Timely MCP server

Connect Timely to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, GitHub Copilot and any other MCP client, for your whole team. Metorial adds security, governance, and tracing, and gives everyone one Magic MCP URL to connect.

What you can do with the Timely MCP server

Ask your agent in plain language. Each of these maps to a real tool on the server.

  • Use the delete forecast tool in Timely
  • Use the create project tool in Timely
  • Use the update time entry tool in Timely
  • Use the list teams tool in Timely
  • Use the get report tool in Timely
  • Use the manage day lock tool in Timely

Supported Tools

delete_forecast

Delete Forecast

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Permanently delete a forecast (planned task) from Timely. This cannot be undone.

create_project

Create Project

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Create a new project in Timely. Configure client, billing, budget, hourly rate, label settings, team assignments, and user assignments with individual rates.

update_time_entry

Update Time Entry

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Update an existing time entry in Timely. Modify the duration, date, project, notes, labels, billing status, or hourly rate.

list_teams

List Teams

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Retrieve teams from Timely, including their members and lead assignments.

get_report

Get Report

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Generate a filtered time report from Timely. Filter by date range, users, projects, labels, and teams. Group results by clients, users, labels, days, or teams for aggregated metrics including duration, cost, profit, and profitability.

manage_day_lock

Manage Day Lock

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Lock or unlock specific dates for specific users in Timely. Locking prevents accidental changes or unauthorized edits to time records for those days.

get_account

Get Account

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Retrieve account (workspace) details from Timely including plan info, currency, capacity settings, user counts, and feature flags.

delete_project

Delete Project

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Permanently delete a project from Timely. This cannot be undone. Consider archiving (via Update Project with active=false) instead.

list_forecasts

List Forecasts

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Retrieve forecasts (planned tasks) from Timely. Filter by date range, project, or user. Compare planned vs. actual logged time.

manage_label

Manage Label

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Create or update a label (tag) in Timely. Provide a **labelId** to update an existing label, or omit it to create a new one. Labels can have a parent for hierarchical organization.

manage_timer

Manage Timer

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Start or stop a timer on an existing time entry for real-time time tracking. Use **start** to begin tracking and **stop** to end it.

update_project

Update Project

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Update an existing project in Timely. Modify name, description, client, billing, budget, rates, label settings, team assignments, user assignments, or archive/unarchive it.

delete_team

Delete Team

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Permanently delete a team from Timely. This removes the team but does not remove its members from the account.

manage_forecast

Manage Forecast

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Create or update a forecast (planned task) in Timely. Provide a **forecastId** to update, or omit it to create a new one. Forecasts help plan upcoming work with estimated times and assigned users.

create_time_entry

Create Time Entry

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Log a new time entry in Timely. Specify duration via hours/minutes or a from/to time range. Provide a project ID; optionally add notes, labels, and set an hourly rate.

delete_label

Delete Label

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Permanently delete a label from Timely. This cannot be undone. Consider archiving (via Manage Label with active=false) instead.

list_projects

List Projects

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Retrieve projects from Timely. Filter by status (active, archived, all, mine). Includes client, budget, and rate information.

list_users

List Users

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Retrieve users from the Timely workspace. Includes roles, capacity, and rate information. Filter the returned page by status (active, archived, all).

manage_client

Manage Client

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Create or update a client in Timely. Provide a **clientId** to update an existing client, or omit it to create a new one. Set **active** to false to archive a client.

manage_team

Manage Team

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Create or update a team in Timely. Provide a **teamId** to update an existing team, or omit it to create a new one.

delete_time_entry

Delete Time Entry

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Permanently delete a time entry from Timely. This cannot be undone.

list_labels

List Labels

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Retrieve labels (tags) from Timely. Labels support a hierarchical parent/child structure and are used to classify work on time entries.

list_clients

List Clients

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Retrieve clients from Timely. Filter by status (active, archived, all). Clients represent the companies or entities you work for.

list_time_entries

List Time Entries

Call list_accounts to choose a workspace when needed. Retrieve time entries (events) from Timely. Filter by date range, specific date, user, or project. Supports pagination for large result sets.

get_time_entry

Get Time Entry

Retrieve one Timely time entry by ID, including its project, user, duration, and billing state. Call list_accounts to discover workspace IDs.

get_current_user

Get Current User

Retrieve your Timely identity, role, and capacity in a workspace. Call list_accounts to discover workspace IDs.

list_accounts

List Accounts

List Timely workspaces available to the authenticated user. Pass a returned accountId to other tools to choose a workspace.

Connect Timely to your AI client

Every client uses the same Magic MCP URL, and so does any other MCP client. Add it once and sign in with SSO.

  1. Enable Timely in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Timely MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
  2. Add a custom connector. Open Customize, then Connectors. Select Add, then Custom, then Web.
  3. Paste your Metorial MCP URL. Name it Metorial, paste your Magic MCP URL (<your-magic-mcp-url>) and continue.
  4. Sign in. Select Add and sign in to load Timely tools.

Run Timely through the Metorial gateway

One governed layer for every app your agents reach, not a separate connector per tool.

  • Give Timely and every other app to your whole team through one MCP gateway, behind your SSO.
  • Scope which teams and agents can use Timely tools with role-based access control, and trace every call.
  • Prefer to run it yourself? Metorial is open source and self-hostable.

More integrations teams use with Timely

Notion

Create, read, update, and archive pages and databases in a Notion workspace. Manage blocks (paragraphs, lists, headings, embeds, etc.) within pages. Query databases with filters and sorts across rich property types including text, numbers, dates, selects, relations, and formulas. Search across pages and databases by title. Add and read comments on pages and blocks. Upload files to pages. Manage workspace users and retrieve user profiles.

Google Sheets

Create, read, and update spreadsheets and their cell data. Read and write values to individual cells, ranges, or multiple ranges using A1 notation or named ranges. Apply cell formatting including text styles, backgrounds, borders, number formats, and conditional formatting. Manage sheets (tabs) within a spreadsheet—add, delete, copy, rename, and reorder them. Create and manage embedded charts, pivot tables, filter views, data validation rules, protected ranges, named ranges, and merged cells. Perform batch operations to apply multiple updates atomically.

GitHub

Manage repositories, issues, and pull requests. Create and configure branches, star repositories, review code, and merge changes. Automate CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions, manage workflow runs, secrets, and artifacts. Track issues with labels, milestones, and assignees. Search across code, repositories, issues, and users. Manage organizations, teams, and memberships. Create and manage projects, gists, packages, deployments, and environments. Access security alerts including code scanning, secret scanning, and Dependabot alerts. Read and write file contents in repositories. Manage webhooks, notifications, and codespaces.

Salesforce

Manage CRM data including Accounts, Contacts, Leads, Opportunities, Cases, and custom objects. Create, read, update, and delete records. Query data using SOQL and search across objects using SOSL. Perform bulk data operations for large-scale imports, exports, and migrations. Execute composite requests to batch multiple operations in a single API call. Access analytics, reports, and dashboards. Manage files and attachments associated with records. Interact with Chatter feeds, posts, and groups for social collaboration. Manage org metadata including custom objects, fields, layouts, and workflows. Query data using GraphQL for precise data retrieval across related objects.

Sharepoint

Manage SharePoint sites, document libraries, lists, and files. Create, read, update, and delete lists and list items with custom columns. Resolve site users to numeric Person/Group LookupId values. Upload, download, move, copy, and version files in document libraries. Search across sites, files, folders, lists, and list items using Microsoft Search. Manage permissions at site, list, and item levels with granular access control. Define and manage content types and site columns. Retrieve site properties and search for sites across Microsoft 365.

Microsoft Outlook

Send, read, reply to, forward, and manage email messages in user mailboxes. Organize messages into folders, apply categories, flags, and importance levels. Manage file and item attachments. Create, update, delete, and respond to calendar events and meetings. Find available meeting times, manage attendees, handle recurrence, and work with shared or delegated calendars. Create, read, update, and delete contacts, organize them into contact folders, and manage contact photos. Manage tasks and task lists via Microsoft To Do, including due dates, reminders, recurrence, and checklist items. Support for Focused Inbox, @-mentions, mail tips, send-on-behalf, and send-as capabilities.

Technical notes for Timely

Discover workspaces and your current user profile. Track and manage time entries, timers, projects, budgets, clients, labels, teams, forecasts, day locks, and filtered time reports. Workspace permissions and plan features determine available operations.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about connecting Timely to AI agents with Metorial.

  1. How many tools does the Timely MCP server have?
    The Timely MCP server exposes 27 tools, including Delete Forecast, Create Project, Update Time Entry. Each one is governed and traced through Metorial.
  2. Timely exposes tools your agents call on demand; it does not publish event triggers yet. Everything still runs through one governed MCP URL.
  3. Any MCP client, including VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, OpenCode and Grok. Each one reaches the Timely MCP server through the same Metorial URL.
  4. Use role-based access control to decide which teams, users, and agents can use Timely and which of its tools they can call.
  5. Yes. Metorial is open source, so you can run the Timely MCP server yourself or use the hosted gateway.

Connect Timely to production AI agents

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