Summary
Papershift workforce management: shift plans, working sessions, absences, employees and locations. Public API v1, authenticated with an api_token query parameter.
Guided setup
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Example prompts for Papershift
Click any prompt to copy it. Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot or OpenClaw to run it against this connector.
Claude is AI and can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.
💡 No install? Use cloud.anythingmcp.com directly. Sign in, click Connectors → Papershift, paste your credentials, mint an MCP API key — done. No Docker, no
git clone, no local server.
Papershift + Cursor
Papershift workforce management: shift plans, working sessions, absences, employees and locations. Public API v1, authenticated with an api_token query parameter.
Prerequisites
See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:
PAPERSHIFT_API_TOKEN
Step 1 — Get credentials
Getting a token
- The Papershift API is a paid add-on: ask Papershift sales or your customer success manager to activate it for the account.
- Sign in, click the gear icon (bottom left) → Account Settings → API tab → Create New API Key.
- A new key has read and write permissions by default; restrict it to read if you only want reporting, then copy it into
PAPERSHIFT_API_TOKEN. Anyone holding it can read the whole roster, so treat it as a password.
…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)
Step 2 — Install the adapter
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
Step 3 — Add the connector in Cursor
Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide showsYOUR_SERVER_ID.
Cursor reads MCP servers from ~/.cursor/mcp.json. Add this entry:
{
"mcpServers": {
"anythingmcp": {
"url": "https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID",
"headers": { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_MCP_API_KEY" }
}
}
}
- Get your MCP API key from AnythingMCP → MCP Servers → your server → API keys.
- Save the file and restart Cursor.
- Open Cursor → Settings → MCP to verify
Papershiftis listed and "Connected". - Start chatting — all
Papershifttools are now invokable.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
papershift_list_users | List employees with their name, e-mail, employee number and the locations they belong to |
papershift_get_user | Read one employee by id: contact details, employment data, assigned locations and tags |
papershift_list_locations | List the locations (Standorte) the account is organised into, with their address and working-area structure |
papershift_list_shifts | Read the planned roster in a date range: who is scheduled where and when |
papershift_list_working_sessions | Read actually worked time in a date range — clock-in and clock-out, breaks and the resulting duration |
papershift_list_absences | Read absences (holiday, sickness, special leave) in a date range with their type and approval state, to explain gaps in the roster |
papershift_list_working_areas | List the working areas (Arbeitsbereiche) inside the locations — the roles a shift can be planned for, such as bar, kitchen or till |
FAQ
Does Cursor support custom MCP servers on the free tier? Yes — MCP is available on Hobby, Pro and Business plans.
Next steps
- Connector landing page
- Connect to Claude
- Connect to ChatGPT
- Connect to Gemini
- Connect to Meta Muse
- Connect to Microsoft Copilot
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