Workable | Composio Docs

Overview

SLUG: WORKABLE

Description

Workable is an all-in-one HR software platform that streamlines hiring, employee data management, time tracking, and payroll.

Authentication Details

API Key

subdomain

stringRequired

generic_api_key

stringRequired

Connecting to Workable

Create an auth config

Use the dashboard to create an auth config for the Workable toolkit. This allows you to connect multiple Workable accounts to Composio for agents to use.

Select App

Navigate to Workable.

Configure Auth Config Settings

Select among the supported auth schemes of and configure them here.

Create and Get auth config ID

Click “Create Workable Auth Config”. After creation, copy the displayed ID starting with ac_. This is your auth config ID. This is not a sensitive ID — you can save it in environment variables or a database. This ID will be used to create connections to the toolkit for a given user.

Connect Your Account

Using API Key

1 from composio import Composio
2 
3 # Replace these with your actual values
4 workable_auth_config_id = "ac_YOUR_WORKABLE_CONFIG_ID" # Auth config ID created above
5 user_id = "0000-0000-0000"  # UUID from database/app
6 
7 composio = Composio()
8 
9 def authenticate_toolkit(user_id: str, auth_config_id: str):
10     # Replace this with a method to retrieve an API key from the user.
11     # Or supply your own.
12     user_api_key = input("[!] Enter API key")
13 
14     connection_request = composio.connected_accounts.initiate(
15         user_id=user_id,
16         auth_config_id=auth_config_id,
17         config={"auth_scheme": "API_KEY", "val": user_api_key}
18     )
19 
20     # API Key authentication is immediate - no redirect needed
21     print(f"Successfully connected Workable for user {user_id}")
22     print(f"Connection status: {connection_request.status}")
23     
24     return connection_request.id
25 
26 
27 connection_id = authenticate_toolkit(user_id, workable_auth_config_id)
28 
29 # You can verify the connection using:
30 connected_account = composio.connected_accounts.get(connection_id)
31 print(f"Connected account: {connected_account}")

Tools

Executing tools

To prototype you can execute some tools to see the responses and working on the Workable toolkit’s playground

OpenAI (Python)

Anthropic (TypeScript)

Google (Python)

Vercel (TypeScript)

Python

1 from composio import Composio
2 from openai import OpenAI
3 import json
4 
5 openai = OpenAI()
6 composio = Composio()
7 
8 # User ID must be a valid UUID format
9 user_id = "0000-0000-0000"  # Replace with actual user UUID from your database
10 
11 tools = composio.tools.get(user_id=user_id, toolkits=["WORKABLE"])
12 
13 print("[!] Tools:")
14 print(json.dumps(tools))
15 
16 def invoke_llm(task = "What can you do?"):
17     completion = openai.chat.completions.create(
18         model="gpt-4o",
19         messages=[
20             {
21                 "role": "user",
22                 "content": task,  # Your task here!
23             },
24         ],
25         tools=tools,
26     )
27 
28     # Handle Result from tool call
29     result = composio.provider.handle_tool_calls(user_id=user_id, response=completion)
30     print(f"[!] Completion: {completion}")
31     print(f"[!] Tool call result: {result}")
32 
33 invoke_llm()

Tool List

WORKABLE_GET_CANDIDATES

Tool Name: Get Candidates

Description

Tool to retrieve a list of all candidates across jobs. use when you need to aggregate candidate data across your organization.

Action Parameters

limit

integer

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_DELETE_DEPARTMENT

Tool Name: Delete Department

Description

Tool to delete a department. use when removing an obsolete or restructured department after confirming dependent resources.

Action Parameters

force

string

stringRequired

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_GET_ACCOUNT

Tool Name: Get Account

Description

Tool to return the specified account. use when you need account metadata by subdomain after listing available accounts.

Action Parameters

subdomain

stringRequired

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_GET_ACCOUNTS

Tool Name: Get Accounts

Description

Tool to retrieve a collection of all accounts you have access to. use when you need to list your workable accounts after authentication.

Action Parameters

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_GET_BACKGROUND_CHECK_PACKAGES

Tool Name: Get Background Check Packages

Description

Tool to retrieve a list of available background check packages from a specified provider. use after identifying the provider to view available package options.

Action Parameters

provider

stringRequired

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_GET_BACKGROUND_CHECK_PROVIDERS

Tool Name: Get Background Check Providers

Description

Tool to retrieve a list of available background check providers. use after confirming valid authentication to list integrated background check services.

Action Parameters

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_GET_EVENTS

Tool Name: Get Events

Description

Tool to retrieve a collection of events scheduled in the account. use when you need to list all upcoming or past calls, interviews, or meetings.

Action Parameters

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_GET_JOBS

Tool Name: Get Jobs

Description

Tool to retrieve a list of jobs from your workable account. use after validating account authentication before managing job postings.

Action Parameters

created_after

string

include_fields

string

limit

integer

max_id

string

since_id

string

state

string

updated_after

string

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_GET_LEGAL_ENTITIES

Tool Name: Get Legal Entities

Description

Tool to retrieve a collection of your account legal entities. use after confirming valid authentication and enabling employee management.

Action Parameters

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_GET_MEMBERS

Tool Name: Get Members

Description

Tool to retrieve a list of your workable account members. use after confirming valid authentication to fetch collaborators, admins, or reviewers.

Action Parameters

limit

integer

max_id

string

role

string

shortcode

string

since_id

string

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_GET_RECRUITERS

Tool Name: Get recruiters

Description

Tool to retrieve external recruiters. use when you need to fetch all external recruiters for your account after confirming the r jobs scope.

Action Parameters

shortcode

string

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_GET_REQUISITIONS

Tool Name: Get Requisitions

Description

Tool to retrieve a collection of requisitions in the account. use after authentication succeeds.

Action Parameters

created_after

string

limit

integer

updated_after

string

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_GET_STAGES

Tool Name: Get Stages

Description

Tool to retrieve a collection of your recruitment pipeline stages. use when you need to list all available stages before managing candidates or pipelines.

Action Parameters

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_GET_SUBSCRIPTIONS

Tool Name: Get Subscriptions

Description

Tool to list all active subscriptions. use after verifying webhooks configuration to ensure subscriptions are active.

Action Parameters

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_POST_BACKGROUND_CHECK

Tool Name: Post Background Check

Description

Tool to inject background check results directly into the candidate's timeline. use after a background check status changes to push results and attachments into workable.

Action Parameters

attachments

array

background_check_id

stringRequired

check

object

results_url

string

status

stringRequired

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_POST_DEPARTMENTS

Tool Name: Create Department

Description

Tool to create a department in your account. use when you need to add a new department for organizing teams under your workable account.

Action Parameters

name

stringRequired

parent_id

string

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_POST_DEPARTMENT_MERGE

Tool Name: Merge Department

Description

Tool to merge a department into another. use after confirming both department ids and optional force flag.

Action Parameters

force

boolean

stringRequired

target_department_id

stringRequired

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_POST_MEMBERS_INVITE

Tool Name: Invite Member

Description

Tool to invite a member to your workable account. use when sending an invitation email.

Action Parameters

collaboration_rules

array

stringRequired

hris_role

string

member_id

string

role

stringRequired

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_POST_MEMBER_ENABLE

Tool Name: Enable Member

Description

Tool to restore a deactivated member. use after confirming the member is currently deactivated.

Action Parameters

stringRequired

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_PUT_DEPARTMENTS

Tool Name: Update Department

Description

Tool to update an existing department in your account. use when renaming a department or changing its parent after confirming its id.

Action Parameters

stringRequired

name

string

parent_id

string

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired

WORKABLE_PUT_MEMBERS

Tool Name: Update Member

Description

Tool to update a member's details. use when you need to modify information of an existing member after confirming the id.

Action Parameters

collaboration_rules

array

string

headline

string

hris_role

string

stringRequired

name

string

role

string

Action Response

data

objectRequired

error

string

successful

booleanRequired