BambooHR
human resources 41 tools availableBambooHR is a cloud-based human resources management system (HRMS) that helps businesses manage their employees, payroll, and benefits.
About this integration
Connect BambooHR to Definable to automate repetitive tasks, sync data with the rest of your stack, trigger on real-world events. Personas call BambooHR's 41 tools directly from chat or scheduled flows. You can wire it into any persona to read, write, and react when an event fires.
Connect BambooHR to Definable and it becomes a set of typed tools your agents plan with — triggered by events, run on schedules, or invoked mid-conversation. Every write is checked by the verifier before it lands.
BambooHR · in workflows
What teams actually run.
Three patterns teams run with BambooHR on day one. Each one is a plain-English prompt — no canvas, no glue code — and you can remix them into anything.
Daily summary
Cross-tool sync
41 tools available
The BambooHR toolbox.
Every BambooHR capability your agents can call, each with a typed schema the planner reads. The router picks the right tool per step; the verifier checks the result.
Create Candidate Application Tool to create a candidate application. Use when adding a new applicant to a specific job opening in BambooHR ATS.
Create Job Opening Tool to create a new job opening in BambooHR ATS. Use when you need to open a new job for applicants.
List Job Applications Tool to list job applications with optional filters. Use when retrieving ATS applications for reporting or integration.
Get Benefit Coverages Tool to retrieve standard benefit coverage options. Use when you need to fetch all or specific coverages before configuring benefit plans.
Get Member Benefit Events Tool to list member benefit events. Use when you need to fetch all benefit events visible to the authenticated user.
Get Company EINs Tool to retrieve company Employer Identification Numbers (EINs). Use when you need to fetch your account's EINs after authenticating.
Get Company Information Tool to retrieve company information. Use when you need details about the current account's settings.
Create File Category Tool to create new company file categories. Use when organizing company files by adding new categories after confirming desired names.
Create Time Off Request Tool to submit a new time off request. Use after confirming employee ID and valid payload.
List Datasets Tool to list available datasets via the Datasets API. Use when you need to discover available dataset schemas before querying data.
Create Employee Dependent Tool to add a dependent to an employee. Use when a new dependent needs to be recorded for benefits or HR tracking. Ensure the employee record exists before calling this tool.
Get All Employee Dependents Tool to retrieve all employee dependents. Use after ensuring your API key has access to benefit settings.
Create Employee Tool to create a new employee record. Use when adding employees via BambooHR API. Returns the new employee's ID.
Create Employee File Category Tool to create new employee file categories. Use when organizing employee files by adding new categories after confirming desired names.
Get Changed Employees Tool to get employees inserted, updated, or deleted since a given timestamp. Use when fetching incremental HR changes.
List Company Files Tool to list company file categories and their files. Use when you need to retrieve all company files organized by category after confirming file inventory exists.
Upload Company File Tool to upload a new company file. Use when you need to add a file to BambooHR after confirming its category and share settings.
Get All Employees Retrieves all employees from the BambooHR employee directory including their basic information and status.
Get Applicant Statuses Tool to retrieve applicant statuses. Use when you need to list ATS statuses for your company; requires ATS settings access.
Get Custom Employee Fields Tool to fetch custom employee field values. Use when you need to retrieve only custom fields for all employees.
Run Custom Report Tool to run a custom report by ID or ad-hoc fields. Use when you need to execute a saved report or generate an ad-hoc report and retrieve its results in JSON or file format.
Get Employee Tool to retrieve detailed information for a specific employee. Use when you need individual employee data by ID.
Get Employee Photo Tool to retrieve an employee's profile photo by size. Use when you need to download the image binary for the specified employee after confirming their ID.
Get Hiring Leads Tool to retrieve potential hiring leads (employees who can manage job openings) for use in creating a new job opening. The API key owner must have access to ATS settings.
Get Job Summaries Tool to retrieve a list of ATS job summaries. Use when you need an overview of all job postings and their key details.
Get Departments Metadata Tool to list department metadata. Use after needing all available department codes and names.
Get Meta Divisions Tool to list all division metadata. Use after authenticating to fetch the account's divisions.
List Employment Status Metadata Tool to list all employment status metadata. Use when you need all defined employment statuses for the company.
Get Meta Job Titles Tool to retrieve job title metadata. Uses the list-field metadata endpoint and extracts the options for the `jobTitle` field.
Get Meta Locations Tool to list location metadata. Use when you need all configured company locations for lookups.
Get Time-Off Types Metadata Tool to list time-off type metadata. Use when you need to discover available time-off types before creating time-off requests.
Get Report Tool to fetch a built-in or published report in JSON or other formats. Use when you need to retrieve report data or download report files after specifying the report ID and desired output format.
Get Time-Off Balances Tool to retrieve time-off balances for employees. Use when you need current balances across your team.
Get Time-Off Requests Tool to list time-off requests within a date range. Use after confirming start and end dates; supports optional filters for status, employee, and time off type.
List Company Reports Tool to list all available company and custom reports. Use after confirming account setup. Requires 'report' scope for OAuth or an API key with report access permissions.
Get Country Options Tool to retrieve all available country options. Use when you need a complete list of selectable countries before updating or validating country fields.
Get List Field Details Tool to get details for all list fields. Use when you need to discover list field options before using them.
Get Tabular Fields Metadata Tool to list tabular table fields metadata. Use when you need standard table structures before accessing table rows.
Get Users Tool to list active users with basic info. Use when you need to retrieve current users' IDs, names, and emails.
Update Employee Tool to update fields on a specified employee record. Use when you need to modify employee properties via BambooHR API after confirming the target employee ID. Example: "Update employee 12345's department to Sales".
Update Time Off Request Tool to update the status of an existing time-off request. Use when you need to approve, deny, or cancel a request after reviewing it. Example: "Approve time-off request 12345".
See it run
One prompt, start to finish.
A real prompt, the BambooHR tools it calls, and what comes back. This is the whole interface — describe the outcome, agents handle the rest.
Run a real BambooHR task end-to-end — plan it, execute across the API, and hand back a verified result.
bamboohr.create_candidate_application Tool to create a candidate application. Use when adding a new applicant to a specific job bamboohr.create_job_opening Tool to create a new job opening in BambooHR ATS. Use when you need to open a new job for bamboohr.list_job_applications Tool to list job applications with optional filters. Use when retrieving ATS applications · verified Done. BambooHR responded across 3 calls, the verifier signed off, and the result is logged with every payload.
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FAQ · BambooHR
Questions, answered.
What teams ask before connecting BambooHR.
01 What can I automate with BambooHR on Definable?
Anything BambooHR exposes through its API. Common human resources workflows on Definable include automate repetitive tasks, sync data with the rest of your stack, trigger on real-world events. Personas can call any of the 41 BambooHR tools directly, then chain the result into another integration without you writing code.
02 How does BambooHR authentication work?
BambooHR uses OAUTH2, API_KEY on Definable. You connect once from the integrations page, scoped to the permissions you choose, and from then on any persona that has the integration enabled can act on your behalf. Tokens are encrypted at rest and rotated automatically.
03 Is the BambooHR integration included in my Definable plan?
Yes — every Definable plan, including Starter, includes access to all 41 BambooHR tools. You only need a separate BambooHR subscription if BambooHR itself charges per seat or per API call.
04 Is using BambooHR through Definable secure?
Every call from a persona to BambooHR is logged with the user, persona, prompt, and response. Tokens never leave Definable's secrets vault, scopes are configurable per persona, and you can revoke access at any time from the integration page.
05 How do I get started with BambooHR on Definable?
Sign up for Definable, open the integrations page, find BambooHR, and connect via OAuth or API key. You can immediately attach BambooHR to any persona and start running workflows. The free Starter plan includes 5,000 credits/month.
06 What BambooHR actions does Definable expose?
Definable exposes all 41 BambooHR actions as callable tools — including `Create Candidate Application`, `Create Job Opening`, `List Job Applications`, plus 38 more. Each tool gets a typed parameter schema so personas know exactly how to call it.
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