---
title: "IRIS Staffology Payroll MCP server - actionlake"
description: "Give Claude 770 IRIS Staffology Payroll actions through one MCP server: reports, tenant. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free."
canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/iris-staffology-payroll
updated: 2026-10-23
---

Connectors · Accounting & finance

# IRIS Staffology Payroll MCP server for AI agents.

actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to IRIS Staffology Payroll and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 770 IRIS Staffology Payroll actions (391 reads, 276 writes and 103 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the IRIS Staffology Payroll credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces IRIS Staffology Payroll's limits and records every call.

[Connect IRIS Staffology Payroll free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing)

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/mcp`

the first call

```
do {
  action: "staffology_payroll.account.list_api_keys",
  intent: "check which IRIS Staffology Payroll account is connected"
}
# List ApiKeys · read · 1 upstream call
```

- 770 actions in one signed file
- 391 read look, never change
- 276 write create and update
- 103 wait for a yes destructive, confirmed first

Set up

## Connect IRIS Staffology Payroll in three steps.

1. 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`
2. 02
   ### Connect IRIS Staffology Payroll.
   Username and secret. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead. actionlake stores what you paste write-only, sealed under your tenant's key.
   - `api_key` Staffology API key: in Staffology open your account menu > API Keys and create a key
   ```
   account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "staffology_payroll" }
   # free: exactly what to paste, and what is found for you
   ```
3. 03
   ### Make the first call. Check before a write.
   Ask in plain words; Claude picks the action. Before anything changes, `check` validates the call and prices it, for free.
   ```
   do    { action: "staffology_payroll.account.list_api_keys" }
   # list apikeys · read · 1 upstream call
   check { action: "staffology_payroll.employee.create", input: { … } }
   # free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent
   ```

IRIS Staffology Payroll at a glance

**Sign-in**

Username and secret. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead.

**You provide**

`api_key`

**Limits we pace to**

60 calls a minute, per connection

**API covered**

Staffology Payroll API v1 (OpenAPI 3.0.1)`api.staffology.co.uk`

**Built from**

IRIS Staffology Payroll's documentation, read 23 October 2026[api.staffology.co.uk](https://api.staffology.co.uk/swagger/v1/swagger.json) [app.staffology.co.uk](https://app.staffology.co.uk/api/docs)

**Service file**

Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519)

**Cached reads**

379 of 391 reads, for up to 5 minutes; a write clears what it affects

**Shared entities**

3, so ask can line IRIS Staffology Payroll up with your other systems

**Data**

Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet

Capabilities

## What an AI agent can do in IRIS Staffology Payroll.

770 actions in 69 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest.

- **391** read look, never change
- **276** write create and update
- **103** destructive wait for a confirmation

1. ### Reports
   80
   73 read · 7 write · 0 destructive
   Email P11D to an Employee · Email P11D to all Employees · Email P45 to Employee · Email P45 to multiple employees
2. ### Tenant
   58
   27 read · 26 write · 5 destructive
   List Admin Users · Get Bills · Create a Tenant · Create Bills for Period
3. ### Pay spine
   41
   14 read · 18 write · 9 destructive
   Create PaySpine · Create AllowanceGrade · Create LondonAllowance · Create Multiple SpinalPoints
4. ### Pay run
   37
   18 read · 9 write · 10 destructive
   Add PayRunEntries (deprecated) · List AttachmentOrders related to a PayRun · List PayRun Changes for PayRunEntry · Starts the next PayRun
5. ### Employer
   32
   19 read · 11 write · 2 destructive
   Get Employer Calendar · Create an Employer · Get List of Employees with Holiday Accrual Scheme · Get EVC OptIn History
6. ### External data
   32
   10 read · 21 write · 1 destructive
   List Companies · Get StackOne session token · Get Employee Logs · List Employees
7. ### Employee
   31
   17 read · 9 write · 5 destructive
   List Employees · Create a new Employee · Get an Employee · Update an Employee
8. ### Employee role
   19
   10 read · 4 write · 5 destructive
   Create Employee Role · Create Employee Role Working Pattern · Get Employee Role Cost Centres · Get Employee Role Departments

**61 more areas · 440 actions**

- Pension scheme **17**
- Account **16**
- Auto enrolment **15**
- FPS **14**
- Ae employee assessment **13**
- Pay schedule **12**
- DPS **11**
- Eps **11**
- Import **11**
- Journal token **11**
- Leave **11**
- Opening balances **11**
- Analysis category **10**
- Email **10**
- Exb **10**
- Pay code **10**
- Cis300 **9**
- Cis verification **9**
- NVR **9**
- Pension **9**
- Attachment order **8**
- Billing **8**
- Cost centre **8**
- Department **8**
- Tag **8**
- Webhook **8**
- Average holiday pay history **7**
- Employer note **7**
- Loan **7**
- Note **7**
- Pension refund **7**
- Report template **7**
- Bureau **6**
- Occupational sick leave history **6**
- Processing note **6**
- Reports async **6**
- Tenant email **6**
- Benefits **5**
- Employer group **5**
- Engine **5**
- Holiday scheme **5**
- Invitation **5**
- Job **5**
- Occupational policy **5**
- Pay code set **5**
- Payee **5**
- Report pack **5**
- Term calendar **5**
- Term calendar year **5**
- Working pattern **5**
- HMRC payment **4**
- P11 history **4**
- Pay run async **4**
- Employer template **3**
- Journal template **3**
- Import result **2**
- Report builder **2**
- Ae assessment **1**
- Audit **1**
- Tierable pay **1**
- Tools **1**

Top actions

## The IRIS Staffology Payroll API, shaped for agents.

The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 26 of IRIS Staffology Payroll's 26 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once.

| Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `staffology_payroll.employee.list` List Employees | List Employees. | read | `hr.employee.list` 61 connectors |
| `staffology_payroll.department.list` List Departments | List Departments. | read | `hr.department.list` 40 connectors |
| `staffology_payroll.employee.create` Create a new Employee | Create a new Employee. | write | `hr.employee.create` 51 connectors |
| `staffology_payroll.account.get` Get Account Details | Get Account Details. | read | `identity.current_user.get` 307 connectors |
| `staffology_payroll.department.create` Create Department | Create Department. | write | `hr.department.create` 32 connectors |
| `staffology_payroll.employee.delete` Delete an Employee | Delete an Employee. | destructive | `hr.employee.delete` 34 connectors |
| `staffology_payroll.leave.create` Create Leave | Create Leave. | write | `hr.leave_request.create` 32 connectors |
| `staffology_payroll.leave.list` List Leave | List Leave. | read | `hr.leave_request.list` 29 connectors |
| `staffology_payroll.webhook.create` Create Webhook | Create Webhook. | write | `automation.webhook.create` 209 connectors |
| `staffology_payroll.webhook.list` List Webhooks | List Webhooks. | read | `automation.webhook.list` 202 connectors |
| `staffology_payroll.account.create_api_key` Create ApiKey | Create ApiKey. | write | `identity.api_key.create` 100 connectors |
| `staffology_payroll.account.list_api_keys` List ApiKeys | List ApiKeys. | read | `identity.api_key.list` 96 connectors |

Try it

## Prompts to paste into Claude.

Each one names the IRIS Staffology Payroll actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it.

1. Read read
   List everyone in IRIS Staffology Payroll with their department and start date.
   calls `staffology_payroll.employee.list`
2. Write write
   Create a new Employee in IRIS Staffology Payroll. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it.
   calls `staffology_payroll.employee.create`

Governance for IRIS Staffology Payroll

## Destructive actions wait for a yes.

103 IRIS Staffology Payroll actions are destructive. The first 10:

- Delete an Employee `staffology_payroll.employee.delete`
- Delete Department (deprecated) `staffology_payroll.department.delete`
- Delete Leave `staffology_payroll.leave.delete`
- Delete Webhook `staffology_payroll.webhook.delete`
- Delete ApiKey `staffology_payroll.account.delete_api_key`
- Delete Notice `staffology_payroll.dps.delete`
- Delete Eps `staffology_payroll.eps.delete`
- Delete EXB `staffology_payroll.exb.delete`
- Delete FPS `staffology_payroll.fps.delete`
- Delete NVR `staffology_payroll.nvr.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.

do staffology_payroll.employee.delete confirm_policy: **human**

Delete an Employee?

**intent:** the user asked me to delete an Employee

run suspended · waiting for a named person · key _staffology-payroll-agent_ cannot confirm itself

In the console, or from an emailed signed link.

a key for this connector

```
account {
  op: "keys.create", name: "staffology-payroll-agent",
  allowed_actions: ["staffology_payroll.*"], cap_calls: 2000,
  confirm_policy: "human_for_writes",
  approval_rules: [
    { match: "staffology_payroll.employee.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" },
    { match: "staffology_payroll.department.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" },
    { match: "staffology_payroll.leave.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }
  ]
}
```

Illustrative. Scoped to IRIS Staffology Payroll only, capped at 2,000 upstream calls, every write confirmed, and the destructive ones approved by a named person.

Cost

## What IRIS Staffology Payroll costs on actionlake.

Every IRIS Staffology Payroll action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, `check`, `cost`, `account` and any call IRIS Staffology Payroll 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.

- 1 upstream call per action all 770 IRIS Staffology Payroll actions
- 770 actions page each page of a long list is one call
- 379 reads can be cached a cache hit costs nothing
- 100,000 calls a month, free paid plans from US$49 a month for 250,000

[See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing)

Action index

## Every IRIS Staffology Payroll action.

770 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect.

**Reports 80**

- `staffology_payroll.reports.email_p11_d` Email P11D to an Employee write
- `staffology_payroll.reports.email_p11_d_multiple` Email P11D to all Employees write
- `staffology_payroll.reports.email_p45` Email P45 to Employee write
- `staffology_payroll.reports.email_p45_mutliple` Email P45 to multiple employees write
- `staffology_payroll.reports.advanced_variance_report` Advanced Variance Report read
- `staffology_payroll.reports.ae_assessments` AutoEnrolment Assessments read
- and 74 more in this area

**Tenant 58**

- `staffology_payroll.tenant.admin_users` List Admin Users read
- `staffology_payroll.tenant.bills` Get Bills read
- `staffology_payroll.tenant.create` Create a Tenant write
- `staffology_payroll.tenant.create_bills` Create Bills for Period write
- `staffology_payroll.tenant.add_admin_user` Add Admin User destructive
- `staffology_payroll.tenant.bill` Get Bill read
- and 52 more in this area

**Pay spine 41**

- `staffology_payroll.pay_spine.create` Create PaySpine write
- `staffology_payroll.pay_spine.create_allowance_grades` Create AllowanceGrade write
- `staffology_payroll.pay_spine.create_london_allowance` Create LondonAllowance write
- `staffology_payroll.pay_spine.create_multiple` Create Multiple SpinalPoints write
- `staffology_payroll.pay_spine.create_multiple_allowance_grades` Create Multiple AllowanceGrades write
- `staffology_payroll.pay_spine.create_multiple_spine_allowance` Create Multiple SpineAllowances write
- and 35 more in this area

**Pay run 37**

- `staffology_payroll.pay_run.add_pay_run_entries` Add PayRunEntries (deprecated) write
- `staffology_payroll.pay_run.aeo` List AttachmentOrders related to a PayRun read
- `staffology_payroll.pay_run.changes_for_pay_run_entry` List PayRun Changes for PayRunEntry read
- `staffology_payroll.pay_run.create_next_pay_run` Starts the next PayRun write
- `staffology_payroll.pay_run.calculate_average_holiday_pay` Calculate Average Holiday Pay Rate read
- `staffology_payroll.pay_run.changes` List PayRun Changes read
- and 31 more in this area

**Employer 32**

- `staffology_payroll.employer.calendar` Get Employer Calendar read
- `staffology_payroll.employer.create` Create an Employer write
- `staffology_payroll.employer.get_employees_with_accrual_holiday_scheme` Get List of Employees with Holiday Accrual Scheme read
- `staffology_payroll.employer.get_evc_opt_in_history` Get EVC OptIn History read
- `staffology_payroll.employer.apply_year_end` Make Year End Changes write
- `staffology_payroll.employer.custom_payslip` Get Payslip Customisations read
- and 26 more in this area

**External data 32**

- `staffology_payroll.external_data.companies` List Companies read
- `staffology_payroll.external_data.create_stack_one_session_token` Get StackOne session token write
- `staffology_payroll.external_data.employee_logs` Get Employee Logs read
- `staffology_payroll.external_data.employees` List Employees read
- `staffology_payroll.external_data.authorize` Get Authorization Url read
- `staffology_payroll.external_data.disconnect` Disconnect destructive
- and 26 more in this area

**Employee 31**

- `staffology_payroll.employee.create` Create a new Employee write
- `staffology_payroll.employee.get` Get an Employee read
- `staffology_payroll.employee.list` List Employees read
- `staffology_payroll.employee.update` Update an Employee write
- `staffology_payroll.employee.apply_pay_increase` Apply Pay Increase destructive
- `staffology_payroll.employee.apply_pay_options` Apply PayOptions destructive
- and 25 more in this area

**Employee role 19**

- `staffology_payroll.employee_role.create` Create Employee Role write
- `staffology_payroll.employee_role.create_role_working_pattern` Create Employee Role Working Pattern write
- `staffology_payroll.employee_role.get_cost_centre_memberships` Get Employee Role Cost Centres read
- `staffology_payroll.employee_role.get_department_memberships` Get Employee Role Departments read
- `staffology_payroll.employee_role.delete` Delete Employee Role destructive
- `staffology_payroll.employee_role.delete_role_working_pattern` Delete Employee Role Working Pattern destructive
- and 13 more in this area

**Pension scheme 17**

- `staffology_payroll.pension_scheme.create` Create a PensionScheme write
- `staffology_payroll.pension_scheme.employees` Get Employees read
- `staffology_payroll.pension_scheme.list` List PensionSchemes read
- `staffology_payroll.pension_scheme.list_contributions` List Contributions read
- `staffology_payroll.pension_scheme.contributions` Contributions Data read
- `staffology_payroll.pension_scheme.contributions_for_payrun` Contributions for Payrun read
- and 11 more in this area

**Account 16**

- `staffology_payroll.account.create_api_key` Create ApiKey write
- `staffology_payroll.account.get` Get Account Details read
- `staffology_payroll.account.get_api_key` Get ApiKey read
- `staffology_payroll.account.list_api_keys` List ApiKeys read
- `staffology_payroll.account.activate` Activate an Account write
- `staffology_payroll.account.change_email_address` Change Email Address write
- and 10 more in this area

**Auto enrolment 15**

- `staffology_payroll.auto_enrolment.assess` Assess Employee for AutoEnrolment write
- `staffology_payroll.auto_enrolment.email_all_letters` Email All Letters write
- `staffology_payroll.auto_enrolment.email_letter` Email Letter write
- `staffology_payroll.auto_enrolment.list` Get AE Assessments read
- `staffology_payroll.auto_enrolment.delete` Delete AE Assessment destructive
- `staffology_payroll.auto_enrolment.get` Get AE Assessment read
- and 9 more in this area

**FPS 14**

- `staffology_payroll.fps.create` Create FPS write
- `staffology_payroll.fps.create_fps_with_multiple_employees` Create FPS with multiple employees write
- `staffology_payroll.fps.get_fpses_for_employee` Get all FPS for Employee read
- `staffology_payroll.fps.list` List FPS read
- `staffology_payroll.fps.delete` Delete FPS destructive
- `staffology_payroll.fps.get` Get FPS read
- and 8 more in this area

**Ae employee assessment 13**

- `staffology_payroll.ae_employee_assessment.assess` Process AE Assessment for Employee during PayRun write
- `staffology_payroll.ae_employee_assessment.create_ae_employee_assessment` Create employee auto enrolment assessment write
- `staffology_payroll.ae_employee_assessment.email_ae_letter` Email AeLetter write
- `staffology_payroll.ae_employee_assessment.get_ae_employee_assessments` List employee auto enrolment assessment read
- `staffology_payroll.ae_employee_assessment.get_ae_letter` Get AeLetter read
- `staffology_payroll.ae_employee_assessment.get_employee_ae_assessments_history` Get Ae Assessments for an employee. read
- and 7 more in this area

**Pay schedule 12**

- `staffology_payroll.pay_schedule.create` Create a PaySchedule write
- `staffology_payroll.pay_schedule.create_with_optional_ordinal` Create a PaySchedule (deprecated) write
- `staffology_payroll.pay_schedule.get_all` Get PaySchedules read
- `staffology_payroll.pay_schedule.get_all_for_employer` Get PaySchedules for Employer (for active tax years) read
- `staffology_payroll.pay_schedule.delete` Delete PaySchedule destructive
- `staffology_payroll.pay_schedule.delete_with_optional_ordinal` Delete PaySchedule (deprecated) destructive
- and 6 more in this area

**DPS 11**

- `staffology_payroll.dps.check_for_notices` Check for new Notices write
- `staffology_payroll.dps.list_employee_notices` List Employee Notices read
- `staffology_payroll.dps.list_notices` List Notices read
- `staffology_payroll.dps.parse_xml` Parse notices from XML write
- `staffology_payroll.dps.apply` Apply Notice write
- `staffology_payroll.dps.delete` Delete Notice destructive
- and 5 more in this area

**Eps 11**

- `staffology_payroll.eps.create` Create EPS write
- `staffology_payroll.eps.list` List EPS read
- `staffology_payroll.eps.mark_as_accepted` Mark as Sent write
- `staffology_payroll.eps.requiring_attention` EPS Requiring Attention read
- `staffology_payroll.eps.apprenticeship_levy` Apprenticeship Levy read
- `staffology_payroll.eps.delete` Delete Eps destructive
- and 5 more in this area

**Import 11**

- `staffology_payroll.import.create_payments_csv_mapping` Create PaymentsCsvMapping write
- `staffology_payroll.import.import_benefits` Import Benefits write
- `staffology_payroll.import.import_leave` Import Leave Asynchronously write
- `staffology_payroll.import.import_payments` Import Permanent Addition and Deductions Payments write
- `staffology_payroll.import.delete_payment_csv_mapping` Delete PaymentsCsvMapping destructive
- `staffology_payroll.import.import_employee_pay` Import Pay To Employee destructive
- and 5 more in this area

**Journal token 11**

- `staffology_payroll.journal_token.create` Create Journal Token write
- `staffology_payroll.journal_token.create_cost_centre_journal_overrides` Create CostCentre Journal Overrides write
- `staffology_payroll.journal_token.create_department_journal_overrides` Create Department Journal Overrides write
- `staffology_payroll.journal_token.get_cost_centre_journal_overrides_list` List CostCentre Journal Overrides read
- `staffology_payroll.journal_token.delete` Delete Journal Token destructive
- `staffology_payroll.journal_token.get` Get Journal Token read
- and 5 more in this area

**Leave 11**

- `staffology_payroll.leave.create` Create Leave write
- `staffology_payroll.leave.get` Get Leave read
- `staffology_payroll.leave.list` List Leave read
- `staffology_payroll.leave.update` Update Leave write
- `staffology_payroll.leave.delete` Delete Leave destructive
- `staffology_payroll.leave.delete_document` Delete Leave Document destructive
- and 5 more in this area

**Opening balances 11**

- `staffology_payroll.opening_balances.create_nic_summary` Create NicSummary write
- `staffology_payroll.opening_balances.get` Get Opening Balances read
- `staffology_payroll.opening_balances.get_nic_summaries` Get NicSummaries read
- `staffology_payroll.opening_balances.get_nic_summary` Get NicSummary read
- `staffology_payroll.opening_balances.delete_nic_summary` Delete NicSummary destructive
- `staffology_payroll.opening_balances.get_opening_balances_totals` Totals of employee opening balances for a tax year read
- and 5 more in this area

**Analysis category 10**

- `staffology_payroll.analysis_category.create` Create AnalysisCategory write
- `staffology_payroll.analysis_category.create_analysis_category_code` Create AnalysisCategoryCode write
- `staffology_payroll.analysis_category.get_codes` List AnalysisCategoryCodes read
- `staffology_payroll.analysis_category.list` List AnalysisCategories read
- `staffology_payroll.analysis_category.delete` Delete AnalysisCategory destructive
- `staffology_payroll.analysis_category.delete_analysis_category_code` Delete AnalysisCategoryCode destructive
- and 4 more in this area

**Email 10**

- `staffology_payroll.email.list` List Emails read
- `staffology_payroll.email.resend_email` Re-send Email write
- `staffology_payroll.email.save_o_auth_token` Update token details by Authorization code write
- `staffology_payroll.email.test_mail_settings` Send Test Email write
- `staffology_payroll.email.authorize` Microsoft login for authorization read
- `staffology_payroll.email.get_email` Get Email read
- and 4 more in this area

**Exb 10**

- `staffology_payroll.exb.create` Create EXB write
- `staffology_payroll.exb.list` List EXB read
- `staffology_payroll.exb.mark_as_accepted` Mark as Sent write
- `staffology_payroll.exb.requiring_attention` EXB Requiring Attention read
- `staffology_payroll.exb.annual_values` Annual Values read
- `staffology_payroll.exb.delete` Delete EXB destructive
- and 4 more in this area

**Pay code 10**

- `staffology_payroll.pay_code.create` Create PayCode write
- `staffology_payroll.pay_code.get` Get PayCode (deprecated) read
- `staffology_payroll.pay_code.list` List PayCodes read
- `staffology_payroll.pay_code.nominal_code_mappings` Get Nominal Code Mappings read
- `staffology_payroll.pay_code.delete` Delete PayCode (deprecated) destructive
- `staffology_payroll.pay_code.delete_pay_code` Delete PayCode destructive
- and 4 more in this area

**Cis300 9**

- `staffology_payroll.cis300.create` Create Cis300 write
- `staffology_payroll.cis300.list` List Cis300 read
- `staffology_payroll.cis300.mark_as_accepted` Mark as Sent write
- `staffology_payroll.cis300.requiring_attention` Cis300 Requiring Attention read
- `staffology_payroll.cis300.delete` Delete Cis300 destructive
- `staffology_payroll.cis300.get` Get Cis300 read
- and 3 more in this area

**Cis verification 9**

- `staffology_payroll.cis_verification.create` Create CisVerificationRequest write
- `staffology_payroll.cis_verification.list` List CisVerificationRequest read
- `staffology_payroll.cis_verification.mark_as_accepted` Mark as Sent write
- `staffology_payroll.cis_verification.requiring_attention` CisVerificationRequest Requiring Attention read
- `staffology_payroll.cis_verification.delete` Delete CisVerificationRequest destructive
- `staffology_payroll.cis_verification.get` Get CisVerificationRequest read
- and 3 more in this area

**NVR 9**

- `staffology_payroll.nvr.create` Create NVR write
- `staffology_payroll.nvr.list` List NVR read
- `staffology_payroll.nvr.mark_as_accepted` Mark as Sent write
- `staffology_payroll.nvr.requiring_attention` NVR Requiring Attention read
- `staffology_payroll.nvr.delete` Delete NVR destructive
- `staffology_payroll.nvr.get` Get NVR read
- and 3 more in this area

**Pension 9**

- `staffology_payroll.pension.create` Create Pension write
- `staffology_payroll.pension.get` Get Pension read
- `staffology_payroll.pension.get_deprecated` Get Pension (deprecated) read
- `staffology_payroll.pension.list` List Pensions read
- `staffology_payroll.pension.last_pay_run_entry_with_pension_ytd_values_for_employee` Get last PayRunEntry for a Pension (deprecated) read
- `staffology_payroll.pension.remove` Remove Pension destructive
- and 3 more in this area

**Attachment order 8**

- `staffology_payroll.attachment_order.create` Create AttachmentOrder write
- `staffology_payroll.attachment_order.get` Get AttachmentOrder read
- `staffology_payroll.attachment_order.list` List AttachmentOrders read
- `staffology_payroll.attachment_order.payments` Get Payments read
- `staffology_payroll.attachment_order.delete` Delete AttachmentOrder destructive
- `staffology_payroll.attachment_order.delete_document` Delete AttachmentOrder Document destructive
- and 2 more in this area

**Billing 8**

- `staffology_payroll.billing.bill` Get Bill read
- `staffology_payroll.billing.bill_csv` Get Bill CSV read
- `staffology_payroll.billing.bills` List Bills read
- `staffology_payroll.billing.setup_direct_debit_mandate` Setup DirectDebitMandate write
- `staffology_payroll.billing.confirm_direct_debit_mandate` Confirm Direct Debit Setup write
- `staffology_payroll.billing.delete_direct_debit_mandate` Delete DirectDebitMandate destructive
- and 2 more in this area

Cost centre **8** Department **8** Tag **8** Webhook **8** Average holiday pay history **7** Employer note **7** Loan **7** Note **7** Pension refund **7** Report template **7** Bureau **6** Occupational sick leave history **6** Processing note **6** Reports async **6** Tenant email **6** Benefits **5** Employer group **5** Engine **5** Holiday scheme **5** Invitation **5** Job **5** Occupational policy **5** Pay code set **5** Payee **5** Report pack **5** Term calendar **5** Term calendar year **5** Working pattern **5** HMRC payment **4** P11 history **4** Pay run async **4** Employer template **3** Journal template **3** Import result **2** Report builder **2** Ae assessment **1** Audit **1** Tierable pay **1** Tools **1**

This index shows a sample of each area. All 770 actions, with their inputs and prices, are in the [catalogue](https://actionlake.com/console/catalogue), which a free sandbox key can search.

Questions

## The IRIS Staffology Payroll MCP server, answered.

**Is there an IRIS Staffology Payroll MCP server for Claude?**

Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 770 IRIS Staffology Payroll actions across reports, tenant, pay spine and pay run, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by IRIS Staffology Payroll.

**What do I need to connect IRIS Staffology Payroll?**

Staffology API key: in Staffology open your account menu > API Keys and create a key. The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "staffology_payroll" } lists exactly what to paste.

**Can an AI agent delete or change things in IRIS Staffology Payroll?**

Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 103 IRIS Staffology Payroll actions are destructive, including delete an Employee, delete Department (deprecated) and delete Leave. 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 IRIS Staffology Payroll API limit?**

actionlake paces every call to the limits in the IRIS Staffology Payroll service file: 60 calls a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (379 IRIS Staffology Payroll actions can be), which never reaches IRIS Staffology Payroll.

**What does an IRIS Staffology Payroll action cost?**

One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (770 IRIS Staffology Payroll actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls IRIS Staffology Payroll 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 IRIS Staffology Payroll API does it cover?**

The Staffology Payroll API v1 (OpenAPI 3.0.1) at api.staffology.co.uk. It is built from IRIS Staffology Payroll's documentation as read on 23 October 2026. 770 actions in 69 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0).

**Does actionlake keep my IRIS Staffology Payroll 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 IRIS Staffology Payroll 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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- [Remote 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/remote)
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actionlake is independent. It is not made or endorsed by IRIS Staffology Payroll; the name is the vendor's own. Counts are from the IRIS Staffology Payroll service file, version 1.0.0.

## Give your agent IRIS Staffology Payroll today.

[Connect IRIS Staffology Payroll free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing)

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Source: https://actionlake.com/connectors/iris-staffology-payroll
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