HiBob MCP: Connect HiBob (Bob) to Claude
Yes. Add the Carly connector to Claude, connect HiBob, and you can set up triggers right from the chat: when something happens in Bob, do that. “When a new hire is added in Bob, email their manager the first-week plan and book their onboarding sessions.” You type it once in Claude. Carly does it for every hire, whether Claude is open or not.
Where Claude and HiBob fall short today
HiBob runs its own MCP server, and it reads people, time off and onboarding tasks within your Bob permissions. Here’s where people get stuck:
- It’s still in beta. HiBob launched it in April 2026 using a service-user token.
- The sign-in changed mid-year. A June 30 release added OAuth sign-in with each person’s own access, rolling out gradually, and the setup docs moved to the Bob Help Center. Many guides still show the old service-user setup.
- It’s not in Claude’s directory. There’s no one-click HiBob connector, so you add the server yourself.
- It only works while you chat. A new hire added on Friday doesn’t get a welcome email or a laptop request until someone opens Claude and asks.
How Carly fixes it
- Set up once. Add the Carly connector, connect HiBob in Carly with a Bob service user, done.
- Triggers on HR events. When someone is hired, requests time off or hits an anniversary, Carly acts that moment.
- It does the follow-through. Carly emails managers from your own Gmail or Outlook, books onboarding on everyone’s calendar and opens the IT tickets.
- Thousands of apps. Carly connects Bob to thousands of apps, including Slack, Jira and Google Workspace.
How to connect HiBob to Claude
- Add Carly to Claude. Click Get the Carly connector, then Connect, and sign in.
- Connect HiBob in Carly. Create a service user in Bob under Settings › Integrations › Service Users and give it the permissions you want. In Carly, go to Integrations → Connect an API and connect HiBob there.
- Tell Claude what should happen, and when. Carly sets up the workflow and runs it from then on.
Triggers you can set up from Claude
Type these into Claude. Each one becomes a trigger that runs in the cloud, whether or not you’re in the chat:
- “When a new hire is added in Bob, email their manager the first-week plan and book their onboarding sessions.”
- “When a time-off request is approved, block it on the team calendar and tell the manager in Slack.”
- “A week before someone’s start date, open an IT ticket for their laptop and accounts.”
- “On each work anniversary, post a congratulations in #team.”
- “Every Monday, email managers who on their team is out this week.”
Steps that don’t need AI run as free Zapier-style workflows.
Ask Claude about your team
- “Who’s out next week across engineering?”
- “How much time off does Emily have left?”
- “List everyone who started this quarter and their managers.”
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FAQ
Does HiBob have an MCP server?
Yes, in beta. It started with service-user tokens in April 2026 and added OAuth sign-in on June 30, rolling out gradually. Add the Carly connector and connect HiBob to Carly, and Claude can also act on Bob events on its own.
Can Claude run onboarding when someone is hired in Bob?
Yes, through Carly. Tell Claude what should happen for every new hire, and Carly does it as soon as they’re added in Bob.
Is HiBob in Claude’s connector directory?
No. You add HiBob’s MCP server yourself, or reach Bob through the Carly connector.
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