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UKG Ready

UKG Ready (formerly Kronos Workforce Ready) is UKG's unified Human Capital Management (HCM) suite for small and midmarket organizations, combining HR, payroll, talent management, benefits administration, time and attendance, scheduling, and compliance into a single cloud platform. UKG Ready exposes REST and GraphQL APIs (per-tenant host of the form https://{hostname}/api/...) using OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow with bearer tokens for managing employees, schedules, timekeeping, payroll, benefits, and workforce data.

UKG Ready publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Authentication API, Content API, and Groups API. Tagged areas include HCM, Human Capital Management, Payroll, Workforce Management, and Time and Attendance.

UKG Ready’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, signup flow, support, and 7 more developer resources.

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31.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessSelf serve
4 APIs
HCMHuman Capital ManagementPayrollWorkforce ManagementTime and AttendanceHRBenefits

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 31.1/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 6.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 4

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

UKG Ready REST API

RESTful API for UKG Ready providing programmatic access to employees, HR records, payroll, time and attendance, schedules, accruals, benefits, and workforce reporting. The base ...

UKG Ready Authentication API

Access token issuance

UKG Ready Content API

Tenant content and posts

UKG Ready Groups API

Workgroup and organizational unit management

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

UKG Ready API

OPEN COLLECTION

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

UKG Ready GraphQL API

GRAPHQL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Ukg Ready Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Ukg Ready Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Ukg Ready Agentic Access

3 operations · 2 acting

3 operations · 2 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 Signup
Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Community
Community
 Support
Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: ukg-ready
name: UKG Ready
description: UKG Ready (formerly Kronos Workforce Ready) is UKG's unified Human Capital Management (HCM) suite for small and
  midmarket organizations, combining HR, payroll, talent management, benefits administration, time and attendance, scheduling,
  and compliance into a single cloud platform. UKG Ready exposes REST and GraphQL APIs (per-tenant host of the form https://{hostname}/api/...)
  using OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow with bearer tokens for managing employees, schedules, timekeeping, payroll, benefits,
  and workforce data.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/ukg-ready.png
tags:
- HCM
- Human Capital Management
- Payroll
- Workforce Management
- Time and Attendance
- HR
- Benefits
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ukg-ready/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: ukg-ready:rest-api
  name: UKG Ready REST API
  description: RESTful API for UKG Ready providing programmatic access to employees, HR records, payroll, time and attendance,
    schedules, accruals, benefits, and workforce reporting. The base URL is per-tenant (https://{hostname}/api). Authentication
    uses OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow with bearer access tokens issued via the UKG Ready auth service.
  humanURL: https://developer.ukg.com
  baseURL: https://{hostname}/api
  tags:
  - HCM
  - Employees
  - Payroll
  - Time and Attendance
  - Scheduling
  - Benefits
  properties:
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.ukg.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ukg.com/talk/docs/quick-start-doc
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.ukg.com/hrsd/docs/ukg-hr-service-delivery-api-oauth-authentication-flow
  - url: graphql/ukg-ready-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- aid: ukg-ready:ukg-ready-authentication-api
  name: UKG Ready Authentication API
  description: Access token issuance
  humanURL: https://developer.ukg.com
  baseURL: https://{hostname}/api
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ukg-ready-authentication-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ukg-ready:ukg-ready-content-api
  name: UKG Ready Content API
  description: Tenant content and posts
  humanURL: https://developer.ukg.com
  baseURL: https://{hostname}/api
  tags:
  - Content
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ukg-ready-content-api-openapi.yml
- aid: ukg-ready:ukg-ready-groups-api
  name: UKG Ready Groups API
  description: Workgroup and organizational unit management
  humanURL: https://developer.ukg.com
  baseURL: https://{hostname}/api
  tags:
  - Groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ukg-ready-groups-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/ukg-ready-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ukg-ready-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/ukg-ready-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/ultimatesoftware
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ukg.com/solutions/ukg-ready
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.ukg.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.ukg.com
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.ukg.com/solutions/ukg-ready/pricing
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.ukg.com/contact
- type: Community
  url: https://community.ukg.com
- type: Support
  url: https://www.ukg.com/support
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ukg
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com