Setting MetronHR up in Claude Desktop and Claude Code
In Claude Desktop enter the address app.metronhr.de/mcp as a custom connector, and in Claude Code put the same entry in the configuration. Both then open the sign-in flow in the browser. There is no secret; the client registers itself.
As of: 15. September 2026
Who is on holiday next week?
MetronHR ·list_absences- Anna BergMon to Fri
- Jonas KrebsWed to Thu
Claude Desktop
Settings, Connectors section, add a custom connector, enter the address. Claude Desktop then opens the sign-in in the browser; anyone not yet signed in to MetronHR signs in there and then sees the consent dialog with the rights in plain words.
The address that belongs there
https://app.metronhr.de/mcpClaude Code
The same entry as a file. Then authorise the connection in the program; the same browser flow as above follows.
The workspace configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"metronhr": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://app.metronhr.de/mcp"
}
}
}What you can do with it
Alongside the tools, the server provides 2 ready-made reports and three reference lists: tenant, departments and services. The assistant therefore does not have to guess the shape of the business.
| Task | Where the answer comes from |
|---|---|
| Check the month end | A ready-made report over a period's time entries and absences, optionally for one person. |
| Overtime by department | The second ready-made report. It calculates against the stored working time model, not against an assumption. |
| Build an integration of your own | Claude Code reads along through the same tools while the code is being written. The binding form is in the app's OpenAPI document. |
Check the month end
- Where the answer comes from
- A ready-made report over a period's time entries and absences, optionally for one person.
Overtime by department
- Where the answer comes from
- The second ready-made report. It calculates against the stored working time model, not against an assumption.
Build an integration of your own
- Where the answer comes from
- Claude Code reads along through the same tools while the code is being written. The binding form is in the app's OpenAPI document.
The full list of tools, the protocol revision and the server's limits are set out on the page about the MCP server.
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Send us a messageWhich version of Claude Desktop is needed?
One that knows custom connectors. The address goes into the settings under Connectors, and Claude does the rest itself: registration with the authorisation server and sign-in in the browser.
What is the difference from Claude Code?
Only where the address goes. Claude Desktop takes it in the settings dialog, Claude Code in a configuration file. After that both run the same sign-in flow in the browser, and both get the same tools.
Does Claude get to see more than other assistants?
No. The rights hang on the person connecting and on the business's release, not on the client. A tool without a right does not even appear in the list the assistant receives.
Can Claude correct hours?
Only with the business's writing release and only for the roles listed there. The call then takes the same route as an entry in the product: lock periods, collision checks and rights on the client apply unchanged.
Does anything run through somebody else's machine?
The server runs at our end in Germany, and the client talks to it directly. What Claude makes of the answers is processed by Anthropic; that decision comes before the connection and belongs in the contract with that provider.
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