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Connect RescueTime to ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini

Set it up once and it works in ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and any other client you love. It all runs safely in the background, so you can relax and focus on what really matters. Control your focus and analyze time usage through natural conversation.

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Works with modern AI clients that support MCP, including ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and more.

ChatGPTClaudeCursorPerplexityGeminiMicrosoft CopilotRaycastMeta AI

Your AI does the work. We keep it safe and sound.

No other AI tool gives you this. Your workflow runs in the client you already love, your account stays protected, and you decide what the agent can and cannot do. It is the whole reason to make the switch.

Each Connector lives inside our infrastructure, the same place where your workflow runs. The three things below are already part of it, working quietly in the background so you never have to think about them. Nothing to add, nothing to set up, nothing to worry about.

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V8 Isolate01

Each Connector runs inside its own sealed environment.

Each Connector runs inside its own sealed V8 runtime — no access to your files, your system, or other servers. A Connector never sees past its own request.

Kill Switch02

One switch stops every agent. Instantly.

One action deactivates every Connector, revokes every token, and ends every session at once. AI Governance keeps the record.

FinOps per User03

Spending limits that pause instead of surprise.

Every user keeps their own connections and credentials, isolated from everyone else. Anything that would cross your spending limit is held for your approval, not billed.

Three controls, built into the layer your AI connects through.

Curated set · 54 capabilities

We ship only the actions that matter.

Capability set01 / 14

01-04

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

  1. 01

    Archive project

    Archive or restore a specific project using its ID.

  2. 02

    End focus time

    Stop the currently running Focus Session if you have a Premium account.

  3. 03

    Get alerts

    Check for any active alerts currently triggered.

  4. 04

    Get highlights feed

    Retrieve your daily highlights feed if you are a Premium user.

Capability set02 / 14

05-08

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

  1. 05

    Get analytic data

    Query your historical activity and productivity metrics.

  2. 06

    Get daily summary feed

    Get a high-level rollup of the time you logged today.

  3. 07

    Get devices

    List the machines that have reported time to your account.

  4. 08

    Get goals

    List all your current goals.

Capability set03 / 14

09-12

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

  1. 09

    Get overview tree

    Get a personalized hierarchy including scoring overrides.

  2. 10

    Get profile entities

    List category or score overrides for your account.

  3. 11

    Get web notifications

    List your recent in-app notifications.

  4. 12

    Merge project time

    Combine adjacent time entries into one.

Capability set04 / 14

13-16

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

  1. 13

    Get meeting events

    List all events that have been classified as meetings.

  2. 14

    Add offline focus work

    This capability adds offline focus time to your records.

  3. 15

    Cancel or stop focus session

    End an active focus session immediately.

  4. 16

    Create alert

    Set up a new alert using taxonomy IDs.

Capability set05 / 14

17-20

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

  1. 17

    Create extra work

    Log an entry for extra work performed.

  2. 18

    Create goal

    Set a new time-based goal in seconds.

  3. 19

    Create project

    Create a new project in your account.

  4. 20

    Delete timeline activities

    Use this to bulk delete tracked time within a specific date range.

Capability set06 / 14

21-24

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

  1. 21

    Extend focus session

    Increase the duration of your active focus session.

  2. 22

    Get accounts

    This capability retrieves your global account configurations and settings.

  3. 23

    Get alerts feed

    Get a log of recently triggered user-defined alerts.

  4. 24

    Get calendar events

    List all your synced calendar events.

Capability set07 / 14

25-28

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

  1. 25

    Get categories

    Use this to pull a list of your activity categories.

  2. 26

    Get daily user summaries

    Retrieve pre-computed daily roll-ups for specific days.

  3. 27

    Get extra works

    Retrieve a list of your extra-work entries.

  4. 28

    Get focus sessions

    This capability lists your persistent focus session records.

Capability set08 / 14

29-32

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

  1. 29

    Get focustime ended feed

    View a history of your ended Focus Sessions.

  2. 30

    Get focustime started feed

    View a history of your started Focus Sessions.

  3. 31

    Get managed users

    List the users within teams you manage.

  4. 32

    Get organizations

    Retrieve details about your organizations.

Capability set09 / 14

33-36

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

  1. 33

    Get overviews

    List your top-level activity buckets.

  2. 34

    Get productivities

    Access the specific definitions used for your productivity scores.

  3. 35

    Get projects

    This capability provides a list of all your current projects.

  4. 36

    Get schedules

    Retrieve your work schedules.

Capability set10 / 14

37-40

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

  1. 37

    Get tasks

    Retrieve your list of tasks.

  2. 38

    Get teams

    List the teams you are a member of.

  3. 39

    Get timeline activities

    Fetch the normalized activity stream for a specific date.

  4. 40

    Get users

    Get information about the current user profile.

Capability set11 / 14

41-44

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

  1. 41

    Get user settings

    Retrieve settings that are writable via the API.

  2. 42

    Get web notification counts

    Check the number of read and unread notifications.

  3. 43

    Log project time

    Log time against a specific project or task.

  4. 44

    Opt in beta

    Toggle your participation in beta features.

Capability set12 / 14

45-48

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

  1. 45

    Post highlight

    Create a new daily highlight if you have a Premium account.

  2. 46

    Post offline time

    Log offline time for Premium users.

  3. 47

    Register live activity

    Register Apple Live-Activity push tokens.

  4. 48

    Start focus session

    Start a global focus session with specific details.

Capability set13 / 14

49-51

3 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

  1. 49

    Start focus time

    Trigger a Focus Session for a set duration if you have a Premium account.

  2. 50

    Start focus zone

    This capability starts a focus zone to block distractions.

  3. 51

    Toggle timesheet finalized

    Lock or unlock a timesheet for a specific date.

Capability set14 / 14

52-54

3 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

  1. 52

    Update user

    Modify your user profile settings and time zone.

  2. 53

    Update web notification

    Mark a specific notification as read or dismissed.

  3. 54

    Upsert profile entity

    Create or update an override for a specific app or site.

Real work

What teams actually run

01

Deep Work Initiation

Tell your agent to start a focus session when you begin a complex task in your IDE.

02

Productivity Audits

Ask your agent for a breakdown of your most distracting apps from the previous week.

03

Meeting Tracking

Log time spent in a physical meeting so your digital activity logs stay accurate.

04

Goal Monitoring

Check how much time you have left to hit a specific productivity goal.

Automate a task

Put RescueTime to work on one thing.

Step-by-step automations your AI runs through this Connector: the workflow, the prompts to start with, and the exact capabilities behind each move.

One connector, every AI

RescueTime works with the most popular AI clients.

These are the most popular clients, each with a step-by-step guide: one link, set up once, with governance and visibility built in. And because everything runs on the MCP standard, the same connection also works in any other compatible client — nothing to rebuild.

ClaudeClaudeChatGPTChatGPTGeminiGeminiPerplexityPerplexityGrokGrokMicrosoft CopilotMicrosoft CopilotCursorCursorVS CodeVS CodeWindsurfWindsurfJetBrainsJetBrainsClineClineLangChainLangChainVercel AI SDKVercel AI SDKLovableLovableZ.aiZ.aiRaycastRaycastQwen CodeQwen CodeKimi CodeKimi CodeLe ChatLe Chat

Building your own app? The connector is yours to use.

You don't need a client to put RescueTime to work: the same hosted connection plugs into your own applications and agent code, with the same governance on every request. Build with it, chat with it — one connection for both.

Observed, not estimated

1141ms average. Fast in production.

RescueTime is checked daily against the live service.

Daily averagePeak 1339ms
Oct 3Today
Fastest day
863ms
Slowest day
1339ms
14-day trend
Slowing+11%

Connect your client

One URL. Every client.

Activate the Connector, copy your link, and paste it into the client you already use. 54 capabilities arrive ready to run.

Preview access · not provider authentication

The vk_preview_* token belongs to Vinkius preview infrastructure. It lets Claude discover and display the capabilities of RescueTime, so you can see the experience inside your AI.

It does not authenticate your account with RescueTime. Actions requiring credentials or live account data may not run until you activate the Connector and authorize the service.

RescueTime Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_hoa95p0K4Q58tLA00V8bFWfwTSvMdlO81HDoNGvf/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — RescueTime capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
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  "mcpServers": {
    "rescuetime-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_hoa95p0K4Q58tLA00V8bFWfwTSvMdlO81HDoNGvf/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Cursor
  • VS Code
  • Windsurf
  • Claude Code
  • JetBrains
  • Cline

Step-by-step instructions for each client are in the guide. How to connect

Guided setup for Claude? Set up RescueTime in Claude and other AIs

See all the AI clients this connector works with ↑

Who it's for

Built for the work RescueTime owners hand off.

This MCP is built for anyone who needs to bridge the gap between their time-tracking data and their active work environment.

  • 01

    Knowledge Workers

    They use the agent to trigger focus sessions directly from their IDE or chat window.

  • 02

    Managers

    They ask the agent to pull team-level productivity trends and summaries.

  • 03

    Habit Builders

    They analyze time spent on specific activities to adjust their daily routines.

FAQ

Questions RescueTime owners ask.

  • 01

    How do I connect my RescueTime account?

    You subscribe to the MCP on Vinkius and enter your RescueTime API Key. Once connected, it is ready to use in any compatible client.

  • 02

    Can I start focus sessions through my AI agent?

    Yes, you can trigger, extend, or end focus sessions by simply asking your agent to do so.

  • 03

    Do I need a Premium account for all these features?

    Some features, like the highlights feed and certain focus session triggers, require a RescueTime Premium account.

  • 04

    Which AI clients can I use this with?

    This MCP works with any compatible client, including Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf.

  • 05

    Can I log time for things that aren't on my computer?

    Yes, you can use the agent to add offline focus work or extra-work entries to your logs.

  • 06

    Can I start a Focus Session directly from the chat?

    Yes! Use the start_focus_time capability and specify the duration in minutes. Your agent will trigger the session to block distracting websites and apps immediately.

  • 07

    How do I see my top productivity categories for yesterday?

    You can ask the agent to run get_analytic_data with restrict_kind set to 'category' and the dates set to yesterday. It will return a ranked list of where your time went.

  • 08

    Is it possible to log achievements or daily wins?

    Absolutely. Use the post_highlight capability to record a description of what you accomplished. You can later retrieve these using get_highlights_feed.

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