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CharlieHR MCP by usefulapi

Read CharlieHR team members, leave, allowances, offices, teams and salaries; add team member notes.

Checks passed
14 / 22

0 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
174 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
27

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Outdated check

Last connection measurement is over 24 hours old. Current availability is unknown.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
400
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
402

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 174 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name charliehr-mcp.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 27 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-11-25. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 174 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 174 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Pass
    Parameters documented

    57 of 57 parameters have a description (100%). The bar is 80%.

  • Pass
    Safety hints

    Every tool sets readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Pass
    Website matches publisher

    The website host matches the reverse-domain namespace.

  • Pass
    Source repo linked

    A repository URL is on file.

  • Not measured
    Repo owner matches

    This namespace is not an io.github login, so the owner comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-11-10T23:34:06.808307Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    The GitHub licence lookup has not returned an OSI result yet.

Start using CharlieHR MCP by usefulapi

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http charliehr-mcp-by-usefulapi https://charliehr.usefulapi.io/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 27

charliehr_create_team_member_note

WRITE: add a custom note (a value for one note type, e.g. an employee number) to a team member in Charlie. It is created immediately and visible to whoever the note type's permissions allow. Use charliehr_list_team_member_note_types for the note type id. POST /team_members/{id}/notes.

Discovered
charliehr_get_company

The Charlie company the API keys belong to: id, name, subdomain and logo. GET /company.

Discovered
charliehr_get_leave_request

One leave request by id. GET /leave_requests/{id}.

Discovered
charliehr_get_leave_type

One leave type by id. GET /leave_types/{id}.

Discovered
charliehr_get_office

One office by id. GET /offices/{id}.

Discovered
charliehr_get_team

One team by id, with the ids of its team members. GET /teams/{id}.

Discovered
charliehr_get_team_member

One team member by id with the full profile (contact details, address, office, manager, teams, dates, employment status, job title, notes). Sensitive fields included: date_of_birth, gender, married, personal email, phone, home address and notes. National Insurance numbers (also inside notes), payroll id, starter declaration and student-loan flags are never returned. GET /team_members/{id}.

Discovered
charliehr_get_team_member_leave_allowance

The current holiday allowance of one team member (allowance, used, remaining, in days and hours, with the period). GET /team_members/{id}/leave_allowance.

Discovered
charliehr_get_team_member_note_type

One note type by id. GET /team_member_note_types/{id}.

Discovered
charliehr_get_team_member_working_location

Where one team member works on a date (custom overrides win over the default assignment). Defaults to today. GET /team_members/{id}/working_location.

Discovered
charliehr_get_team_member_working_weeks

The working-week segments of one team member (which days are full_day/morning/afternoon, weekly hours, from/to dates), company defaults and custom overrides. Not paginated. GET /team_members/{id}/working_weeks.

Discovered
charliehr_list_allowance_adjustments

All holiday allowance adjustments of one team member across every leave period (description, days/hours, carryover flag, creator, period). GET /team_members/{id}/allowance_adjustments.

Discovered
charliehr_list_company_holidays

The company's holidays (bank holidays and closures): name, start/end date, duration, deductible. Optionally only those in a date window. GET /company_holidays.

Discovered
charliehr_list_leave_allowances

The current holiday allowance of every team member: allowance, used and remaining, in days and hours, with the leave period. GET /leave_allowances.

Discovered
charliehr_list_leave_requests

List leave requests of the whole company (id, team member, approver, status, request type, start/end date, amount and units, duration, details). Optionally only those in a date window. GET /leave_requests.

Discovered
charliehr_list_leave_types

The enabled leave types (Holiday, Sick...): id, name, deductible, default, auto-approved, sensitive. GET /leave_types.

Discovered
charliehr_list_non_holiday_leave_allowances

Days taken and limit for each non-holiday leave type (sick, compassionate...) of one team member. GET /team_members/{id}/non_holiday_leave_allowances.

Discovered
charliehr_list_offices

List the company's offices: id, name, whether it is the head office, address, timezone, phone and email. GET /offices.

Discovered
charliehr_list_restricted_dates

The dates on which leave is restricted (e.g. a year-end freeze): name, start/end date, duration. Optionally only those in a date window. GET /restricted_dates.

Discovered
charliehr_list_salaries

SENSITIVE: the salary records of all team members (job title, pay rate, pay period, frequency, currency, effective date, employment type). Needs API keys with access to salary data. GET /salaries.

Discovered
charliehr_list_team_member_leave_requests

The leave requests of one team member, optionally only those in a date window. GET /team_members/{id}/leave_requests.

Discovered
charliehr_list_team_member_note_types

The custom note types (fields such as Employee No. or Laptop Serial Number) with who may see them. GET /team_member_note_types.

Discovered
charliehr_list_team_member_notes

The custom notes (label and content) stored on one team member (the content of a note labelled as a National Insurance number, and NI-number-looking text, is redacted). GET /team_members/{id}/notes.

Discovered
charliehr_list_team_member_salaries

SENSITIVE: the salary history of one team member (job title, pay rate, currency, effective date). GET /team_members/{id}/salaries.

Discovered
charliehr_list_team_members

List the company's team members (employees): name, work and personal email, phone, address, office, manager, teams, job title, start date, employment status and leaving date. Sensitive fields included: date_of_birth, gender, married, personal email, phone and home address. National Insurance numbers, payroll id, starter declaration and student-loan flags are never returned. GET /team_members.

Discovered
charliehr_list_teams

List the company's teams with the ids of their team members. GET /teams.

Discovered
charliehr_list_working_locations

List the active working locations (the catalog). With a date, instead returns where each active team member works on that date. GET /working_locations.

Discovered

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Probe history

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected174 ms27