# Personio

```json
{
  "name": "Personio",
  "slug": "personio",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/personio",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/personio.md",
  "logo_url": "https://logos.composio.dev/api/personio",
  "categories": [
    "hr & recruiting"
  ],
  "is_composio_managed": false,
  "updated_at": "2026-10-04T15:38:38.217Z"
}
```

![Personio logo](https://logos.composio.dev/api/personio)

## Description

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Personio MCP or direct API to read people, query attendance, update employee attributes, and fetch documents through natural language.

## Summary

Personio is an HR platform for managing employee records, attendance, absences, projects, and documents.
It centralizes HR data and streamlines workforce administration for teams and HR leaders.

## Categories

- hr & recruiting

## Toolkit Details

- Tools: 10

## Images

- Logo: https://logos.composio.dev/api/personio

## Authentication

- **S2s Oauth2**
  - Type: `custom`
  - Description: S2s Oauth2 authentication for Personio.
  - Setup:
    - Configure S2s Oauth2 credentials for Personio.
    - Use the credentials when creating an auth config in Composio.

## Suggested Prompts

- List employees on parental leave
- Update job title for Jane Doe
- Get attendance summary for last month

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `PERSONIO_LIST_ABSENCE_PERIODS` | List Absence Periods | Return v2 absence periods filtered by person, absence type, IDs, date-time bounds, or update time. |
| `PERSONIO_LIST_ABSENCE_TYPES` | List Absence Types | Return the v2 absence types configured for the company, including IDs, names, categories, and units. |
| `PERSONIO_LIST_ATTENDANCE_PERIODS` | List Attendance Periods | Return v2 attendance periods filtered by people, projects, status, attribution dates, time bounds, or update time. |
| `PERSONIO_LIST_DOCUMENT_CATEGORIES` | List Document Categories | Return the legacy Personnel Data document categories and IDs used to classify or filter company documents. |
| `PERSONIO_LIST_DOCUMENTS` | List Documents | Return v2 document metadata for one owner, optionally filtered by category and creation date; this does not download document contents. |
| `PERSONIO_LIST_EMPLOYEE_ATTRIBUTES` | List Employee Attributes | Return the standard and custom employee attributes readable by the connected integration, including the keys accepted by list employee records. |
| `PERSONIO_LIST_EMPLOYEE_RECORDS` | List Employee Records | Return legacy Personnel Data employee records with selectable standard or custom attributes and incremental-update filtering; use List Persons for ordinary v2 identity lookup. |
| `PERSONIO_LIST_PERSON_EMPLOYMENTS` | List Person Employments | Return employment records for one v2 person, including status, type, and working-hours details. |
| `PERSONIO_LIST_PERSONS` | List Persons | Return current v2 person summaries, optionally filtered by identity, status, or creation and update times; use employee records instead when custom Personnel Data attributes are needed. |
| `PERSONIO_LIST_PROJECTS` | List Projects | Return v2 time-tracking projects filtered by IDs, names, codes, status, hierarchy, or top-level membership. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

## Installation and MCP Setup

### Path 1: SDK Installation

#### Path 1, Step 1: Install Composio

Install the Composio SDK, the OpenAI provider, and the OpenAI SDK
```python
pip install composio composio_openai openai
```

```typescript
npm install @composio/core @composio/openai openai
```

#### Path 1, Step 2: Create a Composio session

Initialize Composio with the OpenAI Responses provider and create a session scoped to Personio
```python
import json
from openai import OpenAI
from composio import Composio
from composio_openai import OpenAIResponsesProvider

composio = Composio(provider=OpenAIResponsesProvider())
client = OpenAI()

session = composio.create(user_id="your-user-id", toolkits=["personio"])
tools = session.tools()
```

```typescript
import OpenAI from "openai";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from "@composio/openai";

const composio = new Composio({ provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider() });
const client = new OpenAI();

const session = await composio.create("your-user-id", { toolkits: ["personio"] });
const tools = await session.tools();
```

#### Path 1, Step 3: Run Personio tools with your agent

Send a request, execute the Personio tool calls through the session, and print the final answer
```python
response = client.responses.create(
    model="gpt-5.6-sol",
    tools=tools,
    input=[{"role": "user", "content": "List all employees currently on parental leave and show their return dates"}],
)

while True:
    tool_calls = [o for o in response.output if o.type == "function_call"]
    if not tool_calls:
        break
    results = composio.provider.handle_tool_calls(response=response, session=session)
    response = client.responses.create(
        model="gpt-5.6-sol",
        tools=tools,
        previous_response_id=response.id,
        input=[
            {"type": "function_call_output", "call_id": call.call_id, "output": json.dumps(results[i])}
            for i, call in enumerate(tool_calls)
        ],
    )

print(response.output_text)
```

```typescript
let response = await client.responses.create({
  model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
  tools,
  input: [{ role: "user", content: "List all employees currently on parental leave and show their return dates" }],
});

while (response.output.some((o) => o.type === "function_call")) {
  const outputs = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(session, response.output);
  response = await client.responses.create({
    model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
    tools,
    previous_response_id: response.id,
    input: outputs,
  });
}

console.log(response.output_text);
```

### Path 2: MCP Server Setup

#### Path 2, Step 1: Install Composio

Install the Composio SDK and your agent framework
```python
pip install composio claude-agent-sdk
```

```typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/mcp @ai-sdk/openai
```

#### Path 2, Step 2: Create a session with MCP enabled

Create a session scoped to Personio and read its MCP URL and headers
```python
from composio import Composio

composio = Composio()
session = composio.create(user_id="your-user-id", toolkits=["personio"], mcp=True)
```

```typescript
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";

const composio = new Composio();
const { mcp } = await composio.create("your-user-id", {
  toolkits: ["personio"],
  mcp: true,
});
```

#### Path 2, Step 3: Connect your agent to the MCP server

Pass the session's MCP URL and headers to your agent and run a Personio request
```python
import asyncio
from claude_agent_sdk import ClaudeSDKClient, ClaudeAgentOptions, AssistantMessage, TextBlock

options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
    mcp_servers={
        "composio": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": session.mcp.url,
            "headers": session.mcp.headers,
        }
    },
    system_prompt="You are a helpful assistant with access to Personio tools.",
    tools=[],
    allowed_tools=["mcp__composio__*"],
)

async def main():
    async with ClaudeSDKClient(options=options) as client:
        await client.query("List all employees currently on parental leave and show their return dates")
        async for message in client.receive_response():
            if isinstance(message, AssistantMessage):
                for block in message.content:
                    if isinstance(block, TextBlock):
                        print(block.text)

asyncio.run(main())
```

```typescript
import { createMCPClient } from "@ai-sdk/mcp";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from "ai";

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: { type: "http", url: mcp.url, headers: mcp.headers },
});

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai("gpt-5.6-sol"),
  tools: await client.tools(),
  prompt: "List all employees currently on parental leave and show their return dates",
  stopWhen: stepCountIs(10),
});

console.log(text);
await client.close();
```

## Why Use Composio?

### 1. AI Native Personio Integration

- Supports both Personio MCP and direct API based integrations
- Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
- Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Personio data

### 2. Managed Auth

- Built-in OAuth handling with automatic token refresh and rotation
- Central place to manage, scope, and revoke Personio access
- Per user and per environment credentials instead of hard-coded keys

### 3. Agent Optimized Design

- Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
- Comprehensive execution logs so you always know what ran, when, and on whose behalf

### 4. Enterprise Grade Security

- Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access Personio
- Scoped, least privilege access to Personio resources
- Full audit trail of agent actions to support review and compliance

## Use Personio with any AI Agent Framework

Choose a framework you want to connect Personio with:

- [ChatGPT](https://composio.dev/toolkits/personio/framework/chatgpt)
- [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/personio/framework/claude-cowork)
- [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/personio/framework/hermes-agent)
- [Atomic Agent](https://composio.dev/toolkits/personio/framework/atomic-agent)

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## Frequently Asked Questions

### Do I need my own developer credentials to use Personio with Composio?

Yes, Personio requires you to configure your own S2S Oauth2 credentials. Once set up, Composio handles token storage, refresh, and lifecycle management for you.

### Can I use multiple toolkits together?

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. [Learn more](https://docs.composio.dev/tool-router/overview).

### Is Composio secure?

Composio is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliant with all data encrypted in transit and at rest. [Learn more](https://trust.composio.dev).

### What if the API changes?

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

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