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Harvest ACTION

Start Time Entry

Restart a stopped time entry so it resumes running. Use List Time Entries with Is Running set to false to find a stopped entry to restart. Example: call with timeEntryId set to a stopped entry's ID to resume tracking time on it. See the documentation.
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Harvest account once, then configure and run Start Time Entry from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "harvest-start-timer",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    harvest: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    accountId: "Account ID",
    timeEntryId: "Time Entry ID",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Start Time Entry inputs
Property Type Description
accountId Account ID string
Your Harvest account ID, e.g. 1234567. Run List Account ID Options to find it.
Required
timeEntryId Time Entry ID string
Free-form ID of a stopped time entry to restart, e.g. 636708723. Run List Time Entries with Is Running set to false to find valid IDs.
Required

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
harvest-start-timer
Version
0.0.4
App
Harvest
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes