# Connect Grok Build 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/grok-build

**Where you stand:** You are Grok Build, 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 an HTTP MCP server. Grok Build asks you to sign in on first use.
2. Check the connection with grok mcp doctor hourtick.
3. Ask: "What's on my plate today?"

```bash
grok mcp add --transport http hourtick https://hourtick.com/api/mcp
grok mcp doctor 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 Grok Build to add an agent (create_agent).
   - Add the agent's address as another server and sign in as the agent.
   - Tell Grok Build when to work as that agent.

   ```bash
   grok mcp add --transport http hourtick-researcher https://hourtick.com/api/mcp/agents/<agent-id>
   ```
   If they aren't an admin, use request_agent: an admin approves it in Hourtick.
3. Be clear about when you work: Works while it runs. For a Grok agent that's always there, use a Grok Team Bot.

## 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.

## More

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