How to integrate Clockify MCP with Codex

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Clockify is a free time tracking software for individuals and teams to monitor work hours across projects. Track, manage, and report time for better productivity and transparency.

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Introduction

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With the Clockify MCP integration, Codex can log time entries, manage projects and tasks, generate detailed and weekly reports, organize clients and tags, and stop running timers, all without leaving the terminal or the app, whichever you prefer.

For exact tool slugs and parameter tables, see the tool catalog in the Composio docs.

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Why use Composio?

Apart from a managed and hosted MCP server, you will get:

  • CodeAct: A dedicated workbench that allows GPT to write its code to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Large tool responses: Handle them to minimise context rot.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1700+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so GPTs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

How to install Clockify MCP in Codex

Run the setup command

Run this command in your terminal to add the Composio MCP server to Codex.

Terminal

It will initiate the authentication in a browser window, authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

Composio authentication page

(Optional) Authenticate with OAuth

To authenticate manually, run the login command to open a browser window and authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

bash
codex mcp login composio

Verify the connection

Run codex mcp list to confirm Composio appears as a registered MCP server.

bash
codex mcp list

Codex App

Codex App follows the same approach as VS Code.

  1. Click ⚙️ on the bottom left → MCP Servers → + Add servers → Streamable HTTP:
  2. Fill the header and Key fields with { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }.
  3. The Key is the Composio API key, that you can find on dashboard.composio.dev
  4. Click on Authenticate and authorize Codex to your Composio account and you're all set.
Codex App MCP setup
  1. Restart and verify if it's there in .codex/config.toml
bash
[mcp_servers.composio]
url = "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
http_headers = { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }

Try it

Ask Codex for a Clockify task. The first time, Composio asks you to connect your Clockify account.

For example, ask it to:

  • "List all your active workspaces"
  • "Add a new client to marketing workspace"
  • "Show all users on design team workspace"

What is the Clockify MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Clockify MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Clockify account. It provides structured and secure access to your team's time tracking data, so your agent can perform actions like managing clients, handling workspace users, setting up webhooks, and retrieving workspace details on your behalf.

  • Workspace user management: Let your agent list all users in a workspace, filter users by advanced criteria, or find team managers for more efficient team organization.
  • Client creation and deletion: Easily create new clients or remove existing ones from your workspace, streamlining project onboarding and cleanup.
  • Webhook automation: Enable your agent to create, delete, and manage webhooks for real-time notifications and integrations with other tools.
  • Workspace overview and navigation: Retrieve a list of all workspaces you belong to, empowering your agent to access and organize time tracking across multiple teams or projects.
  • Addon and webhook token management: Generate new webhook tokens and list all addon webhooks, ensuring secure and automated integrations with third-party services.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Clockify with Codex using Composio's MCP server. Now you can interact with Clockify directly from your terminal, VS Code, or the Codex App using natural language commands.

Key benefits of this setup:

  • Seamless integration across CLI, VS Code, and standalone app
  • Natural language commands for Clockify operations
  • Managed authentication through Composio
  • Access to 20,000+ tools across 1700+ apps for cross-app workflows
  • CodeAct workbench for complex tool chaining

Next steps:

  • Try asking Codex to perform various Clockify operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits
  • Build automation scripts that leverage Codex's AI capabilities
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Clockify action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add User to Group

Tool to add a user to a user group in a Clockify workspace.

Create Client

Tool to add a new client to a workspace.

Create New Project

Create a project in a Clockify workspace with a name and optional color, billable status, and client association.

Create Shared Report

Create a shared summary, detailed, or weekly report with a date range and summary grouping options in a Clockify workspace.

Create Tag

Create a named tag in a Clockify workspace.

Create Task

Tool to add a new task to a project in Clockify.

Create Templates On Workspace

Create one or more templates in a Clockify workspace with associated projects and optional time entries.

Create Time Entry

Tool to create a new time entry in a Clockify workspace.

Create User Group

Tool to create a new user group in a workspace.

Create User Time Entry

Tool to create a time entry for another user in a Clockify workspace.

Create Webhook

Tool to create a new webhook in a workspace.

Create Workspace

Creates a new Clockify workspace for time tracking and project management in the specified organization.

Delete Client

Deletes a client from a Clockify workspace.

Delete Project

Tool to delete a project from a workspace.

Delete Shared Report

Tool to delete a shared report from a workspace by ID.

Delete Tag

Tool to delete a tag from a Clockify workspace.

Delete Task

Tool to delete a task from a project in Clockify.

Delete Template

Delete a template from a Clockify workspace using the deprecated template API.

Delete Time Entry

Tool to delete a time entry from a workspace by ID.

Delete User Group

Tool to delete a user group from a workspace.

Delete User Time Entries

Tool to delete multiple time entries for a user in a workspace.

Delete Webhook

Tool to delete a webhook from a workspace.

Duplicate Time Entry

Tool to duplicate an existing time entry in a Clockify workspace.

Filter Workspace Users

Tool to filter users in a workspace by advanced criteria.

Find User's Team Managers

Retrieves the list of team managers assigned to a specific user in a Clockify workspace.

Generate Detailed Report

Generates a detailed time-entry report with filtering and pagination for a workspace.

Generate Expense Report

Generate a detailed expense report for a workspace and date range, limited to 31 days on the free plan.

Generate New Webhook Token

Generate a new token for a workspace webhook, invalidating its previous token.

Generate Summary Report

Generate a workspace time-entry summary report grouped by projects, users, clients, or other criteria.

Generate Weekly Report

Generate a weekly workspace time-entry report with breakdowns grouped by user, project, task, or other dimensions.

Get All Addon Webhooks

Tool to list all webhooks for an addon in a workspace.

Get All My Workspaces

Lists workspaces accessible to the authenticated user, optionally filtered by roles.

Get All Webhooks

Tool to list all webhooks in a workspace.

Get Client By ID

Retrieves detailed information about a specific client in a Clockify workspace.

Get Clients

Tool to list clients in a workspace.

Get Created Entities

Retrieves created entities of a specified type in a workspace using the experimental API.

Get Currently Logged In User Info

Tool to retrieve info about the authenticated user.

Get Deleted Entities

Requests deleted entities of a specified type in a workspace through the experimental API.

Get Holidays

Tool to retrieve all holidays for a workspace.

Get Holidays In Period

Tool to retrieve holidays in a specific period.

Get In Progress Time Entries

Retrieve a page of currently running time entries in a workspace to check active timers and who is tracking time.

Get member's profile

Tool to get a member's profile in a workspace.

Get Project

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific project by ID.

Get Projects

Tool to list projects in a workspace with filtering and pagination.

Get Shared Report

Generate a shared report by ID using the Clockify Reports API.

Get Shared Reports

Retrieve the first page of shared reports for the current user in a Clockify workspace.

Get Tag By ID

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific tag by ID in a Clockify workspace.

Get Tags

List a page of workspace tags, optionally filtering by name or archived status.

Get Task

Retrieves detailed information about a specific task in a Clockify project.

Get Tasks

List, search, or filter a page of tasks on a specific project in a workspace.

Get Templates On Workspace

List a page of templates in a Clockify workspace, optionally filtered by name.

Get Time Entries

Tool to retrieve historical time entries for a user in a workspace with filters.

Get Time Entry

Tool to retrieve a specific time entry by ID from a workspace.

Get Updated Entities

Retrieve updated workspace entities using the experimental API for one supported type: time entries, time entry rates, time entry custom field values, or custom fields.

Get User Groups

List a page of user groups in a workspace.

Get Webhook By ID

Retrieves detailed information about a specific webhook in a Clockify workspace.

Get Webhook Logs

Tool to retrieve webhook logs for a specific webhook.

Get Workspace Info

Retrieves detailed information about a specific Clockify workspace.

List Assignments

Lists a page of scheduling assignments in a workspace, starting from a specified date and optionally bounded by an end date.

Remove User From Group

Remove a user from a Clockify user group.

Stop User Timer

Tool to stop a currently running timer for a user in a workspace.

Update Client

Updates a client in a Clockify workspace, including details such as name, email, address, or archived status.

Update Project

Tool to update an existing project in a Clockify workspace.

Update Project Memberships

Tool to update project memberships in Clockify.

Update Project User Hourly Rate

Tool to update a project user's billable rate.

Update Shared Report

Update a shared report's name, public visibility, and fixed-date setting in Clockify.

Update Tag

Tool to update a tag in a Clockify workspace.

Update Task

Tool to update an existing task on a project in Clockify.

Update Time Entries

Bulk updates multiple time entries for a specified user in a Clockify workspace, including start/end times, descriptions, billable status, and project or task associations.

Update Time Entry

Tool to update an existing time entry in a Clockify workspace.

Update User Group

Tool to update an existing user group in a workspace.

Update User Hourly Rate

Tool to update a user's hourly rate in a Clockify workspace.

Update Webhook

Updates a workspace webhook's configuration, including its name, URL, event type, and trigger sources.

Update Workspace Hourly Rate

Tool to update the workspace billable hourly rate.

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