Workday launches tools to build AI agents securely

Tue, 2nd Jun 2026

Workday has introduced new tools in Workday Build for developers creating AI agents and applications on its platform, targeting HR, finance, and IT.

The launch includes three products: Developer Agent, Agent-Ready Tools, and Agent Passport. The package is designed to help developers build agents in existing coding environments, connect them to business data, and test them against security and compliance standards.

Developer Agent is aimed at software teams using natural-language prompts in coding tools such as Claude Code, Cline, Codex, Cursor, and Google Antigravity. Developers can use it to create custom agents that run on Workday and use the open AgentSkills standard.

The tool is intended to fit into current developer workflows rather than require a separate interface. For example, a developer could ask for an agent that alerts finance when a department is likely to exceed its quarterly budget, with the system selecting the relevant Workday tools, data connections, and documentation.

“Platforms win when they make the hard thing disappear for the developer,” said Gabe Monroy, Chief Technology Officer, Workday.

“Anyone can give an agent speed, the hard part is letting it act on the org chart or ledger and trusting every step - and that’s the part that Workday Build makes disappear,” Monroy said.

Developer Agent is meant to reduce the setup work needed to build applications on top of Workday systems. Workday said this could shorten development time from days to minutes for some tasks by automating the selection of services and documentation.

“Agentic AI has permanently rewritten the developer playbook, shifting the focus from writing code to scaling impact,” said Jay Wieczorkowski, General Manager, Developer Platform, Workday. “Developer Agent brings the power and trust of Workday Build to the agentic tools developers love, fast-tracking development so they can focus on something bigger: transforming the way the world works.”

Agent-Ready Tools form the second part of the launch. Workday described them as connectors for autonomous agents that need to perform actions such as retrieving records, updating benefits, or triggering approvals.

Unlike conventional APIs, these tools are structured to present business logic and context in ways AI agents can use more directly. They connect through open standards including Model Context Protocol, or MCP, and inherit the platform’s existing security model, delegation controls, and audit trail.

For work outside Workday, developers can also create custom agent actions using Pipedream connectors and expose them through the same framework.

The third product, Agent Passport, is designed to test and monitor AI agents before and after deployment. Workday said it applies standards-based stamps showing which security and compliance tests an agent has passed, who verified them, and which standards were used.

Agent Passport checks agents against public frameworks including OWASP LLM Top 10, NIST AI RMF, and MITRE ATLAS. Cisco is the first attestation partner providing the verification that appears within the service.

Developer Agent and Agent-Ready Tools are available to early-access customers through Workday Extend Professional. Agent Passport is due to follow in early access later, with Cisco acting as the first external verifier for the service.