Harvest ACTION
Create User
Create a new user in the Harvest account. Example: call with firstName="Ian", lastName="Malcolm", email="ian.malcolm@example.com" to add a new team member. See the documentation.
- Action
- Writes data
- OAuth
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's Harvest account once, then configure and run Create User 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: "harvest-create-user",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
harvest: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
accountId: "Account ID",
firstName: "First Name",
},
})
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": "harvest-create-user",
"configured_props": {
"harvest": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"accountId": "Account ID",
"firstName": "First Name"
}
}'// 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": "harvest",
},
},
},
)
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: "harvest-create-user",
arguments: {
accountId: "Account ID",
firstName: "First Name",
},
})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 |
|---|---|---|
accountId Account ID | string | Your Harvest account ID, e.g. 1234567. Run List Account ID Options to find it. Required |
firstName First Name | string | The user's first name. Run Get User to see the current value. Required |
lastName Last Name | string | The user's last name. Run Get User to see the current value. Required |
email Email | string | The user's email address, e.g. jane@example.com. Run Get User to see the current value. Required |
timezone Timezone | string | The user's IANA timezone name, e.g. America/Chicago. Defaults to the company timezone if omitted. Optional |
isContractor Is Contractor | boolean | Whether the user is a contractor. Optional |
isActive Is Active | boolean | Whether the user is active. Optional |
weeklyCapacity Weekly Capacity | integer | Expected weekly working capacity in seconds, e.g. 144000 for a 40-hour week. Run Get User to see the current value. Optional |
defaultHourlyRate Default Hourly Rate | string | Default hourly rate, decimal, e.g. 150 or 150.00. Run Get User to see the current rate. Optional |
costRate Cost Rate | string | Cost rate, decimal, e.g. 100 or 100.00. Optional |
accessRoles Access Roles | string[] | Access roles for the user. One of member, manager, administrator; or one of project_creator, billable_rates_manager, managed_projects_invoice_drafter, managed_projects_invoice_manager, client_and_task_manager, time_and_expenses_manager, estimates_manager — these additional roles can only be combined with manager. 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
- harvest-create-user
- Version
- 0.0.1
- App
- Harvest
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Read-only
- No
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗