Workday Payroll · Agentic Access

Workday Payroll Agentic Access

x-agentic-access generated

Workday Payroll exposes 51 API operations that an AI agent could call, of which 14 are state-changing ‘acting’ operations. This is a recommended x-agentic-access execution contract — the scope, audience, consequence tier, short-lived token constraints, and escalation each action should carry before it is handed to an autonomous agent.

By consequence: 37 read, 11 write, and 3 physical.

Contracts are classified heuristically from the provider’s OpenAPI and refresh on every APIs.io network build; audience is bound per deployment. The model follows Curity’s Access Intelligence (apidays Munich 2026). Browse every provider’s agent contracts at agentic-access.apis.io.

CompensationEnterpriseHuman ResourcesPayrollSoftware-as-a-ServiceTax

Operations: 51 Acting: 14 Human-in-the-loop: 0 Method: generated

By consequence

read 37 write 11 physical 3

Highest-consequence actions

The physical and safety-critical operations an agent could invoke — the ones that most warrant scoped tokens, tight TTLs, and escalation. Full per-operation contracts are in the source below.

Method	Path	Consequence	Human-in-loop
POST	/oneTimePayments	physical	conditional
PATCH	/oneTimePayments/{paymentId}	physical	conditional
DELETE	/oneTimePayments/{paymentId}	physical	conditional

Source

Agentic Access

generated: '2026-07-15'
method: generated
source: openapi/workday-payroll-payroll-input-openapi.yml, openapi/workday-payroll-payroll-openapi.yml,
  openapi/workday-payroll-payroll-results-openapi.yml, openapi/workday-payroll-tax-openapi.yml
description: Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts, classified heuristically from
  the OpenAPI. A governance starting point for exposing this API to AI agents — review and bind
  audience per deployment. See research/curity/agentic-governance/.
summary:
  operations: 51
  by_action_class:
    connected: 37
    acting: 14
  by_consequence:
    read: 37
    physical: 3
    write: 11
  human_in_the_loop_required: 0
operations:
- path: /oneTimePayments
  method: get
  operationId: listOneTimePayments
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /oneTimePayments
  method: post
  operationId: createOneTimePayment
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /oneTimePayments/{paymentId}
  method: get
  operationId: getOneTimePayment
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /oneTimePayments/{paymentId}
  method: patch
  operationId: updateOneTimePayment
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /oneTimePayments/{paymentId}
  method: delete
  operationId: deleteOneTimePayment
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: physical
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 300
      exchange: true
      purpose-required: true
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /adjustments
  method: get
  operationId: listPayrollAdjustments
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /adjustments
  method: post
  operationId: createPayrollAdjustment
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /adjustments/{adjustmentId}
  method: get
  operationId: getPayrollAdjustment
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /supplementalEarnings
  method: get
  operationId: listSupplementalEarnings
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /supplementalEarnings
  method: post
  operationId: createSupplementalEarning
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /supplementalEarnings/{earningId}
  method: get
  operationId: getSupplementalEarning
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /supplementalEarnings/{earningId}
  method: delete
  operationId: deleteSupplementalEarning
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /inputBatches
  method: get
  operationId: listInputBatches
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /inputBatches
  method: post
  operationId: createInputBatch
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /inputBatches/{batchId}
  method: get
  operationId: getInputBatch
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /workers/{workerId}/timeOffInputs
  method: get
  operationId: listWorkerTimeOffInputs
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /workers/{workerId}/timeOffInputs
  method: post
  operationId: createWorkerTimeOffInput
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /payRuns
  method: get
  operationId: listPayRuns
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /payRuns
  method: post
  operationId: createPayRun
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /payRuns/{payRunId}
  method: get
  operationId: getPayRun
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /payRuns/{payRunId}
  method: patch
  operationId: updatePayRun
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /payRuns/{payRunId}/calculate
  method: post
  operationId: calculatePayRun
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /payRuns/{payRunId}/complete
  method: post
  operationId: completePayRun
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /payGroups
  method: get
  operationId: listPayGroups
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /payGroups/{payGroupId}
  method: get
  operationId: getPayGroup
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /payGroups/{payGroupId}/workers
  method: get
  operationId: listPayGroupWorkers
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /workers/{workerId}/payrollDetails
  method: get
  operationId: getWorkerPayrollDetails
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /workers/{workerId}/earnings
  method: get
  operationId: listWorkerEarnings
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /workers/{workerId}/deductions
  method: get
  operationId: listWorkerDeductions
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /earningCodes
  method: get
  operationId: listEarningCodes
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /deductionCodes
  method: get
  operationId: listDeductionCodes
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /workers/{workerId}/payslips
  method: get
  operationId: listWorkerPayslips
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /workers/{workerId}/payslips/{payslipId}
  method: get
  operationId: getWorkerPayslip
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /payRuns/{payRunId}/results
  method: get
  operationId: getPayRunResults
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /payRuns/{payRunId}/results/workers
  method: get
  operationId: listPayRunWorkerResults
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /payRuns/{payRunId}/results/workers/{workerId}
  method: get
  operationId: getPayRunWorkerResult
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /payRuns/{payRunId}/payments
  method: get
  operationId: listPayRunPayments
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /payments/{paymentId}
  method: get
  operationId: getPayment
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /workers/{workerId}/paymentElections
  method: get
  operationId: listWorkerPaymentElections
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /workers/{workerId}/taxWithholdings
  method: get
  operationId: listWorkerTaxWithholdings
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /workers/{workerId}/taxWithholdings/{withholdingId}
  method: get
  operationId: getWorkerTaxWithholding
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /workers/{workerId}/taxWithholdings/{withholdingId}
  method: patch
  operationId: updateWorkerTaxWithholding
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /workers/{workerId}/taxElections
  method: get
  operationId: listWorkerTaxElections
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /workers/{workerId}/taxElections
  method: post
  operationId: createWorkerTaxElection
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /workers/{workerId}/taxElections/{electionId}
  method: get
  operationId: getWorkerTaxElection
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /taxJurisdictions
  method: get
  operationId: listTaxJurisdictions
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /taxJurisdictions/{jurisdictionId}
  method: get
  operationId: getTaxJurisdiction
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /taxFilings
  method: get
  operationId: listTaxFilings
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /taxFilings/{filingId}
  method: get
  operationId: getTaxFiling
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /payRuns/{payRunId}/taxResults
  method: get
  operationId: listPayRunTaxResults
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /workers/{workerId}/taxSummary
  method: get
  operationId: getWorkerTaxSummary
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none

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