Complete MCP server for Early (Timeular) time tracking - 46 tools for tracking, entries, activities, folders, tags, reports. Created with Claude
Early MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Early directly instead of describing what you should do. Complete MCP server for Early (Timeular) time tracking - 46 tools for tracking, entries, activities, folders, tags, reports. Created with Claude.
Use natural language to track time, manage activities, generate reports, and more—directly from Claude.
Once Early is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
EARLY_API_V4_REFERENCE.md — Markdown reference covering all endpoints, parameters, and response formatsearly_api_v4_collection.json — Full Postman collection exportThe server ships on npm as @modelcontextprotocol/inspector, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
You will need 3 environment variables: EARLY_API_KEY, EARLY_API_SECRET, MENTION_ID. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Early's toolset — EARLY_API_V4_REFERENCE.md, early_api_v4_collection.json — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow.
This entry was verified against Early's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| EARLY_API_V4_REFERENCE.md | Markdown reference covering all endpoints, parameters, and response formats |
| early_api_v4_collection.json | Full Postman collection export |
{
"mcpServers": {
"https-github-com-weichselbaum-early": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/inspector"],
"env": {
"EARLY_API_KEY": "your-value",
"EARLY_API_SECRET": "your-value",
"MENTION_ID": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| EARLY_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| EARLY_API_SECRET | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| MENTION_ID | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
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