Use BrightHR with your AI.
Connect your account once and let the AI you already use work with it, without building another integration. Simplify people management with holiday tracking, shift scheduling, and absence management built for UK and ANZ businesses.
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Works with modern AI clients that support MCP, including ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and more.
Complete set · 12 capabilities
The complete BrightHR capability set.
These are the exact actions your AI can choose when you ask it to work with BrightHR.
01-04
4 capabilities in this set.
Part of 12 available through BrightHR.
- 01
List absences
Can be filtered by employee ID. List employee absences
- 02
List holiday requests
Can be filtered by employee ID. List holiday/leave requests
- 03
List configured webhooks
List active webhooks
- 04
List employees
List all employees
05-08
4 capabilities in this set.
Part of 12 available through BrightHR.
- 05
Get employee job details
Get job metadata
- 06
Get employee details
Get details for a specific employee
- 07
Check API health
Verify BrightHR API status
- 08
Get employee salary info
Get salary information
09-12
4 capabilities in this set.
Part of 12 available through BrightHR.
- 09
Get organization info
Get company details
- 10
List employee benefits
List benefits for an employee
- 11
List training records
List training history
- 12
Record absence
G., sickness) for an employee. Log a new employee absence
Observed, not estimated
894ms average. Fast in production.
BrightHR is checked daily against the live service.
- Fastest day
- 717ms
- Slowest day
- 1262ms
- 14-day trend
- Slowing+27%
Connect your client
One URL. Every client.
Activate the Connector, copy your link, and paste it into the client you already use. 12 capabilities arrive ready to run.
Preview access · not provider authentication
The vk_preview_* token belongs to Vinkius preview infrastructure. It lets Claude discover and display the capabilities of BrightHR, so you can see the experience inside your AI.
It does not authenticate your account with BrightHR. Actions requiring credentials or live account data may not run until you activate the Connector and authorize the service.
BrightHR Connector
You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.
https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_xk3dzrIsSPcIkOaG6ILmhckZmck9PTpen3GuCnXs/mcpClaude Desktop
Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.
- 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
- 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
- 3Click Add and start a new chat — BrightHR capabilities are ready to use.
{
"mcpServers": {
"brighthr-mcp": {
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_xk3dzrIsSPcIkOaG6ILmhckZmck9PTpen3GuCnXs/mcp"
}
}
}
Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
VS Code
Windsurf
Claude Code
JetBrains
Cline
Step-by-step instructions for each client are in the guide. How to connect
FAQ
Questions BrightHR owners ask.
- 01
How do I find my BrightHR Access Token?
Log in to your account, navigate to Settings > API, or visit the BrightHR Developer Portal to generate a Personal Access Token.
- 02
Can I record a sickness absence via AI?
Yes! The record_absence capability allows you to log an absence by providing the employee ID, reason, and start date programmatically.
- 03
How do I check upcoming holidays?
Use the list_holiday_requests capability to retrieve all planned leave, with the option to filter by specific employee IDs.
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