Read Breathe HR employees, absences, sickness and leave; create and review leave requests. Hosted by usefulapi — connect from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"breathe-hr": {
"url": "https://breathe-hr.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"breathe-hr": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://breathe-hr.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Other MCP clients (Windsurf, Cline, Zed and more): add the URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser. Do not add an Authorization header: see Before you connect.
Personal data: This server returns personal data about your employees, including sickness records. Sickness records are health data under GDPR Article 9: you need your own lawful basis to process them with an AI client. Bank details and national insurance numbers are never returned. See Terms, Health data.
The login page asks for your Breathe HR API key.
In Breathe, an account administrator enables the API and copies the key from Configure → Settings → API setup. Production keys start with prod; a sandbox- key connects to the Breathe sandbox instead. Your key is used only to call the Breathe HR API on your behalf; it is never shown to anyone.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Breathe HR API key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
breathehr_get_account | read | Get account The Breathe HR account (company) this API key belongs to: id, name, domain and enabled modules. GET /account. |
breathehr_list_departments | read | List departments List the company's departments (id, name). Use the ids to filter absences, leave, sickness and pay. GET /departments. |
breathehr_list_divisions | read | List divisions List the company's divisions (id, name). All of them are returned in one reply. GET /divisions. |
breathehr_list_locations | read | List locations List the company's work locations (id, name). All of them are returned in one reply. GET /locations. |
breathehr_list_working_patterns | read | List working patterns List the working patterns (hours per weekday, total weekly hours, default flag). All of them are returned in one reply. GET /working_patterns. |
breathehr_list_holiday_allowances | read | List holiday allowances List the holiday allowance schemes (id, default flag, year_1 to year_10 = the allowance for each year of service, created_at, updated_at). All of them are returned in one reply. GET /holiday_allowances. |
breathehr_list_other_leave_reasons | read | List other leave reasons List the reasons for non-holiday leave (e.g. compassionate, jury service). Use the ids to filter absences. All of them are returned in one reply. GET /other_leave_reasons. |
breathehr_list_employees | read | List employees List employees with job title, department, division, location, line manager, holiday approver, working pattern, join/leaving dates and status. Bank details and National Insurance numbers are never returned. GET /employees. |
breathehr_get_employee | read | Get employee One employee's record by id (personal and job details, contacts, manager, working pattern). Bank details and NI number are never returned. GET /employees/{id}. |
breathehr_get_holiday_years | read | Get holiday years (allowance balance) An employee's holiday years: start/end, allowance, days or hours taken, booked and remaining. Pass for_date to get only the year that contains that date. GET /employees/{id}/employee_holiday_years. |
breathehr_list_absences | read | List absences List approved absences (holiday and other leave) with employee, dates, half days, days deducted and cancelled flag. Filter by employee, department, type, other-leave reason and dates. GET /absences. |
breathehr_list_leave_requests | read | List leave requests List leave requests (pending, approved, rejected and cancelling requests) with employee, dates, half days, type, status and notes. Filter by employee, department and start-date range. GET /leave_requests. |
breathehr_get_leave_request | read | Get leave request One leave request by id, with its status. GET /leave_requests/{id}. |
breathehr_list_sicknesses | read | List sickness records List sickness absence records (health data): employee, sickness type, dates, half days, days deducted, status (open, returned, closed…) and reason. Filter by employee, department and start-date range. GET /sicknesses. |
breathehr_list_salaries | read | List salaries List salary records (amount, basis, payment schedule, start date) for the whole company, one employee or one department. GET /salaries, /employees/{id}/salaries or /departments/{id}/salaries. |
breathehr_list_bonuses | read | List bonuses List bonus records (amount, date, description) for the whole company, one employee or one department. GET /bonuses, /employees/{id}/bonuses or /departments/{id}/bonuses. |
breathehr_list_benefits | read | List benefits List employee benefits (type, value, start/end) for the whole company, one employee or one department. GET /benefits, /employees/{id}/benefits or /departments/{id}/benefits. |
breathehr_list_employee_jobs | read | List employee jobs List job history records (job title, start/end dates, department, location) for all employees or one employee. GET /employee_jobs. |
breathehr_list_training_courses | read | List training courses List employee training records (course name, type, status, dates, cost) for all employees or one employee. GET /employee_training_courses. |
breathehr_list_expense_claims | read | List expense claims List expense claims (employee, total, state, approver) filtered by employee and state. GET /employee_expense_claims. |
breathehr_list_expenses | read | List expenses List individual expense items (date, description, type, amount, VAT, project). By default only unclaimed items; set include_claimed to see all. GET /employee_expenses. |
breathehr_list_change_requests | read | List change requests List employee self-service change requests (field, requested value, approval state) for all employees or one employee. Requested values of bank and NI fields are redacted. GET /change_requests or /employees/{id}/change_requests. |
breathehr_create_leave_request | write | Create leave request WRITE: request leave for an employee (holiday by default, or other leave). It is created as a request, then follows the account's approval rules; the employee's approver is notified. Each call creates a new request. POST /employees/{id}/leave_requests. |
breathehr_approve_leave_request | write | Approve leave request WRITE: approve a pending leave request; it becomes an absence and is deducted from the allowance. Recorded as done by the "API Employee". POST /leave_requests/{id}/approve. |
breathehr_reject_leave_request | write | Reject leave request WRITE: reject a pending leave request with a reason the employee will see. Recorded as done by the "API Employee". POST /leave_requests/{id}/reject. |
breathehr_usage_status | Usage status (free-tier meter) Report the caller's current free-tier usage this month: calls used, monthly limit, remaining, and whether the cap is reached. Read-only; does not count against the meter. | |
breathehr_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Breathe HR tools cannot do yet (a missing tool, field or filter). Call it only when the user asks for something none of the tools can do, and tell the user that you send the request. Do not call it for errors or for normal requests. Do not include personal data, credentials or customer records. Stored with the product name and the client type (for example Claude or Cursor), without the user's account. At most 5 requests per day. Does not count against the meter. | |
breathehr_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited) Subscribe to the Pro plan for UNLIMITED Breathe HR tool calls (the free tier caps monthly usage). Choose monthly ($9/month) or yearly ($90/year — 2 months free) billing. Returns a Stripe Checkout link to open in your browser; after payment your account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter. | |
breathehr_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Breathe HR Pro subscription at the end of the paid period (no refund for the current period; unlimited calls continue until then, then the free tier applies). Requires confirm: true. Run breathehr_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter. |
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 100 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | Unlimited |
Pro covers this Breathe HR server only. Subscribe with breathehr_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with breathehr_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running breathehr_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Breathe HR. The server calls the Breathe HR API with your own Breathe HR access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. This server returns personal data about your employees, including sickness records. Sickness records are health data under GDPR Article 9: you need your own lawful basis to process them with an AI client. Bank details and national insurance numbers are never returned. See Terms, Health data.
The login page asks for your Breathe HR API key. See Before you connect for where to find it.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Breathe HR API key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Breathe HR API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Breathe HR.
Yes, if you approve it. 3 of the 25 Breathe HR tools can create or change data. The other 22 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 100 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with unlimited tool calls, for this Breathe HR server only. Run breathehr_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run breathehr_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run breathehr_cancel_subscription. Pro continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with breathehr_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.