Shiftbase 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://shiftbase.usefulapi.io/mcp

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

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

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

https://shiftbase.usefulapi.io/mcp

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What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 6, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• shiftbase_get_account

  The Shiftbase account this API key belongs to: company, country, time zone, working-day start/end, plan facts. GET /accounts.

• shiftbase_list_users

  List employees (users) with their teams and departments, contact details, employee number, start/end dates and plus-min hours balance. Use it to map user ids in schedules, timesheets and absences to names. Identity, bank and birth data are never returned. GET /users.

• shiftbase_get_user

  One employee by user id or email address, with teams and departments. GET /users/{identifier}.

• shiftbase_list_departments

  List departments (sites/branches that own teams, shifts and schedules) with address and timesheet/clocking settings. GET /departments.

• shiftbase_list_teams

  List teams (the rows of the schedule within a department), optionally for one department. GET /teams.

• shiftbase_list_locations

  List active locations (addresses that group departments). GET /locations.

• shiftbase_list_shift_types

  List shift types (the templates a scheduled shift uses: name, short name, default start/end time and break), optionally for one department. Their ids are the shift_id for shiftbase_create_roster. GET /shifts.

• shiftbase_list_rosters

  List the schedule (rosters = shifts assigned to employees) for a date range of at most 62 days: date, start/end time, break, employee, team, shift type, department, published state, hours and cost. Each item's occurrence_id identifies it for shiftbase_get_roster and shiftbase_upd

• shiftbase_get_roster

  One scheduled shift by its occurrence_id, with the employee, shift type, team and who created/changed it. GET /rosters/{occurrenceId}.

• shiftbase_list_open_shifts

  List open (unassigned) shifts that employees can pick up, for a date range of at most 62 days (default: today). Needs the Basic plan or higher. GET /open_shifts.

• shiftbase_get_availability

  Employee availability (available / unavailable, all day or from a time) for a date range of at most 62 days, from Shiftbase's availability report. Needs the Basic plan and the "View reports" permission. POST /reports/availability (export json; reads only).

• shiftbase_list_timesheets

  List timesheets (worked hours: clock in/out, breaks, total, status Approved/Declined/Pending, wage and surcharges) for a date range of at most 62 days. GET /timesheets.

• shiftbase_get_timesheet

  One timesheet by id, with its clocked breaks. GET /timesheets/{timesheetId}.

• shiftbase_list_clocked_in

  Who is clocked in right now: employee, since when, their scheduled shift, team, department and location. GET /timesheets/clock.

• shiftbase_list_absences

  List absences (leave, sick leave, other time off) overlapping a date range of at most 366 days: employee, absence type, start/end date, hours or days, status Approved/Declined/Pending and who reviewed it. Needs the Basic plan. GET /absentees.

• shiftbase_get_absence

  One absence by id, with the per-day hours and who reviewed it. GET /absentees/{absenteeId}.

• shiftbase_list_absence_types

  List absence types (e.g. Holiday, Sick, Unpaid leave): name, unit (hours or days), whether it costs leave hours, colour. Their ids are the absence_type_id for absences. GET /absentee_options.

• shiftbase_get_expected_absence_hours

  How many hours an absence would cost for an employee, per day and in total (from the schedule or the contract, per the absence policy), for a period of at most 366 days. Changes nothing. POST /absentees/expected.

• shiftbase_create_roster

  WRITE: put one employee on the schedule for one date (a single, non-recurring shift) in a team, with a shift type, start/end time and break. The employee is notified only when notify is true. POST /rosters.

• shiftbase_update_roster

  WRITE: change a scheduled shift: move it to another date, time, employee, team or shift type, or change its break or note. Reads the shift first and sends it back with your changes. For a recurring shift, scope says what changes: "occurrence" (this date only), "sequence" (this da

• shiftbase_request_absence

  WRITE: add an absence (leave/time-off request) for an employee. By default it is a Pending request for a manager to review; status Approved books it directly (needs the approve-absence permission). The hours per day come from Shiftbase's own expected-hours calculation (the same a

• shiftbase_review_absence

  WRITE: approve or decline an absence request. Reads the absence first and sends it back unchanged except for the status (needs the approve-absence permission). PUT /absentees/{absenteeId}.

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  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 398 ms (HTTP 200)

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