Frequently asked questions

ClockMe is a time tracking app built for freelancers, consultants, and developers who bill by the hour. It lets you start a timer against any project with one click — from the web app, the Chrome extension, or automatically through your AI assistant. Your time entries sync across all devices in real time.

Yes — ClockMe is currently free during its early access period. All features including the Chrome extension, AI integration, overtime tracking, and invoice generation are available at no cost. Paid plans for teams and advanced features are planned for the future.

Install the ClockMe Chrome extension, connect it with your API key from Settings, and you can start and stop timers directly from the browser toolbar. The extension also includes Focus Mode, which automatically blocks websites you find distracting for the duration of your timer session.

Focus Mode is a feature in the ClockMe Chrome extension that blocks distracting websites while your timer is running. You choose which domains to block — social media, news sites, anything — and they're automatically unblocked when your timer stops. If you need a quick break, you can snooze the block for 5 minutes without stopping your timer.

ClockMe exposes a remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that Claude can connect to. Once set up in your Claude settings, Claude can start and stop your timer automatically when you begin a session, query your logged hours, list your projects, and generate reports — all from natural language. You can ask Claude things like 'how many hours did I log on the GlobalTech project this week?' and get a real answer from your time data.

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants like Claude interact with external tools and data sources. ClockMe hosts a remote MCP server at a public HTTPS endpoint. You add your API key and the server URL to your Claude settings, and from that point Claude has live access to your ClockMe timer, projects, and reports.

Yes. The web app at clockme-web--clockme-3efab.us-central1.hosted.app works fully independently. You can start and stop timers, manage projects and tasks, view your monthly timesheet, generate reports, and create invoices entirely from the web app. The Chrome extension and AI integration are optional additions.

Go to Settings → Overtime and configure your regular work hours (e.g. 9am–5pm) and which days count as working days. ClockMe will automatically detect when time entries fall outside those hours and flag them as overtime. Overtime entries appear in a distinct colour on the timer, dashboard bar chart, and reports. You can also set a custom overtime colour.

Yes. On any project's detail page, you can set a weekly hour limit and a daily hour limit. ClockMe monitors your logged hours in real time and fires notifications at 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of each limit — as both browser push notifications and in-app toasts. This is useful for fixed-price contracts or personal discipline around how long you spend on any given project each day or week.

Go to the Reports page, set your date range, and click 'Invoice PDF'. ClockMe opens a print-ready invoice in a new tab with your name and email, the client name (pulled from the project), a line-item breakdown of hours and rates per project, and the total billable amount. Use your browser's 'Save as PDF' option to download it. No third-party tools required.

Yes. The Reports page has a 'Export CSV' button that downloads all entries in the selected date range as a CSV file, including date, project, description, start time, end time, duration, and billable flag. This format is compatible with Excel, Google Sheets, and most accounting tools.

The ClockMe extension supports Google Chrome and any Chromium-based browser that supports Chrome extensions, including Microsoft Edge, Brave, and Arc. It uses Manifest V3, the current extension standard.

Your time data is stored in Google Firebase Firestore with security rules that enforce strict per-user access — no user can access another user's data. API keys are stored as SHA-256 hashes only; the plaintext is shown once and never stored. All traffic is encrypted over HTTPS. The Chrome extension stores your API key and blocklist locally in your browser using chrome.storage.local, not on our servers.

The ClockMe web app is mobile-responsive and works in any mobile browser. A dedicated mobile app is on the roadmap. The Chrome extension is desktop-only.

ClockMe currently supports individual accounts. Team features — shared projects, team dashboards, and per-seat billing — are planned for a future release.

Sign in to ClockMe, go to Settings → API Keys, and click 'Generate'. Give the key a label (e.g. 'Chrome extension' or 'Claude'), copy it when shown — it's only displayed once. Paste it into the Chrome extension popup or into your Claude MCP server configuration.