Can my team share one PayCaptain connection?

Yes. One person connects PayCaptain with the API key and shares the connection with a team in Elaichi, and nobody else ever handles the key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log names the person behind every PayCaptain call.

HRIS

PayCaptain MCP connector

The PayCaptain connector brings employees, payslips, shifts and payments into Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor through one endpoint, so your team can ask about payroll and add new records inside their own PayCaptain access.

Connect on Elaichi How to connect

How it connects. Connects with an API key. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.
One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.
Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

5 tools

How to connect

How to connect PayCaptain to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

In Elaichi

Connect PayCaptain once

Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick PayCaptain.
Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.
Paste a PayCaptain API key. One person generates a token in PayCaptain and pastes it once. Everyone else works through Share with, and never sees it.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

paycaptain

All categories

PayCaptain

360learning

7shifts

ADP Workforce Now

Altera Payroll

BambooHR

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

PayCaptain MCP connector for Claude

1

Open Customize, then Connectors.
2

Press Add.
3

Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
4

Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

PayCaptain MCP connector for ChatGPT

1

Open Plugins, then press the + button.
2

Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
3

Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
4

Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

PayCaptain MCP connector for Cursor

1

Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.
2

Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
3

Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect PayCaptain to any MCP client

1

Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
2

Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

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Use cases

What teams do with PayCaptain through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

Payroll

Check who is on the payroll

Ask for the full PayCaptain employee list before a pay run closes and spot anyone missing or duplicated without scrolling through the app.
HR

Set up a new starter on day one

Create the new hire's PayCaptain employee record from the offer details, so they are ready for their first pay run before they have finished the tour.
Finance

Pull payslips for a reconciliation

List PayCaptain payslips for a period and check them against the ledger in one conversation instead of opening each one.
Operations

Log shifts as the rota changes

Add a shift in PayCaptain when someone covers extra hours, so the time reaches payroll without a spreadsheet in between.
Managers

Answer a pay question from the desk

Ask which PayCaptain payslips went out to your team this month and reply to the person with the facts, not a guess.
Payroll

Add an off-cycle payment

Create a PayCaptain payment for a bonus or an expense reimbursement so it lands in the next run without a separate form.

Try asking

“Show me all PayCaptain employees added this quarter”
“List this month's payslips for the warehouse team”
“Add a Saturday shift for Priya Shah, 8am to 4pm”

See all 5 PayCaptain tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for PayCaptain

All three can connect PayCaptain to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for PayCaptain, by what to check
What to check	Elaichi	Zapier MCP	Composio
Where the AI connects	One address for the whole organization. `https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp`	A server per member, created at sign-in.	An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over PayCaptain tools	Allow or restrict single PayCaptain tools, per role or user.	App and action restrictions on the account.	Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls	One audit entry per PayCaptain call.	A History tab of tool calls.	A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on	SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold.	SAML on Enterprise.	SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price	$15 per user per month.	2 tasks per successful call.	Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

AI tools

PayCaptain tools for your AI agents

5 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect PayCaptain, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting PayCaptain gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your PayCaptain account.

The agent

Ask about payroll, get answers from live records.

Three starter prompts pull PayCaptain employees, payslips and shifts into plain answers.

employees
payslips
shifts
payments

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Show me all PayCaptain employees added this quarter

List this month's payslips for the warehouse team

Add a Saturday shift for Priya Shah, 8am to 4pm

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

One endpoint puts PayCaptain in every AI client.

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor connect over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiMCP clients

Claude

ChatGPT

Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

Client	Connected by	Status	Last used
Claude	E Emily Carter	• Connected	4 minutes ago
Cursor	M Megan Brooks	• Connected	2 hours ago
ChatGPT	R Ryan Hayes	• Connected	Yesterday

Tool catalog

5 PayCaptain tools cover employees, payslips, shifts, payments.

Every resource and method is cataloged, with no custom code to write.

List all PayCaptain employees
Create a PayCaptain employee
List all PayCaptain payslips
Create a PayCaptain shift

ElaichiTools

Tool	Action	Description
List all PayCaptain employees	List	Get employees, paginated at 50 records per page. Returns: company, hrEmployeeId, payrollCode, firstName, middleName, lastName, dateOfBirth, gender. Optional filters: lastModifiedDate, includeFormer. company comes from the connected credential.
Create a PayCaptain employee	Create	Create or update an employee.
List all PayCaptain payslips	List	Get all payslips and payslip lines for one pay period, paginated at 50 records per page. Returns: payslip, employee, totals, ytd, previousEmployment, thisEmployment, payslipLines. Required: payPeriod. No PayCaptain endpoint enumerates valid pay periods, so that value must come from out of band. company comes from the connected credential.
Create a PayCaptain shift	Create	Create, update, or archive a shift in PayCaptain by submitting the shift dataset as a JSON request body. Returns a success response with no documented response body content.
Create a PayCaptain payment	Create	Create, update, or archive a payment in PayCaptain by submitting the payment dataset. Returns a 200 Success response with no documented response body.

Toolboxes

Each team gets its own PayCaptain toolbox.

Payroll, HR and Finance each work from a toolbox scoped to their job.

Payroll
HR
Finance
Operations

ElaichiToolboxes

Name	Source template	Tools	Created
Payroll toolbox PayCaptain · pay runs and payslips	PayCaptain starter	18	Mar 4, 2026
HR toolbox PayCaptain · new starters and employee records	—	9	Mar 2, 2026
Finance toolbox PayCaptain · payments and reconciliation	—	24	Feb 27, 2026
Operations toolbox PayCaptain · shifts and rotas	PayCaptain starter	6	Feb 19, 2026
Store managers toolbox PayCaptain · team shifts and payslips	—	31	Jan 30, 2026
Onboarding toolbox PayCaptain · employee setup	—	12	Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Teammates use PayCaptain without ever seeing the key.

One person connects, the table shows who shared it and with how many teams.

Payroll UK
HR
Finance
Warehouse ops

ElaichiConnections

Connection	Scope	Status	Access
PA PayCaptain (Payroll UK) Connected by Emily Carter	Personal	• Active	1 team · 6 members
PA PayCaptain (HR) Connected by Jake Morgan	Organization	• Active	3 teams · 24 members
PA PayCaptain (Finance) Connected by Megan Brooks	Organization	• Active	2 teams · 11 members
PA PayCaptain (Warehouse ops) Connected by Tyler Reed	Personal	• Needs re-auth	1 team · 3 members
PA PayCaptain (Retail stores) Connected by Ryan Hayes	Personal	• Active	Not shared
PA PayCaptain (Head office) Connected by Ashley Parker	Personal	• Active	2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every PayCaptain call is written down.

When, who, what happened, type and resource, in an append-only log.

When
Who
What happened
Type

ElaichiAudit log

When	Who	What happened	Type
2 minutes ago Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM	E Emily Carter emily.carter@northwind.io	Restriction Created	Access
8 minutes ago Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM	J Jake Morgan jake.morgan@northwind.io	Restriction Updated	Access
14 minutes ago Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM	M Megan Brooks megan.brooks@northwind.io	Role Assigned	Access
20 minutes ago Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM	T Tyler Reed tyler.reed@northwind.io	PayCaptain Users Updated	MCP
26 minutes ago Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM	R Ryan Hayes ryan.hayes@northwind.io	PayCaptain Employees Created	MCP
32 minutes ago Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM	A Ashley Parker ashley.parker@northwind.io	PayCaptain Employees List	Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule starts the payroll digest itself.

Payslips are fetched, grouped, drafted into a digest, approved, then posted back to PayCaptain.

PayCaptain digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

Run now

✓

Schedule

Every weekday at 8:00 AM

0.2s
✓

Fetch employees

PayCaptain

1.4s
✓

Group by owner

Transform

0.1s
✓

Draft the digest

Agent step

Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

6.2s
Approve the digest

Needs approval

Assigned to Michael Brennan

Approve Deny
Post the digest

PayCaptain

Queued

Collections and dashboards

PayCaptain health numbers arrive without asking.

Four metrics, 14 days of employees created and a team breakdown, refreshed on schedule.

PayCaptain health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the employees collection

Live

Employees

1,284 ↓ 12%

Payslips

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Employees created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Payroll UK 34%

HR 27%

Finance 21%

Warehouse ops 18%

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect PayCaptain to Claude?

Connect PayCaptain in Elaichi by pasting the API key from your PayCaptain account. There is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude open Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in as yourself and PayCaptain is ready in your chats.

Does PayCaptain work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once PayCaptain is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect PayCaptain once and every client picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my PayCaptain data?

Through Elaichi, an agent can list your PayCaptain employees, add a new employee, list payslips, add a shift and set up a payment. In practice that means asking who is on the payroll, pulling this month's payslips, or logging a shift from the conversation. Short, concrete asks such as "list payslips for March" work better than long sentences.

Does connecting PayCaptain give the AI everything in my payroll?

No. The AI only sees what the connected PayCaptain account can see, and only the people that connection is shared with can use it. Elaichi can narrow that further with roles and restrictions, and it never widens what PayCaptain itself allows.

Can I stop an agent from creating employees or payments in PayCaptain?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi work per action, so you can allow listing PayCaptain employees and payslips while blocking the creation of employees, shifts or payments. A restricted action is never advertised to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor, so no prompt can reach it.

What happens to a PayCaptain connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding the person in Elaichi ends their access to PayCaptain at once, in every client they used. A shared PayCaptain connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you disconnect PayCaptain once in Elaichi, it disappears from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and the Elaichi Agent together.

Does the PayCaptain MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. PayCaptain is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for PayCaptain?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use PayCaptain. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every PayCaptain call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for PayCaptain?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to PayCaptain: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

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