`hours.create`

Log time: a date (not in the future, and not in a pay period that was already paid), minutes and a description, as a draft to submit with your timesheet. A day can't add up to more than 24 hours. The same work on the same day twice is refused unless confirmDuplicate is true.

POST/api/v1/contractor/hours.create

Permissions

contractor:readcontractor:write

Who can call it

contractor

Retries

Idempotency key required

MCP

contractor_hours_create

Fields

datestring (date)Required
A date, as YYYY-MM-DD.
minutesintegerRequired
1 to 1440
descriptionstringRequired
A short description.
1–2000 characters
confirmDuplicateboolean
idempotencyKeystringRequired
Any unique text you generate once per intended change, so a retried request only happens once. Send it as the Idempotency-Key header instead if you prefer; if you send both they must match.
8–150 characters

curl https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/contractor/hours.create \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OATMILK_OAUTH_TOKEN" \
  -H "X-Accounting-Organization: $OATMILK_ORGANIZATION_ID" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{
  "date": "2026-09-01",
  "minutes": 90,
  "description": "Synthetic example from the docs"
}'

const response = await fetch("https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/contractor/hours.create", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.OATMILK_OAUTH_TOKEN}`,
    "X-Accounting-Organization": process.env.OATMILK_ORGANIZATION_ID,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "date": "2026-09-01",
    "minutes": 90,
    "description": "Synthetic example from the docs"
  }),
});
const { data, error } = await response.json();
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${error.code}: ${error.message}`);
console.log(data);

import os
import uuid

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/contractor/hours.create",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OATMILK_OAUTH_TOKEN']}",
        "X-Accounting-Organization": os.environ["OATMILK_ORGANIZATION_ID"],
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "date": "2026-09-01",
        "minutes": 90,
        "description": "Synthetic example from the docs",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
payload = response.json()
if not response.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{payload['error']['code']}: {payload['error']['message']}")
print(payload["data"])

Response

{
  "data": { … }
}

Try it

Checks your input with this action’s real schema and answers like the API, with synthetic data. No key needed, and nothing changes.

Input

POST/api/v1/contractor/hours.create

curl https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/contractor/hours.create \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OATMILK_OAUTH_TOKEN" \
  -H "X-Accounting-Organization: $OATMILK_ORGANIZATION_ID" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{
  "date": "2026-09-01",
  "minutes": 90,
  "description": "Synthetic example from the docs"
}'

const response = await fetch("https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/contractor/hours.create", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.OATMILK_OAUTH_TOKEN}`,
    "X-Accounting-Organization": process.env.OATMILK_ORGANIZATION_ID,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "date": "2026-09-01",
    "minutes": 90,
    "description": "Synthetic example from the docs"
  }),
});
const { data, error } = await response.json();
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${error.code}: ${error.message}`);
console.log(data);

import os
import uuid

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/contractor/hours.create",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OATMILK_OAUTH_TOKEN']}",
        "X-Accounting-Organization": os.environ["OATMILK_ORGANIZATION_ID"],
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "date": "2026-09-01",
        "minutes": 90,
        "description": "Synthetic example from the docs",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
payload = response.json()
if not response.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{payload['error']['code']}: {payload['error']['message']}")
print(payload["data"])

Fields

Example

Try it