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

Notes

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