Gusto integration. Manage hris data, records, and workflows. Use when the user wants to interact with Gusto data.
Gusto is a popular HR and payroll platform that helps small to medium-sized businesses manage employee compensation, benefits, and HR tasks. It's used by HR professionals, business owners, and employees to streamline payroll, onboard new hires, and administer benefits.
Official docs: https://developers.gusto.com/
This skill uses the Membrane CLI to interact with Gusto. Membrane handles authentication and credentials refresh automatically — so you can focus on the integration logic rather than auth plumbing.
Install the Membrane CLI so you can run membrane from the terminal:
npm install -g @membranehq/cli
membrane login --tenant
A browser window opens for authentication.
Headless environments: Run the command, copy the printed URL for the user to open in a browser, then complete with membrane login complete <code>.
membrane search gusto --elementType=connector --json
Take the connector ID from output.items[0].element?.id, then:
membrane connect --connectorId=CONNECTOR_ID --json
The user completes authentication in the browser. The output contains the new connection id.When you are not sure if connection already exists:
membrane connection list --json
If a Gusto connection exists, note its connectionIdWhen you know what you want to do but not the exact action ID:
membrane action list --intent=QUERY --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID --json
This will return action objects with id and inputSchema in it, so you will know how to run it.
| Name | Key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| List Employees | list-employees | Retrieves a paginated list of all employees for a company. |
| List Contractors | list-contractors | Retrieves a list of all contractors for a company. |
| List Payrolls | list-payrolls | Retrieves a list of payrolls for a company. |
| List Pay Schedules | list-pay-schedules | Retrieves a list of all pay schedules for a company. |
| List Locations | list-locations | Retrieves a list of all locations for a company. |
| List Jobs | list-jobs | Retrieves a list of all jobs for an employee. |
| List Departments | list-departments | Retrieves a list of all departments for a company. |
| List Time Off Activities | list-time-off-activities | Retrieves a list of time off activities for an employee. |
| Get Employee | get-employee | Retrieves details for a specific employee by their ID. |
| Get Contractor | get-contractor | Retrieves details for a specific contractor by their ID. |
| Get Payroll | get-payroll | Retrieves details for a specific payroll by its ID. |
| Get Pay Schedule | get-pay-schedule | Retrieves details for a specific pay schedule by its ID. |
| Get Location | get-location | Retrieves details for a specific location by its ID. |
| Get Job | get-job | Retrieves details for a specific job by its ID. |
| Get Department | get-department | Retrieves details for a specific department by its ID. |
| Get Company | get-company | Retrieves details for a specific company including name, locations, and other company information. |
| Create Employee | create-employee | Creates a new employee for a company. |
| Create Contractor | create-contractor | Creates a new contractor for a company. |
| Create Job | create-job | Creates a new job for an employee. |
| Create Department | create-department | Creates a new department for a company. |
membrane action run --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID ACTION_ID --json
To pass JSON parameters:
membrane action run --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID ACTION_ID --json --input "{ \"key\": \"value\" }"
When the available actions don't cover your use case, you can send requests directly to the Gusto API through Membrane's proxy. Membrane automatically appends the base URL to the path you provide and injects the correct authentication headers — including transparent credential refresh if they expire.
membrane request CONNECTION_ID /path/to/endpoint
Common options:
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
-X, --method | HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE). Defaults to GET |
-H, --header | Add a request header (repeatable), e.g. -H "Accept: application/json" |
-d, --data | Request body (string) |
--json | Shorthand to send a JSON body and set Content-Type: application/json |
--rawData | Send the body as-is without any processing |
--query | Query-string parameter (repeatable), e.g. --query "limit=10" |
--pathParam | Path parameter (repeatable), e.g. --pathParam "id=123" |
membrane action list --intent=QUERY (replace QUERY with your intent) to find existing actions before writing custom API calls. Pre-built actions handle pagination, field mapping, and edge cases that raw API calls miss.ZIP package — ready to use