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What's new in Hourtick

Everything we've shipped, newest first. Each announcement explains what changed, why it matters and how to start using it.

1 update

  1. AI

    The Hourtick plugin for ChatGPT, Codex and Grok Build

    One Hourtick plugin for ChatGPT, Codex and Grok Build: time, tasks, chat and your AI agents. Submitted to Grok's marketplace; ChatGPT and Codex are next.

    • One plugin: a skill that knows Hourtick, plus our hosted MCP server with OAuth sign-in
    • Submitted to the Grok Build Plugin Marketplace, and on its way into the ChatGPT and Codex plugin directory
    • It acts with your own permissions, inside your workspace only
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5 updates

  1. Tasks

    Subtasks, and tasks that wait for each other

    Break a task into subtasks and mark what has to be done first. A blocked task unlocks by itself when its blockers are done, for people and agents.

    • Add a subtask by typing its title; progress shows on the parent
    • "Blocked by" and "Blocks": pick a task by number or name
    • A blocked task can't start; it unlocks on its own when its blockers are done
    Read the announcement
  2. AI

    OpenAI dots work with Hourtick from day one

    OpenAI's new always-on agents can join your team in Hourtick today: each dot is its own agent, with its own tasks, time and cost, and the guardrails you set.

    • Connect a dot at its own Hourtick agent address through ChatGPT's app controls
    • It takes tasks, answers @mentions and hands work to your other agents, around the clock
    • Its time and model cost land in Reports, billable per task type
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  3. AI

    A setup guide for every AI app, sorted by where it runs

    Coding agents on your computer, bots in the cloud and chat assistants each connect to Hourtick differently. Now every AI app has its own setup guide.

    • "Let your AI set it up" asks where your AI runs first, then gives a prompt made for your app
    • Coding agents on your computer connect as you, and can work as an agent seat while they run
    • Agents and bots in the cloud each become their own Hourtick agent, around the clock
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  4. AI

    Autonomous agents, with guardrails you set

    Agents can now start themselves when work arrives, follow instructions your team keeps in Hourtick, and stay inside the projects and budget you set.

    • Webhooks start an agent when it has work: your endpoint, or a GitHub Action running Claude Code or Codex
    • Instructions live in Hourtick, with every version, and lead every session
    • Scope agents to clients and projects, or make them read-only
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  5. AI

    Set up AI agents from Claude Code, Codex and Cursor

    Ask your AI app to add an agent to the team, and connect it by signing in. Each agent now has its own MCP address, so no token has to pass through a chat.

    • create_agent and update_agent: admins add and change agents from their AI app
    • Every agent has its own MCP address; an app connects there, you sign in and it works as the agent
    • No token passes through the chat or the model
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1 update

  1. AI

    Hourtick works with Grok Team Bots

    Add Hourtick to a Grok Team Bot with one chat message. The bot becomes a teammate anyone can hand work to, and its time and cost land in your reports.

    • One message connects it: "Add this MCP server: https://hourtick.com/api/mcp"
    • Give it an agent token and the bot works as its own teammate, or sign in and it works as you
    • It takes tasks, asks in the thread when it's stuck and hands parts on to your other agents
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2 updates

  1. AI

    AI agents can now hand each other work

    A planner agent splits a job between specialists on any model, waits for their results and puts it together. Every hop is visible, limited and billable.

    • list_agents shows each agent's skills, model and how busy it is
    • agent_delegate hands part of a job to another agent, with or without a task
    • Results come back to the agent that asked and resume its session
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  2. AI

    Connect ChatGPT and Claude.ai by signing in

    Hourtick's MCP server now supports OAuth 2.1, so Claude.ai, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT and other apps connect by signing in to Hourtick instead of pasting a token.

    • Add Hourtick as a custom connector in Claude, or as an app in ChatGPT developer mode
    • Sign in on hourtick.com and approve; no token to copy
    • See and disconnect connected apps in Settings; they stop at once
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18 updates

  1. Mac

    Hourtick for Mac: the whole app, in its own window

    Timesheets, tasks, team chat, AI agents and reports in a real Mac app with its own window and Dock icon. It updates itself and asks before it restarts.

    • Everything in Hourtick, without a browser tab to lose
    • Updates download in the background; restart now or later
    • Sign in with email or Google (through your browser, once)
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  2. AI

    Your AI can now fill in the time you forgot to track

    Ask Claude Code, Cursor or another MCP assistant to complete your timesheet. It proposes the missing entries from your day and logs only what you approve.

    • New get_my_day tool: your tracked entries plus tasks, conversations and agent requests, with times
    • New fill_my_timesheet prompt that drafts entries with the evidence behind each one
    • Nothing is logged until you confirm; existing entries are never touched
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  3. AI

    Hand a task to an AI agent from its assignee field

    AI agents now sit next to your teammates in the task's assignee field and in comment @-mentions. Pick one to delegate; the people on the task stay responsible.

    • Pick an agent in the assignee field to delegate the task, unpick it to stop
    • @mention an agent in a task comment to ask it something
    • Your next comment answers its questions, like a thread
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  4. AI

    Catch up on any channel with AI

    A new Catch up button in every channel. Ask an agent to summarize it in a DM, or open the latest messages in your own AI with a prompt you can edit.

    • Ask a connected agent; it answers in a direct message, so the channel stays quiet
    • Or open ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and others with a visible, editable transcript
    • Nothing is sent to an outside AI until you click
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  5. Billing

    Bill your AI agents' work like anyone's

    Agents now log the time they work on tasks, at the project's rate. It shows up in Reports as the agent and is invoiced and locked like any entry.

    • Agents log finished time on a task with log_time
    • Reports show each agent as its own row, for example "Claude (agent)"
    • Mark agent time invoiced; it locks like everything else
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  6. AI

    AI agents join your team

    Give an AI agent a seat in your workspace. Your team can @mention it in chat, DM it or hand it a task, and watch what it does as it works.

    • Add an agent in Settings with its own token and copy-ready setup
    • Works with Claude Code, Cursor, your own scripts: anything that speaks MCP
    • Live sessions: waiting, working, needs your answer, done
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  7. Chat

    Team chat, next to your tasks and timers

    Channels, direct messages and threads are now built into Hourtick, with reactions, files, search and notifications. Free for your whole team.

    • Public and private channels, DMs and group DMs
    • Threads, reactions, edits, drafts and typing indicators
    • Drag in files with image and PDF previews
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  8. Chat

    Drop live tasks, projects and timers into a conversation

    Type # in chat to reference a task, project, client or one of your time entries. It appears as a live card, with the real status and a ticking timer.

    • # searches tasks by title or number, projects, clients and your recent time
    • Task cards show today's status and open right in the conversation
    • Time entries show their duration and tick while the timer runs
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  9. Chat

    See who's online, and what they're working on

    Green dots on people and agents, and in a DM you see what a teammate's timer is running on. Nobody has to ask what you're working on.

    • Online status for people and connected agents
    • "Online · tracking #12 Hero copy" in DM headers and channel details
    • Turn sharing off any time in Settings
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  10. Platform

    A refreshed welcome tour and a new home page

    The welcome tour now introduces chat and AI agents, and the home page shows Hourtick as it is today: a timer at the centre, with tasks, chat and AI around it.

    • New tour step: channels, # references and @ for teammates and agents
    • A new animated product tour on the home page
    • "Four moves" now shows AI filling gaps and agents on the invoice
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  11. Tasks

    Tasks: plan the work and track the time in one place

    A task board and list with assignees, due dates, priorities, labels, checklists, a chat and files. Start a timer on a task and every minute lands on it.

    • Board with drag and drop, and a list view
    • Several assignees, due dates, priorities, labels and checklists
    • Tracked time against the estimate, per person
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  12. Tasks

    Rich task descriptions with checklists and slash commands

    Task descriptions are now a full editor: headings, lists, checklists, quotes, code, links, a "/" block menu and drag handles.

    • Markdown shortcuts and a toolbar on focus
    • "/" to insert blocks, drag handles to move them
    • Saves as you type, stored as Markdown for the API and AI
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  13. Tasks

    Saved views for your task board

    Filter tasks by several people, projects, clients and labels at once, and save the combination as your own view.

    • Multi-select filters, including "no assignee" and "no project"
    • Every filter lives in the URL, so any view is a shareable link
    • Save as tabs: rename, update or delete
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  14. Tasks

    Files on tasks and in chat, with previews

    Drop screenshots, PDFs and any other file onto a task or into a conversation. Images and PDFs open in a full-screen preview.

    • Drag and drop, paste or pick files up to 25 MB
    • Full-screen preview with arrow keys between files
    • Stored privately in the EU; downloads use short-lived links
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  15. Platform

    Beautiful emails, and notifications when you're needed

    Hourtick now emails you when someone assigns you a task or mentions you, and every account email has a new design that matches the app.

    • Task assigned and @mentioned emails, with an off switch in Settings
    • Welcome, password reset and password changed emails
    • Dark mode and a plain-text version of every email
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  16. Billing

    Free for your whole team. Pay for storage, not people

    Every plan now includes unlimited people and every feature. Free has 100 MB; Pro is $29 a month for 1 GB, and extra storage is $10 per GB.

    • No per-seat prices and no feature tiers
    • Storage measured hourly and shown in Settings
    • Time tracking never stops, even when storage is full
    Read the announcement
  17. Mac

    Hourtick Timer updates itself and notices when you step away

    Hourtick Timer, the menu bar app, now installs updates on its own, and asks what to do with the time when you've been idle for 15 minutes with a timer running.

    • Signed, notarized updates installed in the background
    • "You left the timer running": stop at the moment you left, remove the idle time and keep going, or continue anyway
    • Apple silicon, macOS 13 and later
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  18. Time

    Fix time straight from Reports

    Managers can now edit entries in Reports, one at a time or in bulk, including moving time between people, with every change logged.

    • Edit project, task type, notes, date, duration or person
    • Bulk edits apply all or nothing
    • Entries group by client and project
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3 updates

  1. Platform

    A public API and an MCP server for your AI

    Everything the Hourtick apps do now goes through a documented REST API with a playground, and an MCP server lets Claude, Cursor and others track time for you.

    • Personal API tokens and an OpenAPI 3.1 spec
    • Interactive playground in the browser
    • MCP tools for timers, entries, reports, tasks and chat
    Read the announcement
  2. Billing

    Timesheet approvals and invoicing locks

    Submit your week on Friday, get it approved on Monday, and mark billable time as invoiced so it can never drift again.

    • Submit, approve, send back and reopen weeks
    • Approved and invoiced time locks on every device
    • Reports show what's billable and not yet invoiced
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  3. Time

    A timer that's right on every device, even offline

    Start, stop and switch without a connection. Hourtick replays your changes in order when you're back, and there's never more than one timer running.

    • Works offline on the web and in the Mac app
    • One running timer per person, enforced by the database
    • Time-zone safe; past-day entries stay on their day
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