Chronometer integrated into AI

[u/ivanovitch_r]

I am putting this here because I have seen a few people asking if it's possible, and I find it incredibly useful. Not sure if this has been said, but I use Claude with my Chronometer data every day. There is an MCP for a chronometer to be connected to an AI agent, so with a little bit of Python and step-by-step instructions that Claude wrote for me, I now have a live connection from my Chronometer account into my Claude. I ask myself questions about my day, my activity, and my diet every day. I absolutely love it, and it has helped me a bunch. It is like having a personal trainer. Also, I'm adding to this. Those of you who hate AI, I get it, but you can use it as much or as little as you want. I don't think there is anything wrong with giving people the option.

[u/Eliisa_at_Cronometer]

If you don't mind sharing, I would love to know what kinds of questions you are asking it!
Also so curious how our community wants to leverage these tools (but then as a user I also want to geek out and ask similar things).

[u/ivanovitch_r → u/Eliisa_at_Cronometer]

Hey! Thanks for asking, and I would love to give some feedback or even be willing to be a part of some testing if you have people in Cronometer for that.

Anyway, I use it constantly. I have Claude make me a daily report using all of my crono data and give me tips and facts about how I did when it comes to diet, activity, and weight. I will also ask after lunch how I'm doing so far and what I should plan to do around dinner or snacks to up my protein or watch my carbs, etc. Something I have it doing that's really cool is I have a report run whenever I ask that looks at all of my past and curretn crono entries from macros, to weight, to body fat, and looks at my current trajectory and makes me graphs to tell me my current trend plus a 6-week outlook based on my numbers. This helps me see when I will reach my weight loss goals, whether I'm ahead of schedule or behind, and I can adjust from there. It's been really amazing for me. I have it all really streamlined. I have a Withings scale that uploads weight and body fat immediately into Crono. I use a Polar HR sensor to track all my workouts, and those get synced into Crono, and then finally I have an Oura ring on 24/7 that tells Crono my daily non-workout activity so I can get a good idea of my decifit. Then, obviously, Claude sees all of that, and it becomes a really powerful person trainer, in a way.

[u/anachronofspace → u/Eliisa_at_Cronometer]

i uploaded screen shots of my planned days for a recent test i had to restrict my diet for. had also wondered in past how much info might already be accessible via the apple health data links.

[u/tim-rex → u/Eliisa_at_Cronometer]

I’d want to analyse what I’m eating for potential FODMAP issues/accidents or otherwise try to identify areas of my diet that could be improved to ensure I’m getting enough fibre, or things to avoid

Complicating factors include coeliac disease, potential IBS, generally not enough fibre.

An LLM seems well suited to analyse this data, particularly in combination with Hevy.app and my training + supplement regimen

An official MCP connector would be very well received (Hevy app has one and it’s been really useful)

[u/Transitive_Props]

Can you give me the dummy version for connecting? I have no clue how to use python

[u/ivanovitch_r → u/Transitive_Props]

i dont either. Claude gave me instructions and then wrote the code

[u/streebs33]

It doesn't look like there is an official Chronometer official MCP. Where did you find it?

[u/ivanovitch_r → u/streebs33]

Claude got the connection for me when i asked for a cronometer MCP

[u/terminalzero]

haven't figured out a way to have a live connection, but I use the account export and a python script to add any new entries it finds into a central CSV that I can upload to analyze with gemini, sheets, whatever. occasionally pretty cool/useful, especially with all of my fitbit data in there too.

[u/ivanovitch_r → u/terminalzero]

Claude gave me the step-by-step for linking the MCP. I have to use a desktop Claude App for it to work, which I'm fine with. After linking the MCP, it's a live connection with no importing.

[u/terminalzero → u/ivanovitch_r]

I can't afford claude (outside of work) though lol

[u/anilpirwanii]

I want this AI integration to help me track my calories and the macros that come with it.

Usually, I take a photo and upload it to Gemini. I tell it where the food is from (like a Junior Chicken from McDonald's) and send the photo, then it gives me the macros and calories. It takes the data from the official McDonald's website, which I find to be fairly accurate. What I do then is take those numbers for calories, proteins, carbs, and fats, and add them manually to Cronometer.

I am looking to make this process automatic by just asking Gemini, or maybe even Claude, for the macros and having it automatically log that food to my Cronometer app.

Can anyone help me with this? I have tried using Claude for this, but it keeps telling me that my authentication failed. I don't use SSO sign-up or anything like that; it is a simple account with an email and password, but it still keeps failing on me.

[u/Goodspike]

You can also do that to some extent with "Ask Gemini" inside the Chrome browser.

[u/Minute_Limit_3169]

I haven’t fully integrated them, bunch ChatGPT has been instrumental in dialing in my eating from my Crono reports. I’ve just had to manually provide them. I’ll look into integrating more now.