jake/rippling-mcp-2026-complete

Jake Shore 86734e67e5 Rebrand MCPEngine → MCPEngage + add HR/IT-specific content and OAuth details

2026-02-02 06:58:44 -05:00

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🚀 Rippling MCP Server — 2026 Complete Version

💡 What This Unlocks

This MCP server gives AI direct access to your entire Rippling workspace. Instead of clicking through interfaces, you just tell it what you need.

🎯 HR & IT Power Moves with Rippling

The AI can directly control your Rippling account with natural language:

New Hire Provisioning — "Get all employees starting next week, list their assigned devices, check which apps they need access to, and generate IT setup checklists"
Payroll Intelligence — "Pull payroll summary for Q1 2026, group by department, identify outliers, and flag any employees with missing tax documents"
Device Audit — "List all MacBooks assigned in the last 6 months, show which employees have them, check for missing devices, and generate a replacement schedule"
Org Structure Analysis — "Map all departments, teams, and job levels — identify gaps in the reporting structure and suggest reorganization opportunities"
Leave Management — "Show all approved leave requests for December, calculate coverage gaps by team, and identify who's available for on-call"

🔗 The Real Power: Combining Tools

AI can chain multiple Rippling operations together:

Query employees → Check device assignments → Provision missing apps
Pull leave requests → Cross-reference team coverage → Alert managers
Get payroll data → Match with performance levels → Generate compensation analysis

📦 What's Inside

12 API tools covering Rippling HR and IT operations:

list_employees — All employees with employment details and status
get_employee — Detailed employee profile with manager and personal info
list_departments — Department hierarchy and structure
list_teams — Cross-functional teams and groups
get_payroll — Payroll runs and compensation data
list_devices — IT-managed devices (laptops, phones, tablets)
list_apps — Integrated applications and provisioning status
get_company — Company information and settings
list_groups — Custom groups for access control
list_levels — Job levels and career ladders
list_work_locations — Office locations and remote sites
get_leave_requests — PTO and leave requests with status

All with proper error handling, OAuth authentication, and TypeScript types.

🚀 Quick Start

Option 1: Claude Desktop (Local)

Clone and build:

git clone https://github.com/BusyBee3333/Rippling-MCP-2026-Complete.git
cd rippling-mcp-2026-complete
npm install
npm run build

Get your Rippling API credentials:
- Log into Rippling → Settings → Integrations → API
- Create OAuth application or generate API token
- Copy your API key/OAuth token

Configure Claude Desktop:

On macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

On Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rippling": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/rippling-mcp-2026-complete/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "RIPPLING_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop

Option 2: Deploy to Railway

Click the button above
Set RIPPLING_API_KEY in Railway dashboard
Use the Railway URL as your MCP server endpoint

Option 3: Docker

docker build -t rippling-mcp .
docker run -p 3000:3000 \
  -e RIPPLING_API_KEY=your-key \
  rippling-mcp

🔐 Authentication

Rippling uses OAuth 2.0 or API Token authentication.

Get your API credentials:

Rippling → Settings → Integrations → API
Create OAuth app or generate API token
Configure required scopes:
- employees:read — Employee data access
- payroll:read — Payroll data (optional)
- devices:read — Device management (optional)
- apps:read — App provisioning (optional)

API Documentation: https://developer.rippling.com/docs/rippling-api/

The MCP server handles OAuth token refresh automatically.

🎯 Example Prompts

Once connected to Claude, you can use natural language. HR/IT-specific examples:

"Show me all active employees in engineering with their device assignments"
"Get pending leave requests for January and check team coverage"
"List all departments and their headcount"
"Pull payroll data for Q4 2025 filtered by department"
"Show me all MacBooks assigned to the product team"
"Get company info and list all work locations"
"Find employees at IC3 level or higher in San Francisco"
"List all apps integrated with Rippling and who has access"

🛠️ Development

Prerequisites

Node.js 18+
npm or yarn
Rippling account with API access

Setup

git clone https://github.com/BusyBee3333/Rippling-MCP-2026-Complete.git
cd rippling-mcp-2026-complete
npm install
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your Rippling credentials
npm run build
npm start

Testing

npm test                  # Run all tests
npm run test:watch        # Watch mode
npm run test:coverage     # Coverage report

🐛 Troubleshooting

"Authentication failed"

Verify your API key/OAuth token is correct
Check that your OAuth scopes include required permissions
Ensure your API key hasn't expired (OAuth tokens expire)

"Tools not appearing in Claude"

Restart Claude Desktop after updating config
Check that the path in claude_desktop_config.json is absolute
Verify the build completed successfully (dist/index.js exists)

"Insufficient permissions"

Review your OAuth scopes in Rippling settings
Ensure your API token has read access to required resources

📖 Resources

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please:

Fork the repo
Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-tool)
Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing tool')
Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-tool)
Open a Pull Request

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details

🙏 Credits

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