Time Tracking

When to Use This Skill

USE Time Tracking APIs when:

• Automating time entries - Log time from scripts, CI/CD, or other tools
• Building productivity dashboards - Aggregate time data for analysis
• Project billing - Track billable hours automatically
• Focus time analysis - Understand productivity patterns
• Team time management - Aggregate team time data
• Integration pipelines - Connect time tracking with task managers
• Automated reporting - Generate time reports programmatically
• Custom analytics - Build specialized productivity insights

DON'T USE Time Tracking APIs when:

• Simple manual tracking - Use native apps instead
• Real-time monitoring - APIs have rate limits
• Invasive employee surveillance - Ethical concerns
• Complex invoicing - Use dedicated billing software

Prerequisites

Toggl Track Setup

# Get API token from:
# https://track.toggl.com/profile (scroll to API Token)

# Set environment variable
export TOGGL_API_TOKEN="your-api-token"

# Toggl uses HTTP Basic Auth with token as username, "api_token" as password
# Or you can use the token directly

# Verify authentication
curl -s -u "$TOGGL_API_TOKEN:api_token" \
    "https://api.track.toggl.com/api/v9/me" | jq '.fullname'

RescueTime Setup

# Get API Key from:
# https://www.rescuetime.com/anapi/manage

# Set environment variable
export RESCUETIME_API_KEY="your-api-key"

# Verify authentication
curl -s "https://www.rescuetime.com/anapi/data?key=$RESCUETIME_API_KEY&format=json&restrict_kind=overview" | jq

Python Setup

# Install dependencies
pip install requests python-dateutil pandas

# Using uv
uv pip install requests python-dateutil pandas

# Optional: For Toggl SDK
pip install toggl-python

# Verify
python -c "import requests; print('Ready for time tracking integration!')"

Version History

• 1.0.0 (2026-01-17): Initial release
  • Toggl Track API integration
  • RescueTime API integration
  • Time entry automation
  • Reports and analytics
  • Project attribution
  • Weekly report generator
  • Productivity dashboard
  • GitHub Actions integration
  • Slack integration

Resources

• Toggl Track API: https://engineering.toggl.com/docs/
• Toggl Reports API: https://engineering.toggl.com/docs/reports
• RescueTime API: https://www.rescuetime.com/anapi/setup/documentation
• py-toggl: https://github.com/toggl/toggl_api_docs

Automate your time tracking workflows with Toggl and RescueTime APIs!

Sub-Skills

• 1. Toggl Track - Time Entries
• 2. Toggl Track - Projects and Clients
• 3. Toggl Track - Reports
• 4. RescueTime - Data Retrieval
• 5. RescueTime - FocusTime Triggers (+1)
• Time Tracking with GitHub Actions (+1)
• 1. Handle Rate Limits (+2)
• Common Issues

Sub-Skills

• Example 1: Weekly Time Report Generator
• Hours by Day
• Top Categories (+2)