# `io.usefulapi/paymo` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/paymo
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/paymo
- Version: 1.16.3 (active)
- Publisher: io.usefulapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T19:23:31.915Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Paymo MCP by usefulapi
Browse Paymo projects, tasks, timesheets and invoices, and create tasks, log time or run timers.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:41:20.570Z over streamable-http.

**21 tools: 8 can delete or cancel things and 13 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 8 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 13 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Deletes or cancels (8)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `paymo_add_task_comment`

- The name "paymo_add_task_comment" says "add": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Add a comment to a task's discussion thread (content may contain basic HTML). Read existing comments with paymo_get_task include=thread.comments. Paymo: POST /api/comments.
```

### `paymo_create_project`

- The name "paymo_create_project" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Create a project. Note: if client_id is omitted Paymo auto-creates a 'Sample Client'. Free plans have an active-projects limit (403). Paymo: POST /api/projects.
```

### `paymo_create_task`

- The name "paymo_create_task" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Create a task in a task list (tasklist_id) or a project (project_id — goes to its 'Default Task List'). Paymo: POST /api/tasks.
```

### `paymo_create_time_entry`

- The name "paymo_create_time_entry" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Log a completed time entry on a task, EITHER as date + duration_seconds OR as start_time + end_time (min 1 minute). To start a live timer use paymo_start_timer. Paymo: POST /api/entries.
```

### `paymo_start_timer`

- The name "paymo_start_timer" says "start": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Start a running timer on a task (a time entry with a start_time and no end_time). A user can have only one running timer; if one is running Paymo returns 409. Paymo: POST /api/entries.
```

### `paymo_stop_timer`

- The name "paymo_stop_timer" says "stop": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Stop a running timer by setting its end_time (default: now). The final duration must be at least 1 minute. Find running timers with paymo_list_time_entries running_only=true. Paymo: PUT /api/entries/{id}.
```

### `paymo_update_task`

- The name "paymo_update_task" says "update": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Update a task — rename, re-describe, reassign (users replaces the whole list), set due date or priority, mark complete/incomplete, move to another task list or workflow status. Only the fields given are changed. Paymo: PUT /api/tasks/{id}.
```

### `paymo_update_time_entry`

- The name "paymo_update_time_entry" says "update": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Edit a time entry: description, task, or its length. duration_seconds only applies to date+duration entries; for start/end entries change end_time instead. Paymo: PUT /api/entries/{id}.
```

## Only reads (13)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `paymo_get_company`

- The name "paymo_get_company" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch the company (account) info and settings: name, default currency, timezone, working days, invoice numbering. Paymo: GET /api/company.
```

### `paymo_get_invoice`

- The name "paymo_get_invoice" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch one invoice with totals, and (by default) its line items and payments. Paymo: GET /api/invoices/{id}?include=invoiceitems,invoicepayments.
```

### `paymo_get_me`

- The name "paymo_get_me" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch the Paymo user the API key belongs to (id, name, type, timezone). Use the id as user_id for 'my' time entries and timers. A cheap way to confirm the key works. Paymo: GET /api/me.
```

### `paymo_get_project`

- The name "paymo_get_project" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch one project, optionally with related objects inline, e.g. include=tasklists.tasks for the whole task tree or include=client. Paymo: GET /api/projects/{id}.
```

### `paymo_get_task`

- The name "paymo_get_task" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch one task, optionally with related objects: include=thread.comments for its comments, subtasks, entries (time logged), files, project. Paymo: GET /api/tasks/{id}.
```

### `paymo_list_clients`

- The name "paymo_list_clients" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List clients (id, name, contact details, active flag). Paymo: GET /api/clients.
```

### `paymo_list_expenses`

- The name "paymo_list_expenses" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List expenses (id, client_id, project_id, user_id, amount, currency, date, notes, invoiced, tags). Paymo: GET /api/expenses.
```

### `paymo_list_invoices`

- The name "paymo_list_invoices" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List invoices (id, number, client_id, status, currency, date, due_date, subtotal, total). Paymo: GET /api/invoices.
```

### `paymo_list_projects`

- The name "paymo_list_projects" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List projects (id, name, code, client_id, active, billable, budget_hours, users, managers), optionally filtered. Paymo: GET /api/projects.
```

### `paymo_list_tasklists`

- The name "paymo_list_tasklists" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List task lists (id, name, project_id, milestone_id), e.g. to pick a tasklist_id when creating a task. Paymo: GET /api/tasklists.
```

### `paymo_list_tasks`

- The name "paymo_list_tasks" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List tasks (id, name, code, project_id, tasklist_id, complete, due_date, users, priority), filtered by project, task list, assignee or completion. my_tasks=true returns the caller's 'My Tasks'. Paymo: GET /api/tasks.
```

### `paymo_list_time_entries`

- The name "paymo_list_time_entries" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List time entries (id, task_id, user_id, project_id, start_time/end_time or date, duration in seconds, description, billed). At least one filter is required. from/to filter by the entry's time interval; running_only=true returns running timers. Paymo: GET /api/entries.
```

### `paymo_list_users`

- The name "paymo_list_users" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List users in the company (id, name, email, type, hourly rate, assigned/managed projects). Paymo: GET /api/users.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `paymo`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_get_me",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_get_company",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_list_users",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_list_clients",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_list_projects",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_get_project",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_list_tasklists",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_list_tasks",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_get_task",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_list_time_entries",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_list_invoices",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_get_invoice",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_list_expenses"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_create_project",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_create_task",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_update_task",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_create_time_entry",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_update_time_entry",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_start_timer",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_stop_timer",
      "mcp__paymo__paymo_add_task_comment"
    ]
  }
}
```