# AI assistant in Slack for Clockify time tracking: create, edit, and analyze entries
This workflow automates time tracking in Clockify via Slack using an AI assistant powered by n8n, LangChain, and OpenAI. It enables full-cycle operations — creating, viewing, editing, and deleting time entries — through natural language commands. Reduces errors by validating data correctness and detecting time overlaps.
## Who it´s for
- Engineers and developers tracking time in agencies
- Project managers monitoring team workload
- Freelancers automating time logging via chat
- Teams using Slack and Clockify in daily operations
## What the automation does
- Processes commands from Slack when the bot is mentioned
- Creates time entries on request (e.g., "Log 2 hours on Blockia project today from 10 to 12")
- Requests confirmation before deleting or modifying critical entries
- Analyzes data: time spent on a project/client this week
- Converts dates and calculates task durations
- Finds project IDs by name for accurate logging
## What´s included
- Ready-to-use n8n workflow
- Trigger and handler logic based on `slack_app_mention` and HTTP webhook
- Integrations with Slack, Clockify, and OpenAI via API
- Basic text instructions for launch and adaptation
## Requirements for setup
- Slack account with app and bot creation access
- Clockify account with API key
- OpenAI API key
- Running n8n instance capable of handling HTTP requests
## Benefits and outcomes
- Saves time on manual time entry
- Reduces logging errors
- Simplifies interaction with Clockify without leaving Slack
- Maintains conversation context using window buffer memory
- Automatically checks for time overlaps and data validity
- Speeds up project lookup and duration calculations
## Important: template only
Important: you are purchasing a ready-made automation workflow template only. Rollout into your infrastructure, connecting specific accounts and services, 1:1 setup help, custom adjustments for non-standard stacks and any consulting support are provided as a separate paid service at an individual rate. To discuss custom work or 1:1 help, contact via chat
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