Bonusly MCP for AI Agents. Run your rewards program through chat.
Bonusly connects your employee recognition system directly to any AI agent. Use natural conversation to give points, check leaderboards, see who's spent their rewards, and track company values—all without leaving your chat client.
Give Claude and any AI agent real-world access
Award points and recognition to any employee in the system.
Check recent bonuses given out or see a list of all company-wide rewards.
Get profiles for specific employees, check your own point history, or list everyone in the company.
View details on which earned points have been redeemed by team members.
Access current company values, popular hashtags, and the real-time leaderboard.
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What AI agents can do with Bonusly with 10 Tools
These ten tools let you run every aspect of your company's reward system from a single prompt, giving instant access to user data, point balances, and activity logs.
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Retrieves specific details about a single recognition bonus event.
Get Leaderboard
Fetches the current list of employees ranked by their earned points.
Get My Profile
Pulls up your personal user details and point history.
Get User
Retrieves detailed profile information for any employee in the company.
Give Bonus
Assigns a recognition bonus, allowing you to specify the recipient and reason.
List Bonuses
Generates a list of all recent bonuses given within the company.
List Hashtags
Displays popular hashtags that represent common team achievements or values.
List Redemptions
Lists recent instances of employees spending their earned points on rewards.
List Users
Provides a complete list of all active employee accounts.
List Company Values
Shows the core company values and related recognition hashtags.
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Tracking Team Recognition Is a Pain Point Solved with Vinkius AI Gateway
Right now, giving recognition means jumping between three places: the internal chat tool for the shout-out, the Bonusly website to actually award points, and then maybe an HR spreadsheet later just to log that it happened. It's slow, clunky, and you often forget to update the tracker.
With this MCP connected via Vinkius, you talk to your agent like a person. You say, 'Give 10 points to Sarah for great documentation #detail-oriented.' The agent handles the recognition using `give_bonus`, logs it correctly, and posts the message—all in one smooth conversation.
Manage Rewards with Bonusly MCP
You eliminate the need to manually check who has points or what values are popular. You don't have to copy and paste a list of users; you simply ask your agent to run `list_users`.
The difference is that recognition becomes an immediate conversation, not a multi-step administrative project. It’s faster, cleaner, and more human.
What your AI can actually do with this
Need to manage team morale? This MCP lets you run your entire corporate reward program through simple text commands. You can instantly recognize a colleague for great work by giving them points with a specific reason, making sure the recognition sticks. Want to know what's happening in the company? Just ask about recent bonuses or look up who’s leading the leaderboard right now.
If you need to check your own status, you can pull up your profile and current point balance quickly. You also monitor reward spending by listing redemptions so HR knows how people are using their earned points. This connection lives within Vinkius, giving your AI client access to all these tools from one place.
It turns complex internal workflows into simple chats.
019d7560-bbdd-7031-9538-13877a9a5fd6 Here's how it actually works
The bottom line is, you use natural language chat prompts instead of logging into a separate HR dashboard.
Subscribe to this MCP and enter your Bonusly API Access Token.
Your AI client authenticates with Vinkius and connects to the Bonusly service.
You instruct your agent in plain language (e.g., 'Give 10 points to John for project completion').
Who is this actually for?
This MCP is essential for anyone whose job revolves around keeping team morale up and tracking company culture. It saves the Team Lead from context switching and helps HR Managers prove that recognition efforts actually work.
Uses this to monitor overall employee engagement, checking who's spending points or listing out which company values are getting recognized most often.
Relies on it for quick, in-the-moment recognition. Instead of sending an email, they just ask their agent to give a bonus right where they're working.
Uses this to quickly check their personal point balance or find out who else is getting recognized around the office.
What Changes When You Connect
Instant Recognition: Use the give_bonus tool to award points immediately, mentioning a specific reason and company value without leaving your current workflow.
Full Visibility: Keep HR informed by using list_redemptions to see exactly how employees are spending their hard-earned points. This tracks engagement better than any spreadsheet.
Culture Insights: Never guess what the team cares about again. Check out popular hashtags with list_hashtags or view all core values via list_company_values to guide recognition efforts.
Performance Tracking: Instantly know who's leading the charge by calling get_leaderboard, giving you a real-time pulse on company performance and team effort.
Employee Self-Service: Employees can check their own standing using get_my_profile or view the full list of colleagues with list_users, making them part of the reward loop.
See it in action
Celebrating a Team Win
The team lead needs to give 50 points to three people for finishing a project early. They just prompt their agent: 'Give 50 points to John, Jane, and Mike for the Q3 launch #speed'. The agent calls give_bonus for all of them, posting the recognition instantly.
Audit Team Engagement
The HR manager wants to know if people are actually using their points. They ask the agent to run a report on recent spending. The agent uses list_redemptions and provides a summary of how many rewards were claimed last week.
Checking Internal Policy
A new employee wants to know what the company values are for recognition. They ask, 'What are our core values?' The agent uses list_company_values and provides a definitive list of approved hashtags.
Finding Team Info
A manager needs to give a bonus but can't remember the full email address for a new hire. They ask the agent to find the person using get_user and get the correct profile details instantly.
The honest tradeoffs
What to watch out for, and the recommended way to handle each one.
Manual Spreadsheets
Trying to track who gave bonuses, how many points were awarded, and which values were used by copying data from Bonusly's web dashboard into Excel.
Use the MCP. Ask your agent to run list_bonuses or list_users. The data comes directly into your chat history, ready for review without copy-pasting a single thing.
Email Announcements
Writing up long emails announcing recognition and manually calculating points awarded to ensure the message is clear and traceable.
Just use give_bonus via your agent. It handles the tracking, records the reason, and posts it instantly in the appropriate channel.
Multiple Dashboards
Needing to check user profiles on one tab, recent bonuses on another, and company values on a third, forcing painful context switching.
Connect this MCP. You can ask for all three things in one conversation: 'Show me the leaderboard, list the users, and what our core value is.' The agent handles it.
When It Fits, When It Doesn't
Use this MCP if your main pain point is context switching when managing team culture. If you need to give a bonus, check a profile, and view the leaderboard—all within the same chat window—this is for you. Don't use it if you primarily need deep financial analysis or complex HR payroll integration; those require dedicated accounting tools. Also, don't use this just because you want to read data; use the get_leaderboard tool if you only need a static snapshot of points. But if you want your agent to actively perform an action (like awarding points), this MCP is exactly what you need.
Questions you might have
How do I give points using the Bonusly MCP? +
You simply tell your agent to award points using give_bonus. You just need to specify who gets points, how many, and why.
Can the Bonusly MCP track spending? +
Yes. You can use the list_redemptions tool to get a record of all recent times employees have spent their earned points on rewards.
What does the leaderboard show with the Bonusly MCP? +
The agent uses get_leaderboard to retrieve a real-time ranking, showing who has accumulated the most recognition points across the company.
Is this good for HR managers? Does it help with employee engagement? +
Absolutely. By connecting directly and providing tools like list_company_values and get_leaderboard, you can monitor engagement metrics without leaving your chat client.
How do I check my own point balance using Bonusly MCP? +
You call the get_my_profile tool. This instantly gives you a summary of your current points available to give and how many you've received for redemption.