Daily MCP Server

Daily MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides integration with the Daily Time Tracking API. This server allows you to interact with your Daily time tracking data through MCP-compatible clients like Claude Desktop.

Features

• Get User Info: Retrieve information about your Daily account
• List Activities: Get all your activities (with optional archived filtering)
• Time Summary: Get time spent on activities within a date range
• Timesheet Data: Get detailed daily timesheet information
• Add Activities: Create new activities in Daily

Prerequisites

1. Daily Time Tracking App: You need to have Daily installed and configured
2. API Key: Enable the Web API in Daily preferences and get your API key
3. Node.js: Version 18 or higher

Setup

1. Install dependencies:

   npm install

1. Build the project:

   npm run build

1. Set your API key:

   export DAILY_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

Usage

Running the Server

npm start

Development Mode

npm run dev

Available Tools

get_user_info

Get information about your Daily user account.

get_activities

Get a list of all your activities.

• includeArchivedActivities (boolean, optional): Whether to include archived activities (default: true)

get_summary

Get a summary of time spent on activities within a date range.

• start (string, required): Start date in ISO 8601 format (e.g., "2025-01-01")
• end (string, required): End date in ISO 8601 format (e.g., "2025-01-31")
• includeArchivedActivities (boolean, optional): Whether to include archived activities (default: true)

get_timesheet

Get detailed timesheet data for a date range.

• start (string, required): Start date in ISO 8601 format
• end (string, required): End date in ISO 8601 format
• includeArchivedActivities (boolean, optional): Whether to include archived activities (default: true)

add_activities

Add new activities to Daily.

• activities (array, required): Array of activities to add
• name (string, required): Name of the activity
• group (string, optional): Group name
• archiveExistingActivities (boolean, optional): Whether to archive existing activities (default: false)

Integration with Claude Desktop

To use this server with Claude Desktop, add the following to your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "daily": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/daily-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "DAILY_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

API Documentation

For detailed information about the Daily Time Tracking API, refer to the Daily App API Documentation or check the API documentation within the Daily app itself (Preferences > Integrations tab).

Development

Building

npm run build

Development Mode

npm run dev

License

MIT