Shiftbase MCP by usefulapi
io.usefulapi/shiftbase · v1.2.1
Read Shiftbase rosters, timesheets, absences and availability; schedule shifts and review absences.
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Reachable, 22 tools, protocol 2025-06-18 · checked 2026-10-17
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B 88/100
What it does: 22 tools · 18 read, 4 write (incl. delete/pay) · Messaging
Test call shiftbase_get_account: needs a key: HTTP 401 (1,005 ms)
How the rating is made
- Answers without login: +30
- Speed of first answer: +10
- Lists tools: +10
- Tool descriptions: +15
- Parameter descriptions: +10
- Read/write annotations: +5
- Safe test call: +8
- More than 80 tools: 0
Tested 2026-10-17. Fixed rules, no AI model. Grade A needs a successful real call.
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https://shiftbase.usefulapi.io/mcpTools
22 tools listed at last check
shiftbase_get_accountThe Shiftbase account this API key belongs to: company, country, time zone, working-day start/end, plan facts. GET /accounts.shiftbase_list_usersList employees (users) with their teams and departments, contact details, employee number, start/end dates and plus-min hours balance. Use it to map user ids in schedules, timesheets and absences to names. Identity, bank and birth data are never returned. GET /users.shiftbase_get_userOne employee by user id or email address, with teams and departments. GET /users/{identifier}.shiftbase_list_departmentsList departments (sites/branches that own teams, shifts and schedules) with address and timesheet/clocking settings. GET /departments.shiftbase_list_teamsList teams (the rows of the schedule within a department), optionally for one department. GET /teams.shiftbase_list_locationsList active locations (addresses that group departments). GET /locations.shiftbase_list_shift_typesList shift types (the templates a scheduled shift uses: name, short name, default start/end time and break), optionally for one department. Their ids are the shift_id for shiftbase_create_roster. GET /shifts.shiftbase_list_rostersList the schedule (rosters = shifts assigned to employees) for a date range of at most 62 days: date, start/end time, break, employee, team, shift type, department, published state, hours and cost. Each item's occurrence_id identifies it for shiftbase_get_roster and shiftbase_update_roster. GET /rosshiftbase_get_rosterOne scheduled shift by its occurrence_id, with the employee, shift type, team and who created/changed it. GET /rosters/{occurrenceId}.shiftbase_list_open_shiftsList open (unassigned) shifts that employees can pick up, for a date range of at most 62 days (default: today). Needs the Basic plan or higher. GET /open_shifts.shiftbase_get_availabilityEmployee availability (available / unavailable, all day or from a time) for a date range of at most 62 days, from Shiftbase's availability report. Needs the Basic plan and the "View reports" permission. POST /reports/availability (export json; reads only).shiftbase_list_timesheetsList timesheets (worked hours: clock in/out, breaks, total, status Approved/Declined/Pending, wage and surcharges) for a date range of at most 62 days. GET /timesheets.shiftbase_get_timesheetOne timesheet by id, with its clocked breaks. GET /timesheets/{timesheetId}.shiftbase_list_clocked_inWho is clocked in right now: employee, since when, their scheduled shift, team, department and location. GET /timesheets/clock.shiftbase_list_absencesList absences (leave, sick leave, other time off) overlapping a date range of at most 366 days: employee, absence type, start/end date, hours or days, status Approved/Declined/Pending and who reviewed it. Needs the Basic plan. GET /absentees.shiftbase_get_absenceOne absence by id, with the per-day hours and who reviewed it. GET /absentees/{absenteeId}.shiftbase_list_absence_typesList absence types (e.g. Holiday, Sick, Unpaid leave): name, unit (hours or days), whether it costs leave hours, colour. Their ids are the absence_type_id for absences. GET /absentee_options.shiftbase_get_expected_absence_hoursHow many hours an absence would cost for an employee, per day and in total (from the schedule or the contract, per the absence policy), for a period of at most 366 days. Changes nothing. POST /absentees/expected.shiftbase_create_rosterWRITE: put one employee on the schedule for one date (a single, non-recurring shift) in a team, with a shift type, start/end time and break. The employee is notified only when notify is true. POST /rosters.shiftbase_update_rosterWRITE: change a scheduled shift: move it to another date, time, employee, team or shift type, or change its break or note. Reads the shift first and sends it back with your changes. For a recurring shift, scope says what changes: "occurrence" (this date only), "sequence" (this date and all later oneshiftbase_request_absenceWRITE: add an absence (leave/time-off request) for an employee. By default it is a Pending request for a manager to review; status Approved books it directly (needs the approve-absence permission). The hours per day come from Shiftbase's own expected-hours calculation (the same as shiftbase_get_expeshiftbase_review_absenceWRITE: approve or decline an absence request. Reads the absence first and sends it back unchanged except for the status (needs the approve-absence permission). PUT /absentees/{absenteeId}.
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