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MCP

Give your agent Personio tools

Every Personio action is exposed as an MCP tool on Pipedream's remote server. Point a client at it with your end user's ID and Connect resolves that user's Personio account for each tool call — you store no tokens.

Pipedream Connect

// 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": "personio",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// e.g. run Create Application:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "personio-create-application",
  arguments: {
    companyId: "Company Id",
    recruitingAccessToken: "Recruiting Access Token",
  },
})

# access_token: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}",
    "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": "personio",
}

async with streamablehttp_client("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3", headers=headers) as (read, write, _):
    async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
        await session.initialize()
        tools = await session.list_tools()

        # e.g. run Create Application:
        result = await session.call_tool("personio-create-application", {
            "companyId": "Company Id",
            "recruitingAccessToken": "Recruiting Access Token",
        })

MCP guide →

API PROXY

Call the Personio API directly

For an endpoint with no pre-built tool, the Connect proxy forwards your request to the Personio API with the connected user's credentials attached. You store no tokens and write no refresh logic.

Pipedream Connect

const resp = await pd.proxy.get({
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  accountId: "apn_xxxxxxx",
  url: "https://api.personio.de/v1/company/attendances/projects",
})

// Any allowed Personio endpoint works here. Pipedream attaches the
// connected account's credentials to the outgoing request.

# The path segment is the target URL, URL-safe base64 encoded:
# https://api.personio.de/v1/company/attendances/projects

curl "https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/proxy/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkucGVyc29uaW8uZGUvdjEvY29tcGFueS9hdHRlbmRhbmNlcy9wcm9qZWN0cw?external_user_id={external_user_id}&account_id=apn_xxxxxxx" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "x-pd-environment: production"

API proxy guide →

SDK

Run Personio actions from your backend

Connect a user's Personio account once, then run Create Application on their behalf from your own code — TypeScript, Python, or plain HTTP.

Pipedream Connect

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: "personio-create-application",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    personio: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    companyId: "Company Id",
    recruitingAccessToken: "Recruiting Access Token",
  },
})

from pipedream import Pipedream

pd = Pipedream(
    client_id="{oauth_client_id}",
    client_secret="{oauth_client_secret}",
    project_id="{project_id}",
    project_environment="production",
)

result = pd.actions.run(
    id="personio-create-application",
    external_user_id="{external_user_id}",  # any stable ID for this user in your system
    configured_props={
        "personio": {"authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx"},
        "companyId": "Company Id",
        "recruitingAccessToken": "Recruiting Access Token",
    },
)

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": "personio-create-application",
    "configured_props": {
      "personio": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "companyId": "Company Id",
      "recruitingAccessToken": "Recruiting Access Token"
    }
  }'