Workday Skill

Manage enterprise HR with Workday's cloud-based human capital management system.

Quick Install

curl -sSL https://canifi.com/skills/workday/install.sh | bash

Or manually:

cp -r skills/workday ~/.canifi/skills/

Setup

Configure via canifi-env:

# First, ensure canifi-env is installed:
# curl -sSL https://canifi.com/install.sh | bash

canifi-env set WORKDAY_TENANT "your_tenant"
canifi-env set WORKDAY_CLIENT_ID "your_client_id"
canifi-env set WORKDAY_CLIENT_SECRET "your_client_secret"
canifi-env set WORKDAY_REFRESH_TOKEN "your_refresh_token"

Privacy & Authentication

Your credentials, your choice. Canifi LifeOS respects your privacy.

Option 1: Manual Browser Login (Recommended)

If you prefer not to share credentials with Claude Code:

1. Complete the Browser Automation Setup using CDP mode
2. Login to the service manually in the Playwright-controlled Chrome window
3. Claude will use your authenticated session without ever seeing your password

Option 2: Environment Variables

If you're comfortable sharing credentials, you can store them locally:

canifi-env set SERVICE_EMAIL "your-email"
canifi-env set SERVICE_PASSWORD "your-password"

Note: Credentials stored in canifi-env are only accessible locally on your machine and are never transmitted.

Capabilities

1. Employee Records: Manage employee data and profiles
2. Recruiting: Post jobs and manage candidates
3. Time Tracking: Track time and attendance
4. Benefits: Manage employee benefits enrollment
5. Reporting: Generate HR reports and analytics

Usage Examples

Find Employee

User: "Find employee John Smith in Workday"
Assistant: Returns employee profile

View Time Off

User: "Show my team's time off requests"
Assistant: Returns pending time off requests

Run Report

User: "Generate a headcount report for Q1"
Assistant: Runs report and returns results

Update Record

User: "Update the address for employee #12345"
Assistant: Updates employee record

Authentication Flow

1. Register API client in Workday
2. Get client credentials and refresh token
3. Use OAuth 2.0 for authentication
4. Tenant-specific endpoints

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Solution
401 Unauthorized	Token expired	Refresh access token
403 Forbidden	No access	Check security group
404 Not Found	Resource not found	Verify worker ID
429 Rate Limited	Too many requests	Wait and retry

Notes

• Enterprise HCM platform
• Unified HR, payroll, finance
• Complex implementation
• Extensive customization
• Industry-specific solutions
• Premium enterprise pricing