Hourtick for software teams
Time tracking for software teams that work with AI agents
Software teams now ship with coding agents next to the engineers. Hourtick tracks the engineers' time from the menu bar, puts agents on tasks with their own hours and cost, and links to Linear, so you can see what a feature really cost and where AI helped.
Keyboard-first
A global shortcut, a ⌘K palette and a menu bar timer that stays out of the way.
Agents as teammates
Assign a task to an agent, watch it work, get its time and cost on the task, and never on an engineer's timesheet.
API and MCP
A documented REST API and an MCP server, so your scripts and assistants can read and write tasks and time.
The problem
- Time tracking that interrupts work or lives in another tool from the tasks
- Agent usage that shows up as a provider bill with no link to features or clients
- Review load that grows as agents write more code, and nobody measures it
- Estimates with no history to learn from
How software teams set up Hourtick
- Track from the menu bar with ⌃⌥S, or start a timer on a task with ⌘K; link Linear issues to tasks so the total goes back as a comment.
- Add your coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) as agents and connect them over MCP; start them from a task or a webhook in CI.
- Agents log finished time and cost on the task; engineers track review time on it.
- Use Agent outcomes to see cost per finished task, review minutes per agent hour and how often work was sent back.
- Use task-type reports (Feature, Bug, Code review) to improve estimates.
In practice
A product team runs a coding agent on bug fixes. In Agent outcomes they see each fix cost $0.60 in model spend and 20 minutes of review, with one in five sent back, and decide which bug types to keep handing to the agent.
Included on every plan
- Mac menu bar timer
- Timesheet approvals
- Billable rates and budgets
- Reports and CSV export
- Invoiced locks
- Offline sync
Frequently asked questions
Does it work with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor?
Yes. Each connects over MCP, as you or as an agent. See the setup guides for each app.
Can the agent run in CI?
Yes. Give the agent a webhook and Hourtick starts a GitHub Actions workflow when work arrives.
Is there an API?
Yes. A REST API with an OpenAPI spec and personal tokens, and an MCP server. Both are included on every plan.
Does it integrate with Linear?
Yes. Link a Linear issue to a task and the tracked time goes back as a comment when you finish.
Does it track what I do in my editor?
No. No screenshots, apps or keystrokes. You track time with a timer, the week grid or your assistant.
Pricing?
Free for unlimited people with 500 MB of usage a month; $29/month for 5 GB.
Other teams using Hourtick
Track your first hour in a minute.
Free for your whole team, forever. $29/month when you need 5 GB.