Chronicle Online MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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Chronicle Online MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 11 min ago. It exposes 15 tools. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

Read employees, absences, clockings, shifts and overtime in Chronicle Online.

Uptime history 21 hours of history

21 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

77 of 77 checks

Tools

read from the server

244 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 2 Nov 2026

What changed 1

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 2 November 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

2 Nov a tool changed version

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Chronicle Online 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 11 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

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

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://chronicle-online.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.chronicle-online]
url = "https://chronicle-online.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chronicle-online": {
      "url": "https://chronicle-online.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "chronicle-online": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://chronicle-online.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 15

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

chronicleonline

chronicleonline_get_absence

Get one absence by id. Chronicle API: GET /api/Absences/{id}.

chronicleonline_get_employee

Get one employee by id. Chronicle API: GET /api/Employees/{id}.

chronicleonline_get_real_clocking

Get one real clocking by id. Chronicle API: GET /api/RealClockings/{id}.

chronicleonline_list_absence_types

List the absence types (holiday, sickness, absence and others) that Chronicle uses. Chronicle API: GET /api/AbsenceTypes.

chronicleonline_list_absences

List absences configured in Chronicle (for example holiday, sickness and other absence entries). Chronicle API: GET /api/Absences.

chronicleonline_list_absentee_records

List absentee records: the per-employee records of absence taken. Chronicle API: GET /api/AbsenteeRecords.

chronicleonline_list_cost_centres

List cost centres used to group employees and time. Chronicle API: GET /api/CostCentres.

chronicleonline_list_daily_overtime

List daily overtime per employee between two dates. Chronicle API: GET /api/DailyOvertime.

chronicleonline_list_employees

List employees (and contractors, visitors, agency staff) with their badge ids, names and cost centre. Good first call to find an employee id. Chronicle API: GET /api/Employees.

chronicleonline_list_leavers

List employees who have left (leavers). Chronicle API: GET /api/Leavers.

chronicleonline_list_real_clockings

List real clockings: the IN and OUT punches recorded at the terminals and apps. Chronicle API: GET /api/RealClockings.

chronicleonline_list_scheduled_shifts

List shifts scheduled to employees between two dates (both required). Chronicle API: GET /api/ScheduledShifts?startDate&endDate.

chronicleonline_list_shifts

List shift patterns defined in Chronicle. Chronicle API: GET /api/Shifts.

chronicleonline_list_weekly_overtime

List weekly overtime per employee between two dates. Chronicle API: GET /api/WeeklyOvertime.

chronicleonline_list_work_records

List work records (worked time per employee) between two dates. Optional employee filter. Chronicle API: GET /api/WorkRecords.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://chronicle-online.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	85 ms	11 min ago

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Chronicle Online MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Chronicle Online MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 15 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: chronicleonline_get_absence, chronicleonline_get_employee, chronicleonline_get_real_clocking, chronicleonline_list_absences, chronicleonline_list_absence_types, chronicleonline_list_absentee_records and 9 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 Chronicle Online MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 77 of 77 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 244 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Chronicle Online MCP by usefulapi?

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

Does Chronicle Online MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. Chronicle Online MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 15 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Chronicle Online MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 244 ms on average, which is faster than 59% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Chronicle Online MCP by usefulapi open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 1 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at chronicle-online.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.