BrightHR MCP Server for Mastra AIGive Mastra AI instant access to 12 tools to Check Api Health, Get Employee Details, Get Employee Job Details, and more
Mastra AI is a TypeScript-native agent framework built for modern web stacks. Connect BrightHR through Vinkius and Mastra agents discover all tools automatically. type-safe, streaming-ready, and deployable anywhere Node.js runs.
Ask AI about this App Connector for Mastra AI
The BrightHR app connector for Mastra AI is a standout in the Productivity category — giving your AI agent 12 tools to work with, ready to go from day one.
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import { Agent } from "@mastra/core/agent";
import { createMCPClient } from "@mastra/mcp";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
async function main() {
// Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
const mcpClient = await createMCPClient({
servers: {
"brighthr": {
url: "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp",
},
},
});
const tools = await mcpClient.getTools();
const agent = new Agent({
name: "BrightHR Agent",
instructions:
"You help users interact with BrightHR " +
"using 12 tools.",
model: openai("gpt-4o"),
tools,
});
const result = await agent.generate(
"What can I do with BrightHR?"
);
console.log(result.text);
}
main();
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About BrightHR MCP Server
Connect your BrightHR account to any AI agent and take full control of your workforce management and employee lifecycle through natural conversation.
Mastra's agent abstraction provides a clean separation between LLM logic and BrightHR tool infrastructure. Connect 12 tools through Vinkius and use Mastra's built-in workflow engine to chain tool calls with conditional logic, retries, and parallel execution. deployable to any Node.js host in one command.
What you can do
- Employee Orchestration — List and manage all employee profiles programmatically, including job roles, departments, and high-fidelity compensation metadata
- Absence & Leave Intelligence — Monitor sickness, lateness, and planned holiday requests in real-time to maintain a perfectly coordinated team schedule
- Benefits & Training Monitoring — Access complete directories of employee benefits and retrieve training history to oversee organizational development
- Operational Visibility — Access high-fidelity metadata for your organization and monitor active webhooks directly through your agent for instant reporting
- Connectivity Verification — Verify API health and check connectivity status programmatically to ensure a perfectly coordinated integration ecosystem
The BrightHR MCP Server exposes 12 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Mastra AI in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.
All 12 BrightHR tools available for Mastra AI
When Mastra AI connects to BrightHR through Vinkius, your AI agent gets direct access to every tool listed below — spanning employee-management, absence-tracking, leave-management, and more. Every call is secured with network, filesystem, subprocess, and code evaluation entitlements inside a sandboxed runtime. Beyond a simple connection, you get a full AI Gateway with real-time visibility into agent activity, enterprise governance, and optimized token usage.
Verify BrightHR API status
Get details for a specific employee
Get job metadata
Get salary information
Get company details
Can be filtered by employee ID. List employee absences
List active webhooks
List benefits for an employee
List all employees
Can be filtered by employee ID. List holiday/leave requests
List training history
g., sickness) for an employee. Log a new employee absence
Connect BrightHR to Mastra AI via MCP
Follow these steps to wire BrightHR into Mastra AI. The entire setup takes under two minutes — your credentials stay safe behind the Vinkius.
Install dependencies
npm install @mastra/core @mastra/mcp @ai-sdk/openaiReplace the token
[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius tokenRun the agent
agent.ts and run with npx tsx agent.tsExplore tools
Why Use Mastra AI with the BrightHR MCP Server
Mastra AI provides unique advantages when paired with BrightHR through the Model Context Protocol.
Mastra's agent abstraction provides a clean separation between LLM logic and tool infrastructure. add BrightHR without touching business code
Built-in workflow engine chains MCP tool calls with conditional logic, retries, and parallel execution for complex automation
TypeScript-native: full type inference for every BrightHR tool response with IDE autocomplete and compile-time checks
One-command deployment to any Node.js host. Vercel, Railway, Fly.io, or your own infrastructure
BrightHR + Mastra AI Use Cases
Practical scenarios where Mastra AI combined with the BrightHR MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Automated workflows: build multi-step agents that query BrightHR, process results, and trigger downstream actions in a typed pipeline
SaaS integrations: embed BrightHR as a first-class tool in your product's AI features with Mastra's clean agent API
Background jobs: schedule Mastra agents to query BrightHR on a cron and store results in your database automatically
Multi-agent systems: create specialist agents that collaborate using BrightHR tools alongside other MCP servers
Example Prompts for BrightHR in Mastra AI
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Mastra AI agent to start working with BrightHR immediately.
"List all active employees in my organization."
"Show the holiday requests for employee ID 'emp_123'."
"Record a sickness absence for @user1 starting from tomorrow."
Troubleshooting BrightHR MCP Server with Mastra AI
Common issues when connecting BrightHR to Mastra AI through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
createMCPClient not exported
npm install @mastra/mcpBrightHR + Mastra AI FAQ
Common questions about integrating BrightHR MCP Server with Mastra AI.
How does Mastra AI connect to MCP servers?
MCPClient with the server URL and pass it to your agent. Mastra discovers all tools and makes them available with full TypeScript types.