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Agent-Ready Tools for Data

Give agents a single, governed way to query your Workday data using open standards and routing every call securely for total accountability.

Capabilities

Agent-Ready Tools for Data capabilities

One gateway in. Full governance throughout.

Let your AI agents manage complex data tasks completely on their own. Built-in gateway checks and human approval guardrails remove integration barriers without risking enterprise security.

Agent-Ready Tools for Data benefits

Connected, secure, accountable.

Connect any agent, no custom code.

Link any AI agent directly without writing custom integration code. Plug in Sana, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot, or your own build through a single, standard MCP connection.

Embed guardrails into the tool itself.

Agents can halt a purchase order or reallocate a budget through a tool that already carries the approval routing and the guardrails a person would have had.

Keep humans in control.

Agents act under explicit user delegation. Anything beyond their guardrails routes to a human for approval, and Agent System of Record logging means no autonomous action is anonymous.

Build agents in hours, not weeks.

Fast-track agent builds. Agents discover datasets and schemas on their own, turning weeks of custom integration into hours of configuration.

Govern all agents with the same rules.

Systems integrator and ISV apps built on Workday use the same tools and pass the same security and Agent System of Record checks as Workday’s own agents..

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Agent-Ready Tools & MCP

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Building Agents on Workday’s Guardrails

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Agent-Ready Tools for Data

Agent-Ready Tools for Data FAQs.

What are Agent-Ready Tools for Data?

Agent-Ready Tools for Data are the agent layer of Workday Data Cloud. They are a standardized set of tools, exposed over the open Model Context Protocol (MCP), that let any agent discover, query, and work with Workday data. Every call runs through the Workday Agent Gateway, and every agent is registered in the Agent System of Record, so autonomous work stays secure and accountable.

How are they different from Agent-Ready Tools & MCP?

Agent-Ready Tools for Data are the Data Cloud tools for schema discovery, querying, and data workflows. Agent-Ready Tools & MCP covers Workday's broader set of tools. Both follow the same Agent-Ready standards, the same protocol, and the same governance, so an agent that connects to one connects to the other the same way.

What is Live Data Query, and how does it relate to Workday Data Cloud?

Workday Data Cloud provides governed, near-real-time access to Workday data for AI workloads. Live Data Query is the capability agents use to run queries against that data, both live and historical. Through the MCP interface, an agent can describe a table, pull a sample, and understand its shape before it writes a query. It then runs natural-language-driven SQL, with no hard-coded mapping and no guessing about what the data looks like. Queries follow the same security and permissions that apply to the person the agent acts for.

Which agents and platforms can connect?

Any MCP-compatible agent or harness can connect. That includes Workday agents such as Sana and Developer Agent, agents built by partners, and third-party platforms such as Claude, Gemini Enterprise, and Cursor. You can also connect an agent you built yourself. All of them reach Workday data through the same standard MCP footprint and the same governance.

Do I need custom code to connect an agent?

No. Agents connect through one standard MCP interface instead of custom integrations. They discover which data exists and how to use it themselves, so connecting an agent becomes a matter of configuration instead of building and maintaining integration pipelines. This is how teams build agents in hours instead of weeks.

How do agents query with these tools?

Agent-Ready Tools for Data run queries through Live Data Query, which reaches live Workday data and historical Agent Lake data in one pass. An agent can describe a table, pull a sample, and understand its shape before it writes natural-language-driven SQL, with no hard-coded mapping and no guessing. Queries follow the same security and permissions as the person the agent acts for.

What are the Agent Gateway and Agent System of Record?

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Agent-Ready Tools for Data

Agent-Ready Tools for Data capabilities

One gateway in. Full governance throughout.

Dynamic Discovery & Execution

Automated Data Orchestration

Dataset Lifecycle Management

Governed Data Ingestion

Agent Gateway & System of Record

Map live data structures on the fly and turn natural-language questions into SQL, with no hard-coded mapping or guesswork.

Coordinate multi-step data flows in real time to execute complete workflows without waiting on integration pipelines.

Curate, version, and manage data contexts from creation to deprecation to keep agent workflows secure and compliant.

Let agents safely read and write operational data, bounded by real-time policy evaluation and human-in-the-loop guardrails.

Route every tool call for runtime authorization and policy checks, and register every agent, so no autonomous action is anonymous.

Agent-Ready Tools for Data benefits

Connected, secure, accountable.

Connect any agent, no custom code.

Link any AI agent directly without writing custom integration code. Plug in Sana, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot, or your own build through a single, standard MCP connection.

Embed guardrails into the tool itself.

Agents can halt a purchase order or reallocate a budget through a tool that already carries the approval routing and the guardrails a person would have had.

Keep humans in control.

Agents act under explicit user delegation. Anything beyond their guardrails routes to a human for approval, and Agent System of Record logging means no autonomous action is anonymous.

Build agents in hours, not weeks.

Fast-track agent builds. Agents discover datasets and schemas on their own, turning weeks of custom integration into hours of configuration.

Govern all agents with the same rules.

Systems integrator and ISV apps built on Workday use the same tools and pass the same security and Agent System of Record checks as Workday’s own agents..

Gain insights and inspiration.

Agent-Ready Tools for Data FAQs.

What are Agent-Ready Tools for Data?

How are they different from Agent-Ready Tools & MCP?

What is Live Data Query, and how does it relate to Workday Data Cloud?

Which agents and platforms can connect?

Do I need custom code to connect an agent?

How do agents query with these tools?

What are the Agent Gateway and Agent System of Record?

The Agent Gateway checks every agent tool call against your policies in real time, including authorization, rate limits, and business rules. The Agent System of Record registers every agent’s identity, skills, and activity, so every autonomous action traces back to an accountable person.

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Agent-Ready Tools for Data

Agent-Ready Tools for Data capabilities

One gateway in. Full governance throughout.

Dynamic Discovery & Execution

Automated Data Orchestration

Dataset Lifecycle Management

Governed Data Ingestion

Agent Gateway & System of Record

Map live data structures on the fly and turn natural-language questions into SQL, with no hard-coded mapping or guesswork.

Agent-Ready Tools for Data benefits

Connected, secure, accountable.

Connect any agent, no custom code.

Link any AI agent directly without writing custom integration code. Plug in Sana, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot, or your own build through a single, standard MCP connection.

Embed guardrails into the tool itself.

Agents can halt a purchase order or reallocate a budget through a tool that already carries the approval routing and the guardrails a person would have had.

Keep humans in control.

Agents act under explicit user delegation. Anything beyond their guardrails routes to a human for approval, and Agent System of Record logging means no autonomous action is anonymous.

Build agents in hours, not weeks.

Fast-track agent builds. Agents discover datasets and schemas on their own, turning weeks of custom integration into hours of configuration.

Govern all agents with the same rules.

Systems integrator and ISV apps built on Workday use the same tools and pass the same security and Agent System of Record checks as Workday’s own agents..

Gain insights and inspiration.

Agent-Ready Tools for Data FAQs.

What are Agent-Ready Tools for Data?

How are they different from Agent-Ready Tools & MCP?

What is Live Data Query, and how does it relate to Workday Data Cloud?

Which agents and platforms can connect?

Do I need custom code to connect an agent?

How do agents query with these tools?

What are the Agent Gateway and Agent System of Record?

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