Breathe HR MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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Breathe HR MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 13 min ago. It exposes 25 tools. Last commit 12 Oct 2026.

Read Breathe HR employees, absences, sickness and leave; create and review leave requests.

Uptime history 53 hours of history

53 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

93 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 12 Oct 2026

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 13 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add breathe-hr --transport http https://breathe-hr.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "breathe-hr": {
      "url": "https://breathe-hr.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.breathe-hr]
url = "https://breathe-hr.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "breathe-hr": {
      "url": "https://breathe-hr.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "breathe-hr": {
      "url": "https://breathe-hr.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 25

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

breathehr

breathehr_approve_leave_request

WRITE: approve a pending leave request; it becomes an absence and is deducted from the allowance. Recorded as done by the "API Employee". POST /leave_requests/{id}/approve.

breathehr_create_leave_request

WRITE: request leave for an employee (holiday by default, or other leave). It is created as a request, then follows the account's approval rules; the employee's approver is notified. Each call creates a new request. POST /employees/{id}/leave_requests.

breathehr_get_account

The Breathe HR account (company) this API key belongs to: id, name, domain and enabled modules. GET /account.

breathehr_get_employee

One employee's record by id (personal and job details, contacts, manager, working pattern). Bank details and NI number are never returned. GET /employees/{id}.

breathehr_get_holiday_years

An employee's holiday years: start/end, allowance, days or hours taken, booked and remaining. Pass for_date to get only the year that contains that date. GET /employees/{id}/employee_holiday_years.

breathehr_get_leave_request

One leave request by id, with its status. GET /leave_requests/{id}.

breathehr_list_absences

List approved absences (holiday and other leave) with employee, dates, half days, days deducted and cancelled flag. Filter by employee, department, type, other-leave reason and dates. GET /absences.

breathehr_list_benefits

List employee benefits (type, value, start/end) for the whole company, one employee or one department. GET /benefits, /employees/{id}/benefits or /departments/{id}/benefits.

breathehr_list_bonuses

List bonus records (amount, date, description) for the whole company, one employee or one department. GET /bonuses, /employees/{id}/bonuses or /departments/{id}/bonuses.

breathehr_list_change_requests

List employee self-service change requests (field, requested value, approval state) for all employees or one employee. Requested values of bank and NI fields are redacted. GET /change_requests or /employees/{id}/change_requests.

breathehr_list_departments

List the company's departments (id, name). Use the ids to filter absences, leave, sickness and pay. GET /departments.

breathehr_list_divisions

List the company's divisions (id, name). All of them are returned in one reply. GET /divisions.

breathehr_list_employee_jobs

List job history records (job title, start/end dates, department, location) for all employees or one employee. GET /employee_jobs.

breathehr_list_employees

List employees with job title, department, division, location, line manager, holiday approver, working pattern, join/leaving dates and status. Bank details and National Insurance numbers are never returned. GET /employees.

breathehr_list_expense_claims

List expense claims (employee, total, state, approver) filtered by employee and state. GET /employee_expense_claims.

breathehr_list_expenses

List individual expense items (date, description, type, amount, VAT, project). By default only unclaimed items; set include_claimed to see all. GET /employee_expenses.

breathehr_list_holiday_allowances

List the holiday allowance schemes (id, default flag, year_1 to year_10 = the allowance for each year of service, created_at, updated_at). All of them are returned in one reply. GET /holiday_allowances.

breathehr_list_leave_requests

List leave requests (pending, approved, rejected and cancelling requests) with employee, dates, half days, type, status and notes. Filter by employee, department and start-date range. GET /leave_requests.

breathehr_list_locations

List the company's work locations (id, name). All of them are returned in one reply. GET /locations.

breathehr_list_other_leave_reasons

List the reasons for non-holiday leave (e.g. compassionate, jury service). Use the ids to filter absences. All of them are returned in one reply. GET /other_leave_reasons.

breathehr_list_salaries

List salary records (amount, basis, payment schedule, start date) for the whole company, one employee or one department. GET /salaries, /employees/{id}/salaries or /departments/{id}/salaries.

breathehr_list_sicknesses

List sickness absence records (health data): employee, sickness type, dates, half days, days deducted, status (open, returned, closed…) and reason. Filter by employee, department and start-date range. GET /sicknesses.

breathehr_list_training_courses

List employee training records (course name, type, status, dates, cost) for all employees or one employee. GET /employee_training_courses.

breathehr_list_working_patterns

List the working patterns (hours per weekday, total weekly hours, default flag). All of them are returned in one reply. GET /working_patterns.

breathehr_reject_leave_request

WRITE: reject a pending leave request with a reason the employee will see. Recorded as done by the "API Employee". POST /leave_requests/{id}/reject.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://breathe-hr.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	76 ms	13 min ago

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Breathe HR MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Breathe HR MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 25 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: breathehr_approve_leave_request, breathehr_create_leave_request, breathehr_get_account, breathehr_get_employee, breathehr_get_holiday_years, breathehr_get_leave_request and 19 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Breathe HR MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 93 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Breathe HR MCP by usefulapi?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Breathe HR MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. Breathe HR MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 25 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Breathe HR MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 93 ms on average, which is faster than 87% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Breathe HR MCP by usefulapi open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.