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Planday MCP server for AI agents.

actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Planday and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 145 Planday actions (75 reads, 58 writes and 12 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Planday credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Planday's limits and records every call. Connecting Planday needs your own Planday OAuth app and one admin sign-in.

Connect Planday free See 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

145actionsin one signed file
75readlook, never change
58writecreate and update
12wait for a yesdestructive, confirmed first

Set up

Connect Planday 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 Planday.
OAuth 2.0, authorization code. You register your own OAuth app with Planday, 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, Planday needs an OAuth app of your own, registered in its developer portal. actionlake has no Planday app to lend you.
- access_tokenAccess token from one sign-in with your own OAuth app
- refresh_tokenPlanday refresh token: on the same API Access page select Authorize next to the app, approve the consent screen,…
- client_idPlanday App ID (client ID): in Planday go to Settings > Integrations > API Access, create an app with the scopes you…
- client_secretYour OAuth app's client secret
```
account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "planday" }
# free: exactly what to paste, and what is found for you
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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: "planday.employees.list" }# list employees · read · 1 upstream callcheck { action: "planday.employees.create", input: { … } }# free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent

Planday at a glance

Sign-in: OAuth 2.0, authorization code. You register your own OAuth app with Planday, 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
Limits we pace to: 20 calls a second and 750 a minute, per connection
API covered: Planday Open API v1.0 (twelve OpenAPI 3.0.4 documents)openapi.planday.com
Built from: Planday's documentation, read 23 October 2026openapi.planday.com openapi.planday.com openapi.planday.com
Service file: Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519)
Cached reads: 74 of 75 reads, for up to an hour; a write clears what it affects
Shared entities: 3, so ask can line Planday up with your other systems
Data: Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet

Capabilities

What an AI agent can do in Planday.

145 actions in 44 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest.

75readlook, never change
58writecreate and update
12destructivewait for a confirmation

Employees
12
5 read · 6 write · 1 destructive
List employees · Create an employee · Get an employee · Update an employee
Shifts
11
4 read · 6 write · 1 destructive
List shifts · Create a shift · Get a shift · Update a shift
Pay rates
7
5 read · 2 write · 0 destructive
Get an employee's wage history in a group · List an employee's pay rates · List default pay rates of employee groups · Get an employee's pay rate in a group
Absence requests
6
2 read · 3 write · 1 destructive
Submit an absence request · List absence requests · Approve an absence request · Deny an absence request
Departments
6
3 read · 2 write · 1 destructive
List departments · Create a department · Get a department · Update a department
Employee groups
6
3 read · 2 write · 1 destructive
List employee groups · Create an employee group · List employees in an employee group · Get an employee group
Punch clock shifts
6
2 read · 4 write · 0 destructive
Create a punch-in entry · List punch clock records · Set the punch-out time · Punch in an employee
Salary allocations
6
2 read · 4 write · 0 destructive
Get an employee's salary allocation history · Get an employee's salary allocation · Allocate salary by business days · Allocate salary monthly

36 more areas · 85 actions

Absence account types 5
Positions 5
Salary identifiers 5
Absence accounts 4
Contract rules 4
Employee custom attachments 4
Punch clock breaks 4
Revenue units 4
Sections 4
Skills 4
Dataset values 3
Revenue 3
Salaries 3
Security group memberships 3
Shift types 3
Absence account adjustments 2
Absence account transactions 2
Absence records 2
Budgets 2
Formulas 2
Schedule days 2
Absence types 1
Countries 1
Datasets 1
Employee types 1
Payroll 1
Portal 1
Punch clock 1
Salary types 1
Scheduling history 1
Scheduling skills 1
Security groups 1
Shift statuses 1
Supervisors 1
Termination types 1
Time and cost 1

Top actions

The Planday API, shaped for agents.

The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 30 of Planday's 33 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once.

Action	What it does	Effect	Same name in
`planday.employees.list`List employees	List of employees.	read	`hr.employee.list`61 connectors
`planday.departments.list`List departments	List of departments.	read	`hr.department.list`40 connectors
`planday.employees.create`Create an employee	Create employee.	write	`hr.employee.create`51 connectors
`planday.departments.create`Create a department	Create department.	write	`hr.department.create`32 connectors
`planday.departments.delete`Delete a department	Department.	destructive	`hr.department.delete`23 connectors
`planday.absence_requests.create`Submit an absence request	Submit the absence request.	write	`hr.leave_request.create`32 connectors
`planday.absence_requests.list`List absence requests	Absence requests.	read	`hr.leave_request.list`29 connectors
`planday.absence_types.list`List absence types	Absence types.	read	`hr.leave_type.list`23 connectors
`planday.shifts.list`List shifts	Available shifts.	read	`hr.shift.list`19 connectors
`planday.shifts.create`Create a shift	Create Shift.	write	`hr.shift.create`18 connectors
`planday.punch_clock_shifts.create`Create a punch-in entry	Create a Punch-In entry.	write	`hr.time_clock_entry.create`17 connectors
`planday.punch_clock_shifts.list`List punch clock records	List of all Punch Clock records.	read	`hr.time_clock_entry.list`15 connectors

Try it

Prompts to paste into Claude.

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

Readread
List everyone in Planday with their department and start date.
callsplanday.employees.list
Writewrite
Create an employee in Planday. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it.
callsplanday.employees.create

Governance for Planday

Destructive actions wait for a yes.

12 Planday actions are destructive. These are all of them:

Delete a departmentplanday.departments.delete
Delete a shiftplanday.shifts.delete
Delete a skillplanday.skills.delete
Cancel an absence request (deprecated)planday.absence_requests.cancel
Delete revenueplanday.revenue.delete
Delete a sectionplanday.sections.delete
Delete a positionplanday.positions.delete
Delete an employee groupplanday.employee_groups.delete
Reset an employee's passwordplanday.employees.reset_password
Delete an account typeplanday.absence_account_types.delete
Remove an employee from security groupsplanday.security_group_memberships.delete
Delete a custom field attachment valueplanday.employee_custom_attachments.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.

doplanday.departments.deleteconfirm_policy: human

Delete a department?

intent: the user asked me to delete a department

run suspended · waiting for a named person · key planday-agent cannot confirm itself

In the console, or from an emailed signed link.

a key for this connector

account {  op: "keys.create", name: "planday-agent",  allowed_actions: ["planday.*"], cap_calls: 2000,  confirm_policy: "human_for_writes",  approval_rules: [    { match: "planday.departments.delete", approver: "[email protected]" },    { match: "planday.shifts.delete", approver: "[email protected]" },    { match: "planday.skills.delete", approver: "[email protected]" }  ]}

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

Cost

What Planday costs on actionlake.

Every Planday action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, check, cost, account and any call Planday 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 145 Planday actions
145actions pageeach page of a long list is one call
74reads 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 Planday action.

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

Employees12

planday.employees.change_usernameChange an employee's usernamewrite
planday.employees.createCreate an employeewrite
planday.employees.deactivateDeactivate an employeewrite
planday.employees.field_definitionsGet employee field definitionsread
planday.employees.getGet an employeeread
planday.employees.historyGet an employee's change historyread
planday.employees.inviteInvite an employeewrite
planday.employees.listList employeesread
planday.employees.list_deactivatedList deactivated employeesread
planday.employees.reactivateReactivate an employeewrite
planday.employees.reset_passwordReset an employee's passworddestructive
planday.employees.updateUpdate an employeewrite

Shifts11

planday.shifts.approveApprove a shiftwrite
planday.shifts.assignAssign a shift to an employeewrite
planday.shifts.bulk_createBulk create shiftswrite
planday.shifts.createCreate a shiftwrite
planday.shifts.deleteDelete a shiftdestructive
planday.shifts.getGet a shiftread
planday.shifts.historyGet a shift's historyread
planday.shifts.listList shiftsread
planday.shifts.list_deletedList deleted shiftsread
planday.shifts.publish_draftsPublish draft shiftswrite
planday.shifts.updateUpdate a shiftwrite

Pay rates7

planday.pay_rates.employee_historyGet an employee's wage history in a groupread
planday.pay_rates.get_employeeGet an employee's pay rate in a groupread
planday.pay_rates.get_group_defaultGet an employee group's default pay rateread
planday.pay_rates.list_for_employeeList an employee's pay ratesread
planday.pay_rates.list_group_defaultsList default pay rates of employee groupsread
planday.pay_rates.update_employeesUpdate employee pay rates in a groupwrite
planday.pay_rates.update_group_defaultUpdate an employee group's default pay ratewrite

Absence requests6

planday.absence_requests.approveApprove an absence requestwrite
planday.absence_requests.cancelCancel an absence request (deprecated)destructive
planday.absence_requests.createSubmit an absence requestwrite
planday.absence_requests.denyDeny an absence requestwrite
planday.absence_requests.draftGet an absence request draftread
planday.absence_requests.listList absence requestsread

Departments6

planday.departments.createCreate a departmentwrite
planday.departments.deleteDelete a departmentdestructive
planday.departments.getGet a departmentread
planday.departments.listList departmentsread
planday.departments.list_employeesList employees in a departmentread
planday.departments.updateUpdate a departmentwrite

Employee groups6

planday.employee_groups.createCreate an employee groupwrite
planday.employee_groups.deleteDelete an employee groupdestructive
planday.employee_groups.getGet an employee groupread
planday.employee_groups.listList employee groupsread
planday.employee_groups.list_employeesList employees in an employee groupread
planday.employee_groups.updateUpdate an employee groupwrite

Punch clock shifts6

planday.punch_clock_shifts.createCreate a punch-in entrywrite
planday.punch_clock_shifts.get_by_shiftGet the punch clock record of a shiftread
planday.punch_clock_shifts.listList punch clock recordsread
planday.punch_clock_shifts.punch_in_employeePunch in an employeewrite
planday.punch_clock_shifts.punch_outSet the punch-out timewrite
planday.punch_clock_shifts.punch_out_employeePunch out an employeewrite

Salary allocations6

planday.salary_allocations.getGet an employee's salary allocationread
planday.salary_allocations.historyGet an employee's salary allocation historyread
planday.salary_allocations.set_business_daysAllocate salary by business dayswrite
planday.salary_allocations.set_monthlyAllocate salary monthlywrite
planday.salary_allocations.set_noneDisable salary allocationwrite
planday.salary_allocations.set_scheduled_hoursAllocate salary by scheduled hourswrite

Absence account types5

planday.absence_account_types.create_accruedCreate an accrued account typewrite
planday.absence_account_types.deleteDelete an account typedestructive
planday.absence_account_types.get_accruedGet an accrued account typeread
planday.absence_account_types.listList absence account typesread
planday.absence_account_types.update_accruedUpdate an accrued account typewrite

Positions5

planday.positions.createCreate a positionwrite
planday.positions.deleteDelete a positiondestructive
planday.positions.getGet a positionread
planday.positions.listList positionsread
planday.positions.updateUpdate a positionwrite

Salary identifiers5

planday.salary_identifiers.getGet an employee's salary identifiersread
planday.salary_identifiers.get_departmentGet an employee's department salary identifierread
planday.salary_identifiers.listList salary identifiers of all employeesread
planday.salary_identifiers.setSet an employee's salary identifierswrite
planday.salary_identifiers.set_departmentSet an employee's department salary identifierwrite

Absence accounts4

planday.absence_accounts.balanceGet an absence account balanceread
planday.absence_accounts.employee_balancesGet absence account balances for employeesread
planday.absence_accounts.listList absence accountsread
planday.absence_accounts.primaryGet an employee's primary absence accountread

Contract rules4

planday.contract_rules.assign_to_employeeAssign a contract rule to an employeewrite
planday.contract_rules.getGet a contract ruleread
planday.contract_rules.get_for_employeeGet an employee's contract ruleread
planday.contract_rules.listList contract rulesread

Employee custom attachments4

planday.employee_custom_attachments.createCreate a custom field attachment valuewrite
planday.employee_custom_attachments.deleteDelete a custom field attachment valuedestructive
planday.employee_custom_attachments.getGet a custom field attachment valueread
planday.employee_custom_attachments.updateUpdate a custom field attachment valuewrite

Punch clock breaks4

planday.punch_clock_breaks.accessGet break access for a punch clock shiftread
planday.punch_clock_breaks.endEnd the ongoing breakwrite
planday.punch_clock_breaks.listList breaks on a punch clock recordread
planday.punch_clock_breaks.startStart a breakwrite

Revenue units4

planday.revenue_units.createCreate a revenue unitwrite
planday.revenue_units.listList revenue unitsread
planday.revenue_units.list_for_departmentList a department's revenue unitsread
planday.revenue_units.updateUpdate a revenue unitwrite

Sections4

planday.sections.createCreate a sectionwrite
planday.sections.deleteDelete a sectiondestructive
planday.sections.listList sectionsread
planday.sections.updateUpdate a sectionwrite

Skills4

planday.skills.createCreate a skillwrite
planday.skills.deleteDelete a skilldestructive
planday.skills.listList skillsread
planday.skills.updateUpdate a skillwrite

Dataset values3

planday.dataset_values.get_periodGet data set values for a periodread
planday.dataset_values.replace_periodReplace data set values for a periodwrite
planday.dataset_values.updateUpdate data set valueswrite

Revenue3

planday.revenue.createRegister revenuewrite
planday.revenue.deleteDelete revenuedestructive
planday.revenue.listList revenueread

Salaries3

planday.salaries.getGet an employee's period salaryread
planday.salaries.historyGet an employee's salary historyread
planday.salaries.setCreate or update an employee's period salarywrite

Security group memberships3

planday.security_group_memberships.deleteRemove an employee from security groupsdestructive
planday.security_group_memberships.list_for_employeeList an employee's security groupsread
planday.security_group_memberships.upsertAdd or update a security group membershipwrite

Shift types3

planday.shift_types.createCreate a shift typewrite
planday.shift_types.listList shift typesread
planday.shift_types.updateUpdate a shift typewrite

Absence account adjustments2

planday.absence_account_adjustments.createAdjust an accrued account balancewrite
planday.absence_account_adjustments.listList adjustments of an accrued accountread

Absence account transactions2

planday.absence_account_transactions.createCreate an account transactionwrite
planday.absence_account_transactions.listList account transactionsread

Absence records2

planday.absence_records.declineDecline an absence recordwrite
planday.absence_records.listList absence recordsread

Budgets2

planday.budgets.listList daily budgetsread
planday.budgets.upsertCreate or update daily budgetswrite

Formulas2

planday.formulas.evaluateEvaluate a metricread
planday.formulas.listList data center metricsread

Schedule days2

planday.schedule_days.listList schedule daysread
planday.schedule_days.updateUpdate a schedule daywrite

Absence types1

planday.absence_types.listList absence typesread

Countries1

planday.countries.listList countriesread

Datasets1

planday.datasets.listList data setsread

Employee types1

planday.employee_types.listList employee typesread

Payroll1

planday.payroll.getGet payroll dataread

Portal1

planday.portal.infoGet portal informationread

Punch clock1

planday.punch_clock.todays_shiftsList today's shiftsread

Salary types1

planday.salary_types.listList salary typesread

Scheduling history1

planday.scheduling_history.queryGet scheduling historyread

Scheduling skills1

planday.scheduling_skills.listList skills for schedulingread

Security groups1

planday.security_groups.listList security groupsread

Shift statuses1

planday.shift_statuses.listList shift statusesread

Supervisors1

planday.supervisors.listList supervisorsread

Termination types1

planday.termination_types.listList termination typesread

Time and cost1

planday.time_and_cost.getGet time and cost of shiftsread

Questions

The Planday MCP server, answered.

Is there a Planday MCP server for Claude?

Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 145 Planday actions across employees, shifts, pay rates and absence requests, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Planday.

What do I need to connect Planday?

Your own Planday OAuth app, registered with Planday (its client id and client secret), and the access and refresh tokens from one admin sign-in. actionlake has no Planday app of its own, so this is not a one-step consent. actionlake renews the access token as it expires. The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "planday" } lists exactly what to paste.

Can an AI agent delete or change things in Planday?

Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 12 Planday actions are destructive, including delete a department, delete a shift and delete a skill. 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 Planday API limit?

actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Planday service file: 20 calls a second and 750 a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (74 Planday actions can be), which never reaches Planday.

What does a Planday action cost?

One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (145 Planday actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Planday 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 Planday API does it cover?

The Planday Open API v1.0 (twelve OpenAPI 3.0.4 documents) at openapi.planday.com. It is built from Planday's documentation as read on 23 October 2026. 145 actions in 44 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0).

Does actionlake keep my Planday data, and where?

actionlake processes and stores data in Sydney, Australia; there is no US region yet. Reads may be cached for up to an hour, 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 Planday 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.

Give your agent Planday today.

Connect Planday free See pricing

Start free - 100,000 calls/month, no card. No signup. Hard caps on every key. Cached answers are free.

Planday MCP server for AI agents.

Connect Planday in three steps.

Add actionlake to Claude.

Connect Planday.

Make the first call. Check before a write.

What an AI agent can do in Planday.

Employees

Shifts

Pay rates

Absence requests

Departments

Employee groups

Punch clock shifts

Salary allocations