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Clock In

Clock an employee in in real time. This is a separate endpoint from Clock Out. For manual/retroactive entries use Create Clock Entry. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's BambooHR account once, then configure and run Clock In from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "bamboohr-clock-in",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    bamboohr: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    employeeId: "Employee ID",
    date: "Date",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Clock In inputs
Property Type Description
employeeId Employee ID string
The employee ID (e.g. 100). Run Get Employees Directory to discover IDs.
Required
date Date string
Date in YYYY-MM-DD format (defaults to today), e.g. 2026-01-15.
Optional
start Start Time string
Start time in 24h HH:MM format, e.g. 09:00.
Optional
timezone Timezone string
IANA timezone string, e.g. America/Chicago.
Optional
projectId Project ID string
Optional numeric project ID, e.g. 19. Find valid IDs in your BambooHR time tracking project settings.
Optional
taskId Task ID string
Optional numeric task ID within the project, e.g. 47 (requires projectId). Find valid IDs in your BambooHR time tracking project settings.
Optional
breakId Break ID string
Optional numeric break ID, e.g. 2. Find valid IDs in your BambooHR time tracking break settings.
Optional
note Note string
Optional note.
Optional
offline Offline boolean
Whether the punch was captured offline.
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
bamboohr-clock-in
Version
0.0.1
App
BambooHR
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes