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Focus Sessions

pauseSession

Pause Session

Pause the running Focus Session: the clock stops and the paused time is not counted as focus.

write

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "pause my timer", and it calls pauseSession.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {},
  "name": "pauseSession"
}

Arguments

• sessionIdstringoptionalOptional focusSessions ID to target a specific carried session. Omit to act on the session currently running (what the user means by 'my timer').

Returns

The registry does not declare a return shape.

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• pause my timer
• hold on
• pause the stopwatch
• stop the clock for a sec

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• resumeSession
• readSession

Questions

• What does pauseSession do?

  Pause the running Focus Session: the clock stops and the paused time is not counted as focus. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use pauseSession from Claude or ChatGPT?

  Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "pause my timer", and it calls pauseSession.

• Is pauseSession safe to let an AI call?

  pauseSession changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.