Dayforce MCP connector
The Dayforce connector brings employee addresses, tax records, badges and availability into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent, so each person can look up and update Dayforce records inside their own access, with every action logged.
- Connects with an API key
- Free 14-day trial
- No credit card
Update the home address for Priya Nair after her move
Working in Dayforce with Elaichi
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List all Dayforce addresses
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List all Dayforce aus federal taxes
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List all Dayforce aus superannuation rules
How to connect Dayforce to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
Step by step, for each AI app
Dayforce MCP connector for Claude
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Open Customize, then Connectors.
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Press Add.
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Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.
Dayforce MCP connector for Claude Code
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In a terminal, run
claude mcp addwith the endpoint.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Start Claude Code and run
/mcp. -
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Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.
Terminal
$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.
Dayforce MCP connector for ChatGPT
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Open Plugins, then press the + button.
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Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
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Press Create, then sign in and approve.
Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.
Dayforce MCP connector for Cursor
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Open
~/.cursor/mcp.json. -
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Add the endpoint under
mcpServers.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.
Dayforce MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot
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In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.
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Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.
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Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.
- Server URL
- https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
- Authentication
- OAuth 2.0
- Type
- Dynamic discovery
Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.
Connect Dayforce to any MCP client
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Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.
What teams do with Dayforce through Elaichi
Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Dayforce is logged.
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HR
Update an employee address after a move
When someone tells HR they have moved, the new address goes straight into their Dayforce record without opening a form. Ask for everyone whose address changed this month to check the mailing list.
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Payroll
Set up tax details for new hires
Create federal and state tax records for a batch of new Canadian or Australian hires in one ask, then list what was created to confirm nothing was missed before the first pay run.
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Payroll
Correct tax statuses across many employees
When a rule changes, update tax statuses for a whole group in Dayforce at once instead of one record at a time. Pull the list afterward to confirm every affected person was covered.
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Operations
Check availability before building the schedule
Look up a person's availability in Dayforce while planning next week, so shifts land on days they can actually work. Managers get the answer in plain language without leaving their chat window.
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Facilities
Issue and track building badges
Create a Dayforce badge for a new starter and list badges by location when a site changes hands. Bulk updates handle a whole floor at once.
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People operations
Keep authorization assignments current
See who is assigned to authorize what in Dayforce, add assignments for new team leads, and update a group of assignments when a department reorganizes.
Try asking
- “Update the home address for Priya Nair after her move”
- “List every badge issued for the Toronto office this quarter”
- “Show federal tax records created for new Canadian hires this month”
What connecting Dayforce gets you
6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Dayforce account.
Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.
Update the home address for Priya Nair after her move
List every badge issued for the Toronto office this quarter
Show federal tax records created for new Canadian hires this month
Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
The agent
Ask Dayforce a question, get a real answer.
Employee addresses, tax records and availability, answered in plain language from live Dayforce data.
Copy the endpoint
AI apps
One Dayforce endpoint for every AI client.
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot share one governed endpoint, with no SDK and no shared API key.
Tool catalog
310 Dayforce tools, no custom code needed.
Addresses, badges, tax records and availability, every resource and method listed and ready.
Toolboxes
Every team gets its own Dayforce toolbox.
Payroll, HR and operations each see only the Dayforce tools their work needs.
Shared connections
Share Dayforce access without sharing a credential.
One person connects Dayforce, teams work through it, nobody else handles the API key.
Audit log
Every Dayforce change has a name on it.
When, who, what happened and which record, kept in an append-only log.
From answering questions to doing the work
A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Workflows, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.
Dayforce digest
Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter
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Schedule
Every weekday at 8:00 AM
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Fetch addresses
Dayforce
1.4s -
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Group by owner
Transform
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Draft the digest
Agent step
Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary
6.2s -
Approve the digest
Needs approval
Assigned to Jake Morgan
Approve Deny -
Post the digest
Dayforce
Queued
Workflows
A schedule runs Dayforce work end to end.
New addresses are fetched, grouped and drafted into a digest, approved, then posted back to Dayforce.
Dayforce health
Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the addresses collection
Addresses
1,284 ↓ 12%
Badges
96 ↓ 8%
Needs attention
3 ↑ 2
Updated this week
412 ↑ 9%
Addresses created
Last 14 days
By team
Share of activity
Payroll US 34%
Payroll Canada 27%
Payroll Australia 21%
HR 18%
Collections and dashboards
Dayforce health numbers, refreshed on a schedule.
Four metrics, 14 days of records created and a breakdown by team, no model involved.
For IT and engineering
Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Dayforce
All three can connect Dayforce to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.
| What to check | Elaichi | Zapier MCP | Composio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the AI connects |
One address for the whole organization.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
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A server per member, created at sign-in. | An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK. |
| Control over Dayforce tools | Allow or restrict single Dayforce tools, per role or user. | App and action restrictions on the account. | Role permissions, down to the action. |
| Record of calls | One audit entry per Dayforce call. | A History tab of tool calls. | A log of every tool call. |
| Single sign-on | SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. | SAML on Enterprise. | SAML and OIDC on Enterprise. |
| Price | Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. | 2 tasks per successful call. | Billed per tool call. |
Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.
Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.
Dayforce tools for your AI agents
310 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Dayforce, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.
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Questions, answered
How do I connect Dayforce to Claude?
Connect Dayforce in Elaichi by pasting in your Dayforce API key, then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. There is no OAuth application to register on the Dayforce side and no client ID or secret to generate. Once added, you sign in to Elaichi as yourself and Dayforce shows up in Claude ready to use.
Does Dayforce work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?
Yes. Dayforce is connected once in Elaichi, and the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. Nothing is set up separately per client.
What can an AI agent actually do with my Dayforce data?
An agent connected to Dayforce can look up and update employee addresses, create and list federal and state tax records for Canada and Australia, manage badges and authorization assignments, and check a person's availability. It can also handle bulk updates, such as changing tax statuses for a whole group of employees in one go. Short, concrete asks like "list badges for the Toronto office" work better than long paragraphs.
Does connecting Dayforce give the AI access to every employee record?
No. Every request to Dayforce runs as the person who signed in, so the agent sees only the employees, addresses and tax records that person can already see in Dayforce. Elaichi can narrow that access further by team or by action, and it can never widen it beyond what Dayforce already allows.
Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Dayforce?
Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading Dayforce addresses and tax records while restricting creates and bulk updates. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.
What happens to a Dayforce connection when someone leaves?
Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Dayforce through every client at once. If they connected a shared Dayforce account, that connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. Disconnecting Dayforce once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and every other client together.
Does the Dayforce MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?
Yes. Dayforce is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.
Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Dayforce?
Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Dayforce. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Dayforce call.
How is Elaichi different from Composio for Dayforce?
Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Dayforce: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.
Put Dayforce in front of your team
14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.
When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.
Add one link to your AI app
The same link for everyone on your team.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
ChatGPT
Claude
Cursor
Microsoft Copilot