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Workday for VS Code

io.github.mindstone/mcp-server-workday

Workday HCM MCP server for Model Context Protocol hosts — workers, profiles, organizations

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Workday in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "workday-host",
      "description": "WORKDAY_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "workday-tenant",
      "description": "WORKDAY_TENANT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "workday-client-id",
      "description": "WORKDAY_CLIENT_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "workday-client-secret",
      "description": "WORKDAY_CLIENT_SECRET",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "workday-refresh-token",
      "description": "WORKDAY_REFRESH_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "workday-recruiting-api-version",
      "description": "WORKDAY_RECRUITING_API_VERSION",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-server-workday": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-workday"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WORKDAY_HOST": "${input:workday-host}",
        "WORKDAY_TENANT": "${input:workday-tenant}",
        "WORKDAY_CLIENT_ID": "${input:workday-client-id}",
        "WORKDAY_CLIENT_SECRET": "${input:workday-client-secret}",
        "WORKDAY_REFRESH_TOKEN": "${input:workday-refresh-token}",
        "WORKDAY_RECRUITING_API_VERSION": "${input:workday-recruiting-api-version}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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