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workday mcp for VS Code

io.github.chrischall/workday-mcp

Read-only Workday for Claude — fetch tasks, pay, benefits via your signed-in session

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Install workday mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "workday-tenant",
      "description": "WORKDAY_TENANT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "workday-host",
      "description": "WORKDAY_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "workday-ws-port",
      "description": "WORKDAY_WS_PORT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "workday-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "workday-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WORKDAY_TENANT": "${input:workday-tenant}",
        "WORKDAY_HOST": "${input:workday-host}",
        "WORKDAY_WS_PORT": "${input:workday-ws-port}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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