Workday MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 401 installs a week from npm. Last commit 30 Oct 2026.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add workday-mcp -e 'WORKDAY_TENANT=<WORKDAY_TENANT>' -- npx -y workday-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"workday-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"workday-mcp"
],
"env": {
"WORKDAY_TENANT": "<WORKDAY_TENANT>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.workday-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "workday-mcp"]
env = { WORKDAY_TENANT = "<WORKDAY_TENANT>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"workday-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"workday-mcp"
],
"env": {
"WORKDAY_TENANT": "<WORKDAY_TENANT>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"workday-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"workday-mcp"
],
"env": {
"WORKDAY_TENANT": "<WORKDAY_TENANT>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<WORKDAY_TENANT> (Workday tenant slug, e.g. `acme` for https://wd5.myworkday.com/acme).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
WORKDAY_HOST (Workday data-center host (default wd5.myworkday.com)), WORKDAY_WS_PORT (Override the fetchproxy WebSocket port (default 37149)), WORKDAY_DEBUG (Set to 1 to log verbose request detail to stderr).
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