Planerio MCP server

Read shifts, staffing requirements, staff, employees, absences and vacation days in Planerio. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.

Connect Planerio50 free tool calls a month

What can I ask?

Turn on the Planerio connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.

Show the shifts of the next 7 days and who works the night shift.
Who is absent next week? Include the requests that wait for approval.
Which shift groups have open staffing requirements in December?
List the employees who joined this year with their weekly hours.
How many vacation days does each employee have left this year?

What you can do with Planerio in Claude and ChatGPT

For HR teams and shift planners who plan staff schedules in Planerio.

Review the shift plan for the next 7 days

List the planned shifts between two dates with the employee, shift group, workplace and location. Read only the shifts changed since a date to see what was edited.

Find absences and requests waiting for approval

List the absence periods that overlap a date range. Include the requests that still wait for approval, so you can plan the cover.

Find open staffing requirements

List the shift cards with their validity, weekdays, times and required qualifications. Compare them with the staff supply for resource planning.

Look up employee master data with weekly hours

List the employees valid on a reference date with their shift groups, entry dates and weekly hours. Ask only for the fields the task needs.

Check the vacation days left per employee

Read the vacation allowance, carry-over, requested and remaining days of each employee for one year. This works on Planerio 1.5.

How do I connect Planerio?

Before you connect

The login page asks for your Planerio address, Technical login: user, Technical login: password and Shift group token.

The address is the part before .planer.io in your browser (for example example for example.planer.io). The technical login is not your normal Planerio login: your Planerio account manager issues it (ask for it with your customer number and the purpose). A Planerio admin creates the shift group token in Admin, Einstellungen, box Planerio-Schnittstelle: it limits the data to the shift groups you choose. This server sends the login only to your Planerio gateway and reads data only.

Claude claude.ai · Desktop

Open Customize → Connectors, then click + Add → Add custom connector.
Enter the name Planerio and this URL, then click Add:
https://planerio.usefulapi.io/mcp
Claude opens the login page: enter your Planerio address, Technical login: user, Technical login: password and Shift group token.
In a chat, click + → Connectors and turn on Planerio.

Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.

ChatGPT chatgpt.com

Open Plugins, click +, then Add custom MCP server.
Enter the name Planerio and this URL, choose OAuth as the authentication, confirm the warning and create it:
https://planerio.usefulapi.io/mcp
ChatGPT opens the login page: enter your Planerio address, Technical login: user, Technical login: password and Shift group token.
In Plugins, install Planerio, then choose it in a chat.

No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.

Claude Code

Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:

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

Cursor

Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

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

VS Code

Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:

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

Codex

Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:

codex mcp add planerio --url https://planerio.usefulapi.io/mcp

codex mcp login planerio

Other clients

Windsurf, Cline, Zed and other MCP clients: add this URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser.

https://planerio.usefulapi.io/mcp

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 Planerio address, Technical login: user, Technical login: password and Shift group token. 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.

Pricing

Plan	Price	Limit
Free	$0	50 tool calls / month
Proper user	$9/mo · $90/yr	10,000 tool calls / month
Pro+per user	$39/mo · $390/yr	100,000 tool calls / month

Each paid plan covers this Planerio server only. Ask your AI to run planerio_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. The change requires your confirmation, keeps your billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. Cancel any time with planerio_cancel_subscription: your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and asking to resume the same plan with planerio_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].

Tools 10

Show all 10 tools (the AI picks them for you)

Read only · 6

List shiftsplanerio_list_shifts
List the planned shifts between two dates: shift id, start and end time, employee (name, personnel number, employee_uuid), shift group, workplace, location, tags and last change. By default only published plans and no deleted shifts. Use updated_after for changes since a date. Sorted by start time. Read-only. Long lists are cut: use offset to continue.
List staffing requirements (shift cards)planerio_list_shift_cards
List the staffing requirement defined in shift cards: workplace, location, shift group, validity, weekdays, times, shift type, required qualifications and the shifts of each card with priority and pre-planned employee. Filter by validity dates. Read-only.
List available staff (resource planning)planerio_list_staff
List the current staff supply for resource planning: name, personnel number, primary shift group, qualifications, weekly hours and days, hours per weekday, entry and exit date. Use it together with planerio_list_shift_cards. For plain employee master data use planerio_list_employees. Read-only.
List employees (master data)planerio_list_employees
List the employee master data valid on a reference date: employee_uuid, names, email, personnel number, shift groups, entry and exit date, work schedule (weekly hours, job title, tariff), supervisor, cost center, occupational category, date of birth. Personal data: ask only for what the task needs. Read-only.
List absencesplanerio_list_absences
List the absence periods that overlap two dates: employee, dates and times, calendar and working days, status (ACCEPTED, OPEN, REJECTED, DELETED), absence type and comment. By default only approved absences. Use include_open for requests that wait for approval. Read-only. Long lists are cut: use offset to continue.
Get vacation budgetplanerio_get_vacation_days
Get the vacation days per employee for one year: allowance, carry-over from the last year, expired, requested, approved, taken and remaining. Only for Planerio 1.5 (not 2.0); Planerio replaces this endpoint in 2026/27. Read-only.

Your usefulapi plan · 4

Usage status (free-tier meter)planerio_usage_status
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.
Request a missing featureplanerio_request_feature
Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Planerio 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.
Upgrade to Pro or Pro+planerio_upgrade
Get a paid plan for Planerio (the free tier caps monthly usage). Pro: 10,000 tool calls a month, for normal use — plan "monthly" ($9/month) or "yearly" ($90/year, 2 months free). Pro+: 100,000 tool calls a month, for automations and heavy use — plan "plus" ($39/month) or "plus_yearly" ($390/year). Without a plan it returns both Pro and Pro+, each with a payment link, for the user to choose; with a plan, one link. An existing Pro subscription changes to Pro+ in place: call without confirm first, as the reply states the exact charge for this account (the price difference for the rest of the period, or in a free Pro trial the full Pro+ price, as the trial ends); then call with confirm: true. Cancel any time: the plan then runs to the end of the paid period, so it also suits a one-time job. A link opens Stripe Checkout in the browser; after payment the account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter.
Cancel the Pro subscriptionplanerio_cancel_subscription
Cancel the caller's Planerio 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 planerio_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter.

FAQ

What can I do with Planerio in Claude or ChatGPT?

Review the shift plan for the next 7 days. Find absences and requests waiting for approval. Find open staffing requirements. Look up employee master data with weekly hours. Check the vacation days left per employee. See what you can do for the details.

Is this an official Planerio product?

No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Planerio. The server calls the Planerio API with your own Planerio access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.

Can I connect Planerio to Claude or ChatGPT?

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.

What do I need to connect?

The login page asks for your Planerio address, Technical login: user, Technical login: password and Shift group token. See Before you connect for where to find them.

Do I put my Planerio key or an Authorization header in the client config?

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 Planerio address, Technical login: user, Technical login: password and Shift group token. 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.

How do you keep my Planerio credentials?

The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Planerio 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 Planerio.

Can the AI change my Planerio data?

All 6 Planerio tools are marked read-only.

What does it cost?

The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with 10,000 tool calls / month. Pro+ costs $39/mo or $390/yr, with 100,000 tool calls / month. Each subscription covers this Planerio server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run planerio_usage_status to see how many calls you used.

How do I subscribe or cancel?

Ask the AI to run planerio_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. After you confirm, your existing subscription changes in place, keeps its billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. To cancel, run planerio_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.

What if a Planerio tool that I need is missing?

Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with planerio_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.

Which AI clients can I use?

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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