RescueTime Connector for AI agents.

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Manage your focus sessions and track productivity metrics.

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Why people use RescueTime

RescueTime Productivity Analytics for Knowledge Workers

With this Connector, that manual overhead disappears. You can just ask your agent to pull up your daily summary or check how much time you've spent on a specific project. It pulls the data directly from RescueTime and gives you the answer in plain English. You get the clarity of a dashboard without the friction of navigating one.

What Vinkius changes

You get a conversational interface for your time-tracking data.

Use it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or another AI client you already have.

One account · 5,900+ Connectors

Real-world use case 01

Breaking the distraction cycle

A developer is stuck in a loop of checking Slack.
Real-world use case 02

Checking project velocity

A project manager needs to know how much time was spent on a specific client.
Real-world use case 03

Logging daily wins

A freelancer is finishing their day and wants to log a win.

Complete set · 54capabilities

The complete RescueTime capability set.

These are the exact actions your AI can choose when you ask it to work with RescueTime.

Capability set01 / 14

01—04

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

01 Capability
Get daily summary feed
Gives you a high-level rollup of your day. This is the fastest way to see what you actually did.
02 Capability
Delete timeline activities
Removes a range of tracked time. This is perfect for fixing errors in your history.
03 Capability
End focus time
Stops the current focus session for premium users. It lets you wrap up your deep work block.
04 Capability
Extend focus session
Adds more time to your current session. Use this when you're in the zone and don't want to stop.

Capability set02 / 14

05—08

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

05 Capability
Get accounts
Shows your account settings. This lets you see how your profile is configured.
06 Capability
Get alerts
Lists all your active alerts. Check these to see if you're hitting your distraction limits.
07 Capability
Get alerts feed
Shows a log of recently triggered alerts. This helps you see patterns in your distractions.
08 Capability
Get analytic data
Pulls historical activity and productivity metrics. Use this to see deep trends over weeks or months.

Capability set03 / 14

09—12

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

09 Capability
Get calendar events
Lists your synced calendar events. This helps you see your scheduled commitments alongside your logged time.
10 Capability
Get categories
Lists all your activity categories. Use this to see how your work is being bucketed.
11 Capability
Get daily user summaries
Fetches pre-computed daily roll-ups. Use this to get a quick snapshot of your recent history.
12 Capability
Get devices
Lists all machines reporting your time. This helps you see which devices are being used most.

Capability set04 / 14

13—16

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

13 Capability
Get extra works
Lists all your extra-work entries. Use this to review tasks that fall outside your core projects.
14 Capability
Get focus sessions
Lists your persistent session records. This lets you review your past deep work history.
15 Capability
Get focustime ended feed
Shows a feed of finished focus sessions. Use this to see how many sessions you completed today.
16 Capability
Get focustime started feed
Shows a feed of sessions that just began. This helps you track your current focus activity.

Capability set05 / 14

17—20

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

17 Capability
Get goals
Lists all your current goals. Use this to keep your objectives front and center.
18 Capability
Get highlights feed
Shows your daily highlights. This lets you see your biggest wins for the day.
19 Capability
Get managed users
Lists users in your managed teams. Use this to see who is on your team.
20 Capability
Get overviews
Lists your top-level activity buckets. Use this to see the big picture of your time usage.

Capability set06 / 14

21—24

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

21 Capability
Get productivities
Lists your productivity score definitions. Use this to see how your scores are calculated.
22 Capability
Get profile entities
Lists your category and score overrides. Use this to see your custom productivity rules.
23 Capability
Get projects
Lists all your active projects. Use this to see what you're currently working on.
24 Capability
Get schedules
Lists your work schedules. This shows you when you're expected to be active.

Capability set07 / 14

25—28

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

25 Capability
Get timeline activities
Fetches a normalized activity stream for a day. Use this to see a minute-by-minute breakdown of your day.
26 Capability
Get users
Shows your current user info. This lets you verify which account is connected.
27 Capability
Get web notification counts
Shows your read and unread counts. Use this to see if you have pending alerts.
28 Capability
Get web notifications
Lists your in-app notifications. This lets you see specific messages from the RescueTime app.

Capability set08 / 14

29—32

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

29 Capability
Log project time
Logs time against a specific project or task. Use this to track your progress on specific work.
30 Capability
Merge project time
Combines adjacent time entries. This cleans up your timeline by removing small gaps.
31 Capability
Post offline time
Logs time spent away from your desk. This helps keep your total day count accurate.
32 Capability
Register live activity
Registers Apple Live-Activity tokens. This enables real-time updates on your mobile device.

Capability set09 / 14

33—36

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

33 Capability
Start focus session
Starts a global focus session. Use this to enter a state of deep work.
34 Capability
Start focus time
Triggers a focus session for premium users. This starts your timed deep work block.
35 Capability
Start focus zone
Starts a focus zone for DND. Use this to block out all distractions during a specific window.
36 Capability
Toggle timesheet finalized
Locks or unlocks a date's timesheet. Use this to finalize your logs for the day.

Capability set10 / 14

37—40

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

37 Capability
Update user
Updates your profile settings. Use this to keep your account information current.
38 Capability
Update web notification
Marks a notification as read or dismissed. Use this to clear your alert list.
39 Capability
Upsert profile entity
Updates an override for an app or site. Use this to customize your productivity scores.
40 Capability
Cancel or stop focus session
Ends a focus session immediately. This is useful when you need to break away from a deep work block.

Capability set11 / 14

41—44

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

41 Capability
Create alert
Sets up a new notification. Use this to get pinged when you spend too much time on a specific app.
42 Capability
Create extra work
Adds an entry for work outside your normal scope. This helps keep your productivity data accurate.
43 Capability
Create goal
Sets a new productivity target. Use this to define what you want to achieve in a specific timeframe.
44 Capability
Create project
Starts a new project in RescueTime. This organizes your time into meaningful buckets.

Capability set12 / 14

45—48

4 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

45 Capability
Add offline focus work
Logs time spent away from your computer. This ensures your day's total time is fully accounted for.
46 Capability
Archive project
Moves a project to your archives. Use this to clean up your active list when a job is done.
47 Capability
Get meeting events
Lists events flagged as meetings. This helps you distinguish between deep work and collaboration.
48 Capability
Get organizations
Shows your organization details. Use this to see your company-level settings.

Capability set13 / 14

49—51

3 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

49 Capability
Get overview tree
Shows a personalized hierarchy with scores. This gives you a structured view of your productivity.
50 Capability
Get tasks
Lists all your tasks. Use this to see the specific items making up your projects.
51 Capability
Get teams
Lists the teams you belong to. This helps you see your organizational context.

Capability set14 / 14

52—54

3 capabilities in this set.

Part of 54 available through RescueTime.

52 Capability
Get user settings
Shows your API-writable settings. Use this to adjust how the capability behaves.
53 Capability
Opt in beta
Lets you join or leave beta features. Use this to try out the newest RescueTime capabilities.
54 Capability
Post highlight
Creates a new daily highlight. Use this to manually record a win for the day.

Set up in minutes

One URL. Then ask RescueTime to work.

Claude and ChatGPT only need the Connector URL. Copy it once, add it in settings, and use RescueTime from the conversation.

Choose your client

Live preview

Advanced clients IDE · CLI

Claude · Web + desktop

Official guide ↗

Connector URL · ready to paste

Streamable HTTP

https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_hoa95p0K4Q58tLA00V8bFWfwTSvMdlO81HDoNGvf/mcp

Step 01

Open Connectors

In Claude Web or Claude Desktop, open Settings and choose Connectors.
Step 02

Add the URL

Choose Add custom connector, name it RescueTime, and paste the URL above.
Step 03

Turn it on in chat

Select +, open Connectors, and enable RescueTime for the conversation.

ChatGPT · Web + desktop

Official guide ↗

Connector URL · ready to paste

Streamable HTTP

https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_hoa95p0K4Q58tLA00V8bFWfwTSvMdlO81HDoNGvf/mcp

Step 01

Open MCP settings

On desktop, open Settings and MCP servers. On web, open your workspace app or connector settings.
Step 02

Add the URL

Choose Add server with Streamable HTTP, or create a custom MCP app, then paste the RescueTime URL.
Step 03

Save and start

Save the connection and enable RescueTime in your conversation. Desktop may ask you to restart once.

Cursor · IDE configuration

Official guide ↗

Advanced setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rescuetime": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_hoa95p0K4Q58tLA00V8bFWfwTSvMdlO81HDoNGvf/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Step 01

Open MCP Settings

Press Cmd+Shift+P (macOS) or Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux) → search "MCP Settings"
Step 02

Add the server config

Paste the JSON configuration above into the mcp.json file that opens
Step 03

Save the file

Cursor will automatically detect the new Connector
Step 04

Start using RescueTime

Open Agent mode in chat and ask: "Using RescueTime, help me...". 54 tools available

VS Code Copilot · IDE configuration

Official guide ↗

Advanced setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rescuetime": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_hoa95p0K4Q58tLA00V8bFWfwTSvMdlO81HDoNGvf/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Step 01

Create MCP config

Create a .vscode/mcp.json file in your project root
Step 02

Add the server config

Paste the JSON configuration above
Step 03

Enable Agent mode

Open GitHub Copilot Chat and switch to Agent mode using the dropdown
Step 04

Start using RescueTime

Ask Copilot: "Using RescueTime, help me...". 54 tools available

Windsurf · IDE configuration

Official guide ↗

Advanced setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rescuetime": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_hoa95p0K4Q58tLA00V8bFWfwTSvMdlO81HDoNGvf/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Step 01

Open MCP Settings

Go to Settings → MCP Configuration or press Cmd+Shift+P and search "MCP"
Step 02

Add the server

Paste the JSON configuration above into mcp_config.json
Step 03

Save and reload

Windsurf will detect the new server automatically
Step 04

Start using RescueTime

Open Cascade and ask: "Using RescueTime, help me...". 54 tools available

Cline · IDE configuration

Official guide ↗

Advanced setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rescuetime": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_hoa95p0K4Q58tLA00V8bFWfwTSvMdlO81HDoNGvf/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Step 01

Open Cline MCP Settings

Click the Connectors icon in the Cline sidebar panel
Step 02

Add remote server

Click "Add Connector" and paste the configuration above
Step 03

Enable the server

Toggle the server switch to ON
Step 04

Start using RescueTime

Ask Cline: "Using RescueTime, help me...". 54 tools available

Claude Code · Terminal command

Official guide ↗

Advanced setup

claude mcp add rescuetime --transport http "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_hoa95p0K4Q58tLA00V8bFWfwTSvMdlO81HDoNGvf/mcp"

Step 01

Install Claude Code

Run npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code if not already installed
Step 02

Add the Connector

Run the command above in your terminal
Step 03

Verify the connection

Run claude mcp to list connected servers, or type /mcp inside a session
Step 04

Start using RescueTime

Ask Claude: "Using RescueTime, show me...". 54 tools are ready

Where the request belongs

Work RescueTime can move forward.

Built around the request

For the knowledge worker who feels like they're busy but not productive, or the manager who needs to see team trends without manual reporting.

01

Knowledge Worker

Starts focus blocks from the IDE to stay in the flow and avoid Slack distractions.

02

Team Lead

Pulls productivity summaries for the team to spot bottlenecks and resource issues.

03

Freelancer

Logs offline time and tracks project goals to manage accurate billing for clients.

Build the capability set

Each Connector adds new actions and data without changing how you work.

Browse Connectors

01 12 capabilities

DeskTime

Understand how your team spends their workday with automatic time tracking, productivity scoring, and project cost analysis.

02 10 capabilities

Insightful

Manage employee productivity, time tracking, and activity via Insightful API.

03 4 capabilities

Wakapi (WakaTime Alternative)

Track coding time, analyze productivity stats, and manage projects via Wakapi. an open-source WakaTime alternative.

04 8 capabilities

Sunsama

Connect your AI to Sunsama. Actively manage your day, orchestrate tasks, and balance your work natively from the terminal.

05 4 capabilities

Pomodoro Mental Health Tracker

Prevent burnout by adapting focus cycles with mandatory active breaks, ensuring sustained mental energy throughout your workday.

06 10 capabilities

Clockwise

Automate scheduling via Clockwise. manage focus time, track team availability, and optimize calendar events directly from any AI agent.

Bring your own AI

Change the model, client or framework. Keep RescueTime connected.

Before you connect

Questions about RescueTime.

The practical details behind the request, access and result.

Can I use RescueTime MCP to start focus sessions?

Yes, it triggers the focus sessions you already use in your RescueTime account, allowing you to start them via voice or text.

How does RescueTime MCP help with my productivity?

It gives you a way to query your productivity data easily. You can ask about trends, summaries, and highlights without leaving your workspace.

Does RescueTime MCP work with my existing account?

Yes, it connects directly to your current data. You just need to provide your API key to link your history and settings.

Can I log offline time using RescueTime MCP?

Yes, you can use the Connector to log time spent on meetings, exercise, or other offline activities to keep your daily totals accurate.

How do I see my team's productivity with RescueTime MCP?

If you have a managed team, you can ask the agent to pull summaries and overviews for your managed users to see team-wide trends.

Can I set alerts for specific apps with RescueTime MCP?

Yes, you can create alerts to be notified when you spend too much time on specific websites or apps, helping you stay on track.

What's the best way to use RescueTime MCP for deep work?

The most effective way is to use the focus session capabilities to block out distractions and the analytic capabilities to review your progress at the end of the day.

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.

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.

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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