Connecting PayHero to Claude lets you get answers about your payroll just by asking its AI assistant. You can check how much leave an employee has left, see who's on leave next week, or pull pay totals for a period, all without opening a report or exporting data.
The integration gives Claude read-only access to a set of tools covering employee details, leave balances, pay summaries, and hours worked, and it can only see data you'd already have access to as an admin in PayHero. Claude reads data on request via our MCP server to answer each question; it doesn't copy or sync your PayHero database.
To connect your PayHero company, you'll need:
A Claude account
Admin access to the PayHero company you want to connect
The PayHero company to be on the Universe plan
Connecting PayHero to Claude
In Claude, open the Connectors page from your settings and search for PayHero in the connectors directory. Click the + to add it to your available connectors.
Once added, click Connect next to the PayHero connector.
You'll be redirected to the PayHero login page, where you can log in with your admin credentials. After logging in, you'll be prompted to select the PayHero company you'd like to connect from the list of companies your login has access to.
Review the tools the connector requests access to and click Allow to complete the connection.
Back in Claude, you can open the PayHero connector settings at any time to enable or disable individual tools.
NB: If your Claude account is part of an organisation, your Claude admin may need to add the PayHero connector for your organisation before you can add it yourself.
Tools
Once connected, you can choose which tools Claude has access to. Each tool covers a different area of your PayHero data, and you can enable or disable them at any time from the connector settings.
Employee Profile - Roster and employment details, such as name, role, team, status, pay cycle, and standard hours.
Leave Balances - Current annual, sick, and alternative leave available per employee.
Pay Summary - Pay totals over a date range from finalised pays, grouped by employee or period.
Leave - Leave requests with their dates and status (approved, declined, or pending).
Leave Summary - Totals of leave taken over a date range.
Hours Summary - Worked hours over a date range.
Asking Questions
With your PayHero company connected and tools enabled, you can ask Claude questions in chat and it will pull the relevant information from PayHero to answer.
For example, you might ask "How much annual leave does Sarah have left in PayHero?" and Claude will use the Leave Balances tool to look up the answer and respond in chat.
FAQs
Can PayHero's MCP server be used with other AI tools?
Can PayHero's MCP server be used with other AI tools?
At the moment, the PayHero MCP server is only available through Claude.
Can I connect multiple PayHero companies at the same time?
Can I connect multiple PayHero companies at the same time?
You can only connect one PayHero company to Claude at a time. If you need to switch to a different company, disconnect the current one from the Claude connector settings and reconnect using the login for the other company.
What can Claude access in PayHero?
What can Claude access in PayHero?
The connector is read-only, so Claude can look information up but can't create, change or delete anything in PayHero. It's limited to six tools: employee profile (name, role, team, status, pay cycle, standard hours), leave balances, leave requests, leave taken, pay totals, and hours worked. It can't reach details like bank accounts, tax details or right-to-work documents. You choose which tools to switch on, can switch any off at any time, and can set each one so Claude has to ask your approval before it uses it. Nothing is accessible until someone with admin access connects it.
Is my payroll data sent to Anthropic?
Is my payroll data sent to Anthropic?
Yes. When you ask Claude a question about your payroll, PayHero sends just the data needed to answer it, and Anthropic processes it on their end. Nothing is sent unless you've connected the integration and asked a question. Your PayHero data itself stays in our secure environment. How the data Claude receives is then processed, stored and retained depends on your Claude plan and settings - Anthropic publish the current detail, including their security standards and certifications, in their privacy centre at privacy.claude.com.
Can I control how Anthropic uses my data?
Can I control how Anthropic uses my data?
Yes. Because you connect with your own Claude account, how your data is retained and whether it's used to improve Anthropic's models is set in your Claude account settings, not by PayHero. You can review and change these at any time - Anthropic's privacy centre explains how.