• CONTACTS
  • STRUCTURE
  • TEAMS
  • HUMAN

How to lookup employee profiles with your AI

Connect Factorial to your AI client once. After that, you can pull staff details or team structures using plain language.

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Short answer

How do I find employee info and team structures?

Ask your AI for specific contact details or to list everyone in a certain department. It pulls this data from Factorial to give you instant answers. You'll see the specific outcomes and the workflow below.

The outcomes

Where your data lands

Your AI handles the heavy lifting of searching through your directory.

CONTACTS

Get staff details

The AI pulls specific contact information for any person in your directory. You get names and emails through a simple chat prompt.

STRUCTURE

Map the hierarchy

Ask about how teams are organized. The AI looks at your company structure to show you who reports to whom.

TEAMS

List company teams

You can quickly see which departments exist and who belongs to them. It's a fast way to check your organizational layout.

HUMAN

Manual updates needed

The AI only reads data. If you need to change a phone number or add a new hire, you still have to do that inside Factorial.

The workflow

What your AI does when the request arrives.

The AI translates your question into specific data requests to Factorial.

  1. Identify the person

    The AI searches your staff list to find the right individual based on the name you provided.

    list_employees

  2. Fetch profile data

    Once the person is found, the AI grabs their specific contact and professional details.

    get_employee_details

  3. Analyze team links

    The AI looks at how employees are grouped into specific departments or units.

    list_company_teams

  4. Build the answer

    The AI combines the retrieved data into a plain English response for you.

    get_employee_detailslist_company_teams

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to test the connection.

Starting points

These are opening lines. Swap out the names and department titles with your actual staff members.

Factorial Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_0jicYRQCsa0zo9eB6ojNVJFnsSR0lRawLwvtI74R/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 — Factorial capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "factorial-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_0jicYRQCsa0zo9eB6ojNVJFnsSR0lRawLwvtI74R/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Copy into chat04

  • What is the email address for Sarah Jenkins?

  • Show me all the employees in the Marketing team.

  • Who is in the Engineering department?

  • List all the teams in the company.

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Start here

Connect Factorial once, then ask.

Follow the link to authorize the connection. Your login stays encrypted, and you'll be ready to chat immediately.

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FAQ

How this task behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI change employee information?

    No. The AI can only read data from Factorial. You must make all edits manually in the Factorial platform.

  • 02

    Can I ask for an employee's private home address?

    The AI can only access the specific contact fields that are exposed through the Factorial API.

  • 03

    Does the AI know about new hires immediately?

    Yes, as long as the new hire is already added to Factorial, the AI can see them.

  • 04

    Can the AI delete a team?

    No. This MCP is read-only. It cannot delete or modify any organizational structures.

  • 05

    Can I see the full org chart as a diagram?

    The AI provides the hierarchy in text format. It cannot generate visual charts or images.

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