Bill4Time MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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Bill4Time MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago. It exposes 8 tools. Last commit 13 Oct 2026.

Read Bill4Time clients, projects, time entries, expenses, invoices, payments, users and contacts.

Uptime history 4 days of history

4 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

91 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 13 Oct 2026

What changed 1

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 13 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

13 Oct a tool changed version

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Bill4Time MCP by usefulapi every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 2 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add bill4time --transport http https://bill4time.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bill4time": {
      "url": "https://bill4time.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.bill4time]
url = "https://bill4time.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bill4time": {
      "url": "https://bill4time.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bill4time": {
      "url": "https://bill4time.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 8

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

bill4time

bill4time_list_clients

List clients (id, name, billing name, email, phone, city, account manager, status, billing rate type, currency). Filter by status, exact client name, id or creation date. Street addresses and tax ids are not returned. GET /clients.

bill4time_list_contacts

List contacts: name, email, work and mobile phone, city, status, creation date. Filter by status, id or creation date. Street addresses, home phone and notes are not returned. GET /contacts.

bill4time_list_expenses

List expenses: client, project, user, expense date, cost and sell price, quantity, type, billing status, invoice id, public description. Filter by client, project, user, invoice, expense date range, billing status or exact expense type. Private notes are not returned unless include_private_notes is set. GET /expenses.

bill4time_list_invoices

List invoices: client, project, invoice date, status (prebill or finalized), paid status, totals (invoice, labor, expense, late fee), terms and notes. Filter by status, paid status, client, project, id or invoice date range. GET /invoices.

bill4time_list_payments

List payments: client, project, amount, date, type, method, public note. Filter by client, project, id or payment date range. Check numbers are not returned; the private note only with include_private_notes. GET /payments.

bill4time_list_projects

List projects (matters): id, name, client, status, billing method, rate overrides, assigned user, created/closed/due dates. Filter by status, billing method, client, id or creation date. GET /projects.

bill4time_list_time_entries

List time entries: client, project, user, entry date, billable and labor time, billable amount, rate, activity, ABA litigation code, billing status, invoice id, public description. Filter by client, project, user, invoice, entry date range or billing status. Private notes and contractor pay rates are not returned unless include_private_notes is set. GET /timeEntries.

bill4time_list_users

List the firm's users: name, email, user type, status, department, position, billing and overtime rate. Birth dates, addresses, phone numbers and contractor pay rates are not returned. Filter by status or id. GET /users.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://bill4time.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	90 ms	2 min ago

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Bill4Time MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Bill4Time MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 8 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: bill4time_list_clients, bill4time_list_contacts, bill4time_list_expenses, bill4time_list_invoices, bill4time_list_payments, bill4time_list_projects and 2 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Bill4Time MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 91 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Bill4Time MCP by usefulapi?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Bill4Time MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. Bill4Time MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 8 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Bill4Time MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 91 ms on average, which is faster than 86% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Bill4Time MCP by usefulapi open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.