mite MCP Server

Model Context Protocol server for the mite time tracking API.

mite – Simple time tracking for teams

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+

• mite account with API access enabled

• mite API key (recommended) or email/password

Related MCP server: Shortcut MCP Server

Installation

npm install -g @marceloemmerich/mite-mcp

Or use directly with npx:

npx @marceloemmerich/mite-mcp

Configuration

For Development

1. Copy .env.example to .env:

   cp .env.example .env

2. Edit .env and fill in your credentials:

   MITE_ACCOUNT_NAME=your-account-name
   MITE_API_KEY=your-api-key

For Production

Set the following environment variables:

# Required
MITE_ACCOUNT_NAME=your-account-name

# Authentication (use one of these)
MITE_API_KEY=your-api-key  # Recommended

# OR
MITE_EMAIL=your-email@example.com
MITE_PASSWORD=your-password

Getting your mite API Key

1. Log into your mite account

2. Go to Settings > My User

3. Under "API Key", click "Display API Key"

4. Copy the key and set it as MITE_API_KEY

Available Tools

Time Entries

• list_time_entries - List time entries with optional filters

• get_daily_time_entries - Get time entries for today or a specific date

• get_time_entry - Get a specific time entry by ID

• create_time_entry - Create a new time entry

• update_time_entry - Update an existing time entry

• delete_time_entry - Delete a time entry

Stopwatch

• get_stopwatch_status - Get current stopwatch status

• start_stopwatch - Start tracking time for an entry

• stop_stopwatch - Stop the currently running stopwatch

• quick_start_stopwatch - Create and start tracking a new entry

Customers

• list_customers - List active or archived customers

• get_customer - Get a specific customer

• create_customer - Create a new customer (admin only)

• update_customer - Update a customer (admin only)

• delete_customer - Delete a customer (admin only)

Projects

• list_projects - List active or archived projects

• get_project - Get a specific project

• create_project - Create a new project (admin only)

• update_project - Update a project (admin only)

• delete_project - Delete a project (admin only)

Services

• list_services - List active or archived services

• get_service - Get a specific service

• create_service - Create a new service (admin only)

• update_service - Update a service (admin only)

• delete_service - Delete a service (admin only)

Usage

MCP Server Modes

The mite MCP server supports two modes:

1. Stdio Mode (Default)

For use with Claude Desktop and other MCP clients that use stdio transport:

# Default stdio mode
npx @marceloemmerich/mite-mcp

# Explicitly specify stdio mode
npx @marceloemmerich/mite-mcp --stdio

2. HTTP/Streamable Mode

For web-based clients or testing environments:

# HTTP/Streamable mode on default port 3000
npx @marceloemmerich/mite-mcp --http

# HTTP/Streamable mode on custom port and host
npx @marceloemmerich/mite-mcp --http --port 8080 --host 0.0.0.0

HTTP Endpoints:

• POST / - Handles MCP JSON-RPC requests

• GET / - Establishes SSE stream (requires Mcp-Session-Id header)

• DELETE / - Terminates session (requires Mcp-Session-Id header)

CLI Options

mite-mcp [options]

Options:
  -V, --version      output the version number
  --stdio            Run in stdio mode (default)
  --http             Run in HTTP/Streamable mode
  -p, --port <port>  Port for HTTP server (default: 3000)
  -h, --host <host>  Host for HTTP server (default: localhost)
  --help             display help for command

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mite": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@marceloemmerich/mite-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "MITE_ACCOUNT_NAME": "your-account-name",
        "MITE_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

For development testing with Claude Desktop, you can also use:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mite-dev": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["dist/index.js"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/mite-mcp",
      "env": {
        "MITE_ACCOUNT_NAME": "your-account-name",
        "MITE_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

You can also run directly from the CLI like this:

export MITE_ACCOUNT_NAME=<YOUR-ACCOUNT-NAME> && export MITE_API_KEY=<YOUR-API-KEY> && npx @marceloemmerich/mite-mcp --http --port 3000

Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/marceloemmerich/mite-mcp.git
cd mite-mcp

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run in development mode (stdio)
npm run dev

# Run in HTTP/Streamable mode for testing
npm run dev -- --http --port 3000

# Run tests
npm test

# Run tests with coverage
npm run test:coverage

# Build for production
npm run build

# Lint and format code
npm run lint:fix

Testing HTTP/Streamable Mode

For testing the HTTP/Streamable server mode, you can use tools like:

# Test initialization (this will return a session ID)
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2024-11-05","capabilities":{"roots":{"listChanged":true},"sampling":{}}},"id":1}'

# Test with session ID (replace SESSION_ID with the actual session ID from initialization)
curl -X GET http://localhost:3000/ \
  -H "Mcp-Session-Id: SESSION_ID"

Development with Claude Desktop

For local development, update your Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mite-dev": {
      "command": "npm",
      "args": ["run", "dev"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/mite-mcp",
      "env": {
        "MITE_ACCOUNT_NAME": "your-account-name",
        "MITE_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

API Documentation

For detailed mite API documentation, visit: https://mite.de/api/

License

MIT