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How to connect Timelink to Claude

Connect Claude Web, Desktop and Cowork to Timelink MCP. Remove a former employee from timelink, delete a duplicate person entry by id, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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Timelink is a time tracking tool for logging and managing work hours, with both software and hardware support. Easily track, analyze, and report your team's time data for better productivity.

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Introduction

Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant, available on the web, in the desktop app, and on mobile. Cowork is its agent for knowledge work, and it runs on all of those surfaces too. Connected to your apps, Claude can work with your files and services to accomplish complex tasks on your behalf.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your Timelink account to Claude via Composio Connect, enabling it to remove a former employee from Timelink, delete a duplicate person entry by ID, clean up test user records from system, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

Setup is the same on Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork, and you only need to do it once. The connector is tied to your account, so it's available in all three.

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Connecting Timelink to Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork

Two ways to add the Composio connector. Pick whichever you prefer.

1. Add with one click

Click the button. Claude opens with the Composio connector filled in. Click Add, then go to step 2.

Add to Claude

Add manually

In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.

Claude Desktop connectors screen with Add custom connector selected

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

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https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
Add custom connector dialog with Composio MCP server URL

2. Authorize in your browser

Click Connect. You'll be redirected to a browser window where you can authorize Composio to continue.

Composio authorization screen for Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork

3. Connect your Timelink account

Back in Claude, ask it to connect to Timelink or give it any Timelink-related task.

For example, ask Claude to:

  • "Remove a former employee from Timelink"
  • "Delete a duplicate person entry by ID"
  • "Clean up test user records from system"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Claude, and your Timelink account is ready to use.

What is the Timelink Claude Connector, and what's possible with it?

The Timelink MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Timelink account. It provides structured and secure access to your Timelink time tracking data, so your agent can perform actions like managing personnel records and maintaining accurate work hour logs on your behalf.

  • Automated personnel record management: Let your agent locate and remove person records securely based on unique identifiers when needed.
  • Error correction in time tracking data: Quickly delete outdated or incorrect person entries to ensure your time logs remain accurate and compliant.
  • Streamlined onboarding and offboarding: Support HR and administrative workflows by enabling fast removal of departed employee records from the system.
  • Security-focused data maintenance: Empower your agent to enforce privacy and data retention policies by deleting person records as required.

Troubleshooting

1. Why does Claude not use the Composio connector for Timelink?

The connector can show as connected, but Claude must use it in each Timelink conversation.

  • Click + at the lower left of the chat, or type /.
  • Hover Connectors.
  • Turn on Composio.
  • Ask Claude to connect to Timelink again.

2. Why does Claude show an MCP server error before Timelink connects?

Claude can show Couldn't reach the MCP server or Authorization with the MCP server failed when you add the connector for Timelink.

  • Check that the connector URL is https://connect.composio.dev/mcp.
  • Connectors run from Anthropic's cloud, so your device network is usually not the problem.
  • Add the connector again from Customize > Connectors, then ask Claude to connect Timelink.
  • If it fails again, send the error and the ofid_ reference id to support@composio.dev.

3. Why does the Timelink authorization link not work?

The Composio connector is one server. Your Timelink account connects separately when Claude asks for it.

  • If the browser does not open, or the link expires, ask Claude to retry the Timelink connection.
  • Composio creates a fresh Timelink authorization link.
  • Open that link in your browser and finish the Timelink sign-in.

4. Why do Timelink actions fail after they worked before?

The Timelink connection can expire or lose permission.

  • Ask Claude to inspect the Timelink connection.
  • If the connection is unhealthy, disconnect it when Claude prompts you.
  • Reconnect the Timelink account and retry the action.
  • If Claude shows a permission prompt, approve it before Claude changes data in Timelink.
  • If the action still fails with a permission error, check that the connected account has that permission in Timelink itself.

5. How do I switch to a different Timelink account?

Claude can manage the Timelink connection for you.

  • Ask Claude to disconnect or delete the current Timelink account.
  • Ask Claude to connect Timelink again.
  • Open the new Composio authorization link for Timelink.
  • Sign in with the other Timelink account in the browser.
  • After the account connects, ask Claude to retry the Timelink task.

6. Why is my Timelink connection missing in Claude Desktop or on a Team plan?

The connector belongs to your Claude account, so your Timelink connection works in Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork.

  • In Claude Desktop, open Customize > Connectors.
  • Next to Composio, click ⋮ and click Clear cache.
  • If Timelink tools still do not appear, click ⋮, disconnect, remove the connector, and add it again.
  • On Team or Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner must enable the connector before you can connect Timelink.
TOOLS

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

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Tool to delete a person record.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Timelink MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Timelink tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Timelink and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Claude Cowork fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Timelink tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Timelink scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Timelink data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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