Read staff, locations, shifts, gaps and leave; create leave requests in Rotageek. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
Turn on the Rotageek connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
For rota managers who plan shifts, cover and leave for staff in Rotageek.
List the locations, then read the schedule of one location for a date-time window, with every user there.
List the open gaps, which are unfilled shifts, for one or more locations between two date-times.
List the leave requests in a date range, with the leave types, to plan cover.
Find the user and the leave type. Create a leave request with a start and end date-time. It can change the rota and the holiday balance.
Changes dataRead the scheduled and worked hours of each user at one location for the week that starts on a given date.
The login page asks for your Rotageek API username and Rotageek API user password.
Your Rotageek admin creates the API user, or asks Rotageek Customer Success to set one up. Use that user's username and password. The password is used only to request an access token from Rotageek.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"rotageek": {
"url": "https://rotageek.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"rotageek": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://rotageek.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Windsurf, Cline, Zed and other MCP clients: add this URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Rotageek API username and Rotageek API user password. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | 10,000 tool calls / month |
| Pro+per user | $39/mo · $390/yr | 100,000 tool calls / month |
Each paid plan covers this Rotageek server only. Ask your AI to run rotageek_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. The change requires your confirmation, keeps your billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. Cancel any time with rotageek_cancel_subscription: your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and asking to resume the same plan with rotageek_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
rotageek_list_usersrotageek_get_userrotageek_list_locationsrotageek_get_locationrotageek_list_location_usersrotageek_list_user_shiftsrotageek_list_location_schedulerotageek_list_gapsrotageek_list_leave_requestsrotageek_list_leave_typesrotageek_get_timesheetrotageek_list_positionsrotageek_list_skillsrotageek_list_payroll_codesrotageek_create_leave_requestrotageek_usage_statusrotageek_request_featurerotageek_upgraderotageek_cancel_subscriptionSee who is on shift at a site. Find open gaps in the rota. Review leave requests for a period. Book leave for a team member. Read a week's hours at a site. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Rotageek. The server calls the Rotageek API with your own Rotageek access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
The login page asks for your Rotageek API username and Rotageek API user password. See Before you connect for where to find them.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Rotageek API username and Rotageek API user password. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Rotageek API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Rotageek.
Yes, if you approve it. 1 of the 15 Rotageek tools can create or change data. The other 14 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with 10,000 tool calls / month. Pro+ costs $39/mo or $390/yr, with 100,000 tool calls / month. Each subscription covers this Rotageek server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run rotageek_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run rotageek_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. After you confirm, your existing subscription changes in place, keeps its billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. To cancel, run rotageek_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with rotageek_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.
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