Hi Bob

HiBob (bob) is an all-in-one HR platform that connects people management, payroll, benefits, and finance for modern, mid-sized and multinational companies. Bob's Public API gives developers programmatic access to core HR data and workflows — employee profiles and org data, time off and attendance, tasks, documents and eSign, goals, job catalog, hiring/ATS, learning, and workforce planning — over a versioned REST API at https://api.hibob.com/v1. Authentication is token-based via API "service users" (HTTP Basic with a service-user ID and token) with granular category and field permissions, plus OAuth 2.0 (authorization code + refresh) for approved Marketplace partners scoped to endpoint-level permissions. The API offers cursor-based pagination, rate limiting with X-RateLimit-* headers, HMAC-signed Webhooks v2 for event notifications, an official hosted Bob MCP Server for AI tools, and a published llms.txt index of the developer docs.

Hi Bob publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, HR, HRIS, Human Resources, and Payroll.

The Hi Bob catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Hi Bob’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, authentication, engineering blog, support, pricing, and 24 more developer resources.

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46.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 41/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

AccessSelf serve

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyHRHRISHuman ResourcesPayrollPeople AnalyticsTime OffWorkforce PlanningEmployeesHR Tech

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 46.7/100 · developing

Contract Quality 5.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 12.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 7.5 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 41/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Bob Public API

Bob's Public API for HR data and workflows — employee data, time off, attendance, tasks, documents/eSign, goals, job catalog, hiring, learning, and workforce planning.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

hi-bob-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Hi Bob Scopes

27 scopes

SCOPES

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle

Webhooks

ErrorCatalog

Conventions

Conformance

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

Access & Security 7

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Compliance

TrustCenter

Security

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Scroll for all 7

Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

StatusPage

ChangeLog

Deprecation

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Marketplace

Marketplace

Source (apis.yml)

aid: hi-bob
name: Hi Bob
description: HiBob (bob) is an all-in-one HR platform that connects people management, payroll, benefits, and finance for
  modern, mid-sized and multinational companies. Bob's Public API gives developers programmatic access to core HR data and
  workflows — employee profiles and org data, time off and attendance, tasks, documents and eSign, goals, job catalog, hiring/ATS,
  learning, and workforce planning — over a versioned REST API at https://api.hibob.com/v1. Authentication is token-based
  via API "service users" (HTTP Basic with a service-user ID and token) with granular category and field permissions, plus
  OAuth 2.0 (authorization code + refresh) for approved Marketplace partners scoped to endpoint-level permissions. The API
  offers cursor-based pagination, rate limiting with X-RateLimit-* headers, HMAC-signed Webhooks v2 for event notifications,
  an official hosted Bob MCP Server for AI tools, and a published llms.txt index of the developer docs.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hi-bob/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- battery-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
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  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
image: https://images.hibob.com/favicon/bob.svg
tags:
- Company
- HR
- HRIS
- Human Resources
- Payroll
- People Analytics
- Time Off
- Workforce Planning
- Employees
- HR Tech
apis:
- name: Bob Public API
  description: Bob's Public API for HR data and workflows — employee data, time off, attendance, tasks, documents/eSign, goals,
    job catalog, hiring, learning, and workforce planning.
  humanURL: https://apidocs.hibob.com/
  baseURL: https://api.hibob.com/v1
  tags:
  - HR
  - HRIS
  - Employees
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.hibob.com/docs/getting-started
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://apidocs.hibob.com/reference/getting-started-with-bob-api
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/hi-bob-authentication.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/hi-bob-scopes.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://apidocs.hibob.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://apidocs.hibob.com/docs/getting-started
- type: APIReference
  url: https://apidocs.hibob.com/reference/getting-started-with-bob-api
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://apidocs.hibob.com/docs/getting-started
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/hi-bob-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/hi-bob-scopes.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.hibob.com/blog/
- type: Support
  url: https://community.hibob.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.hibob.com/pricing-plans/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.hibob.com
- type: Login
  url: https://app.hibob.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.hibob.com/terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.hibob.com/privacy-policy/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://hibob.statuspage.io/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/hi-bob-changelog.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/hi-bob-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://apidocs.hibob.com/docs/transition-from-api-access-tokens
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/hi-bob-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/hi-bob-llms.txt
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/hi-bob-webhooks.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/hi-bob-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/hi-bob-conventions.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/hi-bob-rate-limits.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/hi-bob-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.hibob.com/privacy/security/
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://www.hibob.com/privacy/security/
- type: Security
  url: https://www.hibob.com/privacy/security/
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/hi-bob-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hi-bob-domain-security.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/hi-bob-packages.yml
- type: Marketplace
  url: https://www.hibob.com/marketplace
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence