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Summary
Query Personio employees, attendances, and absences from any AI agent via MCP. Pre-built Personio adapter in AnythingMCP for the leading DACH HR platform.
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Example prompts for Personio HR
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.
Connect Personio HR to AI Agents
Personio is the dominant HR platform for SMBs across DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Connecting Personio to MCP gives your AI agent direct access to employee records, working-time data, absence schedules, and time-off types — perfect for HR self-service bots, manager dashboards, and shift/staffing assistants.
Quick Setup with Built-in Adapter
AnythingMCP ships with a pre-configured Personio adapter. You provide a single bearer token.
Step 1: Deploy AnythingMCP
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 2: Generate API Credentials in Personio
In Personio admin: Settings → Integrations → API credentials → create a new pair with the scopes you need (Employees, Attendances, Absences, Time Offs).
Then exchange them for a token via:
curl -X POST https://api.personio.de/v1/auth \
-d 'client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID&client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET'
Step 3: Import the Adapter
Open http://localhost:3000/connectors/store, click Import on Personio, and paste the returned token into the PERSONIO_TOKEN field.
Step 4: Connect to Your AI Agent
{
"mcpServers": {
"personio": {
"url": "http://localhost:4000/mcp"
}
}
}
Available Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
personio_list_employees | List with filter (email), pagination |
personio_get_employee | Full employee record incl. custom attributes |
personio_list_absences | Vacation, sick leave, parental leave with date range |
personio_list_attendances | Working hours per employee per date range |
personio_list_absence_types | Configured types with id, name, category, unit |
AI Agent Use Cases
- "Who is on vacation next week in the sales team?"
- "Show me the attendance hours for Jane Doe in March 2026"
- "List all employees in the Freiburg office hired after 2024"
- "How many sick days did the warehouse team take in Q1?"
Token Rotation Caveat
Personio's /auth endpoint is not standard OAuth2 — each successful API call returns a new token in the response header that should be used for the next call. This adapter sends the same token on every request. In practice Personio tolerates token reuse for several minutes, which is fine for ad-hoc AI workflows. For high-volume integrations you may need a custom proxy that rotates tokens per response.
Next Steps
- Kenjo HR MCP Guide — Alternative DACH HR connector
- Connect to ChatGPT — Personio in ChatGPT (coming soon)
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