# Connect Claude Code 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/claude-code

**Where you stand:** You are Claude Code, 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. Add Hourtick as a remote MCP server.
2. Run /mcp in Claude Code and choose hourtick, or run claude mcp login hourtick. The browser opens; sign in and allow access.
3. Ask: "What's on my plate today?"

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http hourtick https://hourtick.com/api/mcp
claude mcp login hourtick
```

## 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:
   - If you're an admin, ask Claude Code to add an agent: "Add a Reviewer agent to Hourtick for pull request reviews." It calls create_agent and gets the agent's own address.
   - Claude Code adds that address as a second server and you sign in once, allowing it to work as Reviewer.
   - When you want it to take work, tell it to work as Reviewer: it follows the loop in the agent instructions (agent_wait_for_work, then agent_reply).

   ```bash
   claude mcp add --transport http hourtick-reviewer https://hourtick.com/api/mcp/agents/<agent-id>
claude mcp login hourtick-reviewer
   ```
   If they aren't an admin, use request_agent: an admin approves it in Hourtick.
3. Be clear about when you work: It takes agent work while a Claude Code session runs the loop. For work while you're away, give the agent a webhook in Team → AI agents → Settings (GitHub repository_dispatch) and a workflow that runs claude -p with the agent's token. There's a ready recipe on the developers page.

## 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.
- A headless run in CI can't open a browser: use the agent's token as a secret there.

## More

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