What can you do with the BambooHR integration?

LiveContext exposes 24 operations on BambooHR, covering employee, employee file, time off request and photo. Common uses include data corrections, file access and emergency contacts.

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BambooHR integration

Human resources information system (HRIS) API for managing employee data, time-off requests, and HR workflows. Access employee profiles, manage onboarding, track PTO balances, handle time-off requests, and generate HR reports. Perfect for building HR integrations, employee directories, time tracking systems, and workforce management applications.

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Common BambooHR use cases

data corrections
file access
emergency contacts
employee records
promotions
job history
PTO approval
PTO requests
form building
team calendar

What you can do with BambooHR

Each of these is one operation on one endpoint, available both as a workflow step and as a tool an AI agent can call on its own. Nothing bundles several operations into one action, so what a run did stays readable afterwards.

Most endpoints run on the free plan. A few, mainly the ones that publish on your behalf, need a paid plan.

Employee, 4 operations

POSTcreate_employee
Creates a new employee record in BambooHR for onboarding.
GETget_employee
Retrieves an employee's profile information with specified fields.
GETlist_employees
Gets a directory of all employees with basic profile information.
POSTupdate_employee
Updates an existing employee's information with provided field values.

Employee file, 3 operations

GETdownload_employee_file
Downloads a specific file from an employee's record.
GETget_employee_files
Lists all files and file categories for an employee.
POSTupload_employee_file
Uploads a file to an employee's record in a specified category.

Time off request, 3 operations

PUTcreate_time_off_request
Creates a new time-off request for an employee, triggering the approval workflow.
GETget_time_off_requests
Lists time-off requests within a date range with optional filtering.
PUTupdate_time_off_request_status
Changes the status of a time-off request to approve, deny, or cancel it.

Photo, 2 operations

GETget_employee_photo
Gets an employee's profile photo in the specified size.
POSTupload_employee_photo
Uploads or updates a profile photo for an employee.

Report, 2 operations

GETget_company_report
Runs a saved company report by its ID and returns the data in the specified format.
POSTget_custom_report
Generates a custom report with specified fields and filters for employee data.

Table row, 2 operations

POSTadd_employee_table_row
Adds a new row to an employee's tabular data like job changes or compensation updates.
POSTupdate_employee_table_row
Updates an existing row in an employee's tabular data.

Changed employee, 1 operation

GETget_changed_employees
Gets employee IDs changed since a given timestamp for incremental syncing.

Field, 1 operation

GETget_field_list
Lists all available employee fields including custom fields and their metadata.

Table, 1 operation

GETget_tables
Lists all tabular data types available for employee records.

Table data, 1 operation

GETget_employee_table
Gets tabular data for an employee like job history, compensation, or emergency contacts.

Time off balance, 1 operation

GETget_time_off_balances
Gets estimated future time-off balances for an employee showing projected PTO by type.

Time off policy, 1 operation

GETget_time_off_policies
Lists all time-off policies with accrual rules and carryover settings.

Time off type, 1 operation

GETlist_time_off_types
Lists all time-off types configured in the BambooHR account.

Whos out, 1 operation

GETget_whos_out
Gets a list of employees who are out within a date range for scheduling.

Use BambooHR from Claude Code, Cursor or Codex

Connect BambooHR in LiveContext, create an API key in Settings, then add the LiveContext MCP server to your client. Its BambooHR operations become tools the client can call, next to every other integration you connected.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http livecontext https://livecontext.ai/mcp --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Codex (~/.codex/config.toml)

[mcp_servers.livecontext]
url = "https://livecontext.ai/mcp"

[mcp_servers.livecontext.http_headers]
"X-API-Key" = "YOUR_API_KEY"

Cursor, Claude Desktop and other JSON configs

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "livecontext": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://livecontext.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Set up the MCP server step by step

How to connect BambooHR

Create your workspace
Sign up free. Nothing to install.
Connect BambooHR once
Add your BambooHR connection in Settings. Every tool from this integration reuses it, and secrets are encrypted at rest and visible only to you.
Describe the job in chat
The workflow builds itself in front of you and picks the endpoints it needs. Drag the steps yourself on the canvas whenever you would rather be explicit.

BambooHR integration FAQ

What can you do with the BambooHR integration?: LiveContext exposes 24 operations on BambooHR, covering employee, employee file, time off request and photo. Common uses include data corrections, file access and emergency contacts.