Read people, employments, org units, absences and timesheets in Cezanne HR. For HR teams and managers who read employee, absence and timesheet data from Cezanne HR. Hosted by usefulapi — connect from Claude, ChatGPT, 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": {
"cezanne-hr": {
"url": "https://cezanne-hr.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"cezanne-hr": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://cezanne-hr.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
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.
List people, with leavers and new hires included, using an OData filter. Read the next page with the next_skip value.
cezannehr_list_people cezannehr_list_org_units
Read one person by Person Code. Then read that person's current primary employment.
cezannehr_get_person cezannehr_get_current_employment
List the absence events, filtered by date or by person. Compare the events with the org units of the team.
cezannehr_list_absence_events cezannehr_list_org_units
List the person timesheets for a period. Read the timesheet detail table for the entries behind them.
cezannehr_list_timesheets cezannehr_read_table
The login page asks for your Client ID and Client secret.
In Cezanne HR, open Administration → Security Settings → Authorised Applications → Add New and grant Read permission. Choose a service user who may use the OData API, with two-step verification off. This server only reads data. Your HR data passes to your chosen AI client and its LLM provider. Revoke the application in Cezanne HR to stop access.
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 Client ID and Client secret. 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.
Turn on the Cezanne HR connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
cezannehr_list_people | read | List people List people in Cezanne HR, including leavers and new hires unless active_only is true. Returns one page; use next_skip to read more. OData: People. |
cezannehr_get_person | read | Get person Get one person by Person Code, optionally with selected fields. OData: People('<code>'). |
cezannehr_get_current_employment | read | Get current primary employment Get the current primary employment of one person by Person Code. OData: People('<code>')/PeopleToEmploymentCurrentPrimary. |
cezannehr_list_org_units | read | List org units List organisational units (departments, teams, locations as set up in Cezanne HR). OData: OrgUnits. |
cezannehr_list_absence_events | read | List absence events List absence events (leave and sickness) for people. Filter by date or person in $filter. OData: PersonAbsenceEvents. |
cezannehr_list_timesheets | read | List timesheets List person timesheets (time recorded per person and period). OData: PersonTimesheets. |
cezannehr_read_table | read | Read a table Read one page of any allowed Cezanne HR OData table (for example Employments, Jobs, PersonTimesheetDetails, OrgUnitPositionDeployments). Sensitive tables are not offered. Read-only. |
cezannehr_usage_status | Usage status (free-tier meter) Report the caller's current usage: the plan, calls used this month, the limit of the plan (the free monthly cap or the Pro fair use limit), remaining, and whether the limit is reached. Read-only; does not count against the meter. | |
cezannehr_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Cezanne 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. | |
cezannehr_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited*) Get Pro: unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 a month) on Cezanne HR (the free tier caps monthly usage). Plans: "monthly" — $9/month; "yearly" — $90/year (2 months free). Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period, so it also suits a one-time job. *A fair use limit applies. For heavy use (near Pro's limit): "plus" or "plus_yearly" — Pro+, $39/month or $390/year, unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 100,000 a month); an existing Pro subscription changes to Pro+ in place (needs confirm: true; the price difference for the rest of the period is charged at once). Otherwise returns a short link to open in your browser (it opens Stripe Checkout); after payment the account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter. | |
cezannehr_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Cezanne HR Pro subscription at the end of the paid period (no refund for the current period; Pro continues until then, then the free tier applies). Requires confirm: true. Run cezannehr_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter. |
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | Unlimited* |
*Pro fair use limit: 10,000 tool calls a month on this server. For more, write to [email protected].
Pro covers this Cezanne HR server only. Subscribe with cezannehr_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with cezannehr_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running cezannehr_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
List new joiners and leavers. Check the current employment of a person. Review absence events for a team. Read timesheet entries for a period. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cezanne HR. The server calls the Cezanne HR API with your own Cezanne HR access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
The login page asks for your Client ID and Client secret. See Before you connect for where to find them.
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 Client ID and Client secret. 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 Cezanne 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 Cezanne HR.
All 7 Cezanne HR tools are marked read-only.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 tool calls a month), for this Cezanne HR server only. Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period. Run cezannehr_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run cezannehr_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run cezannehr_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 cezannehr_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, ChatGPT, Codex, 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.
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