Taskade Genesis builds a live time-tracking app from one prompt — AI agents log task durations, flag overtime, and generate invoiceable summaries that your clients can actually see.
What Is Task Time Tracking Automation?
Task time-tracking automation records when work starts and stops on each task, calculates total time spent, categorizes hours by project or client, and rolls everything up into reports — replacing fragile manual timers and spreadsheet hour logs.
Why Use Task Time Tracking Automation?
Manual time tracking is forgotten, estimated, and wrong. Automation makes it accurate and effortless.
- Auto-start on assignment: Automations begin a time log the moment a task is assigned and opened.
- Billable vs non-billable tagging: Flag hours automatically based on task type or project label.
- Client-ready summaries: AI agents generate clean time reports formatted for invoicing in seconds.
- Invoice generation: Connect to the Invoice Generator app and push hours to a draft invoice automatically.
- Budget alerts: Trigger a notification when a project's logged hours approach the agreed estimate.
Who Should Use Task Time Tracking Automation?
- Freelancers billing by the hour who need accurate logs without stopping to record every session.
- Agency project managers tracking team time across multiple client accounts simultaneously.
- Consultants generating detailed time-and-expense reports for clients at the end of each month.
- Software teams measuring engineering effort per feature for retrospective planning.
- Legal professionals logging billable hours per matter automatically.
How To Set Up Task Time Tracking Automation?
- Go to Automate and clone the Time Tracker template.
- Prompt Taskade Genesis — "log time automatically when a task is opened and stop when it's marked Done."
- The app creates time-log fields, automation triggers, and a client-report template instantly.
- View hours by task, project, or team member in the Table view.
- Connect to your invoicing tool via 100+ integrations to push approved hours directly to drafts.
Explore more billing automations at Automate or learn about custom agents at Custom Agents.