rescuetime

RescueTime

Fetch productivity analytics from the RescueTime API.

Setup

Store API key in TOOLS.md:

### RescueTime
- API Key: YOUR_KEY_HERE

Get a key at: https://www.rescuetime.com/anapi/manage

API Endpoints

Analytic Data (main endpoint)

curl "https://www.rescuetime.com/anapi/data?key=API_KEY&format=json&perspective=rank&restrict_kind=activity"

Parameters:

• perspective: rank, interval, member
• restrict_kind: category, activity, productivity, efficiency, document
• interval: month, week, day, hour (only for interval perspective)
• restrict_begin / restrict_end: YYYY-MM-DD
• restrict_thing: filter to specific app/site/category

Daily Summary Feed

curl "https://www.rescuetime.com/anapi/daily_summary_feed?key=API_KEY"

Returns last 14 days with productivity_pulse (0-100), total_hours, categories.

Productivity Levels

• 2: Very Productive (coding, writing, Terminal, IDEs)
• 1: Productive (communication, reference, learning)
• 0: Neutral (uncategorized)
• -1: Distracting (news, shopping)
• -2: Very Distracting (social media, games)

Common Queries

Today's activity by app:

curl "https://www.rescuetime.com/anapi/data?key=API_KEY&format=json&perspective=rank&restrict_kind=activity&restrict_begin=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)&restrict_end=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)"

Productivity breakdown:

curl "https://www.rescuetime.com/anapi/data?key=API_KEY&format=json&perspective=rank&restrict_kind=productivity"

By category:

curl "https://www.rescuetime.com/anapi/data?key=API_KEY&format=json&perspective=rank&restrict_kind=category"

Hourly breakdown today:

curl "https://www.rescuetime.com/anapi/data?key=API_KEY&format=json&perspective=interval&restrict_kind=productivity&interval=hour&restrict_begin=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)&restrict_end=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)"

Response Format

{
  "row_headers": ["Rank", "Time Spent (seconds)", "Number of People", "Activity", "Category", "Productivity"],
  "rows": [[1, 3600, 1, "VS Code", "Editing & IDEs", 2], ...]
}

Convert seconds to hours: seconds / 3600

Tips

• Productivity pulse 75+ is good, 85+ is excellent
• Category view helps see broad patterns
• Use interval perspective with hour for time-of-day analysis
• Data syncs every 3 min (premium) or 30 min (free)