> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create Employee



## OpenAPI

````yaml /actionkit/openapi.json POST /projects/{project_id}/tools/#GUSTO_CREATE_EMPLOYEE
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: ActionKit Tools API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://actionkit.useparagon.com
    description: US Cloud
security: []
paths:
  /projects/{project_id}/tools/#GUSTO_CREATE_EMPLOYEE:
    post:
      summary: Create Employee
      parameters:
        - name: project_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            description: >-
              Your Paragon Project ID. You can copy your Project ID from your
              dashboard URL or by clicking Copy Project ID under the Environment
              switcher.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                tool:
                  type: string
                  default: GUSTO_CREATE_EMPLOYEE
                parameters:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    companyId:
                      type: string
                      description: 'Company ID : Specify the UUID of the Company to Create.'
                    firstName:
                      type: string
                      description: First Name
                    lastName:
                      type: string
                      description: Last Name
                    middleInitial:
                      type: string
                      description: Middle Initial
                    dateOfBirth:
                      type: string
                      description: 'Date Of Birth (example: "2022-10-01")'
                    email:
                      type: string
                      description: Email
                    ssn:
                      type: string
                      description: 'SSN (example: "123456789")'
                    selfOnBoarding:
                      type: string
                      description: >-
                        Self Onboarding : If true, employee is expected to
                        self-onboard. If false, payroll admin is expected to
                        enter in the employee's onboarding information. If
                        blank, then Self Onboarding will be false as Default
                      enum:
                        - 'false'
                        - 'true'
                  required:
                    - companyId
                    - firstName
                    - lastName
                  x-integration: gusto
              required:
                - tool
                - parameters
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
      security:
        - BearerAuth: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        Your [Paragon User
        Token](/getting-started/installing-the-connect-sdk#setup) (JWT), which
        you can generate using your project's signing keys.

````