# harvest-mcp

> Harvest MCP Server for managing Harvest via the Model Context Protocol

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/harvest-mcp/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.1.2
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: harvest, mcp, model-context-protocol, project-management, time-tracking
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:harvest-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Harvest MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with Harvest time tracking and project management APIs.

The PyPI package and the command you run are the same name: **`harvest-mcp`**.

## Install

```bash
pip install harvest-mcp
```

## Run (PyPI — no `--from`)

```bash
uvx harvest-mcp --help

uvx harvest-mcp \
  --account-id "<harvest_account_id>" \
  --api-key "<harvest_api_key>" \
  --read-only "false"
```

`uvx` downloads the package if needed, installs it in an isolated environment, and runs the `harvest-mcp` CLI.

## Run (editable / local checkout)

```bash
pip install -e .
harvest-mcp --help
```

## Run with `python -m` (package already in that interpreter)

```bash
python -m harvest_mcp_server \
  --account-id "<harvest_account_id>" \
  --api-key "<harvest_api_key>" \
  --read-only "false"
```

The import path uses underscores (`harvest_mcp_server`); the user-facing CLI is `harvest-mcp`.

### Required arguments

- `--account-id`: Harvest account ID
- `--api-key`: Harvest API key

### Optional arguments

- `--read-only`: Enable read-only mode (`true`/`false`), default `false`

## Features

- Users (list, detail)
- Time entries (list, create, start/stop timers, details, unsubmitted)
- Projects, clients, and tasks lookup
- Estimates lifecycle (list/detail/lookup/create/update/state-change/send/delete)
- Optional read-only mode for safe operation

## MCP configuration (recommended)

Use **`uvx`** and a single tool name — no `--from`** when pulling from PyPI:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "harvest-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "harvest-mcp",
        "--account-id",
        "YOUR_HARVEST_ACCOUNT_ID",
        "--api-key",
        "YOUR_HARVEST_API_KEY",
        "--read-only",
        "true"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

If `uvx` is not on `PATH`, set `"command"` to the full path of the `uvx` binary (for example `~/.local/bin/uvx` on Linux).

### Local wheel (offline / pre-release)

Only when you are not using PyP…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.project-management (1, declared)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/harvest-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T17:20:39.047Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/harvest-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/harvest-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:harvest-mcp