HiBob MCP Server

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June 16, 2026
The HiBob MCP Hosted MCP server with OAuth (employee level access) was released on June 2026 in a gradual rollout to customers. Refer to Use Bob MCP Server in the Bob Help Center for full usage details and tools description.

April 28 2026
The HiBob Hosted MCP server was released on April 28 and can currently be used only with a Bob service user. Access is limited to the permissions assigned to that service user. Employee-level access (with OAuth) is not supported at the moment.

Overview

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When to use this article
This article focueses on using the MCP server with service user for programmers. To use the MCP with OAuth for employee level access, which is the most common usage, refer to Use Bob MCP Server in the Bob Help Center.

This article explains how to set up the MCP server when using a service user in developer AI tools. Access can be authenticated with a Bob service user, and everything the AI tool can see or do is limited to the permissions assigned to that service user.

Using service user with the MCP server

Requires an MCP client that supports connecting to a remote server via URL and header.
Permissions-based access: The assistant can only access and act on the data that the Bob service user is allowed to access. See API service users.

Supported developer tools

To connect your developer tool, you need to provide the following details to your AI agent:

MCP Server URL: see Add the HiBob MCP connector to your AI client (IT manager) in the help center.
Replace YOUR_ENCODED_TOKEN in the following examples with the encoded authorization token.
To test with HiBob's Sandbox, replace the url with the Sandbox URL as listed in the parameters table above.
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Tip: You can use the Try it! option in the developer docs endpoints generate the encoded header. See use the Try it! option.

Setup examples (supported developer tools)

Cursor with service user

In Cursor, add the server under mcpServers:

"mcpServers": {
    "hibob": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.hibob.com/mcp/public",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Basic <YOUR_ENCODED_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code with service user

  "mcpServers": {
      "hibob": {
        "type": "http",
        "url": "https://mcp.hibob.com/mcp/public",
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Basic <YOUR_ENCODED_TOKEN>"
        }
      }
    }
  }

Claude Desktop with service user

Use mcp-remote as a bridge

"mcpServers": {
    "hibob": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y", "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.hibob.com/mcp/public",
        "--header", "Authorization: Basic <YOUR_ENCODED_TOKEN>"
      ]
    }
  }

VSCode with service user

Add to mcp.json file and activate:

"hibob-mcp-server-demo": {
    "url": "https://mcp.hibob.com/mcp/public",
    "type": "http",
    "headers": {
    	"Authorization": "Basic <YOUR_ENCODED_TOKEN>"
     }
   }

Available Bob MCP tools

Bob MCP gives supported AI clients access to a curated set of Bob tools. The available tools depend on your Bob permissions.

To learn more, see What you can do with Bob MCP in the Bob Help Center.