Integration · Payroll & HR

Connect Claude & ChatGPT to Small Improvements

Ask your AI who reports to whom, how a team's objectives are going, or who got praise this month in Small Improvements. It can read people, objective cycles and objectives, review cycles and reviews, and praise posts. It can also set the progress on an objective, so a quick status update does not mean opening the app.

Connect Small Improvements free

Free plan, no credit card. Takes about a minute.

Try asking

“Who reports to Anna Berg?”
The AI finds Anna by email and lists her direct reports.
“How far along are my objectives this quarter?”
It finds the current objective cycle and lists the objectives you own, with their completion.
“Set my objective on the new onboarding flow to 60%.”
It finds the objective in the cycle and updates its completion percentage to 60.

What your AI can do

People and teams

List people in the company, find someone by email, and see the direct reports of any manager.

Objectives

Browse objective cycles and objectives by owner, read a single objective and update its completion percentage.

Reviews and praise

List review cycles and reviews, read a single review, and see praise by author, recipient or date.

“What praise did the support team receive in September?”
It lists praise posts for the people you name within that date range.
“Which reviews in the spring cycle are for my reports?”
It finds the review cycle and lists the reviews for your direct reports.
“Show me Jonas's review from the last cycle.”
It finds the review cycle and reads Jonas's performance review.

14 tools for Small Improvements

These tools are switched on when you connect. You can switch any of them off, or require your approval before it runs.

browse_objectivesBrowse objectives across cycles, filtered by `cycle_ids` or `owner_ids` (comma separated). Results are paginated.
find_user_by_emailFind a person by `email`.
get_current_userGet the connected Small Improvements user. Use to confirm who you are acting as.
get_objectiveGet one objective by `cycle_id` and `objective_id`.
get_reviewGet one performance review by `cycle_id` and `review_id`.
get_userGet one person's profile by `user_id`.
list_my_reviewsList the performance reviews that involve the connected user.
list_objective_cyclesList objective (goal) cycles. Use to get a cycle ID for listing objectives.
list_objectivesList objectives in an objective cycle by `cycle_id`, optionally only those owned by `user_id`.
list_praiseList praise posts, filtered by `author_id`, `recipient_id` or date range. Results are paginated.
list_review_cyclesList performance review cycles. Use to get a cycle ID for listing reviews.
list_reviewsList the reviews in a review cycle by `cycle_id`, optionally only for a `manager_id`'s reports.
list_usersList people in the company, optionally only the direct reports of a `manager_id`, and optionally including locked users or guests.
update_objective_progressChanges dataSet an objective's `completion_percentage` (0-100), by `cycle_id` and `objective_id`.

Set up in three steps

1
Pick the app
Create a free PipMCP account and choose Small Improvements from the app list.
2
Paste your key
Enter your Small Improvements data center host (app.small-improvements.com for US/global or eu.small-improvements.com for EU) and a personal access token. The API must first be enabled for your company through Small Improvements' API request form. Then open your Profile page, click Manage > API Access Tokens > Create Token and copy the token, which is shown once.
3
Add the link to your AI
You get a personal MCP link. Add it to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor:
1. Click your name, then Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector.
2. Paste your link as the Remote MCP server URL.
3. Switch it on from the + menu in a chat.

Questions

What can the AI do in Small Improvements?

The AI can read people and direct reports, objective cycles and objectives, review cycles and performance reviews, and praise posts. The one thing it can change is the completion percentage of an objective.

Does the AI see my Small Improvements access token?

No. Your Small Improvements credentials are encrypted at rest and never shown to the AI. After you save them, they are not shown again, not even to you. The AI only sees the results of the tools it calls.

Can I control what the AI is allowed to do?

Yes. You choose which tools are switched on, so you can keep it fully read-only or leave out reviews. Updating objective progress can require your approval before it runs. Every tool call is logged.

Does it work with ChatGPT?

Yes. In ChatGPT go to Settings › Apps & Connectors › Advanced and turn on Developer mode, then add your PipMCP link. Developer mode needs a paid ChatGPT plan: Plus, Pro, Business or Enterprise. The same link also works in Claude (Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector), Cursor and other MCP clients.

What does it cost?

PipMCP has a free plan with no credit card required. Paid plans bill per completed task. You also need your own Small Improvements account.

Why can I not create a token yet?

Small Improvements has to enable the API for your company first. You submit the API request form linked in their help article, and they reply within 7 to 10 business days. After that you can create a personal access token from your Profile page.