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, Payroll, Workforce Management, Time and Attendance, and HR.

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

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29.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 17/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessSelf serve

4 APIs

HCM Payroll Workforce Management Time and Attendance HR Benefits

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 29.1/100 · thin

Contract Quality 13.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20

Access Clarity 2.6 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.3 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 17/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 4

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

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

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

Source (apis.yml)

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
- Payroll
- Workforce Management
- Time and Attendance
- HR
- Benefits
tags_raw:
- 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: '0.23'
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:
  - Group
  tags_raw:
  - 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

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APIs 4

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