---
title: "inlinr in your AI assistant"
description: "inlinr's MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop or any MCP client tell you your coding time and AI cost, log a call, and check a package before you upgrade. One command: inlinr mcp."
url: https://inlinr.com/integrations/mcp
lang: en
---

[Integrations](https://inlinr.com/integrations)

# inlinr in your AI assistant

Ask your assistant how long the checkout took this week, log the call you just had without leaving the chat, or have it read a package's breaking changes before it upgrades. The inlinr command serves inlinr's answers to any MCP client, from your machine.

[Get it on GitHub](https://github.com/inlinrhq/inlinr-cli)

## Set it up

1. Install the inlinr command. On Windows, run irm https://inlinr.com/install.ps1 | iex in PowerShell instead:  
Terminal  
```
curl -fsSL https://inlinr.com/install.sh | sh
```
2. Connect this machine, then open the link and approve with GitHub:  
Terminal  
```
inlinr activate
```
3. Add the server to Claude Code:  
Terminal  
```
claude mcp add inlinr -- inlinr mcp
```
4. Or to Cursor, Claude Desktop or another client, in its MCP settings:  
Terminal  
```
{ "mcpServers": { "inlinr": { "command": "inlinr", "args": ["mcp"] } } }
```

## What your assistant can ask

- Your time by project and language for a period, with assistant time and its cost
- A manual entry for a call or a meeting, logged from the chat
- The package.json it works on, checked for new releases, deprecations and advisories
- A package's releases and the breaking changes between two versions
- Your upgrades, the most pressing first, and the lines of your code that use a package

## Good to know

- The package tools work without an account; your time and entries need inlinr activate.
- Finding where a package is used searches the files on your machine and sends nothing.
- Checking a package.json sends its four dependency blocks only, never its scripts or its name.

Never file contents, prompts or replies: the assistant sends inlinr only what a tool asks for. [The full list of what is sent](https://inlinr.com/security) · [Tracking Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI: terminal, desktop, IDE and cloud](https://inlinr.com/guides/track-claude-code)

## Questions about your AI assistant

### Which assistants can use it?

Any MCP client that starts a local server: Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop and the others. The server speaks MCP over stdio, so each needs one line of configuration and nothing else.

### Does it need Pro?

No. Your assistant reads what your plan shows: on Free, your time over the last 30 days. The package tools need no account at all.

### Is it the same thing as the Claude Code plugin?

No. The plugin tracks Claude Code's time, lines and tokens; the MCP server answers questions in any assistant. They work side by side, and neither needs the other.

## Read also

- [Integration Time and token tracking for Claude Code Track Claude Code sessions per project: time, lines written, and the four token counts with their cost. Open](https://inlinr.com/integrations/claude-code)
- [Product Dependency tracking New releases, deprecations and advisories for the packages your projects declare, with the time each upgrade took. Open](https://inlinr.com/dependencies)
- [AI usage Reading a token bill: four prices, and the cache that is most of it Four counts, four prices, and a cache that re-reads the whole conversation every turn. How to read them without being off several times over. 7 min read](https://inlinr.com/guides/ai-token-costs)

## Ask your assistant about your time

Free for solo use. Sign in with GitHub, add the server, and ask your first question.

[Install in VS Code](https://inlinr.com/integrations/vscode)

No card to start · no source code leaves your machine