Review employees, payroll and leave, and approve or reject Talenox leave applications. For teams managing employee records, leave and payroll in Talenox. 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": {
"talenox": {
"url": "https://talenox.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"talenox": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://talenox.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 leave applications overlapping the selected dates, optionally narrowed by employee, approver or status, and inspect an application in detail.
talenox_list_leave_applications talenox_get_leave_application
Look up an employee and read their leave balances for a selected date and leave type before planning time off.
talenox_list_employees talenox_get_leave_balance
List a month’s payroll runs and inspect a selected run’s draft or processed state and export status. This does not process or publish payroll.
talenox_list_payroll_payments talenox_get_payroll_payment
Read the application first, then approve it when the user confirms, using the approver’s token. Approval can affect balances and payroll and may notify the employee.
Changes data · talenox_get_leave_application talenox_approve_leave_application
Personal data: This server can return employee and payroll information. Employee lookups hide sensitive identifiers by default; the employee tool can include them when explicitly requested. Connect only a token with access to information you intend to use with your AI client. See Terms, Health data.
The login page asks for your Talenox API token.
Create a token in Talenox (app.talenox.com) under the top right menu → API Settings. The token acts as the user who created it. To approve leave, use the leave approver’s API token. Usage and subscriptions belong to this API token; replacing it creates a separate connection identity. Your token is used only to call the Talenox 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 Talenox API 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.
Turn on the Talenox connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
talenox_list_employees | read | List employees List the company's employees as a short summary (id, employee_id, names, email, hired/resign dates, current job). Talenox returns every employee in one reply, so use search to narrow and limit/offset to page here. Use talenox_get_employee for the full record. Sensitive fields (national id, passport, bank account) are never included. |
talenox_get_employee | read | Get an employee Get one employee's full record: personal details, jobs, cost centres, custom fields. National id, passport, bank account and health fields are left out unless include_sensitive is true. |
talenox_get_job | read | Get a job record Get one job record of an employee (title, department, start/end date, pay amount and rate, currency). Job ids are in the employee's `jobs` list. |
talenox_list_branches | read | List branches List the company's branches with their head and employee ids. |
talenox_get_branch | read | Get a branch Get one branch (name, address, head, employee ids). |
talenox_list_cost_centres | read | List cost centres List the company's cost centres with their employee ids. |
talenox_list_roles | read | List employee roles List the company's employee roles (access roles). |
talenox_get_role | read | Get an employee role Get one employee role. |
talenox_get_company_settings | read | Get company settings Get the company's API-related settings (for example whether an employee may belong to several cost centres). |
talenox_list_working_days | read | List working-day schedules List the working-day schedules (weekly pattern Sunday to Saturday: full_day, first_half, second_half, not_working) and who is on each. |
talenox_get_working_day | read | Get a working-day schedule Get one working-day schedule. |
talenox_list_holiday_policies | read | List holiday policies List the company's public-holiday policies (country, state, default flag). Paged: pass next_last_seen_id as last_seen_id. |
talenox_get_holiday_policy | read | Get a holiday policy Get one holiday policy with its calendar events between two dates. |
talenox_list_company_holidays | read | List company holidays List the company's holidays (from its default holiday policy) for a year. |
talenox_list_leave_applications | read | List leave applications List leave applications that overlap a date range, optionally by status, employee, approver or leave type. Paged: pass next_last_seen_id as last_seen_id. Uses Talenox's leave API (beta). |
talenox_get_leave_application | read | Get a leave application Get one leave application (employee, dates, half-day markers, amount, status, approvers, attachments). |
talenox_list_leave_types | read | List leave types List the leave types of the company, or those an employee may apply for (employee_id). Paged: pass next_last_seen_id as last_seen_id. |
talenox_get_leave_type | read | Get a leave type Get one leave type (name, half-day allowed, quantity type, policy dates). |
talenox_get_leave_balance | read | Get leave balances Get an employee's leave balance on a date, for every leave type or for one (leave_type_id). A type that does not apply to the employee comes back with an error text instead of a balance. |
talenox_get_leave_entitlement_period | read | Get leave entitlement periods Get the entitlement periods (start and end dates) of one leave type for an employee around a date. |
talenox_list_off_in_lieus | read | List off in lieu types List the off-in-lieu types of the company, or of one employee. Paged: pass next_last_seen_id as last_seen_id. |
talenox_get_off_in_lieu_balance | read | Get off in lieu balances Get an employee's off-in-lieu balance on a date, for every off in lieu or for one (off_in_lieu_id). |
talenox_list_payroll_payments | read | List payroll payments List the payroll payment runs of a month (period, pay group, status Draft or Processed, bank file state). |
talenox_get_payroll_payment | read | Get a payroll payment Get one payroll payment run (period, status, bank file and cheque export state). |
talenox_list_custom_pay_items | read | List custom pay items List the company's pay item definitions (name, category such as Adhoc or Recurring, taxable, gross/net setting). |
talenox_get_payslips_data | read | Get payslip data Get the payslip figures (gross, net, deductions, year-to-date) of a month as data, for all employees or the listed ones. Read only: nothing is created, processed or published. Contains salary data. |
talenox_approve_leave_application | write | Approve a leave application WRITE: approve a leave application as the token's user. The employee's balance and payroll are affected and Talenox may notify them. Read the application first (talenox_get_leave_application) and confirm with the user. |
talenox_reject_leave_application | write | Reject a leave application WRITE: reject a leave application as the token's user. Talenox may notify the employee. Read the application first (talenox_get_leave_application) and confirm with the user. |
talenox_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. | |
talenox_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Talenox 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. | |
talenox_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited*) Get Pro: unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 a month) on Talenox (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. | |
talenox_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Talenox 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 talenox_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 API token | $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 Talenox server only. Subscribe with talenox_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with talenox_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running talenox_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
Review leave for a date range. Check an employee leave balance. Review payroll run status. Approve a selected leave application. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Talenox. The server calls the Talenox API with your own Talenox access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. This server can return employee and payroll information. Employee lookups hide sensitive identifiers by default; the employee tool can include them when explicitly requested. Connect only a token with access to information you intend to use with your AI client. See Terms, Health data.
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 Talenox API token. 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 Talenox API 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.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Talenox 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 Talenox.
Yes, if you approve it. 2 of the 28 Talenox tools can create or change data. The other 26 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
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 Talenox server only. Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period. Run talenox_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run talenox_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run talenox_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 talenox_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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