BambooHR ACTION
Create Hour Record
Add a single approved hour record to the legacy Hours API, separate from Time Tracking timesheets — use Create Hour Entry instead for timesheet-integrated hours. You choose the record's ID; save it to update or delete this record later with Update Hour Record / Delete Hour Record. 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 Hour Record 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-hour-record",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
bamboohr: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
recordId: "Record ID",
employeeId: "Employee ID",
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "bamboohr-create-hour-record",
"configured_props": {
"bamboohr": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"recordId": "Record ID",
"employeeId": "Employee ID"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "bamboohr",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "bamboohr-create-hour-record",
arguments: {
recordId: "Record ID",
employeeId: "Employee ID",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
recordId Record ID | string | A unique ID you choose for this record (up to 36 characters), e.g. 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 (a UUID). Save it — you'll need it to update or delete this record later. Required |
employeeId Employee ID | string | The employee ID (e.g. 100). Run Get Employees Directory to discover IDs. Required |
dateHoursWorked Date Hours Worked | string | The date the hours were worked, in YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2026-09-01. Required |
hoursWorked Hours Worked | string | Number of hours worked as a decimal, e.g. 8 or 7.5. Required |
rateType Rate Type | string | The type of hours worked. Required |
divisionId Division ID | string | Optional numeric division ID, e.g. 1. Company-specific; find valid IDs in your BambooHR payroll/company settings. Optional |
departmentId Department ID | string | Optional numeric department ID, e.g. 2. Company-specific; find valid IDs in your BambooHR payroll/company settings. Optional |
jobTitleId Job Title ID | string | Optional numeric job title ID, e.g. 3. Company-specific; find valid IDs in your BambooHR payroll/company settings. Optional |
payCode Pay Code | string | Optional pay code; required by some payroll providers, e.g. REG1. Company-specific; check with your payroll provider or BambooHR admin. Optional |
payRate Pay Rate | string | Optional hourly pay rate as a decimal, e.g. 15.00. Optional |
jobCode Job Code | string | Optional numeric job code, e.g. 100. Company-specific; find valid codes in your BambooHR payroll/company settings. Optional |
jobData Job Data | string | Up to four 20-character job numbers, comma-delimited, e.g. JOB1,JOB2. 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-hour-record
- Version
- 0.0.1
- App
- BambooHR
- Authentication
- API key
- Read-only
- No
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗