Use Gusto from Claude Code
Bring Gusto context into engineering work while Type keeps app access attached to the teammate and workspace.
AI agent integrationGusto
Gusto integration for multiplayer collaboration with AI agents using Claude Code or Codex
One governed connection your whole team and its AI agents can share, with approved actions and human review, so working in Gusto never means pasting credentials into a prompt.
CategoryHR & Recruiting
Automate Gusto with Codex
Let coding agents ask for the right app action, preserve conversation context, and keep humans in the approval loop.
Connect open agent workflows
Use Type as the collaboration layer around OpenClaw and other LLM workflows that need app access.
HR & Recruiting
What the Gusto integration exposes
Modern payroll, benefits, and HR management platform for small and medium businesses
One connection, many teammates
Connect Gusto once, then decide which teammates can use it for threads, automations, skills, and coding work.
Representative actions
- Add Employees to Holiday Pay Policy
Tool to add employees to a company's holiday pay policy in Gusto. Use when you need to add one or more employees to the holiday pay policy scope.
- Add Employees to Time Off Policy
Tool to add employees to a time off policy in Gusto. Use when you need to assign employees to an existing vacation or sick leave policy. Employees must have at least one job to be added. Accepts starting balances for non-unlimited policies.
- Add People to Department
Tool to add employees and contractors to a department in Gusto. Use when you need to assign people to a specific department for organizational structure.
- Assign Pay Schedules
Tool to assign employees to pay schedules in Gusto. Use when you need to set up or update which pay schedule employees follow. For single assignments, provide default_pay_schedule_uuid. For by_employee or by_department assignments, use partial_assignment=true for partial updates or false for full assignments.
- Calculate Accruing Time Off Hours
Tool to calculate accruing time off hours for an employee based on hours worked and used in a pay period. Returns a list of accrued hours for each time off policy associated with the employee, factoring in the policy's accrual method (per hour worked, per hour paid, with/without overtime).
Connection
API and auth details
Gusto provides developer APIs for payroll, HR, benefits, company, employee, contractor, and embedded payroll workflows. Integrations can support app marketplace connections, payroll administration, employee lifecycle data, benefits enrollment data, time-off-adjacent workflows, and partner onboarding using OAuth and Gusto developer credentials.
- Source
- Type catalog metadata
- Auth schemes
- OAuth
- API docs
- https://docs.gusto.com/
- API reference
- https://docs.gusto.com/app-integrations/reference/
- Official site
- https://gusto.com/
FAQ
Questions people ask before connecting Gusto
Can Claude Code use Gusto?
Yes. Type lets an AI teammate use connected Gusto actions from a governed workspace context, so Claude Code work can reference the app without copying credentials into a local prompt.
Can Codex work with Gusto through Type?
Yes. Codex can collaborate through Type with app context, skills, and approved actions. The Gusto catalog entry includes public integration details and example capabilities where available.
Is this the same as a Gusto MCP server?
Type exposes connected app capabilities to AI teammates and coding agents through Type's integration layer. Teams use it when they want shared app access, human review, and teammate-level permissions around agent work.
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