--- name: "hr_list_people" area: "hr" title: "List people" price: "free" method: "POST" url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/hr_list_people" mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/hr" auth: "Authorization: Bearer " docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_list_people" --- # List people (`hr_list_people`) People by last name, everyone who hasn't left by default, filtered by status, department, location, manager, type or words. People on the account by last name; by default everyone who hasn't left (current, future joiners included). Filter by status (active, on_leave, left, all), department, location, manager (their direct reports), employment type, or search words across names, emails and job title (every word must match). Price: Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month for the whole account, then $0.50 per 10,000 reads. A call that fails costs nothing. ## Use it when To find someone's person_id, or see a team. ## Say this to your agent > Who works in the warehouse, and who do they report to? ## Inputs | Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | `status` | string | no | | `"current"`, `"active"`, `"on_leave"`, `"left"`, `"all"` | `"current"` | | `department` | string | no | Up to 120 characters. | | | | `location` | string | no | Up to 120 characters. | | | | `manager` | integer or string | no | The person_id, or their work email. 1 to 254 characters, at least 1. | | | | `employment_type` | string | no | | `"full_time"`, `"part_time"`, `"contractor"`, `"intern"` | | | `search` | string | no | Up to 100 characters. | | | | `limit` | integer | no | 1 to 500. | | `100` | | `offset` | integer | no | At least 0. | | `0` | ## Example Written for Hansen & Voss, a restaurant-equipment wholesaler in Hamburg with 60 staff. MCP: call `hr_list_people` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/hr` with these arguments: ```json { "department": "Warehouse" } ``` REST: ```bash curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/hr_list_people \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"department": "Warehouse"}' ``` ## Response ```json { "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93", "tool": "hr_list_people", "status": "succeeded", "replayed": false, "cost_usd": "$0.00", "balance_usd": "$19.75", "result": { "people": [ { "person_id": 4103, "name": "Jonas Becker", "first_name": "Jonas", "last_name": "Becker", "preferred_name": null, "work_email": "jonas.becker@hansenvoss.example", "job_title": "Warehouse operative", "department": "Warehouse", "location": "Hamburg", "manager": { "person_id": 4101, "name": "Lena Brandt" }, "employment_type": "full_time", "start_date": "2022-08-01", "probation_end": null, "end_date": null, "status": "active" }, { "person_id": 4105, "name": "Felix Wagner", "first_name": "Felix", "last_name": "Wagner", "preferred_name": null, "work_email": "felix.wagner@hansenvoss.example", "job_title": "Warehouse operative", "department": "Warehouse", "location": "Hamburg", "manager": { "person_id": 4101, "name": "Lena Brandt" }, "employment_type": "full_time", "start_date": "2026-11-02", "probation_end": "2027-04-30", "end_date": null, "status": "active" } ], "total": 2 } } ``` `result`: people: each with their person_id, names, emails, job, department, location, manager, type, status and dates; and the total. ## Errors | Code | Status | When | Fix | |---|---|---|---| | `not_found` | 404 | No person of the business has that person_id or work email. | Find them with hr_list_people. | The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md ## Related - [hr_save_people](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_save_people.md): Adds people or changes them, up to 100 at a time, all or none: names, emails, job, department, location, manager, dates and allowances. $1.00 per person added. - [hr_get_person](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_get_person.md): Everything about one person: details, leave balances for a year, pending and upcoming leave, documents, open tasks and direct reports. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month. - [hr_delete_person](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_delete_person.md): Erases a person for good with their leave, tasks and document records; their files stay in the store. Free. - [hr_get_settings](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_get_settings.md): The working days, hours, leave year, time zone, leave types, public holidays and checklists. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month. - [hr_save_settings](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_save_settings.md): Sets the work calendar: working days, hours per day, leave year, time zone, and one location's public holidays for a year. $0.001 a call. - [hr_save_leave_type](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_save_leave_type.md): Adds or changes a kind of time off: annual days, monthly or yearly accrual, carry-over, paid and tracked. $0.001 a call. - [hr_adjust_leave](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_adjust_leave.md): Adds days to, or takes days off, one person's balance of a tracked leave type, with the reason. $0.01 a call. - [hr_request_leave](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_request_leave.md): Asks for time off for someone, counting working days less holidays; it waits for a decision unless approved at once. $0.01 a call. - [hr_decide_leave](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_decide_leave.md): Approves or declines a pending leave request, or cancels one that is pending or approved. $0.01 a call. - [hr_list_leave](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_list_leave.md): Leave requests, latest start first, by person, status, type or dates. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month. - [hr_who_is_out](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_who_is_out.md): Who is off in a period (today by default), with each leave and its days, plus public holidays and people on long leave. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month. - [hr_save_checklist](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_save_checklist.md): Adds or changes an onboarding or offboarding checklist: items with an owner and a due day relative to the start or last day. $0.001 a call. - [hr_start_checklist](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_start_checklist.md): Turns a checklist into tasks for one person, each due relative to their start date or last day. $0.01 a call. - [hr_tasks](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_tasks.md): Checklist tasks, soonest due first: open, overdue, done or all, for one person, one owner or a date. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month. - [hr_complete_task](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_complete_task.md): Marks a checklist task done, or opens it again. $0.01 a call. - [hr_save_document](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_save_document.md): Keeps a file from the store on a person's record (a contract, an ID, a certificate), or changes or removes it. $0.01 a call. - [hr_report](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_report.md): Headcount, joiners and leavers, time off taken, or everyone's leave balances. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month. - [hr_dashboard_link](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_dashboard_link.md): A one-time link to HR at a glance: who is out, leave to decide, open tasks, and who starts or leaves soon. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month. - [hr_save_policy](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_save_policy.md): Keeps a policy people must read and confirm, like an AI use policy; a changed text is a new version. $0.001 a call. - [hr_send_policy](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_send_policy.md): Emails each person in a policy's scope a one-time link to read and confirm its current version. $0.02 per email sent. - [hr_record_training](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_record_training.md): Records a training someone completed, like AI literacy, with its date, hours, certificate and expiry. $0.01 a call. - [hr_policy_status](https://conecto.chat/tools/hr/hr_policy_status.md): Who confirmed each policy's current version, and who holds a valid training of each kind. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.