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Create Employee

Create a new employee. firstName and lastName are required; any other valid writable field can be supplied via Additional Fields. Returns a Location header with the new employee ID. 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 Create Employee 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-create-employee",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    bamboohr: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    firstName: "First Name",
    lastName: "Last Name",
  },
})

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.

Create Employee inputs
Property Type Description
firstName First Name string
Employee first name, e.g. Jane.
Required
lastName Last Name string
Employee last name, e.g. Doe.
Required
workEmail Work Email string
Work email address, e.g. jane.doe@example.com.
Optional
jobTitle Job Title string
Job title, e.g. Software Engineer.
Optional
department Department string
Department name, e.g. Engineering.
Optional
hireDate Hire Date string
Hire date in YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2026-01-15.
Optional
additionalFields Additional Fields object
Additional writable employee fields as name-value pairs, e.g. {"division":"Sales","mobilePhone":"555-1234"}.
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-create-employee
Version
0.0.1
App
BambooHR
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes