Claude Freelo Skill – Control Freelo with AI

Connect Freelo with Claude Code by Anthropic and let the AI assistant work with your projects, tasks, and time logs — creating tasks, moving deadlines, or analysing team workload using natural language. All it takes is installing a plugin with a single terminal command and entering your Freelo email and API key. In this article you will find an overview of everything Claude can do in Freelo, example prompts, and a complete installation guide — the integration is free, you only pay for your Freelo and Claude plan.

What is Claude Freelo Skill

Claude Freelo Skill is a direct connection between Claude Code (the AI assistant by Anthropic) and your Freelo account. Unlike ordinary chatbots that only answer questions, Claude can directly work with your Freelo data — creating tasks, analysing projects, or moving deadlines.

What Claude Can Do in Freelo

Claude has access to virtually all of Freelo:

• Projects, To-Do lists, tasks and subtasks — creating, editing, moving.
• Deadlines and assignees — assigning people, shifting deadlines.
• Comments — reading and adding comments to tasks.
• Time tracking — starting and stopping the timer.
• Work reports and invoicing — analysing time logs and costs.
• Custom fields and labels — working with custom fields and labels.
• Notes and files — accessing files and notes in projects.
• Full-text search — searching across all of Freelo.

Examples of Use

From meeting notes straight to a project

Copy your meeting notes and let Claude create the structure: To-Do lists, tasks with assigned owners and deadlines.

Here are the notes from today's meeting. Create a project in Freelo from them, make To-Do lists by topic, split the tasks and assign them to the team:
[or paste the meeting transcript]
- Redesign homepage — Peter, by 15 May
- Write new pricing page copy — Jane, by 20 May
- Test payment gateway — Tom, by 12 May

Project status overview

Ask about a specific project and Claude will analyse it: what is done, what is stuck, what is overdue.

Give me a status overview of the "Website Redesign" project — what is done, what is stuck and what is overdue.

Bulk rescheduling

Need to push all unfinished tasks in a project by two weeks? Just say so and Claude will do it — no manual clicking.

Move all unfinished tasks in the "Website Redesign" project two weeks forward.

Team workload

Get a capacity overview: who has the most assigned tasks, where is there free capacity.

Give me a team workload overview — how many tasks does each person have, who is overloaded and where is there free capacity.

Problem identification

Claude automatically finds forgotten tasks, projects with no activity, and missed deadlines.

Go through all my projects and find tasks that are overdue or where nothing has happened for more than a week.

Reporting

Summarise time tracking data, analyse project costs and the time distribution of work.

Pull a time report for the last month — by project and by person. How many hours did each person spend where.

What You Will Need

1. A Freelo account (any paid plan).
2. A Claude plan with access to Claude Code (paid version).
3. A terminal (command line) — for installation. Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Installation Step by Step

Step 1: Install the plugin in Claude Code

Open the terminal and launch Claude Code with the command:

claude

Once Claude Code starts, enter the first command:

/plugin marketplace add freeloio/claude-freelo-skill

Wait for it to complete. Then enter the second command:

/plugin install freelo@claude-freelo-skill

Step 2: Connect Claude to your Freelo account

Enter this command in the terminal to open the configuration file:

open -e ~/.claude/settings.json

A text file will open. If it is empty, paste the following content:

{
    "env": {
        "FREELO_EMAIL": "your@email.com",
        "FREELO_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
    }
}

Update the values:

• FREELO_EMAIL — the email address you use to log in to Freelo.
• FREELO_API_KEY — your unique API key from Freelo.

Where to find your API key?
In Freelo, go to Settings → API key further down the page. Copy the full string and paste it into the configuration file.

Save and close the file.

Step 3: Restart Claude Code

To activate the skill, you need to fully close Claude Code — not just close the window, but the entire application.

• Mac: Cmd + Q
• Windows: Alt + F4 or close via the system tray
• Terminal: Type exit or close the terminal window

Then launch Claude Code again.

How to Use It

You have two options — both fully featured:

1. In the terminal — run claude and type directly here.
2. In the Claude desktop app — go to the Claude Code tab and type there.

Try: "What tasks do I have in Freelo today?" — and you will see them directly from your account, without a single click.

Troubleshooting

If Claude cannot see your Freelo data after installation, check:

1. Did you enter the installation commands one at a time? If you entered them both at once, uninstall the skill and reinstall it — this time one by one.
2. Did you restart Claude Code correctly? Closing the window is not enough — you need to close the entire application (Cmd + Q on Mac) and launch it again.
3. Is the API key correct? Check that you copied the full string without any extra spaces.
4. Is the email correct? It must match the email you are registered with in Freelo.

Practical Use

• Morning overview without clicking — every morning, ask Claude in one sentence what is coming up and get a list of today's tasks straight from the command line.
• Projects from meeting notes — copy a transcript or a client's list of requirements and Claude will build a structured project with tasks and assigned owners.
• Bulk rescheduling — need to push an entire sprint? Just say by how many days and Claude will update all deadlines at once, without manual clicking.
• Client reporting — let Claude pull tracked time from the logs and prepare a breakdown by project and by person, ready to share.
• Problem identification — regularly ask about stuck tasks or projects with no activity and manage priorities before issues escalate.

Further Information

• A detailed article about Claude Freelo Skill can be found on our blog.
• A video installation guide is available on YouTube.