@mindstone-engineering/mcp-server-workday

Workday HCM MCP server for Model Context Protocol hosts. Query workers, profiles, and organizations in Workday through a standardised MCP interface using OAuth 2.0 authentication.

Requirements

• Node.js 20+
• npm

Quick Start

Install & build

cd <path-to-repo>/connectors/workday
npm install
npm run build

npx (once published)

npx -y @mindstone-engineering/mcp-server-workday

Local

node dist/index.js

Configuration

Environment variables

• WORKDAY_HOST — Workday API host (e.g. wd5-impl-services1.workday.com)
• WORKDAY_TENANT — Workday tenant ID
• WORKDAY_CLIENT_ID — OAuth 2.0 client ID
• WORKDAY_CLIENT_SECRET — OAuth 2.0 client secret
• WORKDAY_REFRESH_TOKEN — OAuth 2.0 refresh token
• MCP_HOST_BRIDGE_STATE — optional path to a host bridge state file used for credential management
• MINDSTONE_REBEL_BRIDGE_STATE — backwards-compatible alias for MCP_HOST_BRIDGE_STATE

Host configuration examples

Claude Desktop / Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Workday": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@mindstone-engineering/mcp-server-workday"],
      "env": {
        "WORKDAY_HOST": "wd5-impl-services1.workday.com",
        "WORKDAY_TENANT": "your-tenant",
        "WORKDAY_CLIENT_ID": "your-client-id",
        "WORKDAY_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-client-secret",
        "WORKDAY_REFRESH_TOKEN": "your-refresh-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Local development (no npm publish needed)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Workday": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["<path-to-repo>/connectors/workday/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "WORKDAY_HOST": "wd5-impl-services1.workday.com",
        "WORKDAY_TENANT": "your-tenant",
        "WORKDAY_CLIENT_ID": "your-client-id",
        "WORKDAY_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-client-secret",
        "WORKDAY_REFRESH_TOKEN": "your-refresh-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools (4)

Configuration

• configure_workday_credentials — Configure Workday OAuth API credentials

Workers

• list_workday_workers — List or search workers (employees and contingent workers)
• get_workday_worker — Get a worker's full profile by ID

Organizations

• list_workday_organizations — List organizations (departments, supervisory orgs, cost centers)

Licence

FSL-1.1-MIT — Functional Source License, Version 1.1, with MIT future licence. The software converts to MIT licence on 2030-04-08.