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activitywatch-mcp-server
by 8bitgentleman
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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ProductivityAI / LLM ToolsMonitoring
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activitywatch-mcp-server · Summary

MCP server for ActivityWatch time tracking data, allowing LLMs to query and interact with time tracking information.

everything · Summary

Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.

activitywatch-mcp-server · Use cases

  • Productivity analysis: Query time tracking data to understand how time is spent across different applications and activities
  • Personal insights: Ask questions about time usage patterns and get detailed reports from ActivityWatch through an AI interface
  • Automated reporting: Create custom reports by running complex AQL queries through MCP to extract specific time tracking metrics

everything · Use cases

  • Testing MCP client implementations against all protocol features
  • Learning MCP protocol capabilities through a reference server
  • Validating client compatibility with different transport methods

activitywatch-mcp-server · Install

Installation

**From npm (coming soon):**

npm install -g activitywatch-mcp-server

**Building from source:**

  1. Clone the repository
  2. npm install
  3. npm run build

Configuration

Add to Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "activitywatch": {
      "command": "activitywatch-mcp-server",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

If built from source:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "activitywatch": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/activitywatch-mcp-server/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

everything · Install

NPX (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

On Windows, use cmd /c:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/everything"]
    }
  }
}

Global install

npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything@latest
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything
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