--- title: "Personio MCP server for AI agents - actionlake" description: "Give Claude 70 Personio actions through one MCP server: webhooks, absence periods. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free." canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/personio updated: 2026-10-22 --- Connectors · Accounting & finance # 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 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: "personio.persons.list", intent: "check which Personio account is connected" } # List persons · read · 1 upstream call ``` - 70 actions in one signed file - 43 read look, never change - 20 write create and update - 7 wait for a yes destructive, 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_id` Personio API client ID (Settings > Integrations > API credentials, or Marketplace > Connected integrations > Create… - `client_secret` Personio 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 call check { 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_id` `client_secret` **Limits we pace to** 150 calls a minute, per connection **API covered** Personio Public API v2`api.personio.de` **Built from** Personio's documentation, read 22 October 2026[developer.personio.de](https://developer.personio.de/llms.txt) [developer.personio.de](https://developer.personio.de/reference) **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. - **43** read look, never change - **20** write create and update - **7** destructive wait 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. | Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `personio.persons.list` List persons | List persons. | read | `hr.employee.list` 61 connectors | | `personio.persons.create` Create a new Person and Employment | Create a new Person and Employment. | write | `hr.employee.create` 51 connectors | | `personio.projects.list` List Projects | List Projects. | read | `work.project.list` 109 connectors | | `personio.workplaces.list` List all workplaces | List all workplaces. | read | `hr.location.list` 32 connectors | | `personio.recruiting_candidates.list` List all candidates | List all candidates. | read | `hr.candidate.list` 22 connectors | | `personio.persons.delete` Delete a Person | Delete a Person. | destructive | `hr.employee.delete` 34 connectors | | `personio.projects.create` Create a project | Create a project. | write | `work.project.create` 102 connectors | | `personio.absence_periods.create` Creates a new absence period | Creates a new absence period. | write | `hr.leave_request.create` 32 connectors | | `personio.absence_periods.list` List absence periods | List absence periods. | read | `hr.leave_request.list` 29 connectors | | `personio.attendance_periods.create` Create an attendance period | Create an attendance period. | write | `hr.time_clock_entry.create` 17 connectors | | `personio.attendance_periods.list` List attendance periods | List attendance periods. | read | `hr.time_clock_entry.list` 15 connectors | | `personio.recruiting_candidates.get` Retrieve a candidate by ID | Retrieve a candidate by ID. | read | `hr.candidate.get` 19 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. Read read Give me a one-line status for every active Personio project. calls `personio.projects.list` 2. Write write Create a new Person and Employment in Personio. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it. calls `personio.persons.create` Governance for Personio ## Destructive actions wait for a yes. 7 Personio actions are destructive. These are all of them: - Delete a Person `personio.persons.delete` - Delete a Project `personio.projects.delete` - Deletes an absence period by ID `personio.absence_periods.delete` - Delete an attendance period by ID `personio.attendance_periods.delete` - Delete a webhook `personio.webhooks.delete` - Delete document `personio.documents.delete` - Remove Project Members `personio.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. do personio.persons.delete confirm_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: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "personio.projects.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "personio.absence_periods.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" } ] } ``` 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. - 1 upstream call per action all 70 Personio actions - 70 actions page each page of a long list is one call - 43 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 Personio action. 70 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect. **Webhooks 11** - `personio.webhooks.activity` Get webhook delivery activity read - `personio.webhooks.create` Create new webhook write - `personio.webhooks.create_signing_secret` Rotate the webhook's signing secret write - `personio.webhooks.delete` Delete a webhook destructive - `personio.webhooks.events` Get webhook events read - `personio.webhooks.get` Get a webhook read - `personio.webhooks.list` List webhooks read - `personio.webhooks.ping` Send a ping event write - `personio.webhooks.redeliver` Redeliver events for a webhook write - `personio.webhooks.test_event` Send a test event with custom payload write - `personio.webhooks.update` Update a webhook write **Absence periods 6** - `personio.absence_periods.breakdowns` Retrieves daily absence period breakdowns for a given absence period read - `personio.absence_periods.create` Creates a new absence period write - `personio.absence_periods.delete` Deletes an absence period by ID destructive - `personio.absence_periods.get` Retrieves an absence period by ID read - `personio.absence_periods.list` List absence periods read - `personio.absence_periods.update` Updates an absence period by ID write **Attendance periods 5** - `personio.attendance_periods.create` Create an attendance period write - `personio.attendance_periods.delete` Delete an attendance period by ID destructive - `personio.attendance_periods.get` Get an attendance period read - `personio.attendance_periods.list` List attendance periods read - `personio.attendance_periods.update` Update an attendance period write **Persons 5** - `personio.persons.create` Create a new Person and Employment write - `personio.persons.delete` Delete a Person destructive - `personio.persons.get` Retrieve a person read - `personio.persons.list` List persons read - `personio.persons.update` Update a Person write **Projects 5** - `personio.projects.create` Create a project write - `personio.projects.delete` Delete a Project destructive - `personio.projects.get` Get a Project read - `personio.projects.list` List Projects read - `personio.projects.update` Update a Project write **Recruiting applications 4** - `personio.recruiting_applications.create` Submit an application write - `personio.recruiting_applications.get` Retrieve an application by ID read - `personio.recruiting_applications.list` List all applications read - `personio.recruiting_applications.stage_transitions` List all application stage transitions for an application ID read **Documents 3** - `personio.documents.delete` Delete document destructive - `personio.documents.list` List document metadata read - `personio.documents.update` Update document metadata write **Employments 3** - `personio.employments.get` Retrieve an employment read - `personio.employments.list` List employments of a given Person read - `personio.employments.update` Update an Employment write **Project members 3** - `personio.project_members.add` Add Project Members write - `personio.project_members.list` List Project Members read - `personio.project_members.remove` Remove Project Members destructive **Reports 3** - `personio.reports.attributes` Lists all report attributes for a company read - `personio.reports.get` Retrieves a report read - `personio.reports.list` Lists all reports for a company read **Absence types 2** - `personio.absence_types.get` Retrieves an absence type by ID read - `personio.absence_types.list` List absence types read **Compensation types 2** - `personio.compensation_types.create` Create Compensation Types write - `personio.compensation_types.list` List Compensation Types read **Compensations 2** - `personio.compensations.create` Create Compensation write - `personio.compensations.list` List compensations read **Jobs 2** - `personio.jobs.get` Retrieves a Job read - `personio.jobs.list` List jobs read **Legal entities 2** - `personio.legal_entities.get` Retrieves a legal entity read - `personio.legal_entities.list` List legal entities read **Org units 2** - `personio.org_units.get` Retrieves an Org Unit read - `personio.org_units.list` Lists Org Units read **Recruiting candidates 2** - `personio.recruiting_candidates.get` Retrieve a candidate by ID read - `personio.recruiting_candidates.list` List all candidates read **Recruiting categories 2** - `personio.recruiting_categories.get` Retrieve a job category by its ID read - `personio.recruiting_categories.list` List all job categories read **Recruiting jobs 2** - `personio.recruiting_jobs.get` Retrieve an job by ID read - `personio.recruiting_jobs.list` List all jobs read **Salary bands 2** - `personio.salary_bands.get` Retrieve a Salary Band read - `personio.salary_bands.list` List salary bands read **Cost centers 1** - `personio.cost_centers.list` List cost centers read **Workplaces 1** - `personio.workplaces.list` List all workplaces read 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. ## More connectors like Personio Shares the most action names with - [Sesame HR 31](https://actionlake.com/connectors/sesame-hr) - [Paycor 24](https://actionlake.com/connectors/paycor) - [BambooHR 23](https://actionlake.com/connectors/bamboohr) - [Tanda (Workforce.com) 22](https://actionlake.com/connectors/tanda-workforce-com) - [Rippling 19](https://actionlake.com/connectors/rippling) - [IRIS Staffology Payroll 17](https://actionlake.com/connectors/iris-staffology-payroll) Joins with, on shared entities - [Deel 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/deel) - [Recruitee 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/recruitee) - [Employment Hero 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/employment-hero) - [Ashby 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/ashby) - [Humaans 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/humaans) - [Teamtailor 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/teamtailor) Browse - [All Accounting & finance connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors/category/accounting-and-finance) - [All connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors) - [How actionlake compares](https://actionlake.com/compare) 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. ## Give your agent Personio today. [Connect Personio free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) Start free - 100,000 calls/month, no card. No signup. Hard caps on every key. Cached answers are free. --- Source: https://actionlake.com/connectors/personio More: https://actionlake.com/llms.txt