Rize MCP is now available in beta. You can connect Rize to AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT and have a real conversation with your time tracking data — no dashboards, no exports, no pivot tables.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard that lets AI assistants securely read from external tools. Plug Rize in once, and any compatible assistant can answer questions about how you and your team are actually spending time.
What you can do with Rize MCP
The biggest unlock is open-ended analysis. Instead of clicking through reports, ask the questions you actually have:
- How am I really spending my time?
- What projects are overrunning?
- Where can I improve efficiency?
- Which clients are most profitable?
- What work is not billable but taking up most of my time?
- Where should I incorporate AI into my workflow?
- What tasks should I automate?
- What patterns exist in my daily work habits?
- How much time do I spend in meetings vs. deep work?
- What tools or apps are consuming most of my time?
- How can my team become more productive?
- Where are we wasting time across projects?
This replaces manual dashboard digging with natural language queries. The answers are grounded in your real Rize data, not generic productivity advice.
How to connect Rize to Claude
Claude Desktop is the easiest way to get started. The video below walks through the full setup.
Step-by-step:
- Open Claude Desktop
- Go to Settings → Connectors
- Scroll down and click Add Custom Connector
- Name it Rize
- Enter the MCP URL:
https://mcp.rize.io/mcp - Click Add
- Click Connect
- You'll be redirected to Rize — confirm the URL is
app.rize.io - Authenticate using Google OAuth or a Magic Link email
- Click Approve to authorize Claude
- You'll be redirected back to Claude and see Rize listed as connected
- Try a query: "Show my time entries today"
How to connect Rize to ChatGPT
ChatGPT also supports MCP, but you'll need to enable Developer Mode to add a custom server today.
Step-by-step:
- Go to Settings → Apps → Advanced Settings
- Enable Developer Mode
- Click Create App
- Name it (e.g. Rize AI Time Tracker)
- Add the MCP Server URL:
https://mcp.rize.io/mcp - Set authentication to OAuth
- Click Create
- You'll be redirected to Rize
- Authenticate via Google or Magic Link
- Approve the connection
- Return to ChatGPT — Rize is now available as a tool
- (Optional) Click Publish App
- Confirm "I trust this app"
- The app is now usable outside Developer Mode
- Start querying your data directly inside ChatGPT
We want your feedback
This is V1. We shipped the tools and endpoints we thought would be most useful, but the next iteration should be shaped by how you actually use it. We're building fast and iterating in public.
- Which questions are you asking that the AI can't answer well yet?
- What tools or endpoints would you want exposed next?
- What analyses or workflows — reporting, invoicing, weekly reviews, team retros — should we make first-class?
Send us a note in the support widget or reply to the launch email. The more we hear, the faster MCP V2 ships.