# BambooHR

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/bamboohr/  
**Website:** https://www.bamboohr.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 8

BambooHR is a cloud-based human resources software platform for small and medium-sized businesses, providing core HR, applicant tracking, onboarding, time tracking, payroll, performance management, and employee self-service. The BambooHR REST API allows developers to read and update employee data, generate reports, manage time-off, and integrate with the HRIS using either OAuth 2.0 or per-customer API keys over HTTPS Basic Auth.

## Kin Score — 31.3 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 31.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 57.6 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 2.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 19.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 31.6 |
| Access Clarity | 31.6 |

## Agent readiness — 31.2 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | yes |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (8)

- **BambooHR REST API** — RESTful HTTPS API for accessing and manipulating employee data, directories, time-off, reports, and other BambooHR HRIS resources. Supports OAuth 2.0 for multi-customer apps and...
- **BambooHR Webhooks** — Event-driven webhook surface for BambooHR. Webhooks fire when monitored fields change on Employee records (and when employee records are created or deleted). Subscribers registe...
- **BambooHR Directory API** — Employee directory
- **BambooHR Employees API** — Employee records
- **BambooHR Files API** — Employee files
- **BambooHR Meta API** — Field metadata
- **BambooHR Reports API** — Custom and standard reports
- **BambooHR Time Off API** — Time-off requests and balances

## Agentic access (1)

- **Bamboohr Agentic Access** — 14 operations · 5 acting

## Security (4)

- **Bamboohr Authentication** — http/oauth2 · 2 schemes
- **Bamboohr Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Bamboohr Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published
- **Bamboohr Trust Center** — SOC 2, PCI DSS

## Tags

HR, HRIS, Human Resources, Payroll, Time Tracking, Applicant Tracking, Performance Management

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/bamboohr/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.