# Rize Documentation

> Official product documentation for Rize -- AI-powered automatic time tracking for agencies, teams, freelancers, and client work. Guides, API reference, and integration setup for the Mac and Windows apps.

Rize runs quietly in the background on Mac and Windows, automatically capturing and categorizing every hour by client, project, and task -- no timers, no timesheets. This documentation covers setup, automatic tracking, the Rize Agent, AI Reports, Routines, Skills, billing and profitability, teams, integrations, MCP, and the developer API. The product site lives at https://rize.io; this is the docs subdomain at https://docs.rize.io.

## Getting Started

- [Overview](https://docs.rize.io/getting-started/overview-tutorial): What Rize is and how automatic tracking works.
- [Download Rize](https://docs.rize.io/getting-started/download-rize): Install the Mac or Windows desktop app.
- [First-time setup](https://docs.rize.io/getting-started/first-time-setup): Initial configuration and onboarding.
- [Using Rize effectively](https://docs.rize.io/getting-started/using-rize-effectively): Get accurate tracking and better categorization.
- [FAQ](https://docs.rize.io/getting-started/faq): Common questions about Rize.
- [Changelog](https://docs.rize.io/getting-started/changelog): Product release notes.

## Automatic Tracking

- [Tracking overview](https://docs.rize.io/automatic-tracking/tracking-overview): How Rize captures time automatically.
- [AI features](https://docs.rize.io/automatic-tracking/ai-features): AI-powered categorization and suggestions.
- [Time entry inbox](https://docs.rize.io/automatic-tracking/time-entry-inbox): Review and approve captured time.
- [Time entry suggestions settings](https://docs.rize.io/automatic-tracking/time-entry-suggestions-settings): Tune AI time-entry suggestions.
- [Manually adding time](https://docs.rize.io/automatic-tracking/manually-adding-time): Add or edit entries by hand.
- [Tracking websites](https://docs.rize.io/automatic-tracking/tracking-websites): Capture browser activity.

## AI Agent, Reports & Routines

- [Chat with the Agent](https://docs.rize.io/ai/agent-chat): Ask questions about tracked time, reports, routine briefs, and workspace data.
- [Reports](https://docs.rize.io/ai/reports): Build AI Reports from templates or prompts.
- [Report templates](https://docs.rize.io/ai/report-templates): Every personal, team, and workspace report template.
- [Routines](https://docs.rize.io/ai/routines): Run the Agent on a schedule and save recurring briefs.
- [Skills and Agent Context](https://docs.rize.io/ai/skills-and-context): Reusable instructions and standing guidance for the Agent.
- [Reports and routines in API and MCP](https://docs.rize.io/ai/reports-api-and-mcp): Pull finished report and routine runs into external tools.

## Labels & App & Website Rules

- [App & Website Rules](https://docs.rize.io/labels-and-app-rules/app-and-website-rules): Control focus, meeting, idle, and blocking behavior per app or website.
- [Creating and Editing Rules](https://docs.rize.io/labels-and-app-rules/creating-rules): Create and edit App & Website Rules.
- [Labels](https://docs.rize.io/labels-and-app-rules/labels): Use AI-applied labels on time entries.
- [Categories (legacy)](https://docs.rize.io/categories-and-tracking-rules/how-categorization-works): Categories and tracking rules for workspaces not yet migrated.

## Billing & Profitability

- [Profitability overview](https://docs.rize.io/billing/profitability-overview): Track profit across clients and projects.
- [Billing types](https://docs.rize.io/billing/billing-types): Billable, non-billable, and billing models.
- [Billable time](https://docs.rize.io/billing/billable-time): Mark and manage billable hours.
- [Hourly rates](https://docs.rize.io/billing/hourly-rates): Set hourly rates.
- [Cost rates](https://docs.rize.io/billing/cost-rates): Configure internal cost rates.
- [Revenue calculation](https://docs.rize.io/billing/revenue-calculation): How revenue is computed.
- [Profitability metrics](https://docs.rize.io/billing/profitability-metrics): Metrics behind profitability.
- [Profitability reports](https://docs.rize.io/billing/profitability-reports): Reporting on profit.
- [Setting up retainers](https://docs.rize.io/billing/setting-up-retainers): Manage retainer agreements.
- [Invoicing](https://docs.rize.io/billing/invoicing): Generate invoices from tracked time, control line item descriptions, send PDFs, record payments.

## Clients & Projects

- [Create and edit clients](https://docs.rize.io/clients/create-edit-clients): Manage client records.
- [Assign time to clients](https://docs.rize.io/clients/assign-time-clients): Attribute tracked time to clients.
- [Client reports](https://docs.rize.io/clients/client-reports): Per-client reporting.
- [Create and edit projects](https://docs.rize.io/projects/create-edit-projects): Manage projects.
- [Assign time to projects](https://docs.rize.io/projects/assign-time-projects): Attribute time to projects.
- [Project reports](https://docs.rize.io/projects/project-reports): Per-project reporting.
- [Tasks](https://docs.rize.io/tasks/create-edit-tasks): Create and manage tasks.

## Sessions, Focus & Breaks

- [Sessions overview](https://docs.rize.io/sessions/overview): Work sessions in Rize.
- [Session planning](https://docs.rize.io/sessions/planning): Plan and structure sessions.
- [Create focus sessions](https://docs.rize.io/focus/create-focus-sessions): Start focus sessions.
- [Focus metrics](https://docs.rize.io/focus/focus-metrics): Measure focus time.
- [Break sessions](https://docs.rize.io/breaks/create-break-sessions): Track and configure breaks.
- [Meetings](https://docs.rize.io/meetings/create-meeting-sessions): Track meeting time.
- [Distraction blocker](https://docs.rize.io/distraction-blocker/use-distraction-blocker): Block distracting apps and sites.

## Teams

- [Set up teams](https://docs.rize.io/teams/set-up-teams): Create a team workspace.
- [Manage members](https://docs.rize.io/teams/manage-members): Invite and manage members.
- [Roles and permissions](https://docs.rize.io/teams/roles-and-permissions): Access control.
- [Manage team plan](https://docs.rize.io/teams/manage-team-plan): Team billing and plans.
- [Team clients](https://docs.rize.io/teams/create-team-clients): Shared client management.
- [Timesheets](https://docs.rize.io/teams/timesheets): My Timesheet for your own week and Team Timesheets for daily hours, pending time, and capacity across a team.
- [Resourcing and utilization](https://docs.rize.io/teams/resourcing-and-utilization): Schedule assignments, import a plan from CSV, and compare scheduled to tracked hours.

## Integrations & Developer API

- [Zapier](https://docs.rize.io/integrations/zapier): Automate workflows with Zapier.
- [Asana](https://docs.rize.io/integrations/asana): Connect Asana; tasks sync in and tracked time is written to the Asana task.
- [Linear](https://docs.rize.io/integrations/linear): Connect Linear.
- [ClickUp](https://docs.rize.io/integrations/click-up): Connect ClickUp.
- [MCP server](https://docs.rize.io/mcp): Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other MCP clients to a Rize workspace.
- [MCP tool reference](https://docs.rize.io/mcp/tools): Every Rize MCP tool, with parameters, defaults, and permissions.
- [GraphQL API intro](https://docs.rize.io/graphql-api/graphql-intro): Get started with the public GraphQL API.
- [GraphQL authentication](https://docs.rize.io/graphql-api/graphql-auth): Authenticate API requests.
- [GraphQL examples](https://docs.rize.io/graphql-api/graphql-examples): Example queries and mutations.
- [Webhooks](https://docs.rize.io/webhooks/set-up-webhooks): Receive event notifications.

## Account & Work Hours

- [Manage profile](https://docs.rize.io/account-management/manage-profile): Update account settings.
- [Cancel subscription](https://docs.rize.io/account-management/cancel-subscription): Cancel a plan.
- [Delete account](https://docs.rize.io/account-management/delete-account): Delete your account.
- [Set work hours](https://docs.rize.io/work-hours/set-work-hours): Configure working hours.
- [Desktop widget](https://docs.rize.io/desktop-widget/use-desktop-widget): Use the desktop widget.
- [Calendars](https://docs.rize.io/calendars/manage-calendars): Connect and manage calendars.

## Optional

- [Full sitemap](https://docs.rize.io/sitemap.xml): Complete list of all documentation pages.