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Workable MCP server for AI agents.

actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Workable and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 103 Workable actions (58 reads, 40 writes and 5 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Workable credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Workable's limits and records every call.

Connect Workable 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

103actionsin one signed file
58readlook, never change
40writecreate and update
5wait for a yesdestructive, confirmed first

Set up

Connect Workable 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 Workable.
Bearer token. 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_tokenWorkable API access token
- hostWhere your Workable lives: your host
```
account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "workable" }
# free: exactly what to paste, and what is found for you
```

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: "workable.employees.list" }# /employees · read · 1 upstream callcheck { action: "workable.employees.create", input: { … } }# free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent

Workable at a glance

Sign-in: Bearer token. 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_token
Setup fields: host
Limits we pace to: 10 calls per 10 seconds, per connection
API covered: Workable (recruiting ATS: jobs, candidates, requisitions, offers, members; HR: employees, time off, time tracking, performance reviews and surveys) API Workable SPI v3, at your Workable instance's API base URL, which you enter when connecting
Built from: Workable's documentation, read 22 October 2026workable.readme.io workable.readme.io
Service file: Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519)
Cached reads: 58 of 58 reads, for up to 5 minutes; a write clears what it affects
Shared entities: 4, so ask can line Workable up with your other systems
Data: Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet

Capabilities

What an AI agent can do in Workable.

103 actions in 47 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest.

58readlook, never change
40writecreate and update
5destructivewait for a confirmation

Candidates
13
3 read · 10 write · 0 destructive
/candidates · /jobs/:shortcode/candidates · /candidates/:id · /candidates/:id
Requisitions
6
2 read · 4 write · 0 destructive
/requisitions · /requisitions · /requisitions/:code/approve · /requisitions/:code
Departments
5
1 read · 2 write · 2 destructive
/departments · /departments · /departments · /departments/:id
Employees
5
3 read · 2 write · 0 destructive
/employees · /employees · /employees/:id · /employees/:id
Members
5
1 read · 3 write · 1 destructive
/members · /members/invite · /members/:id/enable · /members
Time entries
5
1 read · 3 write · 1 destructive
/time-tracking/employees/:id/time-entries · /time-tracking/time-entries · /time-tracking/employees/:id/time-entries/:uuid · /time-tracking/time-entries
Review tasks
4
1 read · 3 write · 0 destructive
/review-cycles/:reviewCycleId/tasks · /review-cycles/:reviewCycleId/tasks/:id · /review-cycles/:reviewCycleId/tasks/:id/share · /review-cycles/:reviewCycleId/tasks/:id/sign
Jobs
3
3 read · 0 write · 0 destructive
/jobs · /jobs/:shortcode · /jobs/:shortcode/application_form

39 more areas · 57 actions

Offers 3
Review cycles 3
Review templates 3
Subscriptions 3
Survey templates 3
Accounts 2
Candidate ratings 2
Employee documents 2
Events 2
Review forms 2
Reviews 2
Surveys 2
Timeoff requests 2
Candidate activities 1
Candidate comments 1
Candidate files 1
Collaboration permissions 1
Custom attributes 1
Disqualification reasons 1
Employee fields 1
Job activities 1
Job custom attributes 1
Job members 1
Job questions 1
Job recruiters 1
Job stages 1
Legal entities 1
Permission sets 1
Recruiters 1
Requisition custom attribute choices 1
Requisition custom attributes 1
Review cycle answers 1
Stages 1
Survey answers 1
Survey outcomes 1
Timeoff approvals 1
Timeoff balances 1
Timeoff categories 1
Work schedules 1

Top actions

The Workable API, shaped for agents.

The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 27 of Workable's 27 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once.

Action	What it does	Effect	Same name in
`workable.employees.list`/employees	Returns a collection of your account employees. Required scope: `r_employees`.	read	`hr.employee.list`61 connectors
`workable.departments.list`/departments	Returns a collection of your account departments. Required scope: `r_account`. Accessible with all token types.	read	`hr.department.list`40 connectors
`workable.members.list`/members	Returns a collection of your account members. Required scope: `r_jobs`. Accessible with account tokens and user tokens.	read	`identity.user.list`474 connectors
`workable.candidates.list`/candidates	Returns a collection of the job's candidates. Required scope: `r_candidates`. Accessible with all token types.	read	`hr.candidate.list`22 connectors
`workable.employees.create`/employees	Creates an employee for your account. Required scope: `w_employees`.	write	`hr.employee.create`51 connectors
`workable.departments.create`/departments	Creates a department in your account. Required scope: `w_departments`. Accessible with all token types.	write	`hr.department.create`32 connectors
`workable.candidates.create`/jobs/:shortcode/candidates	Creates a candidate at the specified job. Required scope: `w_candidates`. Accessible with all token types.	write	`hr.candidate.create`20 connectors
`workable.departments.delete`/departments/:id	Deletes a department. Required scope: `w_departments`. Accessible with all token types.	destructive	`hr.department.delete`23 connectors
`workable.timeoff_requests.create`/timeoff/requests	Creates a new time off request. Required scope: `w_timeoff`. Supports both user and account level tokens.	write	`hr.leave_request.create`32 connectors
`workable.timeoff_requests.list`/timeoff/requests	Returns a paginated collection of time off requests. Required scope: `r_timeoff`. Supports both user and account tokens. Account token — when…	read	`hr.leave_request.list`29 connectors
`workable.jobs.list`/jobs	Returns a collection of your account jobs. Required scope: `r_jobs`. Accessible with all token types.	read	`hr.job_opening.list`24 connectors
`workable.time_entries.create`/time-tracking/employees/:id/time-entries	Creates a single time entry for the specified employee. Supports five clock modes. Supports both user and account tokens. Required scope: `w_time_tracking`.	write	`hr.time_clock_entry.create`17 connectors

Try it

Prompts to paste into Claude.

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

Readread
List everyone in Workable with their department and start date.
callsworkable.employees.list
Writewrite
/employees in Workable. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it.
callsworkable.employees.create

Governance for Workable

Destructive actions wait for a yes.

5 Workable actions are destructive. These are all of them:

/departments/:idworkable.departments.delete
/subscriptions/:idworkable.subscriptions.delete
/departments/:id/mergeworkable.departments.merge
/members/:idworkable.members.deactivate
/time-tracking/employees/:id/time-entries/:uuidworkable.time_entries.archive

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.

doworkable.departments.deleteconfirm_policy: human

/departments/:id?

intent: the user asked me to /departments/:id

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

In the console, or from an emailed signed link.

a key for this connector

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

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

Cost

What Workable costs on actionlake.

Every Workable action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, check, cost, account and any call Workable 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 103 Workable actions
103actions pageeach page of a long list is one call
58reads 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 Workable action.

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

Candidates13

workable.candidates.copy/candidates/:id/copywrite
workable.candidates.create/jobs/:shortcode/candidateswrite
workable.candidates.create_in_talent_pool/talent_pool/candidateswrite
workable.candidates.disqualify/candidates/:id/disqualifywrite
workable.candidates.get/candidates/:idread
workable.candidates.get_offer/candidates/:id/offerread
workable.candidates.list/candidatesread
workable.candidates.move/candidates/:id/movewrite
workable.candidates.relocate/candidates/:id/relocatewrite
workable.candidates.revert_disqualification/candidates/:id/revertwrite
workable.candidates.update/candidates/:idwrite
workable.candidates.update_custom_attribute/candidates/:id/update_custom_attribute_valuewrite
workable.candidates.update_tags/candidates/:id/tagswrite

Requisitions6

workable.requisitions.approve/requisitions/:code/approvewrite
workable.requisitions.create/requisitionswrite
workable.requisitions.get/requisitions/:coderead
workable.requisitions.list/requisitionsread
workable.requisitions.reject/requisitions/:code/rejectwrite
workable.requisitions.update/requisitionswrite

Departments5

workable.departments.create/departmentswrite
workable.departments.delete/departments/:iddestructive
workable.departments.list/departmentsread
workable.departments.merge/departments/:id/mergedestructive
workable.departments.update/departmentswrite

Employees5

workable.employees.create/employeeswrite
workable.employees.get/employees/:idread
workable.employees.get_orgchart/employees/orgchartread
workable.employees.list/employeesread
workable.employees.update/employees/:idwrite

Members5

workable.members.deactivate/members/:iddestructive
workable.members.enable/members/:id/enablewrite
workable.members.invite/members/invitewrite
workable.members.list/membersread
workable.members.update/memberswrite

Time entries5

workable.time_entries.archive/time-tracking/employees/:id/time-entries/:uuiddestructive
workable.time_entries.create/time-tracking/employees/:id/time-entrieswrite
workable.time_entries.create_bulk/time-tracking/time-entrieswrite
workable.time_entries.list/time-tracking/time-entriesread
workable.time_entries.update/time-tracking/employees/:id/time-entries/:uuidwrite

Review tasks4

workable.review_tasks.list/review-cycles/:reviewCycleId/tasksread
workable.review_tasks.mark_ready/review-cycles/:reviewCycleId/tasks/:idwrite
workable.review_tasks.share/review-cycles/:reviewCycleId/tasks/:id/sharewrite
workable.review_tasks.sign/review-cycles/:reviewCycleId/tasks/:id/signwrite

Jobs3

workable.jobs.get/jobs/:shortcoderead
workable.jobs.get_application_form/jobs/:shortcode/application_formread
workable.jobs.list/jobsread

Offers3

workable.offers.approve/offers/:id/approvewrite
workable.offers.get/offers/:idread
workable.offers.reject/offers/:id/rejectwrite

Review cycles3

workable.review_cycles.get/review-cycles/:idread
workable.review_cycles.get_employee_review/review-cycles/:reviewCycleId/employees/:employeeIdread
workable.review_cycles.list/review-cyclesread

Review templates3

workable.review_templates.create/review-cycles/templateswrite
workable.review_templates.get/review-cycles/templates/:idread
workable.review_templates.list/review-cycles/templatesread

Subscriptions3

workable.subscriptions.create/subscriptionswrite
workable.subscriptions.delete/subscriptions/:iddestructive
workable.subscriptions.list/subscriptionsread

Survey templates3

workable.survey_templates.create/surveys/templateswrite
workable.survey_templates.get/surveys/templates/:idread
workable.survey_templates.list/surveys/templatesread

Accounts2

workable.accounts.get/accounts/:subdomainread
workable.accounts.list/accountsread

Candidate ratings2

workable.candidate_ratings.create/candidates/:id/ratingswrite
workable.candidate_ratings.upsert/candidates/:id/ratingswrite

Employee documents2

workable.employee_documents.list/employees/:id/documentsread
workable.employee_documents.upload/employees/:id/documentswrite

Events2

workable.events.get/events/:idread
workable.events.list/eventsread

Review forms2

workable.review_forms.get/review-cycles/:reviewCycleId/tasks/:id/forms/:reviewTyperead
workable.review_forms.update/review-cycles/:reviewCycleId/tasks/:id/forms/:reviewTypewrite

Reviews2

workable.reviews.get/review-cycles/:reviewCycleId/reviews/:idread
workable.reviews.submit/review-cycles/:reviewCycleId/reviews/:idwrite

Surveys2

workable.surveys.get/surveys/:idread
workable.surveys.list/surveysread

Timeoff requests2

workable.timeoff_requests.create/timeoff/requestswrite
workable.timeoff_requests.list/timeoff/requestsread

Candidate activities1

workable.candidate_activities.list/candidates/:id/activitiesread

Candidate comments1

workable.candidate_comments.create/candidates/:id/commentswrite

Candidate files1

workable.candidate_files.list/candidates/:id/filesread

Collaboration permissions1

workable.collaboration_permissions.getCopy of /stagesread

Custom attributes1

workable.custom_attributes.list/custom_attributesread

Disqualification reasons1

workable.disqualification_reasons.list/disqualification_reasonsread

Employee fields1

workable.employee_fields.list/employee_fieldsread

Job activities1

workable.job_activities.list/jobs/:shortcode/activitiesread

Job custom attributes1

workable.job_custom_attributes.list/jobs/:shortcode/custom_attributesread

Job members1

workable.job_members.list/jobs/:shortcode/membersread

Job questions1

workable.job_questions.list/jobs/:shortcode/questionsread

Job recruiters1

workable.job_recruiters.list/jobs/:shortcode/recruitersread

Job stages1

workable.job_stages.list/jobs/:shortcode/stagesread

Legal entities1

workable.legal_entities.list/legal_entitiesread

Permission sets1

workable.permission_sets.listCopy of /departmentsread

Recruiters1

workable.recruiters.list/recruitersread

Requisition custom attribute choices1

workable.requisition_custom_attribute_choices.list/requisitions/custom_attributes/:id/choicesread

Requisition custom attributes1

workable.requisition_custom_attributes.list/requisitions/custom_attributesread

Review cycle answers1

workable.review_cycle_answers.list/review-cycles/:reviewCycleId/answersread

Stages1

workable.stages.list/stagesread

Survey answers1

workable.survey_answers.list/surveys/:id/answersread

Survey outcomes1

workable.survey_outcomes.get/surveys/:id/outcomesread

Timeoff approvals1

workable.timeoff_approvals.decide/timeoff/approvals/:keywrite

Timeoff balances1

workable.timeoff_balances.list/timeoff/balancesread

Timeoff categories1

workable.timeoff_categories.list/timeoff/categoriesread

Work schedules1

workable.work_schedules.list/work_schedulesread

Questions

The Workable MCP server, answered.

Is there a Workable MCP server for Claude?

Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 103 Workable actions across candidates, requisitions, departments and employees, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Workable.

What do I need to connect Workable?

Workable API access token. Plus your host. The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "workable" } lists exactly what to paste.

Can an AI agent delete or change things in Workable?

Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 5 Workable actions are destructive, including /departments/:id, /subscriptions/:id and /departments/:id/merge. 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 Workable API limit?

actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Workable service file: 10 calls per 10 seconds per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (58 Workable actions can be), which never reaches Workable.

What does a Workable action cost?

One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (103 Workable actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Workable 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 Workable API does it cover?

The Workable (recruiting ATS: jobs, candidates, requisitions, offers, members; HR: employees, time off, time tracking, performance reviews and surveys) API Workable SPI v3 at your Workable instance's API base URL, which you enter when connecting. It is built from Workable's documentation as read on 22 October 2026. 103 actions in 47 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0).

Does actionlake keep my Workable 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 Workable 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 Workable today.

Connect Workable free See pricing

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

Workable MCP server for AI agents.

Connect Workable in three steps.

Add actionlake to Claude.

Connect Workable.

Make the first call. Check before a write.

What an AI agent can do in Workable.

Candidates

Requisitions

Departments

Employees

Members

Time entries

Review tasks

Jobs