# Gusto — AI Connector

Gusto publishes 41 MCP tools to Claude and is listed in the ChatGPT apps directory. Marketplace availability, tool surface, verification tier, and what Node8 measured against the live endpoint.

Source: https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/finance/gusto/

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# Gusto

Run payroll and check team figures

Listed in ChatGPT and Claude · 41 published tools · Verified partner

[ChatGPT listing](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/gusto?open_in_app) [Claude connector docs](https://docs.gusto.com/app-integrations/docs/mcp) [gusto.com](https://gusto.com)

Overview

## What Gusto does

Gusto is a payroll platform, and this app carries a payroll run into ChatGPT. The example exchange walks through a whole cycle: starting the run, reviewing a summary of what it contains, then submitting it once the numbers look right.

Team insights are mentioned alongside payroll, though the listing does not say which measures those cover or how far into headcount and compensation data they reach.

The record is thin. Nothing is stated about pay schedules, tax filing, benefits administration, or the permissions an account needs before a run can be submitted from a conversation.

### Who it is for

Small business owners and payroll administrators who process pay through Gusto.

### What stands out

Payroll is submitted from the conversation rather than only previewed there.

Availability

## Where Gusto is listed

Gusto ships this on both marketplaces: Gusto is listed in the Claude connectors directory and in the ChatGPT apps directory, under the same publisher domain.

Only 392 of the 3,150 products in this directory are listed in both marketplaces. One MCP server can serve both surfaces; what differs is each platform's listing and review process.

ChatGPT listing

## In the ChatGPT apps directory

Developer

App developer

Filed under

Finance

Listed since

June 2026

Authentication

Authenticates when installed

Website

[gusto.com](https://gusto.com)

Policies published

Privacy policy · Terms of service

Official listing

[Open in ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/gusto?open_in_app)

Snapshot

August 2026

### Example prompts from the listing

-   let’s run payroll
-   looks good, can you show me the summary?
-   all clear, let's submit

Claude listing

## In the Claude connectors directory

Gusto publishes 41 tools to Claude, deeper than 88% of the 1,253 Claude-listed connectors.

The median Claude-listed connector filed under Finance publishes 12, so this one runs 29 tools above its bucket's median and ranks 18th of 159 by tool count.

It falls in the 21-50 tools band, which holds 20% of the Claude directory.

Gusto publishes a remote MCP endpoint. Claude connects to it over HTTP; there is nothing to install locally.

Every connector in the Claude directory is remote, all 1,253 of them, so transport is not a differentiator there.

Publisher

Gusto

Verification

Verified partner (37.8% of the Claude directory)

Filed under

Financial Services

Endpoint

`https://mcp.api.gusto.com/anthropic`

Documentation

[Publisher setup docs](https://docs.gusto.com/app-integrations/docs/mcp)

Published tools

41 · 21-50 tools band

Depth rank in Finance

18 of 159

Snapshot

August 2026

Gusto carries partner verification in the Claude directory, which 474 of 1,253 listings do (37.8%). That is a review step past self-publishing, not an Anthropic-built server.

In the publisher's words

## How Gusto describes it

> Connect Claude to your Gusto account to query and analyze your payroll and people data. Ask questions in natural language, build custom reports, and create charts to uncover trends and insights—no exports or tool-switching required. Eligible customers can also run payroll in Claude.

Quoted from the connector's own Claude directory listing as captured in August 2026. Node8 did not write it and does not vouch for it.

Nearby

## Other Finance connectors

### [Grasshopper Bank](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/finance/grasshopper-bank/)

Account balances, transactions and spending analysis for customers

Claude

### [Aleph](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/finance/aleph/)

Plain language questions across connected finance data

ChatGPT

### [BankSync](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/finance/banksync/)

Bank, card, and brokerage data aggregated for querying in chat

Claude

### [Blockscout](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/finance/blockscout/)

Multichain block explorer data: addresses, tokens, and contracts

Claude

### [Campfire](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/finance/campfire/)

Campfire ERP records queried and exported from a conversation

Claude

### [Cube](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/finance/cube/)

Query Cube financial planning data through chat

ChatGPT

[All 363 Finance connectors](https://node8.ai/ai-connectors/finance/)

This is an independent catalogue entry compiled by Node8 from Gusto's public marketplace listings as they stood in August 2026. Listing facts come from the marketplaces; the comparisons against the rest of the directory and any live-endpoint measurements are Node8's. Node8 is not affiliated with Gusto, and inclusion here is not an endorsement.

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