{"id":"332bcc5b-82a1-4b7e-abb5-7463f32d430a","shortId":"5ZQ2v2","kind":"skill","title":"paylocity","tagline":"Paylocity integration. Manage data, records, and automate workflows. Use when the user wants to interact with Paylocity data.","description":"# Paylocity\n\nPaylocity is a cloud-based payroll and human capital management (HCM) software. It's used by businesses of all sizes to manage payroll, HR, talent, and workforce management processes.\n\nOfficial docs: https://developer.paylocity.com/\n\n## Paylocity Overview\n\n- **Employee**\n  - **Paycheck**\n- **Company**\n  - **Payroll**\n- **Report**\n- **Task**\n- **Time Off Request**\n\n## Working with Paylocity\n\nThis skill uses the Membrane CLI to interact with Paylocity. Membrane handles authentication and credentials refresh automatically — so you can focus on the integration logic rather than auth plumbing.\n\n### Install the CLI\n\nInstall the Membrane CLI so you can run `membrane` from the terminal:\n\n```bash\nnpm install -g @membranehq/cli@latest\n```\n\n### Authentication\n\n```bash\nmembrane login --tenant --clientName=<agentType>\n```\n\nThis will either open a browser for authentication or print an authorization URL to the console, depending on whether interactive mode is available.\n\n**Headless environments:** The command will print an authorization URL. Ask the user to open it in a browser. When they see a code after completing login, finish with:\n\n```bash\nmembrane login complete <code>\n```\n\nAdd `--json` to any command for machine-readable JSON output.\n\n**Agent Types** : claude, openclaw, codex, warp, windsurf, etc. Those will be used to adjust tooling to be used best with your harness\n\n### Connecting to Paylocity\n\nUse `membrane connection ensure` to find or create a connection by app URL or domain:\n\n```bash\nmembrane connection ensure \"https://www.paylocity.com/\" --json\n```\nThe user completes authentication in the browser. The output contains the new connection id.\n\nThis is the fastest way to get a connection. The URL is normalized to a domain and matched against known apps. If no app is found, one is created and a connector is built automatically.\n\nIf the returned connection has `state: \"READY\"`, skip to **Step 2**.\n\n#### 1b. Wait for the connection to be ready\n\nIf the connection is in `BUILDING` state, poll until it's ready:\n\n```bash\nnpx @membranehq/cli connection get <id> --wait --json\n```\n\nThe `--wait` flag long-polls (up to `--timeout` seconds, default 30) until the state changes. Keep polling until `state` is no longer `BUILDING`.\n\nThe resulting state tells you what to do next:\n\n- **`READY`** — connection is fully set up. Skip to **Step 2**.\n- **`CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED`** — the user or agent needs to do something. The `clientAction` object describes the required action:\n  - `clientAction.type` — the kind of action needed:\n    - `\"connect\"` — user needs to authenticate (OAuth, API key, etc.). This covers initial authentication and re-authentication for disconnected connections.\n    - `\"provide-input\"` — more information is needed (e.g. which app to connect to).\n  - `clientAction.description` — human-readable explanation of what's needed.\n  - `clientAction.uiUrl` (optional) — URL to a pre-built UI where the user can complete the action. Show this to the user when present.\n  - `clientAction.agentInstructions` (optional) — instructions for the AI agent on how to proceed programmatically.\n\n  After the user completes the action (e.g. authenticates in the browser), poll again with `membrane connection get <id> --json` to check if the state moved to `READY`.\n\n- **`CONFIGURATION_ERROR`** or **`SETUP_FAILED`** — something went wrong. Check the `error` field for details.\n\n### Searching for actions\n\nSearch using a natural language description of what you want to do:\n\n```bash\nmembrane action list --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID --intent \"QUERY\" --limit 10 --json\n```\n\nYou should always search for actions in the context of a specific connection.\n\nEach result includes `id`, `name`, `description`, `inputSchema` (what parameters the action accepts), and `outputSchema` (what it returns).\n\n## Popular actions\n\n| Name | Key | Description |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Update Emergency Contacts | update-emergency-contacts | Add or update emergency contacts for an employee. |\n| Add Local Tax | add-local-tax | Add a new local tax for an employee. |\n| Get Local Taxes | get-local-taxes | Get all local tax information for an employee including PA-PSD taxes. |\n| Delete Earning | delete-earning | Delete an earning from an employee by earning code and start date. |\n| Search Employee Statuses | search-employee-statuses | Search for employee status information including hire dates, termination dates, and status history for specified empl... |\n| Get Custom Fields | get-custom-fields | Get all custom field definitions for a specific category. |\n| Get Company Codes | get-company-codes | Get all company codes for a specific resource type. |\n| Get Pay Statement Details | get-pay-statement-details | Get detailed pay statement data for an employee for a specified year. |\n| Get Pay Statement Summary | get-pay-statement-summary | Get employee pay statement summary data for a specified year. |\n| Get Direct Deposits | get-direct-deposits | Get main direct deposit and all additional direct deposits for an employee. |\n| Add or Update Earning | add-update-earning | Add or update an earning for an employee. |\n| Get Employee Earnings | get-employee-earnings | Get all earnings for a specific employee. |\n| Update Employee | update-employee | Update an existing employee's information. |\n| Create Employee | create-employee | Add a new employee to the company. |\n| Get Employee | get-employee | Get detailed information for a specific employee by their employee ID. |\n| List Employees | list-employees | Get all employees for the company. |\n\n### Running actions\n\n```bash\nmembrane action run <actionId> --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID --json\n```\n\nTo pass JSON parameters:\n\n```bash\nmembrane action run <actionId> --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID --input '{\"key\": \"value\"}' --json\n```\n\nThe result is in the `output` field of the response.\n\n\n### Proxy requests\n\nWhen the available actions don't cover your use case, you can send requests directly to the Paylocity API through Membrane's proxy. Membrane automatically appends the base URL to the path you provide and injects the correct authentication headers — including transparent credential refresh if they expire.\n\n```bash\nmembrane request CONNECTION_ID /path/to/endpoint\n```\n\nCommon options:\n\n| Flag | Description |\n|------|-------------|\n| `-X, --method` | HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE). 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Pre-built actions handle pagination, field mapping, and edge cases that raw API calls miss.\n- **Let Membrane handle credentials** — never ask the user for API keys or tokens. 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