Integration

Gusto integration

HR, payroll, and benefits platform API. Manage employees, run payroll, handle benefits enrollment, and track time off. Essential for HR integrations, payroll automation, employee management, and compliance workflows.

Connect Gusto How integrations work

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The workflow builds itself.

When this happens, do that in Gusto.Built from the 22 Gusto tools below, on the connection you add once.

Common Gusto use cases

tax jurisdiction
compensation review
HR lookup
HR administration
HR reporting
new hire
new office
PTO tracking
employee view
initial setup

What you can do with Gusto

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

create_employeeCreate employeePOSTCreates a new employee record for a company.
get_employeeGet employeeGETRetrieves detailed information about a specific employee.
list_employeesList employeesGETLists all employees for a company including onboarding, active, and terminated.
update_employeeUpdate employeePUTUpdates an employee's profile information.

Job, 2 operations

get_jobGet jobGETRetrieves details about a specific job.
list_employee_jobsList employee jobsGETLists all jobs for a specific employee.

Location, 2 operations

create_company_locationCreate company locationPOSTCreates a new company location.
get_locationGet locationGETRetrieves details about a specific company location.

Payroll, 2 operations

get_payrollGet payrollGETRetrieves detailed information about a specific payroll run.
list_payrollsList payrollsGETLists payrolls for a company with date and status filtering.

Benefit, 1 operation

list_supported_benefitsList supported benefitsGETLists all benefit types supported by the Gusto platform.

Company, 1 operation

get_companyGet companyGETRetrieves detailed information about a specific company.

Companybenefit, 1 operation

list_company_benefitsList company benefitsGETLists all benefits offered by the company.

Compensation, 1 operation

get_compensationGet compensationGETRetrieves details about a specific compensation record.

Contractorpayment, 1 operation

list_contractor_paymentsList contractor paymentsGETLists contractor payments for a company.

Department, 1 operation

list_departmentsList departmentsGETLists all departments for a company.

Employeebenefit, 1 operation

list_employee_benefitsList employee benefitsGETLists all benefits enrolled for a specific employee.

Homeaddress, 1 operation

get_employee_home_addressGet employee home addressGETRetrieves an employee's home address.

Payschedule, 1 operation

list_pay_schedulesList pay schedulesGETLists all pay schedules configured for the company.

Timeoffactivity, 1 operation

get_employee_time_off_activitiesGet employee time off activitiesGETRetrieves time off activity history for an employee.

Timeoffrequest, 1 operation

list_time_off_requestsList time off requestsGETLists time off requests for a company with date range filtering.

Token, 1 operation

get_token_infoGet token infoGETReturns scope and resource information for the current access token.

Use Gusto from Claude Code, Cursor or Codex

Connect Gusto in LiveContext, create an API key in Settings, then add the LiveContext MCP server to your client. Its Gusto 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 Gusto

Create your workspace
Sign up free. Nothing to install.
Connect Gusto once
Add your Gusto 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.

Gusto integration FAQ

What can you do with the Gusto integration?

LiveContext exposes 22 operations on Gusto, covering employee, job, location and payroll. Common uses include tax jurisdiction, compensation review and HR lookup.