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Summary
TimeTac time and attendance for DACH teams: time trackings, users, projects, tasks, absences and the live clock-in state. REST API v3 on the customer's own timetac.com subdomain, OAuth 2.0.
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TimeTac + ChatGPT
TimeTac time and attendance for DACH teams: time trackings, users, projects, tasks, absences and the live clock-in state. REST API v3 on the customer's own timetac.com subdomain, OAuth 2.0.
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:
TIMETAC_ACCOUNT, TIMETAC_CLIENT_ID, TIMETAC_CLIENT_SECRET
Step 1 — Get credentials
Your account name is part of every URL. TimeTac's API lives at https://api.timetac.com/<account>/v4/<resource>/<action>/. Set TIMETAC_ACCOUNT to your company account name (the name you log in with); the adapter builds the URL from it.
Getting API credentials
- API access is not open by default: contact TimeTac support ([email protected]) to have it enabled for your account.
- In TimeTac open your account settings → API Credentials and create a client. You receive a client id and a client secret.
…(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 ChatGPT
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.
ChatGPT adds MCP servers as plugins on its Plugins page, on the web and on paid plans. Developer mode is no longer needed. In a Business workspace only admins and owners can add one; in Enterprise and Edu an admin can grant the Create plugins with MCPs permission.
- Go to chatgpt.com/plugins, click Add, then Add custom MCP server.
- Enter a name, e.g. Name:
TimeTac. - Under Connection, enter the Server URL
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_IDand keep Authentication on OAuth. - Select I understand and want to continue, then Create as a plugin. When ChatGPT asks, sign in to AnythingMCP and allow access.
- Install the new plugin from your personal plugins, then type @ in a chat and pick it.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
timetac_list_users | List the users in the TimeTac account with their name, employee number, department and active state |
timetac_list_time_trackings | Read time trackings in a date range: start, end, duration, the user and the task booked against |
timetac_list_projects | List projects with their client, budget and status, so a time tracking can be attributed to a piece of work |
timetac_list_tasks | List tasks — the things users actually clock onto — with the project they belong to and whether they are still open |
timetac_list_absences | List absences (holiday, sick leave, special leave) with their type, date range and approval state, for the roster view |
timetac_list_departments | List the departments configured in the account, so users and reports can be grouped the way the org chart does |
timetac_get_live_status | Read who is currently clocked in and on what — the live attendance board, answering 'who is working right now' |
FAQ
Does the free ChatGPT plan work with custom MCP servers? OpenAI documents custom MCP servers for paid plans only; the Free plan is not on its list.
Next steps
- Connector landing page
- Connect to Claude
- Connect to Cursor
- Connect to Gemini
- Connect to Meta Muse
- Connect to Microsoft Copilot
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