Connectors · Accounting & finance
Deputy MCP server for AI agents.
actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Deputy and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 1,660 Deputy actions (912 reads, 587 writes and 161 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Deputy credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Deputy's limits and records every call. Connecting Deputy needs your own Deputy OAuth app and one admin sign-in.
100,000 free calls a month. No card, no email, no password: press Start a free sandbox on the next screen and keep the key it shows you.
claude mcp add --transport http actionlake https://connect.actionlake.com/mcpdo { action: "deputy.employee.list", intent: "check which Deputy account is connected"}# List Employee records · read · 1 upstream call- 1,660actionsin one signed file
- 912readlook, never change
- 587writecreate and update
- 161wait for a yesdestructive, confirmed first
Set up
Connect Deputy in three steps.
- 01
Add actionlake to Claude.
Run the command once in Claude Code; its consent page can create a free sandbox: 100,000 calls a month, no card. In the Claude app, add a custom connector with the URL below and paste your key on the consent page. Creating a new sandbox from the Claude app is not yet tested by us.
https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp - 02
Connect Deputy.
OAuth 2.0, authorization code. You register your own OAuth app with Deputy, an admin signs in once, and you paste the app's client id and secret and the tokens from that sign-in; actionlake renews the access token from then on. actionlake stores what you paste write-only, sealed under your tenant's key.
Before the first sign-in, Deputy needs an OAuth app of your own, registered in its developer portal. actionlake has no Deputy app to lend you.
access_tokenAccess token from one sign-in with your own OAuth apprefresh_tokenRefresh token from the same sign-in; the access token is renewed from itclient_idDeputy OAuth client id (once.deputy.com/my/oauth_clients)client_secretDeputy OAuth client secrettenant_hostWhere your Deputy lives: your tenant host
account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "deputy" } # free: exactly what to paste, and what is found for you - 03
Make the first call. Check before a write.
Ask in plain words; Claude picks the action. Before anything changes,
checkvalidates the call and prices it, for free.do { action: "deputy.employee.list" }# list employee records · read · 1 upstream callcheck { action: "deputy.employee.create", input: { … } }# free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent
Deputy at a glance
- Sign-in
- OAuth 2.0, authorization code. You register your own OAuth app with Deputy, an admin signs in once, and you paste the app's client id and secret and the tokens from that sign-in; actionlake renews the access token from then on.
- You provide
access_tokenrefresh_tokenclient_idclient_secret- Setup fields
tenant_host- Limits we pace to
- 600 calls a minute, per connection
- API covered
- Deputy API: V1 Resource, Supervise and My APIs; V2 Management and Scoped APIs, at your Deputy instance's API base URL, which you enter when connecting (path /api)
- Built from
- Deputy's documentation, read 22 October 2026developer.deputy.comdeveloper.deputy.com
- Service file
- Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519)
- Cached reads
- 894 of 912 reads, for up to 5 minutes; a write clears what it affects
- Shared entities
- 5, so ask can line Deputy up with your other systems
- Data
- Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet
Capabilities
What an AI agent can do in Deputy.
1,660 actions in 271 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest.
- 912readlook, never change
- 587writecreate and update
- 161destructivewait for a confirmation
Supervise employee
5018 read · 27 write · 5 destructive
POST Employee / checkLicense · POST Employee / contractedhours · POST Employee / :templateId · POST Employee / template
Supervise task
4214 read · 23 write · 5 destructive
Create or update Task · Create Task · POST Task / apply · POST Task / apply
Tsa
419 read · 29 write · 3 destructive
Create a Timesheet comment · Add Timesheet · Dispute particular timesheet · Get Employees for Status Grouping
Schedule shift
3818 read · 16 write · 4 destructive
Auto-fill shifts (Asynchronous) · Check consents for shifts · Get potential costs for a shift given a list of employee ids · Create a new shift
Supervise roster
3317 read · 14 write · 2 destructive
POST Roster / autobuild · POST Roster / autobuildfromagreedhours · POST Roster / autobuildfromgfe · POST Roster / autofill
Compliance
2410 read · 11 write · 3 destructive
Create contract · List awards · Associate leave rules · Batch save contract configs
My roster
2013 read · 7 write · 0 destructive
POST Roster / request · POST Roster / withdraw · When Am I Next Working · POST Roster / offer
Agreed hour service
1811 read · 6 write · 1 destructive
Audit for an Employee's Agreed Hours for a time period · Set an Employee's Agreed Hours · Search for Employees' Agreed Hours in particular status · Check if an Employee's Agreed Hours needs approval
112 more areas · 1,394 actions
- Employee agreement 18
- My memo 18
- Embedded reports 16
- Leave accrual 15
- Timesheet export 15
- Address 13
- Contact 13
- Custom field 13
- Custom field data 13
- Employee 13
- Employee appraisal 13
- Employee availability 13
- Employee contracted hours 13
- Employee contracted hours shift 13
- Employee paycycle return 13
- Employee salary opunit costing 13
- Employee workplace 13
- Employment contract 13
- Employment contract leave rules 13
- Event 13
- Journal 13
- Leave 13
- Leave pay line 13
- Leave rules 13
- Operational unit 13
- Pay rules 13
- Public holiday 13
- Roster 13
- Roster template 13
- Sales data 13
- Schedule 13
- Shift template 13
- Stress profile 13
- Supervise company 13
- Supervise metric 13
- Task 13
- Task group 13
- Task group setup 13
- Task setup 13
- Team 13
- Timesheet 13
- Timesheet pay forecast 13
- Timesheet pay return 13
- Training module 13
- Training record 13
- Webhook 13
- My setup 12
- My task 11
- Supervise memo 10
- Supervise timesheet 10
- Timesheets 10
- Employment condition 9
- My location 9
- My timesheet 9
- Pay calendar 9
- Access management 8
- Labor model 8
- Leave request 8
- Area profile 7
- Business setting 7
- Category 7
- Comment 7
- Company 7
- Company period 7
- Country 7
- Custom app data 7
- Employee agreement area rate 7
- Employee agreement history 7
- Employee history 7
- Employee paycycle 7
- Employee role 7
- Employee sentiment 7
- Employees 7
- Employment contract config 7
- Geo 7
- Kiosk 7
- Leave entitlements 7
- Leave migration 7
- Memo 7
- My contactaddress 7
- Pay comparison 7
- Pay period 7
- Roster open 7
- Roster swap 7
- Session 7
- SMS log 7
- State 7
- Supervise department 7
- System usage balance 7
- System usage tracking 7
- Task opunit config 7
- Timesheet pay return detail 7
- Metrics 6
- Supervise getrecommendation 6
- Employment contract level 5
- Employment contracts 5
- Location profile 5
- My pref 5
- My unavail 5
- Onboarding dashboard 5
- Payroll export templates 5
- Shift swap 5
- Employee data fix 4
- Flag record 4
- Leave feature set 4
- My leave 4
- My NPS 4
- Report 4
- Supervise config 4
- Supervise leave 4
- Supervise unavail 4
- 152 smaller areas 340
Top actions
The Deputy API, shaped for agents.
The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 43 of Deputy's 43 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once.
| Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in |
|---|---|---|---|
deputy.employee.listList Employee records | List Employee records. | read | hr.employee.list61 connectors |
deputy.operational_unit.listList OperationalUnit records | List OperationalUnit records. | read | hr.department.list40 connectors |
deputy.company.listList Company records | List Company records. | read | hr.location.list32 connectors |
deputy.employee.createCreate an Employee | Create a Employee. | write | hr.employee.create51 connectors |
deputy.operational_unit.createCreate an OperationalUnit | Create a OperationalUnit. | write | hr.department.create32 connectors |
deputy.timesheet.listList Timesheet records | List Timesheet records. | read | work.timesheet.list20 connectors |
deputy.company.getGet a Company by id | Get a Company by id. | read | hr.location.get24 connectors |
deputy.employee.deleteDelete an Employee | Delete a Employee. | destructive | hr.employee.delete34 connectors |
deputy.scoped_user_info.getRetrieve user info | Retrieve user info. | read | identity.current_user.get307 connectors |
deputy.leave.createCreate a Leave | Create a Leave. | write | hr.leave_request.create32 connectors |
deputy.task.createCreate a Task | Create a Task. | write | work.task.create127 connectors |
deputy.timesheet.createCreate a Timesheet | Create a Timesheet. | write | work.timesheet.create12 connectors |
Try it
Prompts to paste into Claude.
Each one names the Deputy actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it.
- Readread
List everyone in Deputy with their department and start date.
calls
deputy.employee.list - Writewrite
Create an Employee in Deputy. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it.
calls
deputy.employee.create
Governance for Deputy
Destructive actions wait for a yes.
161 Deputy actions are destructive. The first 10:
- Delete an Employee
deputy.employee.delete - Delete an OperationalUnit
deputy.operational_unit.delete - Delete a Task
deputy.task.delete - Delete a Leave
deputy.leave.delete - Delete a Timesheet
deputy.timesheet.delete - Delete a Roster
deputy.roster.delete - Delete a Schedule
deputy.schedule.delete - Delete a Team
deputy.team.delete - Delete an Event
deputy.event.delete - Delete an Address
deputy.address.delete
A destructive action runs only with confirm: true. Under the human policy the agent cannot confirm for itself: the run stops until a named person approves, in the console or from a signed link in an email. The cap on a key is refused before the call is sent, never after.
Delete an Employee?
intent: the user asked me to delete an Employee
account { op: "keys.create", name: "deputy-agent", allowed_actions: ["deputy.*"], cap_calls: 2000, confirm_policy: "human_for_writes", approval_rules: [ { match: "deputy.employee.delete", approver: "[email protected]" }, { match: "deputy.operational_unit.delete", approver: "[email protected]" }, { match: "deputy.task.delete", approver: "[email protected]" } ]}Cost
What Deputy costs on actionlake.
Every Deputy action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, check, cost, account and any call Deputy refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000.
- 1upstream call per actionall 1,660 Deputy actions
- 1,660actions pageeach page of a long list is one call
- 894reads can be cacheda cache hit costs nothing
- 100,000calls a month, freepaid plans from US$49 a month for 250,000
Action index
Every Deputy action.
1,660 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect.
Supervise employee50
deputy.supervise_employee.check_licensePOST Employee / checkLicensereaddeputy.supervise_employee.contractedhours_postPOST Employee / contractedhourswrite- and 48 more in this area
Supervise task42
deputy.supervise_task.createCreate or update Taskwritedeputy.supervise_task.create_putCreate Taskwrite- and 40 more in this area
Tsa41
deputy.tsa.create_commentCreate a Timesheet commentwritedeputy.tsa.create_timesheetAdd Timesheetwrite- and 39 more in this area
Schedule shift38
deputy.schedule_shift.autofillAuto-fill shifts (Asynchronous)writedeputy.schedule_shift.check_consentCheck consents for shiftsread- and 36 more in this area
Supervise roster33
deputy.supervise_roster.autobuildPOST Roster / autobuildwritedeputy.supervise_roster.autobuildfromagreedhoursPOST Roster / autobuildfromagreedhourswrite- and 31 more in this area
Compliance24
deputy.compliance.associate_leave_rulesAssociate leave ruleswritedeputy.compliance.batch_save_contract_configsBatch save contract configswrite- and 22 more in this area
My roster20
deputy.my_roster.bids_requestPOST Roster / requestwritedeputy.my_roster.bids_withdrawPOST Roster / withdrawwrite- and 18 more in this area
Agreed hour service18
deputy.agreed_hour_service.audit_agreed_hoursAudit for an Employee's Agreed Hours for a time periodreaddeputy.agreed_hour_service.create_agreed_hourSet an Employee's Agreed Hourswrite- and 16 more in this area
Employee agreement18
deputy.employee_agreement.createCreate an EmployeeAgreementwritedeputy.employee_agreement.listList EmployeeAgreement recordsread- and 16 more in this area
My memo18
deputy.my_memo.commentPOST Memo / commentwritedeputy.my_memo.company_postPOST Memo / :idwrite- and 16 more in this area
Embedded reports16
deputy.embedded_reports.create_workbookCreate a new workbookwritedeputy.embedded_reports.downgrade_sigma_member_license_bulkDowngrade all Sigma team member licenses associated with a Deputy tenantwrite- and 14 more in this area
Leave accrual15
deputy.leave_accrual.createCreate a LeaveAccrualwritedeputy.leave_accrual.listList LeaveAccrual recordsread- and 13 more in this area
Timesheet export15
deputy.timesheet_export.getGet a TimesheetExport by idreaddeputy.timesheet_export.listList TimesheetExport recordsread- and 13 more in this area
Address13
deputy.address.createCreate an Addresswritedeputy.address.listList Address recordsread- and 11 more in this area
Contact13
deputy.contact.createCreate a Contactwritedeputy.contact.listList Contact recordsread- and 11 more in this area
Custom field13
deputy.custom_field.createCreate a CustomFieldwritedeputy.custom_field.listList CustomField recordsread- and 11 more in this area
Custom field data13
deputy.custom_field_data.createCreate a CustomFieldDatawritedeputy.custom_field_data.listList CustomFieldData recordsread- and 11 more in this area
Employee13
deputy.employee.createCreate an Employeewritedeputy.employee.getGet an Employee by idread- and 11 more in this area
Employee appraisal13
deputy.employee_appraisal.createCreate an EmployeeAppraisalwritedeputy.employee_appraisal.listList EmployeeAppraisal recordsread- and 11 more in this area
Employee availability13
deputy.employee_availability.createCreate an EmployeeAvailabilitywritedeputy.employee_availability.listList EmployeeAvailability recordsread- and 11 more in this area
Employee contracted hours13
deputy.employee_contracted_hours.createCreate an EmployeeContractedHourswritedeputy.employee_contracted_hours.listList EmployeeContractedHours recordsread- and 11 more in this area
Employee contracted hours shift13
deputy.employee_contracted_hours_shift.createCreate an EmployeeContractedHoursShiftwritedeputy.employee_contracted_hours_shift.listList EmployeeContractedHoursShift recordsread- and 11 more in this area
Employee paycycle return13
deputy.employee_paycycle_return.createCreate an EmployeePaycycleReturnwritedeputy.employee_paycycle_return.listList EmployeePaycycleReturn recordsread- and 11 more in this area
Employee salary opunit costing13
deputy.employee_salary_opunit_costing.createCreate an EmployeeSalaryOpunitCostingwritedeputy.employee_salary_opunit_costing.listList EmployeeSalaryOpunitCosting recordsread- and 11 more in this area
Employee workplace13
deputy.employee_workplace.createCreate an EmployeeWorkplacewritedeputy.employee_workplace.listList EmployeeWorkplace recordsread- and 11 more in this area
Employment contract13
deputy.employment_contract.createCreate an EmploymentContractwritedeputy.employment_contract.listList EmploymentContract recordsread- and 11 more in this area
Employment contract leave rules13
deputy.employment_contract_leave_rules.createCreate an EmploymentContractLeaveRuleswritedeputy.employment_contract_leave_rules.listList EmploymentContractLeaveRules recordsread- and 11 more in this area
Event13
deputy.event.createCreate an Eventwritedeputy.event.listList Event recordsread- and 11 more in this area
Journal13
deputy.journal.createCreate a Journalwritedeputy.journal.listList Journal recordsread- and 11 more in this area
Leave13
deputy.leave.createCreate a Leavewritedeputy.leave.getGet a Leave by idread- and 11 more in this area
Leave pay line 13Leave rules 13Operational unit 13Pay rules 13Public holiday 13Roster 13Roster template 13Sales data 13Schedule 13Shift template 13Stress profile 13Supervise company 13Supervise metric 13Task 13Task group 13Task group setup 13Task setup 13Team 13Timesheet 13Timesheet pay forecast 13Timesheet pay return 13Training module 13Training record 13Webhook 13My setup 12My task 11Supervise memo 10Supervise timesheet 10Timesheets 10Employment condition 9My location 9My timesheet 9Pay calendar 9Access management 8Labor model 8Leave request 8Area profile 7Business setting 7Category 7Comment 7Company 7Company period 7Country 7Custom app data 7Employee agreement area rate 7Employee agreement history 7Employee history 7Employee paycycle 7Employee role 7Employee sentiment 7Employees 7Employment contract config 7Geo 7Kiosk 7Leave entitlements 7Leave migration 7Memo 7My contactaddress 7Pay comparison 7Pay period 7Roster open 7Roster swap 7Session 7SMS log 7State 7Supervise department 7System usage balance 7System usage tracking 7Task opunit config 7Timesheet pay return detail 7Metrics 6Supervise getrecommendation 6Employment contract level 5Employment contracts 5Location profile 5My pref 5My unavail 5Onboarding dashboard 5Payroll export templates 5Shift swap 5Employee data fix 4Flag record 4Leave feature set 4My leave 4My NPS 4Report 4Supervise config 4Supervise leave 4Supervise unavail 4152 smaller areas 340
This index shows a sample of each area. All 1,660 actions, with their inputs and prices, are in the catalogue, which a free sandbox key can search.
Questions
The Deputy MCP server, answered.
Is there a Deputy MCP server for Claude?
Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 1,660 Deputy actions across supervise employee, supervise task, tsa and schedule shift, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Deputy.
What do I need to connect Deputy?
Your own Deputy OAuth app, registered with Deputy (its client id and client secret), and the access and refresh tokens from one admin sign-in. actionlake has no Deputy app of its own, so this is not a one-step consent. actionlake renews the access token as it expires. Plus your tenant host. The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "deputy" } lists exactly what to paste.
Can an AI agent delete or change things in Deputy?
Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 161 Deputy actions are destructive, including delete an Employee, delete an OperationalUnit and delete a Task. Each runs only with confirm: true. Under the human confirm policy, or an approval rule on the key, the run waits until a named person approves it.
Will an AI agent use up my Deputy API limit?
actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Deputy service file: 600 calls a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (894 Deputy actions can be), which never reaches Deputy.
What does a Deputy action cost?
One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (1,660 Deputy actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Deputy refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. The Free plan includes 100,000 calls a month with no card. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000.
Which Deputy API does it cover?
The Deputy API: V1 Resource, Supervise and My APIs; V2 Management and Scoped APIs at your Deputy instance's API base URL, which you enter when connecting (path /api). It is built from Deputy's documentation as read on 22 October 2026. 1,660 actions in 271 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0).
Does actionlake keep my Deputy data, and where?
actionlake processes and stores data in Sydney, Australia; there is no US region yet. Reads may be cached for up to 5 minutes, and a write clears the reads it affects. Each run's request and response is kept, sealed, for your plan's trace window: 1 day on Free, 3 days on Starter, 7 days on Pro, 14 days on Team, 30 days on Business and 30 days on Enterprise. Your Deputy credential is sealed under your tenant's key, never logged and never returned. Your traffic is not used to train models.
Which AI clients can use it?
Claude Code, tested by us end to end, and the Claude app as a custom connector, tested by us with an existing key. Other MCP clients that support remote servers over Streamable HTTP (MCP revisions 2025-06-18 and 2025-11-25) and OAuth dynamic client registration, or a bearer header, should connect the same way; we have not tested them. Or plain REST, under the same action names.
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