DeskTime is an automatic time tracking software that helps teams and freelancers monitor productivity, manage projects, and analyze work habits.
DeskTime is an automatic time tracking software that helps teams and freelancers monitor productivity, manage projects, and analyze work habits. On Nagent, DeskTime is exposed as a fully-configurable time tracking software integration that any agent can call — 11 actions, and API key authentication. No code is required to wire DeskTime into your workflow — connect it once via the External Integrations panel and reuse it across every agent you build.
Agent builders use DeskTime to automate the kinds of tasks time tracking software teams previously handled manually. Concrete examples — each one is a single agent step in Nagent — include:
Every action and trigger is paired with a structured input/output schema (visible in the sections below), so when you wire DeskTime into Helix — our agentic agent builder — the editor knows exactly what each step expects and produces. Configure once, deploy anywhere across your Nagent agents.
Every operation an agent can call against DeskTime, with input parameters and output schema. Drop these into any step of an agent built in Helix.
DESKTIME_CREATE_PROJECT_WITH_TASKTool to create a new project with an optional initial task. Use when you need to set up a new DeskTime project programmatically.
Input parameters
Optional initial task name to associate with the project
Name of the project to be created
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DESKTIME_GET_ACCOUNT_DETAILSRetrieves company account configuration including work schedule and timezone settings. This action fetches company-level information such as company name, work hours (start/end times), work duration, working days configuration, time tracking hours, and timezone. No parameters are required. This is useful for understanding the company's work schedule configuration and timezone settings.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DESKTIME_GET_ALL_COMPANY_EMPLOYEESTool to list all employees in the company, including their roles and statuses. Use after confirming valid credentials to fetch the organization’s roster.
Input parameters
Target date in "YYYY-MM-DD" format. Defaults to today if omitted.
Time period granularity: "day" or "month". Defaults to "day".
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DESKTIME_GET_EMPLOYEETool to retrieve information about a single employee including user info, work settings, and tracking data for a specific date. Use when you need detailed information for one employee. Returns data for the currently logged-in user if no employee ID is specified.
Input parameters
Employee ID. If omitted, returns data for the currently logged-in user.
Date in YYYY-MM-DD format to retrieve employee data for. If not provided, returns data for today's date.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DESKTIME_GET_EMPLOYEE_APPSRetrieves employee tracking data including tracked apps for a specific date. Returns data for the currently logged-in user if no employee ID is specified. Use this action to view detailed application usage and productivity data for an employee.
Input parameters
Employee ID. If omitted, returns data for the current API-key user.
Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. If omitted, returns data for today.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DESKTIME_GET_EMPLOYEE_PROJECTSRetrieves comprehensive employee project tracking data including project assignments, time tracking metrics, work hours, and productivity statistics for a specific employee and date. Returns detailed information about: - Employee profile (ID, name, email, group) - Time tracking metrics (online time, productive time, efficiency) - Work schedule (work start/end times, timezone) - Active project details (current project and task being worked on) - Projects list (all projects tracked on the specified date with durations) - Employee status indicators (online, arrived, left, late) Use this action when you need to: - View an employee's project assignments and tracking data - Check time spent on specific projects by an employee - Monitor employee productivity and work hours - Retrieve historical project tracking data for a specific date Both parameters are optional - defaults to current API-key user and today's date.
Input parameters
Employee ID. If omitted, returns data for the current API-key user.
Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. If omitted, returns data for today.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DESKTIME_GET_EMPLOYEE_PROJECTS_AND_APPSRetrieve an employee's basic information and daily tracking statistics from DeskTime. Returns employee profile data, work hours, productivity metrics, attendance status, and currently active project. Use this when you need employee time tracking data for a specific date (defaults to today). Note: For detailed project/app usage breakdowns, use the dedicated Get Employee Projects action.
Input parameters
Employee ID. Optional; if omitted, returns data for the authenticated user
Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Optional; defaults to today's date if omitted
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DESKTIME_GET_PROJECTS_LISTTool to retrieve all active projects for the company, including related tasks. Use when you need projects overview after authentication.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DESKTIME_PING_REQUESTTool to check the API's availability and confirm the service is operational. Use when you need to verify that the DeskTime API is reachable and responsive.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DESKTIME_START_PROJECT_TASKStarts time tracking for a specified project and optional task in DeskTime. This action begins recording time against the specified project. If a task name is provided, time is also tracked at the task level within that project. Both projects and tasks are created automatically if they don't already exist in the DeskTime account. Use this action when a user wants to: - Begin working on a project and track time - Start a specific task within a project - Switch time tracking to a different project or task Note: Only one project/task can be tracked at a time per user. Starting a new project automatically stops tracking on any previously active project.
Input parameters
Optional task name within the project to track time against. If not provided, time is tracked only at the project level. If provided and doesn't exist, it will be created automatically.
Name of the project to start tracking time for. If the project doesn't exist, it will be created automatically by DeskTime.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DESKTIME_STOP_PROJECT_TASKTool to stop tracking time for a specified project and optional task. Use when you have finished work and need to record end time.
Input parameters
Optional task name to stop tracking time for
Project name to stop tracking time for
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
No publicly available marketplace agent is found using this tool yet. There are 92 agents privately built on Nagent that already use DeskTime.
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Open the External Integrations panel inside Nagent (app.nagent.ai/externalIntegration), find DeskTime, and click "Connect Now." You'll authenticate with an API key — Nagent handles credential storage and refresh automatically. Once connected, DeskTime is available to any agent in your workspace.
No. Nagent provides no-code integration for every tool. Once DeskTime is connected, you configure its 11 actions directly in the agent builder UI — no API calls, no boilerplate, no schema management.
Helix — Nagent's agentic agent builder — lets you drop DeskTime steps into any workflow visually. Pick an action (e.g., one of those listed above), fill in the inputs (Helix knows the required vs. optional schema for each parameter), and connect it to upstream/downstream steps. Triggers run as the entry point of an agent, so when a DeskTime event fires, the agent kicks off automatically.
Every DeskTime action and trigger ships with a fully-typed schema — input parameters with name, type, required flag, and description, plus the output payload shape. The schemas are documented in the sections above. Helix uses these schemas to validate your configuration at build time and to type-check the data flowing between steps.
Yes. While DeskTime ships with 11 pre-built time tracking software actions, you can layer custom logic around them inside Helix — pre/post-processing steps, conditional branches, retries, or stitching DeskTime together with other connected tools. For deeper customization, talk to our team about Nagent's Agentic AI Lab — forward-deployed engineers who build DeskTime-based workflows tailored to your business.