Approve a timesheet
Approve one employee's submitted timesheet for a pay period. Your account needs approve permission.
MCP tool connecteam_write → approve_timesheet
write Confirm
Approves the timesheet like the Approve button in the upper right of the employee's timesheet. It works only on a time clock with Timesheets approval on, for a pay period, and with an admin account that may approve; otherwise it fails with APP_PERMISSION_DENIED. Once approved, only an admin with reopen permission can change the timesheet, and Connecteam notifies the employee right away. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| time_clock_id integer required | integer | Time clock ID from list_time_clocks. |
| user_id integer required | integer | User ID from list_users or list_timesheets. |
| period_start date required | date | First day of the pay period, YYYY-MM-DD. |
| period_end date required | date | Last day of the pay period, YYYY-MM-DD. |
tools/call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "connecteam_write",
"arguments": {
"operation": "approve_timesheet",
"arguments": {
"time_clock_id": 2041,
"user_id": 8821034,
"period_start": "2026-10-12",
"period_end": "2026-10-18"
}
}
}
}Example response
{
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
}
],
"structuredContent": {
"approved": true,
"time_clock_id": 2041,
"user_id": 8821034,
"name": "Dana Whitfield",
"period_start": "2026-10-12",
"period_end": "2026-10-18",
"total_hours": 38.5
},
"isError": false
}