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How to use Workday with Copilot Studio

You want Workday inside Copilot Studio so it can check time-off availability before planning, submit a time-off request, track pending time-off requests, and review past time off — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.

Create your Workday gateway

The gateway is the thing Copilot Studio connects to, and it is where you decide which Workday tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.

  1. Create an Arcade account

    Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.

  2. Create an MCP Gateway and select your Workday tools

    In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the Workday tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.

  3. Copy your gateway URL

    Every client below needs it.

    https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>

Create a Workday gateway Opens the gateway builder in your Arcade dashboard.

Connect the gateway to Copilot Studio

Heads up

Needs a Microsoft 365 subscription with access to Copilot Studio, plus an Arcade API key.

  1. Add an MCP tool to your agent

    In Copilot Studio, open your agent → Tools → Add a tool → Model Context Protocol → New tool.

  2. Point it at your gateway

    Give the server a name and description, put your gateway URL in Server URL, set Authentication to OAuth 2.0 and Type to Dynamic discovery.

  3. Authorize and try it out

    Saving redirects you to Arcade to approve access. Then start a conversation and use your Workday tools — Arcade authorizes each service just in time.

Full Copilot Studio guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13

Get started with Workday prompts

Copilot Studio can now act on your Workday account. Click a prompt to copy it.

Limit the agent to checking balances, eligible types, history, status, and valid dates until a person approves a request. Pair it with Contextual Access policies so time-off requests cannot be submitted without that approval.

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