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McTime ACTION

Start Clocking

Start a new clocking time entry. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • Destructive
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's McTime account once, then configure and run Start Clocking 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: "mctime-start-clocking",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    mctime: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    userId: "User ID",
    dateTime: "Start Datetime",
  },
})

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 Clocking inputs
Property Type Description
userId User ID string
The ID of the user. If provided clock will be assigned for this user. If not provided clock will be assigned to the user who is authenticated and who is making the API call.
Optional Dynamic
dateTime Start Datetime string
The dateTime when the clock has started. Provide in ISO-8601 format containing a timezone, eg. 2022-04-25T08:00:00+03:00.
Required
timeType Time Type string
The type of the clocking time entry
Required
comment Comment string
A comment for the clocking time entry
Optional
organizationId Organization ID string
The ID of the organization for the clocking time entry
Required Dynamic

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
mctime-start-clocking
Version
0.0.2
App
McTime
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
Yes
Open world
Yes