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clockin MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago. It exposes 13 tools. Last commit 12 Nov 2026.

Read employees, absences, projects and work days; create absences and time events in clockin.

Uptime history 10 hours of history

10 hours agonow

100.0%

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254 ms

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last commit 12 Nov 2026

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 12 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

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

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

https://clockin.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "clockin": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://clockin.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 13

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

clockin

clockin_create_absence

WRITE: create an absence for one employee. absencecategory_name must match an absence category set up in clockin (for example workshop). approval is denied, granted or pending. Customer API: POST /v3/absences.

clockin_create_event

WRITE: record a clock event for one employee, for example a back-dated start of work. task_id: 2 LOADING_TIME, 3 DRIVING_TIME, 4 PROJECT, 5 PAUSE, 6 SPECIAL_1, 7 SPECIAL_2, 8 LOGOUT, 9 BUSINESS_TRIP, 10 WORKING_TIME. Customer API: POST /v3/events.

clockin_get_absence

Get one absence by id. Customer API: GET /v3/absences/{absence}.

clockin_get_customer

Get one customer by id. Customer API: GET /v3/customers/{customer}.

clockin_get_employee

Get one employee by id. Customer API: GET /v3/employees/{employee}.

clockin_get_project

Get one project by id. Customer API: GET /v3/projects/{project}.

clockin_list_absences

List absences (vacation, sick days, workshops and similar), paged. Customer API: GET /v3/absences.

clockin_list_customers

List customers of the company, paged. Customer API: GET /v3/customers.

clockin_list_employees

List employees of the company, paged. Returns id, names, email and related data. Use the ids with the other tools. Customer API: GET /v3/employees.

clockin_list_projects

List projects, paged. Use include=employees,subProjects for the assigned staff and sub-projects. Customer API: GET /v3/projects.

clockin_search_absences

Find absences by start time (from this date-time on) and/or approval state. Pass at least one filter. Customer API: POST /v3/absences/search with scopes byStartsAt and byApprovals.

clockin_search_employees

Find employees whose last name matches exactly. Customer API: POST /v3/employees/search with scope byLastName.

clockin_search_workdays

Get the work days of employees for a date range. Each day lists its activities (start, end, project_id) and events. Sum activities by project_id for project hours. Customer API: POST /v3/workdays/search.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://clockin.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	316 ms	12 min ago

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clockin MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can clockin MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 13 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: clockin_create_absence, clockin_create_event, clockin_get_absence, clockin_get_customer, clockin_get_employee, clockin_get_project and 7 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 clockin MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 34 of 34 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 254 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect clockin 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 clockin MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. clockin MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 13 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is clockin MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 254 ms on average, which is faster than 56% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is clockin 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 clockin.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.