How do we connect Harriet to an HRIS and what profile data can it use?

Directory and HRIS integrations supply employee data Harriet can use for answers and automations, within your plan and permissions.

Harriet can connect to your HRIS or directory so the assistant works from current org data—not only uploaded documents.

What the connection is for

Employee and profile information such as name, job details, location, and reporting relationships (exact fields depend on your system and how it is mapped).
Actions your plan enables—for example time off, updates, or analytics—where supported for your integration.

What IT should do

Complete the integration in Company settings → Integrations using your vendor’s OAuth or API credentials.
Run a pilot sync and verify a sample of employees look correct in Harriet (titles, departments, locations).
Work with HR to confirm which fields are appropriate to expose to assistants and workflows.

Example

After connecting your HRIS, an employee can ask “Who is my manager?” and Harriet can answer from live directory data, while policy questions still come from your Knowledge Base documents.

Guardrails

Not every HRIS field is suitable for broad assistant access; treat highly sensitive attributes with extra care and role design.
If mapping or sync is wrong, answers and automations will be wrong—fix data at the source and re-sync.