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Summary
Manage Harvest (time tracking, projects, clients, invoices, expenses) from any AI agent. 10 tools, Bearer auth with account-ID header.
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Example prompts for Harvest
Click any prompt to copy it. Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot or OpenClaw to run it against this connector.
Claude is AI and can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.
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Harvest + Claude
Manage Harvest (time tracking, projects, clients, invoices, expenses) from any AI agent. 10 tools, Bearer auth with account-ID header.
Prerequisites
See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:
HARVEST_ACCESS_TOKEN, HARVEST_ACCOUNT_ID
Step 1 — Get credentials
This connector wraps the Harvest API v2 (api.harvestapp.com/v2).
Setup:
- Log into https://id.getharvest.com → bottom-left avatar → Developers → Create new personal access token.
- Copy the token and the Account ID shown on the same page (a 7-digit number like
1234567). - Set both:
HARVEST_ACCESS_TOKENandHARVEST_ACCOUNT_ID.
Authentication: every request requires BOTH:
Authorization: Bearer ${HARVEST_ACCESS_TOKEN}Harvest-Account-Id: ${HARVEST_ACCOUNT_ID}- A
User-Agentheader (Harvest API requires it — the adapter setsAnythingMCP ([email protected])).
…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)
Step 2 — Install the adapter
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
Step 3 — Add the connector in Claude
Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide showsYOUR_SERVER_ID.
Recommended path — works on claude.ai web without editing any config file.
- In Claude, open Customize → Connectors.
- Click +, then Add custom connector.
- Enter a name, e.g.
Harvest, and the remote MCP server URLhttps://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID, then click Add. - Click Connect and sign in to AnythingMCP (OAuth) to allow access.
All tools below appear in your chat — start typing prompts.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
harvest_who_am_i | Return the currently authenticated user: id, first_name, last_name, email, is_admin, default_hourly_rate, weekly_capacity |
harvest_list_clients | List clients |
harvest_list_projects | List projects |
harvest_list_tasks | List task templates (the canonical Harvest 'task' types: 'Programming', 'Design', etc |
harvest_list_time_entries | List time entries |
harvest_create_time_entry | Log time on a project + task |
harvest_update_time_entry | Update fields on an existing time entry (notes, hours, project, task) |
harvest_stop_timer | Stop a currently-running time entry timer |
harvest_list_invoices | List invoices |
harvest_list_expenses | List expenses |
FAQ
Does it work with Claude Code as well as Claude Desktop? Yes — point both at https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID.
Next steps
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