Tempo MCP Server

MCP server for managing Tempo worklogs in Jira

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What is the Tempo MCP server?

Tempo MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. MCP server for managing Tempo worklogs in Jira.

What you get

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for managing Tempo worklogs in Jira. This server provides tools for tracking time and managing worklogs through Tempo's API, making it accessible through Claude, Cursor and other MCP-compatible clients.

  • Retrieve Worklogs — Get all worklogs for a specific date range
  • Create Worklog — Log time against Jira issues
  • Bulk Create — Create multiple worklogs in a single operation
  • Edit Worklog — Modify time spent, dates, and descriptions
  • Delete Worklog — Remove existing worklogs
  • Missing Days Report — Find working days where you logged less than expected (uses Tempo's user-schedule, so holidays and non-working days are skipped automatically)

What the assistant can call

Once Tempo is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Prerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server
  • Troubleshooting — The Troubleshooting tool exposed by this server
  • Installation — The Installation tool exposed by this server
  • retrieveWorklogs — Fetches worklogs for the configured user (or other users via filters) between start and end dates
  • createWorklog — The createWorklog tool exposed by this server
  • bulkCreateWorklogs — The bulkCreateWorklogs tool exposed by this server
  • editWorklog — The editWorklog tool exposed by this server
  • deleteWorklog — The deleteWorklog tool exposed by this server
  • getMissingWorklogDays — Reports working days in a date range where the user has logged less time than expected. Expected hours per day come from the user's Tempo schedule
  • getWorklogAnalytics — Aggregates worklogs in a date range and returns hours, worklog count, and percentage per group, sorted by hours descending. Combine groupBy: "user"

Setting it up

The server ships on npm as wrangler, 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.

Configuration and credentials

You will need 8 environment variables: TEMPO_API_TOKEN, JIRA_API_TOKEN, JIRA_EMAIL, JIRA_BASE_URL, JIRA_AUTH_TYPE, JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID, JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET, ENCRYPTION_KEY. 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.

  • A Cloudflare account (free plan is enough). - Node.js 18+ and npm locally — only used for wrangler CLI; the Worker runtime itself doesn't run Node.

Choosing this one

Plenty of planning and project tracking servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Tempo's toolset — Prerequisites, Troubleshooting, Installation and 7 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by ivelin-web; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • With 10 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Tempo.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the tempo mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
PrerequisitesThe Prerequisites tool exposed by this server.
TroubleshootingThe Troubleshooting tool exposed by this server.
InstallationThe Installation tool exposed by this server.
retrieveWorklogsFetches worklogs for the configured user (or other users via filters) between start and end dates.
createWorklogThe createWorklog tool exposed by this server.
bulkCreateWorklogsThe bulkCreateWorklogs tool exposed by this server.
editWorklogThe editWorklog tool exposed by this server.
deleteWorklogThe deleteWorklog tool exposed by this server.
getMissingWorklogDaysReports working days in a date range where the user has logged less time than expected. Expected hours per day come from the user's Tempo schedule, so holidays, non-working days, and part-time schedules are honoured auto
getWorklogAnalyticsAggregates worklogs in a date range and returns hours, worklog count, and percentage per group, sorted by hours descending. Combine groupBy: "user" with program / team / users for a per-person report.

How to install the Tempo MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Jira_Tempo": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@ivelin-web/tempo-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "TEMPO_API_TOKEN": "your_tempo_api_token_here",
        "JIRA_API_TOKEN": "your_jira_api_token_here",
        "JIRA_EMAIL": "your_email@example.com",
        "JIRA_BASE_URL": "https://your-org.atlassian.net"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

  • A Cloudflare account (free plan is enough). - Node.js 18+ and npm locally — only used for wrangler CLI; the Worker runtime itself doesn't run Node.
VariableDescriptionRequired
TEMPO_API_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
JIRA_API_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
JIRA_EMAILConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
JIRA_BASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes
JIRA_AUTH_TYPEConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
JIRA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
ENCRYPTION_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Tempo to Prerequisites.
  • Use Tempo to Troubleshooting.
  • Use Tempo to Installation.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Tempo to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 10 tools (Prerequisites, Troubleshooting, Installation, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Tempo directly.