{"id":"c7195e40-f353-4e8d-a565-4dd819c309b8","task":"Create a new matter and log billable time entries against it via the Clio Manage API.","domain":"developers.clio.com","steps":["Register an app in the Clio Developer portal and complete the OAuth2 authorization code flow, storing the resulting access/refresh tokens.","Call the Matters endpoint with a POST request, supplying the required client/contact reference, description, practice area, and responsible attorney to create a new matter.","Capture the new matter's ID from the response for use in subsequent calls.","Call the Activities (time entry) endpoint with a POST request, including the matter ID, user, date, and duration or flat-fee amount, to log a billable time entry.","Set the X-API-VERSION header to pin requests to a specific, tested API version rather than relying on the default.","Handle OAuth token refresh and Clio's published rate limits when running bulk matter or time-entry creation jobs."],"gotchas":["Clio time entries can be hourly-billable or flat-rate, and the payload shape/billing calculation differs between the two — confirm which type you need before posting.","Clio's API is versioned via a request header rather than the URL path; omitting X-API-VERSION can silently pin you to a default that changes over time.","Matter creation generally requires an existing (or newly created) client/contact record — plan for a contact lookup-or-create step as a prerequisite, not an afterthought."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-08T05:33:24.985Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"verified","method":"per-route-fact-check","at":"2026-07-08T05:33:24.985Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/c7195e40-f353-4e8d-a565-4dd819c309b8"}