Recipes
Use these recipes as starting points for custom workflows with the HollyHR API. They are examples you run in your own tools, not native first-party integrations.
Most recipes pull data out of HollyHR. Webhook recipes receive signed event
deliveries from HollyHR, and the people setup recipe demonstrates the safe
write surface. MCP write recipes are preparation-first: Free remains read-only,
while Standard and higher plans can use governed writes after a System Admin
explicitly grants mcp:write and the underlying write scope. Every MCP action
still requires the server-authored human confirmation flow. None of these
examples import spreadsheets, approve requests, or expose sensitive
personal/payroll fields.
Available recipes
- GitHub Actions recipes
- MCP smoke test
- Safe MCP leave booking
- People sync
- Expense and spend tools
- Test the SDK from source
- Slack who's away digest
- Google Sheets export
- Receive webhooks in Node
- Create a person and receive a webhook
- Webhook listener and payroll references
- Payroll readiness export
For non-technical team visibility, HollyHR also includes built-in calendar feeds from the Who's Away page. Those calendar feeds do not require the public API.