Use Claude to Talk to Your BambooHR Data via CData Connect AI

Stanley Liu
Stanley Liu
Associate Technical Product Marketer
Leverage the CData Connect AI Remote MCP Server to enable Claude to securely answer questions and take actions on your BambooHR data for you.

Claude is a family of advanced large language models (LLMs) built by Anthropic, an AI research company founded in 2021. These models power the Claude conversational assistant and developer tools.

CData Connect AI offers a dedicated cloud-to-cloud interface for connecting to BambooHR data. The CData Connect AI Remote MCP Server enables secure communication between Claude and BambooHR. This allows you to ask questions and take actions on your BambooHR data using Claude, all without the need for data replication to a natively supported database. With its inherent optimized data processing capabilities, CData Connect AI efficiently channels all supported SQL operations, including filters and JOINs, directly to BambooHR. This leverages server-side processing to swiftly deliver the requested BambooHR data.

Step 1: Configure BambooHR Connectivity for Claude

Connectivity to BambooHR from Claude is made possible through CData Connect AI Remote MCP. To interact with BambooHR data from Claude, we start by creating and configuring a BambooHR connection in CData Connect AI.

  1. Log into Connect AI, click Sources, and then click Add Connection
  2. Select "BambooHR" from the Add Connection panel
  3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to BambooHR.

    To connect to BambooHR, generate an API key by logging in and navigating to your user menu (lower-left) > API Keys > Add API Key. Copy the key immediately (it is shown only once). Then set the following:

    • Domain: The subdomain of your BambooHR account URL. For example, if your URL is acmeinc.bamboohr.com, set this to acmeinc.
    • API Key: The API key generated from your BambooHR account.
  4. Click Save & Test

Step 2: Connect Claude to CData Connect AI

Follow these steps to add a CData Connect AI connector in Claude:

  1. Sign in to Claude.ai or create a new account.
  2. Expand the left navigation menu.
  3. In the bottom-left corner, click your user name and select Settings from the menu. The Settings screen appears.
  4. In the Settings screen, click Connectors.
  5. Click the button to Browse Connectors.
  6. Search for "CData Connect AI" and click the listing.
  7. Click "Connect" and sign into your Connect AI account.
  8. After connecting, Claude opens a new chat.

Step 3: Explore Live BambooHR Data with Claude

  1. You can now start exploring your data with natural language prompts. Claude outlines the steps it uses to retrieve data from the source in CData Connect AI. Refer to CData's prompt library for prompt ideas.

NOTE: Claude's setup process is subject to change. Refer to Claude's documentation for the latest setup information.

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