# Track consulting time

Hours per person, client and project, and whether they’re billable. Say what you worked on at the end of the day, and billing asks for the month’s totals.

## An example

**You:** Log 3 hours on Ridgeway today, workshop prep, billable. And 1 hour of internal admin.

**ADoor:** Added 2 entries to Hours

**Hours**

| Date | Client | Task | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 20 | Ridgeway | Workshop prep | 3.0 |
| Oct 20 | Internal | Admin | 1.0 |

## What you can ask later

- “How many billable hours did I log for Ridgeway this month?”
- “What share of our time was billable in Q3?”
- “Who worked on the Calder project and how much?”
- “Which projects are over their estimate?”
- “Chart billable hours per week by person.”

## Who can see what

- **Each consultant** logs and edits their own hours (one grant per person).
- **Project leads** read hours for their projects.
- **A client** can read hours on their own project, without internal notes.
- **Billing** reads everything to invoice.

## How it compares with Harvest or Toggl

Harvest and Toggl have live timers, browser extensions, reminders and invoicing from tracked time.

For people who log at the end of the day by saying what they did, ADoor is easier. Hours sit next to projects and invoices, and plain SQL answers utilization questions.

## How to start

1. Open an assistant like ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Cursor and connect ADoor through MCP.
2. Tell it: “Set up time tracking: Hours (date, person, client, project, task, hours, billable).”
3. Let each consultant edit their own hours, and give clients read access to their own project.

[Get your account](https://app.adoor.halmoslabs.com/signup)

## Questions people ask

### Is there a timer?

No. Tell your assistant how long something took.

### Can a client see only their hours?

Yes. Limit their access to their own project’s entries.

### What does ADoor cost?

It’s free for up to 3 tables and 100 rows. Pro is $10 a month per workspace, with 1 GB of storage and no per-GB charges.

### Which assistants work with ADoor?

ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Cursor connect through MCP. You sign in once per assistant, approve it, and choose what it can reach.

## Related

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- [ADoor vs ClickUp](/compare/adoor-vs-clickup/)
- [All use cases](/use/)

Updated October 20, 2026.