Connect Workable to your AI agent
Workable is an all-in-one HR software platform that streamlines hiring, employee data management, time tracking, and payroll.
We set up the connection using your own Workable account, with keys you control, and keep it running. Your agent picks it up and starts doing the work.
Actions
What your agent can do in Workable
Each one is a real action the agent can take on its own, the same things a person clicking around Workable could do. Read-only by default; write actions are confirmed against your policy.
- Create Employee Tool to create an employee in your Workable account. Use when adding a new hire to employee management system. Employee can be created in draft state (unpublished) or published state (active). Requires w_employees scope.
- Delete Department Tool to delete a department. Use when removing an obsolete or restructured department after confirming dependent resources.
- Delete Subscription Tool to unsubscribe from an event by deleting a webhook subscription. Use when you need to stop receiving notifications for a specific event.
- Get Account Tool to return the specified account. Use when you need account metadata by subdomain after listing available accounts.
- Get Accounts Retrieves all Workable accounts (organizations) accessible to the authenticated user. Returns account details including ID, name, subdomain, description, summary, and website URL. Use this action to discover which Worka…
- Get Background Check Packages Tool to retrieve a list of available background check packages from a specified provider. Use after identifying the provider to view available package options.
- Get Background Check Providers Retrieves a list of background check providers integrated with your Workable account. Returns provider details including id, name, integration type, connection status, and logo URL. If no providers are configured, retur…
- Get Candidates Retrieve a list of candidates across all jobs in the organization. Returns candidate details including name, email, job, stage, and status. Use this to: list all candidates, filter by specific job/stage/email, or find c…
- Get Employee Tool to retrieve detailed information for a specific employee by ID. Use when you need complete employee data including personal details, contact info, employment history, and more. Requires r_employees scope and may ne…
- Get Events Retrieve a collection of scheduled events (calls, interviews, meetings) from the Workable account. Supports filtering by event type, date range, candidate, job, or team member. Use pagination parameters (limit, since_id…
- Get Jobs Retrieves a paginated list of jobs from your Workable account. Returns job details including title, state, department, location, and salary information. Use this to search for jobs by state (draft/published/closed/archi…
- Get Legal Entities Tool to retrieve a collection of your account legal entities. Use after confirming valid authentication and enabling Employee Management.
- Get Members Retrieve a paginated list of Workable account members with their roles and permissions. This action fetches team members from your Workable account, including admins, standard users, reviewers, and inactive members. You…
- Get recruiters Retrieves external recruiters from your Workable account. Returns all external recruiters by default, or filter by job shortcode to get recruiters collaborating on a specific job. Requires r_jobs scope.
- Get Requisitions Tool to retrieve a collection of requisitions in the account. Use after authentication succeeds.
- Get Stages Tool to retrieve a collection of your recruitment pipeline stages. Use when you need to list all available stages before managing candidates or pipelines.
- Get Subscriptions Retrieves all webhook subscriptions configured in your Workable account. Use this tool to: - List all active webhook subscriptions that receive event notifications - Verify which events your webhooks are listening to -…
- List Custom Attributes Tool to retrieve all custom attributes configured in the Workable account. Returns attribute configuration including ID, type, enabled status, labels, and hints. Use this action to discover available custom attributes b…
- List Departments Tool to retrieve all departments from your Workable account. Use when you need to view the organizational structure or get department identifiers. Requires r_account scope.
- List Disqualification Reasons Tool to retrieve a collection of account's disqualification reasons. Use when you need to list all available disqualification reasons before disqualifying candidates.
- List Employee Fields Tool to retrieve a collection of your account's employee field definitions. Use when you need to understand available employee data fields before creating or updating employee records.
- List Employees Tool to retrieve a collection of account employees. Use when you need to list, search, or filter employees by name, email, or organizational structure. Supports pagination via limit and offset parameters. Required scope…
- List Permission Sets Tool to retrieve a collection of your account permission sets. Use when you need to list available permission sets before assigning permissions to members. Requires r_account scope.
- List Public Jobs Tool to return a collection of public jobs for an account. Use when you need to fetch publicly available job listings by subdomain. No authentication required for this endpoint.
- List Public Locations Tool to retrieve a collection of locations where a Workable account has public job postings. Use when you need to discover which geographic locations have available positions for a specific account. No authentication re…
- List Time Off Balances Retrieves all time off balances for an employee across all time off categories. Returns detailed balance information including available units, used units, carry-over amounts, and tracking units (days/hours). Use this t…
- List Time Off Categories Tool to retrieve all time off categories configured for your account. Use when you need to view available time off types before managing employee time off requests.
- List Work Schedules Tool to retrieve a collection of work schedules configured in your Workable account. Use when you need to list all available work schedules, including their weekly hours, work days, and configurations.
- Update Background Check Status Updates the status and results of an existing background check in a candidate's timeline. This tool is designed for background check providers to push status updates (pending, consented, completed, declined, expired) an…
- Merge Department Tool to merge a department into another. Use after confirming both department IDs and optional force flag.
- Create Department Tool to create a department in your account. Use when you need to add a new department for organizing teams under your Workable account.
- Enable Member Enable (restore) a deactivated Workable account member to active status. This action reactivates a previously deactivated member, restoring their access to the Workable account. The operation is idempotent - enabling an…
- Invite Member Tool to invite a member to your Workable account. Use when sending an invitation email.
- Update Department Tool to update an existing department in your account. Use when renaming a department or changing its parent after confirming its ID.
- Update Member Updates a Workable account member's details including roles, name, headline, email, and collaboration rules. Requires member ID and roles array. Use this to modify existing member information such as changing permission…
- Update Employee Tool to update an existing employee in Workable. Use when you need to modify employee details such as job title, contact information, department, or other employee attributes. Requires employee ID and member ID.
- Upload Employee Documents Tool to upload a list of documents for a specific employee. Use when you need to attach documents (contracts, forms, etc.) to an employee's record. Required scope: w_employees.
Setup
How we connect it
- 1
Connect your account
You log in with your own Workable account. We never see your password, and you can revoke access from Workable at any time.
- 2
Set the guardrails
Read-only by default. You choose which write actions the agent may take, and anything outside that policy gets confirmed with you first.
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We keep it running
Health checks on every connection, updates handled for you, and we watch the first week of activity to make sure the work lands.
FAQ
Workable questions, answered.
You sign in with your own Workable account. Permissions are scoped to the minimum the agent needs, the connection is health-checked, and you can revoke access from Workable at any time.
The actions Workable's API allows, the same things a person clicking around the app could do. Connections start read-only by default; write actions are confirmed against the policy you set before the agent takes them.
Connections are priced per tool on top of the base plan. Some are included, some are premium. See pricing for how connection charges work.
Standard tools are ready inside 7 business days of the setup call. We test the connection end to end, walk you through how the agent uses it, and watch the first week of activity.
Ready to put Workable to work?
Tell us what your team runs on. We set up the connection, secure it, and your agent takes it from there.
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