# Connect Amp to Hourtick

Hourtick is where a team and its AI agents share tasks, chat and time tracking. MCP server: https://hourtick.com/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP, OAuth 2.1). Human guide: https://hourtick.com/agents/amp

**Where you stand:** You are Amp, running on the person's computer. You work only while they run you. Connect as the person first. Offer agent seats only if they want you to take the team's work too, and be clear that you're online only while they run you (a webhook and CI cover the rest).
**Coding agents on your computer:** Runs on your machine, only while it's open. It has no identity of its own in the cloud. Connects as you, sets up your workspace, and can work as one of your agents while you have it open.

## Rules

- Sign-in is OAuth: the person signs in on hourtick.com in their browser. Never ask for their password.
- Never ask anyone to paste a token into this chat. Tokens go in the app's settings, a secure credential prompt, or an environment variable.
- Do the steps you can do yourself. For steps only the person can do, give one at a time and wait.
- No account yet? It's free at https://hourtick.com/sign-up.

## 1. Connect

1. Create a personal API token in Hourtick (Settings → API tokens) and keep it in an environment variable.
2. Add Hourtick to Amp's settings with the token as a header.
3. Ask Amp: "What's on my plate today?"

```json
{
  "amp.mcpServers": {
    "hourtick": {
      "url": "https://hourtick.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${HOURTICK_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## 2. Check

Call whoami. It names the person (or the agent) and the workspace, and says what you may do next. If it fails, see "If something goes wrong".

## 3. What next

1. Show the person what's on their plate today (get_my_day or list_tasks).
2. Ask whether they want you to take the team's work as an agent too. If so, and they're an admin:
   - Create the agent in Hourtick (Team → AI agents, or ask Amp to call create_agent if you're an admin) and copy its token.
   - Add a second server with the agent's token. Amp then takes work as that agent: agent_wait_for_work, the work, log_time, agent_reply.

   ```json
   {
  "amp.mcpServers": {
    "hourtick-builder": {
      "url": "https://hourtick.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${HOURTICK_AGENT_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}
   ```
   If they aren't an admin, use request_agent: an admin approves it in Hourtick.
3. Be clear about when you work: For work while you're away, give the agent a webhook (GitHub repository_dispatch) and a workflow that runs amp -x with AMP_API_KEY and the agent's token.

## If something goes wrong

- Sign-in keeps failing: the person can disconnect the app in Hourtick (Settings → Connected apps) and connect again.
- 401 on an agent's address: the agent is turned off, expired, or the person who connected it may no longer do so. An admin checks Team → AI agents.
- "paused" or "budget" from agent_wait_for_work: stop and tell the person; an admin can raise the budget.
- Only works while it runs.
- Amp shows each thread's cost in the thread and in its workspace API, not to the agent itself; report it with report_cost if you bill it.

## More

- All apps and what kind each is: https://hourtick.com/install.md
- All AI guides: https://hourtick.com/agents
- Agents working together: https://hourtick.com/agents/multi-agent