Create a new Clockify time entry
Create a new Clockify time entry
Running time entry will be stopped using the start time of this new entry.
If no start time (--when) is set then the current time will be used.
By default, the CLI will ask the information interactively; use --interactive=0 to disable it.
If you prefer that it never don’t do that by default, run the bellow command, and use --interactive when you want to be asked:
$ clockify-cli config set interactive false
When setting a date/time input (--when and --when-to-close) you can use any of the following formats to set then:
To be able to use names of resources instead of its IDs you must enable the feature ‘allow-name-for-id’, to do that run the command (the commands may take longer to look for the resource id):
$ clockify-cli config set allow-name-for-id true
By default, the CLI (and Clockify API) only validates if the workspace and project rules are respected when a time entry is stopped, if you prefer to validate when starting/inserting it run the following command:
$ clockify-cli config set allow-incomplete false
Use clockify-cli report --help for more information about printing time entries.
clockify-cli in [<project-id>] [<description>] [flags]
# start a timer with project and description, starting now
$ clockify-cli in -i=0 "Clockify CLI" "Documenting in command"
+--------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------+------------------------+------+
| ID | START | END | DUR | PROJECT | DESCRIPTION | TAGS |
+--------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------+------------------------+------+
| 62ae2744c22de9759e73d038 | 13:28:01 | 13:28:04 | 0:00:03 | Clockify Cli | Documenting in command | |
+--------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------+------------------------+------+
# start a timer with description, starting at 14:00
$ clockify-cli in -i=0 -d "Documenting in command" -s "14:00"
+--------------------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+------------------------+------+
| ID | START | END | DUR | PROJECT | DESCRIPTION | TAGS |
+--------------------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+------------------------+------+
| 62ae27cd49445270d7bf0333 | 14:00:00 | 14:30:21 | 0:30:21 | | Documenting in command | |
+--------------------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+------------------------+------+
# start a timer with description, project and tags, starting 10 min ago
$ clockify-cli in -i=0 -p 621948458cb9606d934ebb1c -d "Documenting in command" -s -10m --tag dev
+--------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------+------------------------+--------------------------------+
| ID | START | END | DUR | PROJECT | DESCRIPTION | TAGS |
+--------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------+------------------------+--------------------------------+
| 62ae29104ebb4f143c92f458 | 14:25:41 | 14:35:44 | 0:10:03 | Clockify Cli | Documenting in command | Development |
| | | | | | | (62ae28b72518aa18da2acb49) |
+--------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------+------------------------+--------------------------------+
# start a timer with description, project and task, starting at 10 min, but only showing its ID
$ clockify-cli in -i=0 -p 621948458cb9606d934ebb1c -d "Documenting in command" -s -10m --task "in command"
62ae29fdc22de9759e73d343
# start a timer without description, with task and project
$ clockify-cli in -i=0 -p 621948458cb9606d934ebb1c -s -10m --task "in command"
62ae29fdc22de9759e73d343
# start a timer interactively
$ clockify-cli in -i
? Choose your project: 621948458cb9606d934ebb1c - Clockify Cli | Client: Myself (6202634a28782767054eec26)
? Choose your task: 62ae29e62518aa18da2acd14 - In Command
? Description: Adding more examples
? Choose your tags: 62ae28b72518aa18da2acb49 - Development, 621948708cb9606d934ebba7 - Pair Programming
? Start: now
? End (leave it blank for empty):
+--------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------+----------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| ID | START | END | DUR | PROJECT | DESCRIPTION | TAGS |
+--------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------+----------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| 62ae37b84ebb4f143c930523 | 17:38:14 | 17:38:17 | 0:00:03 | Clockify Cli | Adding more examples | Pair Programming |
| | | | | | | (621948708cb9606d934ebba7) Development |
| | | | | | | (62ae28b72518aa18da2acb49) |
+--------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------+----------------------+-----------------------------------------+
-A, --allow-incomplete allow creation of incomplete time entries to be edited later
-b, --billable this time entry is billable
-c, --client string client of the project to use for time entry
-v, --csv print as CSV
-d, --description string time entry description
-F, --duration-float prints only the sum of duration as a "float hour"
-D, --duration-formatted prints only the sum of duration formatted
-f, --format string golang text/template format to be applied on each time entry
-h, --help help for in
-j, --json print as JSON
-m, --md print as Markdown
-n, --not-billable this time entry is not billable
-p, --project string project to use for time entry
-q, --quiet print only ID
-T, --tag strings add tags to the entry (can be used multiple times)
--task string add a task to the entry
-s, --when string when the entry should be started, if not informed will use current time (default "2024-03-29 23:08:30")
-e, --when-to-close string when the entry should be closed, if not informed will let it open (same formats as when)
--allow-name-for-id allow use of project/client/tag's name when id is asked
-i, --interactive will prompt you to confirm/complement commands input before executing the action
-L, --interactive-page-size int will set how many items will be shown on interactive mode (default 7)
--log-level string { none | debug | info } set log level (default "none")
-t, --token string clockify's token
Can be generated here: https://clockify.me/user/settings#generateApiKeyBtn
-u, --user-id string user id from the token
-w, --workspace string workspace to be used