# Productive MCP for AI Agents AI Agent Connect > Productive MCP connects your agency's project management data to your AI agent. Manage budgets, track team hours, and oversee your sales pipeline without leaving your chat window. It pulls live data from Productive so you can check project health, audit time entries, and monitor invoices in real-time. ## Overview - **Category:** project-management - **Price:** Free - **Endpoint:** https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_R1QNI7Ifzx5zkIAni7i1i5xRVZqL8zDG9jDEWjrZ/ai-agent-connect - **Tags:** resource-management, time-tracking, budgeting, crm, invoicing ## Description This Connector brings your Productive agency data into your AI conversation workflow. Instead of jumping between tabs to check if a project is over budget or who's working on what, you can just ask your agent. You'll get a clear view of your active projects and the specific financial burn rates associated with them. It lets you pull up client databases, review open deals in your CRM, and check the status of every invoice without a single click. It's about having your entire agency's pulse available in one place. When you use this through the Vinkius catalog, you're essentially giving your agent a seat in your management office. You can audit team logs, check who's available, and see exactly how many billable hours were logged today. It turns your AI into a high-level project coordinator that knows your numbers as well as you do. You can get a summary of your agency's daily activity or a list of your most pressing tasks without opening a single browser tab. It moves the data to you, so you can make decisions faster. ## Tools ### list_services Lists all services defined in your organization. Use this to check your billable items. ### list_deals Lists all sales deals and their current stages. This helps you monitor your sales pipeline. ### list_time_entries Lists all time entries logged by your team. Use this to audit billable hours and productivity. ### list_projects Lists all active and archived projects in Productive. Use this to see your full workload at a glance. ### get_project Retrieves specific details for a single project by its ID. This is useful for deep dives into project stats. ### list_invoices Lists all generated invoices and their payment status. Use this to track your agency's cash flow. ### list_budgets Lists all project budgets. This helps you monitor spend against your planned limits. ### list_companies Lists all companies, including clients and partners, in your CRM. Use this to quickly find contact history. ### list_boards Lists all task boards. This gives you an overview of how your team organizes their work. ### list_people Lists all people, including employees and external contacts. Use this to manage your team directory. ### list_tasks Lists all tasks across your entire organization. Use this to see what needs to get done. ### list_activities Lists recent activities and audit logs. Use this to see exactly what's moving in your agency. ## Prompt Examples **Prompt:** ``` Analyze our active budgets and find any approaching their limit. ``` **Response:** ``` I've reviewed the budgets. You have 3 budgets showing concern: * **Website Redesign**: At 88% burn rate. * **Q3 Marketing**: Currently over budget by 4 hours. Would you like me to pull the individual time entries for those projects? ``` **Prompt:** ``` Show me unpaid invoices from last month. ``` **Response:** ``` You have 4 unpaid invoices generated last month totaling **$12,500**. Two of them are assigned to **Acme Corp**. Shall I pull up the company contact information to assist with follow-ups? ``` **Prompt:** ``` What did the development team log time on today? ``` **Response:** ``` I checked today's time entries. The team logged a total of **26 billable hours**. * **Mobile App MVP**: 14 hours * **Maintenance Tickets**: 12 hours Overall, zero unassigned internal time was recorded today. ``` ## Capabilities ### Monitor budget burn rates Get real-time data on how much of a project's budget is spent. ### Audit team time logs Pull all logged hours to see exactly how your team is spending their day. ### Track invoice statuses Check which bills are paid, pending, or overdue in one view. ### Search CRM client data Access your full list of companies and partners instantly. ### Review sales pipelines See all open deals and their current stages in the sales funnel. ### Check task progress View all tasks across every board in your organization. ### Review project details Get specific data on any active or archived project by its ID. ## Use Cases ### Identify budget overruns A founder asks for budgets nearing their limit. The agent uses list_budgets and list_time_entries to identify projects with high burn rates. ### Daily standup summaries A project manager asks what the dev team did yesterday. The agent uses list_time_entries to summarize billable hours and completed tasks. ### Quick sales research A rep needs to know a client's history before a call. The agent uses list_companies and list_deals to summarize the relationship. ### Overdue invoice follow-up An accountant asks for unpaid bills. The agent uses list_invoices to find overdue payments and identifies the relevant company for follow-up. ## Benefits - Stop manual budget tracking by using list_budgets to see burn rates instantly. - Get real-time invoice statuses with list_invoices to manage your cash flow more effectively. - See team capacity by pulling list_time_entries to see who's actually busy and who's available. - Speed up sales prep by using list_companies to get client history and partner info quickly. - Keep projects on track by using list_tasks to see what's pending across all your boards. - Audit your team's work using list_activities to see recent changes and movements. ## How It Works The bottom line is that it turns your agency's raw data into actionable answers inside your favorite AI client. 1. Subscribe to the Productive MCP on Vinkius. 2. Enter your Productive API Token and Organization ID in your client settings. 3. Ask your agent to pull reports, check budgets, or summarize project tasks. ## Frequently Asked Questions **Can I see my agency's budget burn rates using Productive MCP?** Yes. The Connector pulls live budget data so you can ask your agent exactly how much of a project's funding remains and where it's being spent. **How does Productive MCP help with tracking team time?** It allows your agent to pull all logged time entries. You can ask for daily summaries, check who's busy, or audit hours across specific projects. **Can I pull up client info from my CRM with Productive MCP?** Yes. You can access your full list of companies and partners, making it easy to get client history and contact details during a conversation. **Can Productive MCP show me which invoices are overdue?** It can. You can ask your agent to list all invoices and it will show you the payment status for every bill generated in your account. **How do I check project tasks across all boards with Productive MCP?** The Connector can list every task across your entire organization, letting you see what's pending or completed across all your different boards. **Does Productive MCP let me see recent agency activities?** Yes, it can pull recent activities and audit logs so you can see exactly what's moving in your agency without checking each project individually. **How do I start managing my agency via AI?** Subscribe, enter your API credentials (your Personal Access Token from **Settings → API integrations**, and your Organization ID found in your URL), and you're ready. No code, no SDK, no webhooks — just connect and start asking your agent for budget burn rates. **Can my AI agent flag budgets that are running low?** Yes. Ask your agent to query all active budgets and run an analysis on hours tracked versus hours allocated. The agent reads the budget payloads securely and identifies any project that sits beyond 80% profitability burn rate before you even open a spreadsheet. **What happens when I need to verify timesheets for billing?** Just tell your AI agent to fetch recent time entries. It compiles exactly who logged what task across which services, helping you spot unassigned hours or missing descriptions instantly, saving the operations team hours of manual monthly audits. **Is this capable of helping me track sales metrics?** Absolutely. Ask your agent to list active deals and client companies. In a single prompt, you can see your entire sales pipeline, match deals to recent activities, and prepare for management syncs — perfectly suited for agency owners tracking rapid growth.