Integration · Productivity
Connect Claude & ChatGPT to RescueTime
Ask your AI how productive you were yesterday or where your time went over the last few days. PipMCP gives it one read-only RescueTime tool: daily summaries of your tracked time, with total hours, productivity pulse and time per productivity level and category.
Free plan, no credit card. Takes about a minute.
Try asking
“How productive was I yesterday?”
The AI reads yesterday's daily summary with total tracked hours and productivity pulse.
“Compare my productivity pulse over the last few days.”
It lists the pulse for each recent day so you can see the trend.
“How much of my time was distracting over the last few days?”
It adds up the time per productivity level from the recent daily summaries.
What your AI can do
Daily summaries
Total tracked hours and productivity pulse for each recent day, with no inputs needed.
Levels and categories
Time per productivity level and per category, so the AI can tell where the hours went.
Read-only
The one RescueTime tool only reads data. The AI cannot change anything in your account.
“Which category took most of my time yesterday?”
It reads the time per category for that day and names the largest one.
“Did I track more than six hours on Monday?”
It reads Monday's total hours, if Monday is among the recent days in the summaries.
“Write me a short review of how I spent my time recently.”
It uses the recent daily summaries to write a review with hours, pulse and top categories.
1 tools for RescueTime
These tools are switched on when you connect. You can switch any of them off, or require your approval before it runs.
get_daily_summariesGet daily summaries of your tracked time for recent days: total hours, productivity pulse and time per productivity level and category. No inputs needed.
Set up in three steps
- 1
Pick the app
Create a free PipMCP account and choose RescueTime from the app list.
- 2
Paste your key
Paste a RescueTime API key. Log in to RescueTime and open the API key management page (Settings › API, or rescuetime.com/anapi/manage). Create a new key, give it a name and copy it. You can revoke it there at any time.
- 3
Add the link to your AI
You get a personal MCP link. Add it to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor:
- Click your name, then Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector.
- Paste your link as the Remote MCP server URL.
- Switch it on from the + menu in a chat.
Questions
What can the AI do in RescueTime?
It can read daily summaries of your tracked time for recent days: total hours, productivity pulse and time per productivity level and category. That is the only tool, and it only reads data, so the AI cannot change anything in your RescueTime account.
Does the AI see my RescueTime credentials?
No. Your RescueTime credentials are encrypted at rest and never shown to the AI. After you save them, they are not shown again, not even to you. The AI only sees the results of the tools it calls.
Can I control what the AI is allowed to do?
Yes. You choose whether the tool is switched on. The only RescueTime tool reads daily summaries and changes nothing, so there is nothing to approve. Every tool call is logged.
Does it work with ChatGPT?
Yes. In ChatGPT go to Settings › Apps & Connectors › Advanced and turn on Developer mode, then add your PipMCP link. Developer mode needs a paid ChatGPT plan: Plus, Pro, Business or Enterprise. The same link also works in Claude (Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector), Cursor and other MCP clients.
What does it cost?
PipMCP has a free plan with no credit card required. Paid plans bill per completed task. You also need your own RescueTime account.
Where do I find my RescueTime API key?
Log in to RescueTime and open Settings › API, or go to rescuetime.com/anapi/manage. Create a new key, give it a name such as PipMCP and copy it into PipMCP. You can revoke the key on the same page at any time.
Let your AI work in RescueTime today.
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