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MCP Workday Server

The MCP Workday Server exposes Workday's REST and SOAP APIs to MCP-compliant clients, letting an LLM agent read worker profiles, submit time-off requests, pull financial reports, and drive HR workflows. Most implementations are community-built on top of Workday's tenant-scoped OAuth 2.0, with enterprise deployments requiring an Integration System User and least-privilege domain security policies.

MCP facts

Kind: server
Ecosystem: anthropic-mcp
Language: TypeScript / Python (community forks)
Transports: stdio, http

Capabilities

Tools: get_worker, list_workers, request_time_off, submit_expense_report, run_custom_report
Resources: workday://worker/{id}, workday://report/{name}
Auth: OAuth 2.0 bearer token scoped to Integration System User permissions

Install

npx -y @community/mcp-server-workday

Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "workday": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@community/mcp-server-workday"],
      "env": {
        "WORKDAY_TENANT": "acme",
        "WORKDAY_CLIENT_ID": "${WORKDAY_CLIENT_ID}",
        "WORKDAY_CLIENT_SECRET": "${WORKDAY_CLIENT_SECRET}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

Is there an official Workday MCP server?

As of April 2026, Workday has not published an official Anthropic-endorsed MCP server. Production deployments rely on community implementations plus Workday's documented REST/SOAP APIs.

How does auth work for MCP Workday?

Workday requires an Integration System User (ISU) with a scoped security group. The MCP server uses OAuth 2.0 client credentials to obtain a bearer token and passes it on each API call.

What can an LLM safely do through MCP Workday?

Read-only tools (get_worker, run_report) are low risk. Write operations (time-off, expenses) should require human approval in the client and be scoped to the current user's own records.

Sources

Model Context Protocol — Specification — accessed 2026-04-20
Workday REST API documentation — accessed 2026-04-20
MCP Servers repository — accessed 2026-04-20