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Personio MCP server for AI agents.

actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Personio and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 70 Personio actions (43 reads, 20 writes and 7 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Personio credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Personio's limits and records every call.

Connect Personio freeSee 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: "personio.persons.list",  intent: "check which Personio account is connected"}# List persons · read · 1 upstream call
  • 70actionsin one signed file
  • 43readlook, never change
  • 20writecreate and update
  • 7wait for a yesdestructive, confirmed first

Set up

Connect Personio 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 Personio.

    OAuth 2.0, client credentials. Paste the app's client id and secret; actionlake fetches and renews the token, and nobody has to sign in. actionlake stores what you paste write-only, sealed under your tenant's key.

    • client_idPersonio API client ID (Settings > Integrations > API credentials, or Marketplace > Connected integrations > Create…
    • client_secretPersonio API client secret, shown once when the credential is generated
    account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "personio" }
# 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: "personio.persons.list" }# list persons · read · 1 upstream callcheck { action: "personio.persons.create", input: { … } }# free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent

Personio at a glance

Sign-in
OAuth 2.0, client credentials. Paste the app's client id and secret; actionlake fetches and renews the token, and nobody has to sign in.
You provide
client_idclient_secret
Limits we pace to
150 calls a minute, per connection
API covered
Personio Public API v2api.personio.de
Built from
Personio's documentation, read 22 October 2026developer.personio.dedeveloper.personio.de
Service file
Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519)
Cached reads
43 of 43 reads, for up to 5 minutes; a write clears what it affects
Shared entities
4, so ask can line Personio up with your other systems
Data
Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet

Capabilities

What an AI agent can do in Personio.

70 actions in 22 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest.

  • 43readlook, never change
  • 20writecreate and update
  • 7destructivewait for a confirmation

  1. Webhooks

    11

    4 read · 6 write · 1 destructive

    Create new webhook · List webhooks · Update a webhook · Get a webhook

  2. Absence periods

    6

    3 read · 2 write · 1 destructive

    Creates a new absence period · List absence periods · Retrieves an absence period by ID · Updates an absence period by ID

  3. Attendance periods

    5

    2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive

    Create an attendance period · List attendance periods · Update an attendance period · Get an attendance period

  4. Persons

    5

    2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive

    List persons · Create a new Person and Employment · Retrieve a person · Update a Person

  5. Projects

    5

    2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive

    List Projects · Create a project · Get a Project · Update a Project

  6. Recruiting applications

    4

    3 read · 1 write · 0 destructive

    List all applications · Submit an application · Retrieve an application by ID · List all application stage transitions for an application ID

  7. Documents

    3

    1 read · 1 write · 1 destructive

    List document metadata · Update document metadata · Delete document

  8. Employments

    3

    2 read · 1 write · 0 destructive

    List employments of a given Person · Update an Employment · Retrieve an employment

14 more areas · 28 actions
  • Project members 3
  • Reports 3
  • Absence types 2
  • Compensation types 2
  • Compensations 2
  • Jobs 2
  • Legal entities 2
  • Org units 2
  • Recruiting candidates 2
  • Recruiting categories 2
  • Recruiting jobs 2
  • Salary bands 2
  • Cost centers 1
  • Workplaces 1

Top actions

The Personio API, shaped for agents.

The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 48 of Personio's 48 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once.

ActionWhat it doesEffectSame name in
personio.persons.listList personsList persons.readhr.employee.list61 connectors
personio.persons.createCreate a new Person and EmploymentCreate a new Person and Employment.writehr.employee.create51 connectors
personio.projects.listList ProjectsList Projects.readwork.project.list109 connectors
personio.workplaces.listList all workplacesList all workplaces.readhr.location.list32 connectors
personio.recruiting_candidates.listList all candidatesList all candidates.readhr.candidate.list22 connectors
personio.persons.deleteDelete a PersonDelete a Person.destructivehr.employee.delete34 connectors
personio.projects.createCreate a projectCreate a project.writework.project.create102 connectors
personio.absence_periods.createCreates a new absence periodCreates a new absence period.writehr.leave_request.create32 connectors
personio.absence_periods.listList absence periodsList absence periods.readhr.leave_request.list29 connectors
personio.attendance_periods.createCreate an attendance periodCreate an attendance period.writehr.time_clock_entry.create17 connectors
personio.attendance_periods.listList attendance periodsList attendance periods.readhr.time_clock_entry.list15 connectors
personio.recruiting_candidates.getRetrieve a candidate by IDRetrieve a candidate by ID.readhr.candidate.get19 connectors

Try it

Prompts to paste into Claude.

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

  1. Readread

    Give me a one-line status for every active Personio project.

    callspersonio.projects.list

  2. Writewrite

    Create a new Person and Employment in Personio. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it.

    callspersonio.persons.create

Governance for Personio

Destructive actions wait for a yes.

7 Personio actions are destructive. These are all of them:

  • Delete a Personpersonio.persons.delete
  • Delete a Projectpersonio.projects.delete
  • Deletes an absence period by IDpersonio.absence_periods.delete
  • Delete an attendance period by IDpersonio.attendance_periods.delete
  • Delete a webhookpersonio.webhooks.delete
  • Delete documentpersonio.documents.delete
  • Remove Project Memberspersonio.project_members.remove

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.

dopersonio.persons.deleteconfirm_policy: human

Delete a Person?

intent: the user asked me to delete a Person

run suspended · waiting for a named person · key personio-agent cannot confirm itself
In the console, or from an emailed signed link.
a key for this connector
account {  op: "keys.create", name: "personio-agent",  allowed_actions: ["personio.*"], cap_calls: 2000,  confirm_policy: "human_for_writes",  approval_rules: [    { match: "personio.persons.delete", approver: "[email protected]" },    { match: "personio.projects.delete", approver: "[email protected]" },    { match: "personio.absence_periods.delete", approver: "[email protected]" }  ]}
Illustrative. Scoped to Personio only, capped at 2,000 upstream calls, every write confirmed, and the destructive ones approved by a named person.

Cost

What Personio costs on actionlake.

Every Personio action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, check, cost, account and any call Personio 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 70 Personio actions
  • 70actions pageeach page of a long list is one call
  • 43reads can be cacheda cache hit costs nothing
  • 100,000calls a month, freepaid plans from US$49 a month for 250,000

See pricing

Action index

Every Personio action.

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

Webhooks11
  • personio.webhooks.activityGet webhook delivery activityread
  • personio.webhooks.createCreate new webhookwrite
  • personio.webhooks.create_signing_secretRotate the webhook's signing secretwrite
  • personio.webhooks.deleteDelete a webhookdestructive
  • personio.webhooks.eventsGet webhook eventsread
  • personio.webhooks.getGet a webhookread
  • personio.webhooks.listList webhooksread
  • personio.webhooks.pingSend a ping eventwrite
  • personio.webhooks.redeliverRedeliver events for a webhookwrite
  • personio.webhooks.test_eventSend a test event with custom payloadwrite
  • personio.webhooks.updateUpdate a webhookwrite
Absence periods6
  • personio.absence_periods.breakdownsRetrieves daily absence period breakdowns for a given absence periodread
  • personio.absence_periods.createCreates a new absence periodwrite
  • personio.absence_periods.deleteDeletes an absence period by IDdestructive
  • personio.absence_periods.getRetrieves an absence period by IDread
  • personio.absence_periods.listList absence periodsread
  • personio.absence_periods.updateUpdates an absence period by IDwrite
Attendance periods5
  • personio.attendance_periods.createCreate an attendance periodwrite
  • personio.attendance_periods.deleteDelete an attendance period by IDdestructive
  • personio.attendance_periods.getGet an attendance periodread
  • personio.attendance_periods.listList attendance periodsread
  • personio.attendance_periods.updateUpdate an attendance periodwrite
Persons5
  • personio.persons.createCreate a new Person and Employmentwrite
  • personio.persons.deleteDelete a Persondestructive
  • personio.persons.getRetrieve a personread
  • personio.persons.listList personsread
  • personio.persons.updateUpdate a Personwrite
Projects5
  • personio.projects.createCreate a projectwrite
  • personio.projects.deleteDelete a Projectdestructive
  • personio.projects.getGet a Projectread
  • personio.projects.listList Projectsread
  • personio.projects.updateUpdate a Projectwrite
Recruiting applications4
  • personio.recruiting_applications.createSubmit an applicationwrite
  • personio.recruiting_applications.getRetrieve an application by IDread
  • personio.recruiting_applications.listList all applicationsread
  • personio.recruiting_applications.stage_transitionsList all application stage transitions for an application IDread
Documents3
  • personio.documents.deleteDelete documentdestructive
  • personio.documents.listList document metadataread
  • personio.documents.updateUpdate document metadatawrite
Employments3
  • personio.employments.getRetrieve an employmentread
  • personio.employments.listList employments of a given Personread
  • personio.employments.updateUpdate an Employmentwrite
Project members3
  • personio.project_members.addAdd Project Memberswrite
  • personio.project_members.listList Project Membersread
  • personio.project_members.removeRemove Project Membersdestructive
Reports3
  • personio.reports.attributesLists all report attributes for a companyread
  • personio.reports.getRetrieves a reportread
  • personio.reports.listLists all reports for a companyread
Absence types2
  • personio.absence_types.getRetrieves an absence type by IDread
  • personio.absence_types.listList absence typesread
Compensation types2
  • personio.compensation_types.createCreate Compensation Typeswrite
  • personio.compensation_types.listList Compensation Typesread
Compensations2
  • personio.compensations.createCreate Compensationwrite
  • personio.compensations.listList compensationsread
Jobs2
  • personio.jobs.getRetrieves a Jobread
  • personio.jobs.listList jobsread
Legal entities2
  • personio.legal_entities.getRetrieves a legal entityread
  • personio.legal_entities.listList legal entitiesread
Org units2
  • personio.org_units.getRetrieves an Org Unitread
  • personio.org_units.listLists Org Unitsread
Recruiting candidates2
  • personio.recruiting_candidates.getRetrieve a candidate by IDread
  • personio.recruiting_candidates.listList all candidatesread
Recruiting categories2
  • personio.recruiting_categories.getRetrieve a job category by its IDread
  • personio.recruiting_categories.listList all job categoriesread
Recruiting jobs2
  • personio.recruiting_jobs.getRetrieve an job by IDread
  • personio.recruiting_jobs.listList all jobsread
Salary bands2
  • personio.salary_bands.getRetrieve a Salary Bandread
  • personio.salary_bands.listList salary bandsread
Cost centers1
  • personio.cost_centers.listList cost centersread
Workplaces1
  • personio.workplaces.listList all workplacesread

Questions

The Personio MCP server, answered.

Is there a Personio MCP server for Claude?

Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 70 Personio actions across webhooks, absence periods, attendance periods and persons, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Personio.

What do I need to connect Personio?

Personio API client ID (Settings > Integrations > API credentials, or Marketplace > Connected integrations > Create… and Personio API client secret, shown once when the credential is generated. The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "personio" } lists exactly what to paste.

Can an AI agent delete or change things in Personio?

Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 7 Personio actions are destructive, including delete a Person, delete a Project and deletes an absence period by ID. 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 Personio API limit?

actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Personio service file: 150 calls a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (43 Personio actions can be), which never reaches Personio.

What does a Personio action cost?

One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (70 Personio actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Personio 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 Personio API does it cover?

The Personio Public API v2 at api.personio.de. It is built from Personio's documentation as read on 22 October 2026. 70 actions in 22 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0).

Does actionlake keep my Personio 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 Personio 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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actionlake is independent. It is not made or endorsed by Personio; the name is the vendor's own. Counts are from the Personio service file, version 1.0.0.

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