORE

write

14

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

  • timely.create_team
    Create Team
  • timely.update_user
    Update a user
  • timely.create_label
    Create Label
  • timely.update_label
    Update a label
  • timely.create_client
    Create Client
  • timely.create_report
    Create report
  • timely.update_client
    Update a client
  • timely.create_webhook
    Create Webhook
  • timely.update_project
    Update a project
  • timely.update_webhook
    Update Webhook
  • timely.create_day_locking
    Create Day Locking
  • timely.update_day_locking
    Update day locking settings
  • timely.filter_reports
    Filter reports
  • timely.process_bulk_events
    Process bulk events

destructive

3

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

  • timely.delete_team
    Delete a team
  • timely.delete_label
    Delete a label
  • timely.delete_webhook
    Delete Webhook
03 · HOW IT WORKS

Timely in three steps.

  1. 01Your users connect TimelyThey sign in to Timely on Arc0 Connect, under your brand, and approve the access you ask for.
  2. 02You set the rulesReads run, writes like “create Team” can wait for the user, and “delete a team” can be denied outright.
  3. 03Any agent can actYour agent calls Timely 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('timely', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // create_team
  destructive: 'deny',  // delete_team
})

# 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 Timely connects.

Users sign in to Timely on Arc0 Connect and approve the scopes you request. Build with Arc0’s Timely OAuth app, or bring your own so the Timely consent screen names you. Tokens refresh automatically, and you can export them whenever you want.

The same Timely 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
OAuth 2.0
CREDENTIALS
Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES
Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG
Every call, on every plan
05 · WORKS WITH

Use Timely 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

Timely and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use Timely with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect Timely 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 Timely actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect Timely?

Users sign in to Timely on Arc0 Connect and approve the scopes you request. Build with Arc0’s Timely OAuth app, or bring your own so the Timely consent screen names you. Tokens refresh automatically, and you can export them whenever you want.

Q03

Which Timely actions can my agent take?

41 in total: 24 read, 14 write and 3 destructive, such as “create Team”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I stop my agent from deleting things in Timely?

Yes. Actions like “delete a team” are graded destructive. Set destructive actions to deny, or to ask so the user approves each one, and blocked calls still show up on the audit log.

Q05

Can my own backend call Timely too?

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

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Plug Timely into your agent.

Your users connect Timely once, under your brand. Your agent gets 41 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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