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Focus Sessions

startPomodoro

Start Pomodoro

Start a Pomodoro Focus Session: repeating focus intervals with breaks between them, unlike a plain Timer which runs once.

write

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "start a pomodoro", and it calls startPomodoro.

Example call

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

{
  "arguments": {},
  "name": "startPomodoro"
}

Arguments

• intervalMinutesnumberoptionalLength of each focus interval in minutes. Defaults to 25.
• breakMinutesnumberoptionalLength of the break between intervals. Defaults to 5.
• intervalsintegeroptionalHow many focus intervals to run. Defaults to 4.
• labelstringoptionalWhat the session is for, e.g. "Apple Dev". Defaults to "Focus session".

Returns

The registry does not declare a return shape.

Declared limits

• intervalMinutes: greater than 0
• breakMinutes: greater than 0
• intervals: greater than 0
• intervals: maximum 9007199254740991

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• start a pomodoro
• pomodoro me for an hour of work
• do 4 rounds of 25 minutes

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• readSession
• stopSession

Questions

• What does startPomodoro do?

  Start a Pomodoro Focus Session: repeating focus intervals with breaks between them, unlike a plain Timer which runs once. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use startPomodoro 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 "start a pomodoro", and it calls startPomodoro.

• Is startPomodoro safe to let an AI call?

  startPomodoro 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.