Harvest Automation

Overview of Skills

Harvest Automation lets you automate Harvest time tracking operations directly in Claude Code. Using natural-language commands, you can record work hours, manage projects and clients, create tasks, and retrieve report data.

Use Cases

1. Daily time tracking – No need to open a browser. Quickly record and edit Harvest time entries in the terminal. Supports two account types: duration-based and timestamp-based.
2. Project management automation – Create new projects, configure billing methods, set budgets, manage clients, and manage task types. Fully covers the project lifecycle.
3. Time reports and analysis – Extract time records across multiple dimensions such as date range, project, and client. Generate billing summaries and utilization reports.

Core Features

1. Time entry management – Create, query, and update Harvest time entries. Supports filtering by project, task, and date, and can bulk-retrieve unbilled records.
2. Project and client management – Create new billable projects with billing configurations (billing by project/task/person). Manage client profiles and reusable task types.
3. Reports and data export – Retrieve time records using date windows and multi-dimensional filters. Supports paginated retrieval of complete datasets for billing and time analysis.

FAQs

How do I connect a Harvest account in Claude Code?

Add the Rube MCP server to your Claude Code configuration. The URL is https://rube.app/mcp. After starting, you’ll receive an authentication link—complete the OAuth authorization to start using it.

Which Harvest account types are supported?

Two account types are supported:

• Duration-based accounts use the hours parameter to record total work hours.
• Timestamp-based accounts use started_time and ended_time to record start and end times. The skill automatically detects the account type.

What limitations apply to task assignment when creating time entries?

The entry’s task_id must already be assigned to the specified project_id. Using only HARVEST_LIST_TASKS to query global tasks isn’t sufficient—you must confirm that the task is assigned to that project for the time entry to be created successfully.