Integration · Productivity

Connect Claude & ChatGPT to Rize

Ask your AI how much focus time you had this week, which clients took your hours last month, or to log a time entry in Rize. It can read tracked time, sessions, apps and websites, calendar events and category breakdowns, and create and update clients, projects, tasks and time entries. It can also start and stop a session timer.

Connect Rize free

Free plan, no credit card. Takes about a minute.

Try asking

“How much focus time and meeting time did I have this week?”
The AI gets a time summary grouped by day, with focus, meetings, breaks and totals.
“How many hours went to each client last month?”
It breaks down your tracked time by client for that period.
“Log 2 billable hours on the Acme website project yesterday, from 13:00 to 15:00.”
It finds the project and creates a billable time entry with those times.

What your AI can do

Time and focus

Read time summaries, category breakdowns, sessions, apps and websites, and calendar events for any period.

Time entries and timers

List, create, update and approve time entries, add past sessions, and start or stop a session timer.

Clients, projects and tasks

Create, read and update clients, projects and tasks, with hourly rates, time budgets and due dates.

“Start a 50-minute focus session on the quarterly report.”
It starts a focus session timer with that title and length.
“Approve today's pending time entries and put them on the Nordic Foods client.”
It finds the AI-suggested pending entries, approves them and assigns them to that client.
“Which apps and websites took most of my time today?”
It lists the apps and websites you used today with the time spent in each.

27 tools for Rize

These tools are switched on when you connect. You can switch any of them off, or require your approval before it runs.

approve_pending_time_entriesVisible to othersApprove AI-suggested pending time entries: pass their `ids` in `input`, optionally assigning a projectId, clientId or taskId.
create_clientChanges dataCreate a client with a `name` in `input.args`, plus optional hourly rate, keywords and time budget.
create_projectChanges dataCreate a project with a `name` in `input.args`, plus optional client (clientId or clientName), color, keywords used for auto-tagging and time budget.
create_sessionChanges dataAdd a past session with `startTime`, `endTime`, `type` (focus, break, meeting, custom or other) and optional title in `input.args`.
create_taskChanges dataCreate a task with a `name` in `input.args`, plus optional project (projectId or projectName), due date, assignee email and time budget.
create_time_entryChanges dataLog a time entry with `startTime` and `endTime` in `input`, plus optional title, description, projectId, clientId, taskId and billable.
delete_time_entryDeletesPermanently delete a time entry by `id` in `input`. This cannot be undone.
get_category_breakdownChanges dataGet time spent per activity category between `start_time` and `end_time`.
get_clientChanges dataGet one client by `id`, including hourly rate, budget and status.
get_current_sessionChanges dataGet the session that is running right now, if any.
get_current_userChanges dataGet the connected Rize user's own profile. Use to confirm which account you are working in.
get_projectChanges dataGet one project by `id`, including its client, budget and status.
get_taskChanges dataGet one task by `id`, including its project, due date and status.
get_time_breakdownChanges dataBreak down tracked time between `start_time` and `end_time`, grouped by client, project, task, label, member or title (`group_by`). Also a good way to find project, client and task IDs.
get_time_summaryChanges dataGet tracked-time summaries (focus, meetings, breaks and totals) between `start_date` and `end_date`, grouped by `bucket_size` such as day, week or month.
list_apps_and_websitesChanges dataList the apps and websites used, with time spent, between `start_time` and `end_time`.
list_calendar_eventsChanges dataList events from your connected calendars between `start_time` and `end_time`.
list_labelsChanges dataList your labels, optionally filtered by a text `query`.
list_sessionsChanges dataList your work sessions (focus, meeting and break blocks) between `start_time` and `end_time`.
list_teamsChanges dataList the teams you can access, with their IDs.
list_time_entriesChanges dataList your time entries, filtered by `start_time`/`end_time`, a text `query`, client, project or task IDs, and status, with paging.
start_session_timerChanges dataStart a session timer: pass `type` in `input` (for example focus), with an optional title, intention, length in minutes and project, client or task IDs.
stop_session_timerChanges dataStop the session timer that is currently running.
update_clientChanges dataUpdate a client by `id` in `input.args`: name, status, hourly rate, keywords or time budget.
update_projectChanges dataUpdate a project by `id` in `input.args`: name, client, status, keywords or time budget.
update_taskChanges dataUpdate a task by `id` in `input.args`: name, status, due date, project or assignee.
update_time_entryChanges dataUpdate a time entry by `id` in `input`: change its times, title, description, project, client, task or billable flag.

Set up in three steps

1
Pick the app
Create a free PipMCP account and choose Rize from the app list.
2
Paste your key
Paste your Rize API key. In Rize open Settings > API and generate an API key. Copy it right away, because it is only shown masked afterwards.
3
Add the link to your AI
You get a personal MCP link. Add it to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor:
1. Click your name, then Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector.
2. Paste your link as the Remote MCP server URL.
3. Switch it on from the + menu in a chat.

Questions

What can the AI do in Rize?

The AI can read time summaries, time breakdowns by client, project, task or label, category breakdowns, sessions, apps and websites, calendar events, teams and your profile. It can create and update clients, projects, tasks and time entries, approve pending time entries, add past sessions, start and stop a session timer, and delete a time entry if you switch that tool on.

Does the AI see my Rize credentials?

No. Your Rize API key is encrypted at rest and never shown to the AI. After you save it, it is 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 which tools are switched on, so you can start with reports only. Deleting a time entry is permanent and can require your approval before it runs. 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 Rize account.

Can the AI see which apps and websites I used?

Only if you switch that tool on. Rize tracks the apps and websites you use, and with that tool the AI can list them with time spent for a period you name. If you only want the AI to work with projects and time entries, leave it off.