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UKG Ready MCP connector

The UKG Ready connector brings employee records, accrual balances, deductions and direct deposits into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent, so each person works with the UKG Ready access they already have and every change is logged.

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ChatGPT Elaichi connected

Show accrual balances for everyone on the warehouse team.

Working in UKG Ready with Elaichi

  • List all UKG Ready company profiles
  • List all UKG Ready employees
  • Get single UKG Ready employee by ID
Ask anything…
Governance / Audit log Last 24 hours
UKG Ready Get single UKG Ready employee by ID Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
UKG Ready List all UKG Ready employees Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
UKG Ready List all UKG Ready company profiles Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
UKG Ready Create a UKG Ready employee Megan Brooks · Claude · 9:38 AM Done
UKG Ready UKG Ready employees me Ryan Hayes · Cursor · 9:35 AM Done

How to connect UKG Ready to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

Step by step, for each AI app

UKG Ready MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

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

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

    Sign in and approve.

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

UKG Ready MCP connector for Claude Code

  1. 1

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

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

    Start Claude Code and run /mcp.

  3. 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.

UKG Ready MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

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

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

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

UKG Ready MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

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

UKG Ready MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

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

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

  4. 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 UKG Ready to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

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

What teams do with UKG Ready through Elaichi

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

  • HR

    Set up a new hire before day one

    Create the employee record in UKG Ready from the offer details, then check it back a week later and fill in anything the hire has since sent over.

  • Payroll

    Fix a direct deposit before payroll closes

    When an employee sends new bank details, update their direct deposit in UKG Ready and confirm the change landed before the run.

  • Benefits

    Add deductions after open enrollment

    Set up the new deductions for everyone who changed a plan, and correct the ones that were entered wrong the first time.

  • People Ops

    Answer time off questions on the spot

    Pull accrual balances for a person or a whole team in UKG Ready when a manager asks who can take the last week of December.

  • Finance

    Review deductions across the company

    List employee deductions in UKG Ready ahead of a close and spot the ones that look out of line before they hit the ledger.

  • Operations

    Keep company contacts and profiles current

    Add a new site contact or check a company profile in UKG Ready without waiting for someone in HR to find a spare minute.

Try asking

  • “Show accrual balances for everyone on the warehouse team.”
  • “Update Maria Lopez's direct deposit to her new checking account.”
  • “Add a 401k deduction for the three new hires starting Monday.”

See all 358 UKG Ready tools →

What connecting UKG Ready gets you

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

Elaichi Agent

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Show accrual balances for everyone on the warehouse team.

Update Maria Lopez's direct deposit to her new checking account.

Add a 401k deduction for the three new hires starting Monday.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

The agent

Ask about employees and get live answers.

Ask a plain question and get answers from UKG Ready employee records and balances.

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 UKG Ready endpoint for every MCP client.

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot connect over OAuth, with no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all UKG Ready company profiles List List company profiles in UKG Ready, optionally filtered by profile type. Deprecated as of April 03, 2023; see the v2 companies lookup profiles endpoints as an alternative. Returns: id, name, type. No required parameters. The filter supports field name `type` with the `IN` operator, e.g. type:in:PAY_CALC_PROFILE,ACCESS_PROFILE_DEVICE.
List all UKG Ready employees List List employees the authenticated user has permission to view in UKG Ready. Returns: id, full_name, account_status, employee_id, username, external_id. Optional: ein_id, terminated. Required: cid.
Get single UKG Ready employee by ID Get Get a single UKG Ready employee by id. Returns the core employee record including id, full_name, account_status, employee_id, username, and external_id. Required: id, cid.
Create a UKG Ready employee Create Create a new employee record in UKG Ready covering core employee fields. Additional API calls are required for related data such as pay information or demographics. Returns: id. Requires a JSON request body. Required: cid.
Delete a UKG Ready employee by ID Delete Delete a UKG Ready employee by id. Deletion is restricted when the Pay Statement status is Open, Closed, or Finalized, and employees who are their own manager cannot self-delete. Returns an empty 204 response on success. Required: id, cid.

Tool catalog

358 UKG Ready tools, no code to write.

Employees, accrual balances, deductions and direct deposits are covered out of the box.

ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

HR toolbox

UKG Ready · employee records and onboarding

UKG Ready starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Payroll toolbox

UKG Ready · direct deposits and deductions

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Benefits toolbox

UKG Ready · deductions and plan changes

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

People Ops toolbox

UKG Ready · accrual balances and time off

UKG Ready starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Finance toolbox

UKG Ready · deductions and company profiles

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Operations toolbox

UKG Ready · company contacts and site profiles

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own UKG Ready toolbox.

Payroll works with direct deposits while HR handles employee records, each from a scoped toolbox.

ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
UK

UKG Ready (HR)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
UK

UKG Ready (Payroll)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
UK

UKG Ready (Benefits)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
UK

UKG Ready (People Ops)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
UK

UKG Ready (Finance)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
UK

UKG Ready (Regional Managers)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Shared connections

Share UKG Ready access without sharing the key.

One admin connects, teammates work through it, and nobody else ever sees the API key.

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]

UKG Ready Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

UKG Ready Employees Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

UKG Ready Employees List Toolbox

Audit log

Every UKG Ready change is on the record.

See who updated a deduction or direct deposit, when, and from which client.

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.

UKG Ready digest

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

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch employees

    UKG Ready

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Jake Morgan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    UKG Ready

    Queued

Workflows

A schedule starts the work, a person approves.

New UKG Ready employees are fetched weekly, grouped, drafted into a digest, approved, then posted back.

UKG Ready health

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

Live

Employees

1,284 ↓ 12%

Accrual balances

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Employees created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

HR 34%

Payroll 27%

Benefits 21%

People Ops 18%

Collections and dashboards

UKG Ready headcount numbers, refreshed without asking.

Four metrics, fourteen days of employees created and a team breakdown, computed with no model involved.

For IT and engineering

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for UKG Ready

All three can connect UKG Ready 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 UKG Ready, 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 UKG Ready tools Allow or restrict single UKG Ready 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 UKG Ready 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.

UKG Ready tools for your AI agents

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

Showing 287 of 358 UKG Ready tools here. Connect UKG Ready and call search_tools or tools/list over the MCP endpoint for the complete set.

Questions, answered

How do I connect UKG Ready to Claude?

Connect UKG Ready to Claude in two steps. In Elaichi, choose UKG Ready and paste an API key from your UKG Ready account; there is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude open Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in with your Elaichi account and UKG Ready is ready to use in Claude.

Does UKG Ready work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once UKG Ready 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 UKG Ready once and every client you use picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my UKG Ready data?

With UKG Ready connected, an agent can look up an employee, list a team's accrual balances, add or correct a deduction, update a direct deposit, and create a new employee record or company contact. It can also list company profiles and check its own employee details. Short, concrete asks such as "show Priya's PTO balance" work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting UKG Ready give the AI access to every employee's pay and personal details?

No. Each person signs in as themselves, so the AI only sees the UKG Ready employees, deductions and direct deposits that person can already see in UKG Ready. Elaichi can narrow that access further for a role, and it can never widen it beyond what UKG Ready already allows.

Can my team share one UKG Ready connection?

Yes. One administrator connects UKG Ready with the API key and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else on the team ever handles that key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log names the actual person behind every UKG Ready change.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in UKG Ready?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi work per action, so you can allow reading UKG Ready employees and accrual balances while restricting deletes or edits to direct deposits and deductions. 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 UKG Ready connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to UKG Ready through every client at once. A shared UKG Ready connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you ever want to remove UKG Ready entirely, disconnect it once in Elaichi and it disappears from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent together.

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

Yes. UKG Ready 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 UKG Ready?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use UKG Ready. 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 UKG Ready call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for UKG Ready?

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

Put UKG Ready 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