Workday MCP Server - Integrate your Agent with Workday in Minutes

Knit's Workday MCP Server gives your AI agents instant, code-free access to every Workday API endpoint-read, write, and automate without OAuth headaches or custom endpoints.

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Workday

MCP Server

Watch an agent automate workflows-all with knit's plug-and-play MCP Servers.

Key Features

All the power of AI-ready tools-serverless hosting, mix-and-match APIs, live updates, semantic search, and built-in auth-in a single, plug-and-play platform.

Serverless by Default

Spin up MCP Servers with zero infrastructure-Knit scales, patches, and monitors everything for you.

Plug-In Your Own APIs

Expose custom endpoints as AI-ready tools alongside knit's catalog, unifying proprietary logic and third-party apps in one place.

Hot-Swap Tools at Runtime

Add or remove tools without downtime; your agents see new capabilities instantly-no server restarts required.

Mix-and-Match Tool Bundles

Deploy only the API tools you need from any app in a single lightweight server-no bloat, no duplication.

Semantic Tool Search

Natural-language search surfaces the right tools for each use case, shrinking token costs and boosting LLM accuracy.

Auth Handled for You

OAuth, SAML, service accounts-Knit manages credentials and refreshes so your team never wrestles with tokens.

Actions available via

Workday

MCP Server

  • Unified Action

Create HR Deduction

The Create HR Deduction API allows users to create a new deduction in the HR system. The API requires a POST request to the endpoint with headers specifying 'accept' and 'content-type' as 'application/json'. The request body must include the deduction's name, type, frequency, description, and any additional metadata. Upon success, the API returns a response with a 'success' flag and the 'deductionId' of the newly created deduction. In case of an error, the response includes a 'success' flag set to false and an error message.

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  • Unified Action

Get Payroll Statement for an Employee

This API endpoint retrieves the payroll statement for a specified employee for a given month or date range. The request requires the 'employeeId' as a mandatory query parameter. You can specify the time range using either the 'month' parameter in 'yyyy-mm' format or 'startDate' and 'endDate' parameters. However, some apps like Darwinbox, GreytHR, and RazorpayX Payroll require the 'month' parameter and do not support 'startDate' and 'endDate'. The response includes details such as gross pay, net pay, processed date, pay date, earnings, contributions, and deductions. The API supports various HR systems like Keka HR, Zoho People, Workday, and more.

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  • Unified Action

Update Employee Details

The Update Employee Details API allows updating various details of an employee such as personal and work email addresses, present and work addresses, and employment details. The API supports multiple HR applications, each with specific field support limitations. The request requires an employeeId and can include optional fields like firstName, lastName, workEmail, personalEmails, presentAddress, workAddress, employment, and metadata. The response indicates success or failure, with an optional error message in case of failure.

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  • Unified Action

Update Employee Deductions

The Update Employee Deductions API allows updating the deduction details for an employee. It requires the employeeId as a mandatory field in the request body, along with optional fields such as employeeDeductionId, deductionId, employeeContribution, employerContribution, and metadata. The API supports applications like ADP Run, Paycor, Paychex, Paylocity, and ADP Workforce Now. The response indicates success or failure of the operation, with a success flag and optional error message.

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  • Unified Action

Get Compensation Plans

The Get Compensation Plans API retrieves compensation plans including fixed, variable, and stock components. It supports various applications such as Workday, Hibob, Paycor, SAP Successfactors, Paychex, Quickbooks Payroll, Lucca HR, and PrismHR. The API requires an 'accept' header with 'application/json' and optionally accepts a 'originData' query parameter to include origin data. The response includes detailed compensation data with fixed, variable, and stock plans, or an error message if the request fails.

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  • Unified Action

Get HR Document Categories

The Get HR Document Categories API retrieves a list of document categories available in the HR system. It supports various applications such as Workday, Sage, Hibob, Personio, Zoho People, SAP Successfactors, Keka, and Avionte. The API requires an 'accept' header specifying 'application/json'. It has an optional query parameter 'originData' which is a boolean flag to include origin data, defaulting to false. The response includes a 'success' flag and a 'data' object containing an array of categories, each with an 'id' and 'name'. In case of an error, an 'error' object with a descriptive message is returned.

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