Review staffing, availability and leave; create or update shifts with confirmation. For team managers who plan staffing and review department performance in Workfeed. 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": {
"workfeed": {
"url": "https://workfeed.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"workfeed": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://workfeed.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.
Review shifts by department and role to spot unassigned work before finalizing the rota.
workfeed_list_shifts workfeed_list_departments workfeed_list_roles
Compare staff availability and leave for the scheduling period before deciding who can cover a shift.
workfeed_list_availabilities workfeed_list_leaves workfeed_list_employees
Compare calculated department labor costs and revenue with stored daily targets and manual revenue records.
workfeed_get_department_stats workfeed_list_department_days
Create a shift after reviewing its staff member, role and exact times, or leave it unassigned. Publishing a shift cannot be undone through this connector.
Changes data · workfeed_create_shift
Read the current shift, review the proposed changes and update it with explicit confirmation. Keep its original dates and inspect uncertain outcomes before retrying.
Changes data · workfeed_get_shift workfeed_update_shift
The login page asks for your Workfeed company ID and Workfeed API key.
Requires Workfeed Pro+. Generate a dedicated key in Settings → Integrations → Workfeed API and copy its company ID. Paste the raw key without Bearer. Workfeed keys have full read/write access; this connector offers only documented reads and confirmed shift changes, with no deletes or employee writes. Scheduling staff fields omit national IDs, banking, tax, wages, emergency contacts and custom fields; free-text leave notes are omitted. Requested workforce/business data passes through UsefulAPI to your selected AI client and its model provider. Revoke this key in Workfeed integration settings to stop vendor access. Usage and billing are per Workfeed company, shared across its keys; rotating a key keeps that identity. This is an independent integration.
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 Workfeed company ID and Workfeed 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.
Turn on the Workfeed connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
workfeed_list_departments | read | List departments Department names and IDs. GET /departments. Unpaginated vendor response, bounded to5000rows and2MiB here. |
workfeed_list_roles | read | List roles Roles and their department IDs. GET /roles. Unpaginated vendor response, bounded to5000rows and2MiB here. |
workfeed_list_employees | read | List scheduling staff Scheduling/contact fields only; excludes national IDs, banking, tax, emergency contacts, wages, addresses and custom fields. GET /employees. Unpaginated vendor response, bounded to5000rows and2MiB here. |
workfeed_get_settings | read | Get scheduling settings Pay-period and shift-break settings. GET /settings. Unpaginated vendor response, bounded to5000rows and2MiB here. |
workfeed_list_salary_supplements | read | List salary supplements Read supplement definitions, not flex-hour supplements. Duration days are inclusive in company timezone. GET /salary-supplements. Unpaginated vendor response, bounded to5000rows and2MiB here. |
workfeed_get_employee | read | Get scheduling staff member Read one selected employee. Staff responses exclude payroll identifiers; leave notes are omitted. |
workfeed_get_shift | read | Get a shift Read one selected shift. Staff responses exclude payroll identifiers; leave notes are omitted. |
workfeed_get_leave | read | Get leave Read one selected leave. Staff responses exclude payroll identifiers; leave notes are omitted. |
workfeed_get_availability | read | Get availability Read one selected availability. Staff responses exclude payroll identifiers; leave notes are omitted. |
workfeed_list_shifts | read | List shifts Read shifts whose start>=startFrom and start<startTo (not overlap). Maximum93days per request here. Optional role and department must agree. No vendor pagination parameter is invented. |
workfeed_list_leaves | read | List overlapping leave Read any leave overlapping from/to, including leave beginning before the range. Max93days here. Free-text leave notes omitted. Repeated employeeIDs/typeIDs filters; includeDeleted defaults true upstream. |
workfeed_list_availabilities | read | List availability Read contained records: start>=from AND end<to, max93days here. End exactly at to is excluded; allow an extra second beyond the last desired end. This differs from leave overlap. |
workfeed_list_department_days | read | List stored department days Read stored daily notes, manual revenue, extra labor and targets; from inclusive/to exclusive company-zone days, max93days here. Array may include null for unstored days. Calculated labor totals use get_department_stats. |
workfeed_get_department_day | read | Get a stored department day Read one stored daily record; a successful null means no data is stored for that day. |
workfeed_get_department_stats | read | Get department labor and revenue Calculated per-day laborCost/revenue, with from/to inclusive company-zone days, at most31days. Prefer laborCost here: shift grossPay is0 for monthly-paid staff. laborPercentage null when revenue0 is not0%. |
workfeed_create_shift | write | Create a confirmed shift Create one shift after the user approves its exact staff, role and times. confirm:true is mandatory. released:true publishes it and cannot be undone through this connector. employeeID:null creates an unassigned shift. No automatic retry; inspect before retrying an uncertain outcome. |
workfeed_update_shift | write | Update a confirmed shift Update one shift after user review; confirm:true required. Pre-reads current shift, optionally rejects stale expectedUpdateTime, and never changes either original UTC calendar day. Vendor additionally enforces company-date rules. Published shifts cannot be unpublished. No deletes or automatic write retries; inspect uncertain outcomes. |
workfeed_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. | |
workfeed_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Workfeed 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. | |
workfeed_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited*) Get Pro: unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 a month) on Workfeed (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. | |
workfeed_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Workfeed 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 workfeed_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 company | $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 Workfeed server only. Subscribe with workfeed_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with workfeed_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running workfeed_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
Review next week’s staffing. Check availability and overlapping leave. Review daily labor costs and revenue. Create an approved shift. Update an existing shift after review. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Workfeed. The server calls the Workfeed API with your own Workfeed 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 Workfeed company ID and Workfeed API key. 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 Workfeed company ID and Workfeed 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 Workfeed 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 Workfeed.
Yes, if you approve it. 2 of the 17 Workfeed tools can create or change data. The other 15 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 Workfeed server only. Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period. Run workfeed_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run workfeed_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run workfeed_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 workfeed_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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