• GAP ANALYSIS
  • TALENT MAPPING
  • TAXONOMY CHECK
  • HUMAN REVIEW

How to audit employee skill sets with your AI

Connect Degreed to your AI client to turn user profiles into a searchable map of organizational talent.

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Short answer

How can I audit employee skills using AI?

Your AI pulls user profiles and skill definitions directly from Degreed to identify talent gaps or clusters. You get a clear view of who knows what without manual spreadsheet exports. This breakdown shows you how to run those queries.

The audit outcomes

Where your data lands

Running these queries gives you four specific ways to view your workforce data.

GAP ANALYSIS

Identify missing skills

The AI compares your required skill taxonomies against current user profiles. You'll see exactly where your talent pool falls short of project needs.

TALENT MAPPING

Find subject experts

Query specific competencies to find the exact people in your organization who hold those skills. This makes internal mobility much easier.

TAXONOMY CHECK

Validate skill definitions

Review the official skill list to ensure your taxonomy stays relevant. The AI helps you see if your defined skills match actual user activity.

HUMAN REVIEW

Verify skill accuracy

The AI flags discrepancies between declared skills and actual usage. You decide which profile updates are necessary based on these findings.

The workflow

What your AI does when the request arrives.

Your AI acts as a bridge between your natural language questions and the Degreed data structure.

  1. Fetch the skill list

    The AI pulls the full list of skills defined in your Degreed instance to understand the available vocabulary.

    list_defined_skills

  2. Scan the workforce

    It gathers the relevant user list to prepare for a deep dive into individual competencies.

    list_degreed_users

  3. Analyze individual profiles

    The AI looks at specific user data to extract the exact skills and certifications they have recorded.

    get_user_profile

  4. Synthesize the audit

    It aggregates all the gathered profile data to answer your specific question about skill density or gaps.

    get_user_profilelist_defined_skills

Try it

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Use these prompts to begin your audit immediately.

Starting points

Swap out the bracketed terms for your specific skill names or department names.

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Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_HK9AYCpp5m9mU9iUnVXmtQ3Pn0C8HVeBFD5cfuCT/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Degreed capabilities are ready to use.
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  • List all the skills currently defined in Degreed.

  • Find all users in Degreed who have 'Python' listed in their profile.

  • Compare the skills in our taxonomy against the profiles of users in the Engineering department.

  • Which users have completed advanced certification in Project Management?

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FAQ

How this task behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI change user skill profiles?

    No. The AI can only read profiles and skill lists. It cannot edit or delete any data in Degreed.

  • 02

    Can I use this to assign new training?

    No. This specific workflow is for auditing and querying existing data, not for pushing new content or assignments to users.

  • 03

    Does the AI see all user data?

    The AI only sees the data available through the user profile tool. It cannot access sensitive personal information not included in the Degreed profile.

  • 04

    How does the AI know which skills are relevant?

    It uses the official skill taxonomy provided by your Degreed instance to ensure the terms it searches for match your organization's language.

  • 05

    Can the AI create new skill definitions?

    No. The AI can list existing skills, but it does not have the capability to add or modify the skill taxonomy.

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