Cornerstone OnDemand MCP. Audit transcripts, manage performance, and track talent development.
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Cornerstone OnDemand connects your AI agent directly to the full Human Capital Management API. It lets you query employee records, audit learning transcripts, and manage talent goals via natural language.
Use it to list all available courses, get an employee's full profile, or check their compliance status instantly. It’s a centralized way to handle training, performance, and user data.
What your AI agents can do
Get course details
Gets specific metadata and availability rules for one training course.
Get user details
Retrieves the full profile, contact info, and account settings for a specific employee.
List catalog
Lists all learning objects, including titles, descriptions, and training types in the system.
List all available learning objects and courses from your company's training catalog.
Fetch a specific employee's profile, including contact info and full learning transcripts.
List active performance reviews and competency goals for teams or individuals.
See current job openings, filtering by department or location.
List departments or identify skills defined across the system.
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019d757cget course details
Gets specific metadata and availability rules for one training course.
019d757cget user details
Retrieves the full profile, contact info, and account settings for a specific employee.
019d757clist catalog
Lists all learning objects, including titles, descriptions, and training types in the system.
019d757clist courses
Lists available training courses, showing their metadata, duration, and delivery method.
019d757clist departments
Lists all organizational departments, including their IDs and parent-child relationships.
019d757clist job postings
Lists active job openings, including the title, location, department, and posting date.
019d757clist performance reviews
Lists active or past performance reviews, showing the review cycle ID and associated employee/manager pairs.
019d757clist skills inventory
Lists all skills defined in the system, showing their names, descriptions, and categories.
019d757clist user transcripts
Lists an employee's learning history, including course enrollment status, completion dates, and scores.
019d757clist users
Lists all user accounts in the portal, showing their ID, name, email, department, and employment status.
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What you can do with this MCP connector
Your AI agent connects straight to Cornerstone OnDemand's full Human Capital Management API. You can query employee records, audit learning transcripts, and manage talent goals using natural language. It's a centralized way to handle training, performance, and user data.
View Training Catalogs
- You can list every learning object, showing titles, descriptions, and training types in the system using
list_catalog. - You can list all available training courses, showing their metadata, duration, and delivery method using
list_courses. - You can get specific metadata and availability rules for a single training course using
get_course_details.
Audit Employee History
- You can get a full profile, contact info, and account settings for any employee using
get_user_details. - You can list an employee's complete learning history, including course enrollment status, completion dates, and scores using
list_user_transcripts. - You can list all user accounts in the portal, showing their ID, name, email, department, and employment status using
list_users. - You can list all organizational departments, showing their IDs and parent-child relationships using
list_departments.
Track Performance Goals
- You can list active or past performance reviews, showing the review cycle ID and associated employee/manager pairs using
list_performance_reviews. - You can list all skills defined in the system, showing their names, descriptions, and categories using
list_skills_inventory.
Discover Open Roles
- You can list active job openings, showing the title, location, department, and posting date using
list_job_postings.
How Cornerstone OnDemand MCP Works
- 1 Connect the Cornerstone integration to your AI agent.
- 2 Authorize the connection using your OAuth Client ID, Secret, and portal Subdomain.
- 3 Your agent executes the necessary tool calls (e.g.,
list_usersorlist_job_postings) to retrieve and present the data.
The bottom line is, you pass the required credentials to your agent, and it handles the data retrieval from the Cornerstone API.
Who Is Cornerstone OnDemand MCP For?
HR Managers who need to audit compliance and certifications without logging into three different dashboards. L&D Teams who manage course availability and track engagement across departments. Department Heads who need an instant view of team performance goals and open roles. This is for anyone whose job involves managing the full employee lifecycle.
Quickly checks if an employee has the necessary certifications or training compliance records by running list_user_transcripts.
Uses list_catalog to map out what training objects are available and tracks course engagement using list_courses.
Reviews team performance goals using list_performance_reviews and monitors open positions using list_job_postings.
What Changes When You Connect
- See a complete picture of an employee's history. Instead of manually cross-referencing a profile sheet and a separate LMS, run
list_user_transcriptsto get enrollment status, completion dates, and scores all at once. - Quickly map team skills to job requirements. Use
list_skills_inventoryto see every skill defined in the system, then uselist_job_postingsto check which skills are needed for open roles. - Get a full employee snapshot in one go. The
get_user_detailstool combines contact info, organizational hierarchy, and account settings for a single user ID. - Manage compliance and L&D tracking. Use
list_coursesto list all available training andlist_catalogto see the underlying training objects. This keeps your learning content organized. - Track team performance goals instantly.
list_performance_reviewslists active reviews and goal pairs. You don't have to wait for a manager to manually update a status to see the status. - Understand your org chart.
list_departmentslists department IDs and parent-child relationships, giving structure to your user data before you runlist_users.
Real-World Use Cases
Checking Compliance for a New Hire
A manager needs to know if a new hire, Jane Doe, has completed mandatory compliance training. They ask their agent to check Jane Doe's transcript. The agent runs list_user_transcripts, which immediately shows her course enrollment status, completion dates, and scores. The problem is solved without touching a dashboard.
Reviewing a Team's Readiness for Promotion
A department head needs to assess if their team is ready for a major project. They ask their agent to check the team's skill gaps. The agent first runs list_skills_inventory to see all available skills, then uses list_performance_reviews to check if the team has recent performance reviews that address those skills. The agent compiles a report of gaps.
Finding the Right Course for a Role
An L&D specialist is setting up a job posting. They need to make sure the job requires the right training. They run list_job_postings to see the role, then use list_catalog to list all possible training objects, and finally use get_course_details to pick the best fit. This connects job needs to available training.
Bulk User Data Sync
A system admin needs a full list of all users and their department structures. They run list_users to get basic user IDs and emails, and then use list_departments to map the organizational structure for a clean data sync.
The Tradeoffs
Treating data as a database query
Asking the agent to 'Give me all user data and course data.' This results in a massive, unusable dump of 10 tool calls, overwhelming the chat window with raw JSON and forcing manual data interpretation.
→
Ask for a specific, synthesized outcome. Example: 'List all users in the Sales department who have not completed 'Advanced Excel' training.' The agent handles the sequence: list_users -> filter by department -> list_user_transcripts -> filter by course name.
Missing context for a tool
Calling get_user_details without a user ID, or calling get_course_details without a course ID. The system will throw a generic 'missing parameter' error, stalling the conversation.
→ Always provide the necessary identifiers. The prompt must include the specific ID. Example: 'Get the profile for user ID 456.' or 'Check details for course ID ABC.' This ensures the tool runs correctly.
Confusing tools' purpose
Asking the agent to 'Show me the performance review for the course.' This confuses the system because performance is tracked by list_performance_reviews, not list_courses.
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Keep the domains separate in your prompt. If you need performance data, start by asking about list_performance_reviews. If you need training content, start with list_courses. Be precise about which function tracks what.
When It Fits, When It Doesn't
Use this server if your primary goal is managing the full employee lifecycle: tracking compliance, skills gaps, and performance goals. You need to connect user credentials, training records, and job openings in one place.
Don't use it if you just need to check external data (like a public job board) or if your primary need is only basic messaging. For pure messaging, use a dedicated communication tool. If you only need to list skills, the list_skills_inventory tool is enough, but this server gives you the full context needed to link that skill to a person's actual performance or training record.
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This server provides 10 capabilities that interface natively with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP client. No middleware. No custom integration required.
Available Capabilities
Tracking employee training compliance is a nightmare of clicks.
Right now, finding out if an employee is compliant is a multi-tab, multi-system chore. You check the HRIS dashboard for their status, then jump to the LMS to see the transcript, and finally cross-reference a spreadsheet to see what job role requires that training. You spend 15 minutes just gathering the basic facts.
With this MCP server, you ask your agent: 'Does John Doe have mandatory Cybersecurity training?' The agent runs `list_user_transcripts` and gives you a definitive answer, instantly. The manual steps are gone.
List User Transcripts: See an employee's entire learning history in plain language.
Manually, you'd have to pull a transcript report from the LMS, save it as a PDF, and then manually read through pages of completion dates and scores to find the one piece of data you need. You're wading through irrelevant data.
Now, your agent runs `list_user_transcripts`. It pulls the core data—enrollment status, completion dates, and scores—and gives it to you in a clean, readable format. It's faster, and you don't have to manage the files.
Common Questions About Cornerstone OnDemand MCP
How do I check if a user is compliant using list_user_transcripts? +
The agent checks the transcript tool (list_user_transcripts). It pulls the enrollment status and completion dates, allowing you to see exactly which mandatory courses are finished and which are pending for that user.
What is the difference between list_users and get_user_details? +
list_users gives you a list of every user ID, name, and department. get_user_details runs on a single ID to give you the complete profile, including contact info and account settings.
Can I see all job openings and which departments they belong to using list_job_postings? +
Yes, list_job_postings lists all openings and includes the department name for each job. You can then use list_departments to get the full structure of that department.
How do I check a team's overall skill set using list_skills_inventory? +
list_skills_inventory provides a master list of every skill defined in the system, including descriptions and categories. You can then cross-reference this list with employee data.
Does get_user_details show performance review history? +
No. get_user_details shows general profile data. For performance history, you must use the dedicated tool, list_performance_reviews.
How do I list all available training courses and their details using list_courses? +
The list_courses tool returns a list of available training courses, including their metadata, duration, and delivery method. This lets you quickly see which courses are offered and how long they take to complete.
What information does get_course_details provide for a specific course? +
The get_course_details tool pulls content metadata and availability rules for a specific course. You get granular data on the course's structure and whether it's currently active or limited.
How can I check a user's employment status or department using list_users? +
The list_users tool provides a list of users with core properties like their ID, name, email, department, and employment status. This is the best way to get a roster of active employees.
How do I get Cornerstone OAuth credentials? +
You need to register an application in the Cornerstone Edge API portal or request Client ID and Secret from your system administrator.
What is the subdomain? +
It is the first part of your portal URL. For example, if you log in at 'company.csod.com', your subdomain is 'company'.
Can the agent assign courses to employees? +
This integration currently focuses on auditing and listing learning objects. Automated assignment would require additional write permissions and workflow configuration.
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