Employment Hero Payroll MCP by usefulapi

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• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Other

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• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

https://keypay.usefulapi.io/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http keypay https://keypay.usefulapi.io/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "keypay": {
      "url": "https://keypay.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "keypay": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://keypay.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

https://keypay.usefulapi.io/mcp

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What it can do

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• keypay_get_user

  The Employment Hero Payroll user this API key belongs to: id, email, display name and time zone. GET /user.

• keypay_list_businesses

  List the payroll businesses this user can access: id, name, region, legal name, contact details, pay cycle, number of employees. Start here: most other tools need a business id. GET /business (OData).

• keypay_get_business

  One business by id: name, legal name, contact, address, ABN/company details, leave year, standard hours, pay cycle. GET /business/{businessId}.

• keypay_list_employees

  List the business's employees with basic details: id, name, preferred name, gender, date of birth, contact details, address, start and end date, external id. Tax file, bank and super details are not part of this list. Filter with OData, e.g. "Surname eq 'Smith'". GET /business/{b

• keypay_get_employee

  One employee's full record: name, contact, employment type, status, start/end date, pay schedule, primary location and pay category, rate and rate unit, hours per week, award, leave template, work types, tags. Tax file / national insurance / IRD / NRIC numbers, bank accounts and

• keypay_get_leave_balances

  An employee's leave balances per leave category (accrued amount and unit), optionally as at a date. GET /business/{businessId}/employee/{employeeId}/leavebalances.

• keypay_list_pay_runs

  List the business's pay runs: id, pay schedule, pay period start/end, date paid, finalised flag, payslips published, notation. Newest first with orderby "PayPeriodEnding desc". GET /business/{businessId}/payrun (OData).

• keypay_get_pay_run

  One pay run by id: pay schedule, period, date paid, whether it is finalised, notation. GET /business/{businessId}/payrun/{payRunId}.

• keypay_list_pay_run_summaries

  Pay runs with their totals: total hours, gross wages and net wages, plus the usual pay run fields. GET /business/{businessId}/payrun/summary (OData).

• keypay_get_pay_run_summary

  One pay run with its total hours, gross wages and net wages. GET /business/{businessId}/payrun/{payRunId}/summary.

• keypay_get_pay_run_totals

  Per-employee totals of a pay run (gross, net, tax withheld, super and the like; the fields depend on the region). Bank payment details are removed. GET /business/{businessId}/payrun/{payRunId}/totals.

• keypay_get_pay_run_payslips

  Pay slip data for every employee in a pay run, keyed by employee: earnings lines, deductions, tax, super, leave taken and accrued, gross/net and year-to-date totals. Large for big pay runs. Bank account numbers and tax/identity numbers are removed. GET /business/{businessId}/payr

• keypay_list_pay_run_warnings

  Warnings on a pay run (for example an employee paid below their award rate or with a negative net pay): type, employee and message. GET /business/{businessId}/payrun/{payRunId}/warnings.

• keypay_list_timesheets

  List the business's timesheet lines: employee, start/end time, units, work type, location, status, comments, breaks. Filter by employee or date with OData, e.g. "EmployeeId eq 123 and StartTime gt datetime'2026-04-01T00:00:00'". GET /business/{businessId}/timesheet (OData: $filte

• keypay_get_timesheet

  One timesheet line by id. GET /business/{businessId}/timesheet/{timesheetLineId}.

• keypay_list_leave_requests

  List the business's leave requests: employee, leave category, from/to date, total hours, status (Approved, Pending, Rejected, Cancelled), notes. Filter by status, dates, category, location or employee. GET /business/{businessId}/leaverequest.

• keypay_get_leave_request

  One leave request: employee, category, dates, hours, status, notes. GET /business/{businessId}/employee/{employeeId}/leaverequest/{leaveRequestId}.

• keypay_list_leave_categories

  Leave categories of the business (annual, personal/sick, long service...): id, name, unit type, accrual rule. GET /business/{businessId}/leavecategory (OData).

• keypay_list_pay_schedules

  Pay schedules of the business: id, name, frequency, last date paid, last pay run. Bank and tax account details are removed. GET /business/{businessId}/payschedule (OData).

• keypay_list_locations

  Locations of the business (sites, departments): id, name, parent, fully qualified name, state. GET /business/{businessId}/location (OData).

• keypay_list_pay_categories

  Pay categories (earnings types) of the business: id, name, rate unit, loadings, super rate, whether leave accrues. GET /business/{businessId}/paycategory (OData).

• keypay_list_work_types

  Work types of the business: id, name, pay category, leave category, short code. GET /business/{businessId}/worktype (OData).

• keypay_report_gross_to_net

  Gross-to-net report per employee: earnings by pay category, tax, deductions, super, net pay. Choose a date range (from_date + to_date) or one finalised pay run (pay_run_id). The report has no paging: at most 200 rows are returned (narrow with employee_id or location_id). GET /bus

• keypay_report_leave_balances

  Leave balances of all employees as at a date, per leave category. The report has no paging: at most 200 rows are returned (narrow with location_id or leave_category_id). For one employee use keypay_get_leave_balances. GET /business/{businessId}/report/leavebalances.

• keypay_approve_leave_request

  WRITE: approves a pending leave request (the employee is notified and the leave is applied to their pay). Check the request first with keypay_get_leave_request. Cannot be undone through this server. POST /business/{businessId}/employee/{employeeId}/leaverequest/{leaveRequestId}/a

• keypay_decline_leave_request

  WRITE: declines a leave request, with an optional reason the employee sees. Check the request first with keypay_get_leave_request. POST /business/{businessId}/employee/{employeeId}/leaverequest/{leaveRequestId}/decline.

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  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 58 ms (HTTP 200)

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  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 26 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

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