Can my team share one TriNet connection?

Yes. One person connects TriNet with the API key and shares the connection with a team in Elaichi, and nobody else ever handles the key. Each teammate still signs in as themselves, so the audit log names the actual person behind every TriNet lookup or change.

HRIS

TriNet MCP connector

The TriNet connector brings employees, emergency contacts, jobs, supervisors and employment details into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent, so each person can look up and update people records inside their own TriNet access, with every change logged.

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ChatGPT Elaichi connected

List employees who joined this month with their supervisors

Working in TriNet with Elaichi

List all TriNet employees
Get single TriNet citizenship by ID
Get single TriNet department split by ID

Ask anything…

Governance / Audit log Last 24 hours

Get single TriNet department split by ID Emily Carter ·

9:41 AM Done

Get single TriNet citizenship by ID Emily Carter ·

9:41 AM Done

List all TriNet employees Emily Carter ·

9:41 AM Done

Create a TriNet employee Megan Brooks ·

9:38 AM Done

TriNet custom fields bulk update Ryan Hayes ·

9:35 AM Done

How to connect TriNet to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

Step by step, for each AI app

TriNet MCP connector for Claude

1

Open Customize, then Connectors.
2

Press Add.
3

Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
4

Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

TriNet MCP connector for Claude Code

1

In a terminal, run claude mcp add with the endpoint.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
2

Start Claude Code and run /mcp.
3

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.

TriNet MCP connector for ChatGPT

1

Open Plugins, then press the + button.
2

Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
3

Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
4

Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

TriNet MCP connector for Cursor

1

Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.
2

Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
3

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.

TriNet MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot

1

In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.
2

Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
3

Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.
4

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 TriNet to any MCP client

1

Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
2

Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

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What teams do with TriNet through Elaichi

Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in TriNet is logged.

HR

Set up a new hire in one go

Create the employee in TriNet, add their name, contact details and emergency contact, and confirm it all landed without clicking through five screens.
HR

Keep emergency contacts current

Ask which employees have no emergency contact on file, then update the missing ones in one pass after the annual reminder goes out.
People Ops

Fill in custom fields across the company

When a new field such as a badge number or preferred name is added, update it for a whole group of employees at once instead of one record at a time.
Managers

See who reports to whom

Pull the list of supervisors, jobs and employee roles for a department and get a plain answer about the reporting line before a reorg conversation.
IT

Get the employee list for account setup

List active employees with their employment details and jobs so new accounts, hardware and licenses match what TriNet says on day one.
Workplace

Check addresses before shipping equipment

Look up an employee's address and contact details in TriNet before sending a laptop or welcome kit, and catch a stale address before the courier does.

Try asking

“List employees who joined this month with their supervisors”
“Which employees are missing an emergency contact?”
“Add Priya Shah as a new employee in Customer Success”

See all 61 TriNet tools →

What connecting TriNet gets you

6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your TriNet account.

Elaichi Agent

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

List employees who joined this month with their supervisors

Which employees are missing an emergency contact?

Add Priya Shah as a new employee in Customer Success

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

The agent

Ask about employees, get answers from TriNet.

Plain language questions return live TriNet employees, supervisors and emergency contacts.

ElaichiAI apps

Claude

ChatGPT

Cursor

Microsoft Copilot

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

Client	Connected by	Status	Last used
Claude	E Emily Carter	• Connected	4 minutes ago
Cursor	M Megan Brooks	• Connected	2 hours ago
ChatGPT	R Ryan Hayes	• Connected	Yesterday

AI apps

One endpoint puts TriNet in every client.

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot reach TriNet through one governed endpoint, no SDK, no shared key.

ElaichiTools

Tool	Action	Description
Create a TriNet employee	Create	Add Employee (TriNet POST /v1/hire/{{company_id}}/employee). Takes no caller parameters. The companyId comes from the connection credential. Requires a JSON request body; TriNet does not publish the request schema, so no body_schema row exists. Vendor gaps: TriNet publishes no query or paging parameters for any endpoint, and no per-endpoint 200 schema, so `response_path` (`data`) is taken from TriNet's generic response envelope and is UNVERIFIED.
List all TriNet employees	List	List All Employees (TriNet GET /v1/company/{{company_id}}/employees). Takes no caller parameters. The companyId comes from the connection credential. Vendor gaps: TriNet publishes no query or paging parameters for any endpoint, and no per-endpoint 200 schema, so `response_path` (`data`) is taken from TriNet's generic response envelope and is UNVERIFIED. Beyond the general `read` scope, seven section scopes control which sections of this response are returned: `basic-read` -> departmentSplit, employementInfo, names; `hr-personal-read` -> emergencyContacts, homeAddress, employeeContacts, workEligibility; `hr-bioinfo-read` -> bioInfo; `hr-admin-read` -> customFields; `hr-pay-read` -> payInfo; `hr-security-read` -> roles; `hr-natid-read` -> nationalIds. (`employementInfo` is TriNet's own spelling.) A credential holding only `read` still succeeds, with fewer sections.
Get single TriNet citizenship by ID	Get	Get Citizenship (TriNet GET /v1/profile/{{company_id}}/{{id}}/citizenship). Caller must supply `id`. The companyId comes from the connection credential. Vendor gaps: TriNet publishes no query or paging parameters for any endpoint, and no per-endpoint 200 schema, so `response_path` (`data`) is taken from TriNet's generic response envelope and is UNVERIFIED.
TriNet custom fields bulk update	Update	Update Custom Fields (TriNet PUT /v1/manage-employee/{{company_id}}/{{query.employee_id}}/custom-fields). Caller must supply `employee_id`. The companyId comes from the connection credential. Requires a JSON request body; TriNet does not publish the request schema, so no body_schema row exists. Vendor gaps: TriNet publishes no query or paging parameters for any endpoint, and no per-endpoint 200 schema, so `response_path` (`data`) is taken from TriNet's generic response envelope and is UNVERIFIED.
Get single TriNet department split by ID	Get	Department Split (TriNet GET /v1/department/{{company_id}}/{{id}}/department-split). Caller must supply `id`. The companyId comes from the connection credential. Vendor gaps: TriNet publishes no query or paging parameters for any endpoint, and no per-endpoint 200 schema, so `response_path` (`data`) is taken from TriNet's generic response envelope and is UNVERIFIED.

Tool catalog

61 TriNet tools, nothing to build.

Employees, contacts, jobs, addresses and custom fields covered without writing any code.

ElaichiToolboxes

Name	Source template	Tools	Created
HR toolbox TriNet · employees and emergency contacts	TriNet starter	18	Mar 4, 2026
People Ops toolbox TriNet · custom fields and personal details	—	9	Mar 2, 2026
Managers toolbox TriNet · supervisors and jobs	—	24	Feb 27, 2026
IT toolbox TriNet · employee roles and account setup	TriNet starter	6	Feb 19, 2026
Finance toolbox TriNet · department splits and employment details	—	31	Jan 30, 2026
Workplace toolbox TriNet · addresses and contacts	—	12	Jan 22, 2026

Toolboxes

Each team gets its own TriNet toolbox.

HR, managers and IT each work from a toolbox scoped to their job.

ElaichiConnections

Connection	Scope	Status	Access
TR TriNet (HR) Connected by Emily Carter	Personal	• Active	1 team · 6 members
TR TriNet (People Ops) Connected by Jake Morgan	Organization	• Active	3 teams · 24 members
TR TriNet (Managers) Connected by Megan Brooks	Organization	• Active	2 teams · 11 members
TR TriNet (IT) Connected by Tyler Reed	Personal	• Needs re-auth	1 team · 3 members
TR TriNet (Payroll) Connected by Ryan Hayes	Personal	• Active	Not shared
TR TriNet (Workplace) Connected by Ashley Parker	Personal	• Active	2 teams · 9 members

Shared connections

Teammates use TriNet without holding the key.

One person connects TriNet, shares it, and nobody else ever sees a credential.

ElaichiAudit log

When	Who	What happened	Type
2 minutes ago Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM	E Emily Carter [email protected]	Restriction Created	Access
8 minutes ago Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM	J Jake Morgan [email protected]	Restriction Updated	Access
14 minutes ago Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM	M Megan Brooks [email protected]	Role Assigned	Access
20 minutes ago Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM	T Tyler Reed [email protected]	TriNet Users Updated	MCP
26 minutes ago Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM	R Ryan Hayes [email protected]	TriNet Employees Created	MCP
32 minutes ago Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM	A Ashley Parker [email protected]	TriNet Employees List	Toolbox

Audit log

Every TriNet change names who made it.

When, who, what happened and which employee record, kept in one 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.

TriNet digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

Run now

✓

Schedule

Every weekday at 8:00 AM

0.2s
✓

Fetch employees

TriNet

1.4s
✓

Group by owner

Transform

0.1s
✓

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

TriNet

Queued

Workflows

A schedule starts the work, a person approves.

New TriNet employees are fetched, grouped, drafted into a digest, approved, then posted back.

TriNet health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the employees collection

Live

Employees

1,284 ↓ 12%

Emergency contacts

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Employees created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

HR 34%

People Ops 27%

Managers 21%

IT 18%

Collections and dashboards

TriNet headcount numbers, computed without a model.

Four metrics, fourteen days of employees created, a team breakdown, refreshed on schedule.

For IT and engineering

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for TriNet

All three can connect TriNet to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for TriNet, by what to check
What to check	Elaichi	Zapier MCP	Composio
Where the AI connects	One address for the whole organization. `https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp`	A server per member, created at sign-in.	An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over TriNet tools	Allow or restrict single TriNet 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 TriNet 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.

TriNet tools for your AI agents

61 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect TriNet, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

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Questions, answered

How do I connect TriNet to Claude?

Connect TriNet in Elaichi first: paste in the API key from your TriNet account and Elaichi takes it from there, with no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude open Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the Elaichi endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in as yourself and TriNet employees, contacts and jobs are available in your next conversation.

Does TriNet work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once TriNet is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect TriNet once and every client you use picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my TriNet data?

With TriNet connected, an agent can list employees, look up a person's job, supervisor, address, employment details and biographical details, and pull up photos and company org details. It can also create a new employee, add names, contacts and emergency contacts, and update contacts, names, personal details and custom fields for many employees at once. Short, concrete asks work best, such as "list employees in Finance with their supervisors".

Does connecting TriNet give the AI access to every employee record?

No. Every request to TriNet runs inside the access of the person who signed in, so someone who cannot see a record in TriNet cannot see it through an agent either. Elaichi can narrow that access further with restrictions, and it can never widen it beyond what TriNet already allows that person.

Can I stop an agent from changing employee records in TriNet?

Yes. In Elaichi you restrict TriNet actions individually, so you can allow looking up employees while restricting the creation of employees or the bulk update of contacts, names or custom fields. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT or any other client cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.

What happens to a TriNet connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to TriNet through every client at once. If they had shared a TriNet connection with a team, it keeps working for everyone else. Disconnecting TriNet once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and every other client together.

Does the TriNet MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. TriNet 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 TriNet?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use TriNet. 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 TriNet call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for TriNet?

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 TriNet: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

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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

TriNet MCP connector

How to connect TriNet to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

TriNet MCP connector for Claude

TriNet MCP connector for Claude Code

TriNet MCP connector for ChatGPT

TriNet MCP connector for Cursor

TriNet MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot

Connect TriNet to any MCP client

What teams do with TriNet through Elaichi

Set up a new hire in one go

Keep emergency contacts current

Fill in custom fields across the company

See who reports to whom

Get the employee list for account setup

Check addresses before shipping equipment

What connecting TriNet gets you

Ask about employees, get answers from TriNet.

One endpoint puts TriNet in every client.

61 TriNet tools, nothing to build.

Each team gets its own TriNet toolbox.

Teammates use TriNet without holding the key.

Every TriNet change names who made it.

From answering questions to doing the work

A schedule starts the work, a person approves.

TriNet headcount numbers, computed without a model.

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for TriNet

TriNet tools for your AI agents

More from the catalog

Questions, answered

Put TriNet in front of your team