HiBob Workflows & Automation
Workflows & automation that keep processes moving

Executive Summary
Workflows & Automation is a module of HiBob's Core suite. It automatically runs HR processes in Bob, such as onboarding, approvals and document flows, so teams do not have to manage them manually. Workflows adapt by role, location and site, and can be configured without code.
Use Cases
- Running onboarding workflows triggered by lifecycle events
- Routing tasks through multi-step approval paths
- Generating, signing and tracking documents within workflows
- Applying policy logic across workflows and regions
- Configuring workflows without code, with conditional logic and branching
Features
Visibility
- Real-time Insights: Centralize, sync, and automate payroll data with flexible integrations, real-time updates, and insightful reporting.
Intelligence
- Productivity booster: Bob helps you summarize reviews, draft feedback, and automate tasks, instantly and in context.
- AI-powered proficiency levels: Automatically define and adjust skill proficiency levels for each role to save time and ensure consistency.
- Skills generator: Quickly create role-specific skill lists using Bob’s AI, based on your job catalog, company context, and industry standards.
- AI course suggestions: Let Bob recommend relevant courses to employees based on their role and skills.
Support
- Workflows & automation: Automate tasks, approvals, and workflows across HR with end-to-end processes that run in Core and keep work moving without delays or missed steps.
- Onboarding workflows: Trigger structured onboarding automatically based on lifecycle events.
- Run onboarding: Trigger structured onboarding automatically based on lifecycle events.
- Approvals & handoffs: Route tasks through governed approval paths with full visibility.
Technical Specifications
- Deployment
- SaaS
- Authentication
- OAuth
- API Available
- Yes
- MCP Server
- Yes
Infrastructure
- AWS
Integrations
- ATS
- Payroll
- Globalization Partners
- CloudPay
- Perk
- Bucketlist Rewards
Security & Compliance
Certifications: ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27018:2019, SOC 2 Type 2
Encryption: AES-256 encryption at rest (AWS RDS/KMS); HTTPS/TLS 1.2 or higher in transit
Pricing
- Model
- Subscription-based, per employee per month
- Target Customer
- SMB,Mid-Market,Enterprise
About HiBob
HiBob (Bob) is a cloud-based HR platform that helps mid-sized and fast-growing companies manage core HR, onboarding, time off, performance, compensation, and people analytics. The platform focuses on improving employee engagement and providing HR teams and managers with real-time workforce insights through configurable workflows and integrations.
Verified sources
Each of these facts was checked against the vendor page linked (2026-10-15).
- API · Available: apidocs.hibob.com
- API · API docs: apidocs.hibob.com
- API · Public Docs: apidocs.hibob.com
- Customers: hibob.com
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- Data · Storage Location: hibob.com
- Executive Summary: hibob.com
- Features · Intelligence: hibob.com
- Features · Support: hibob.com
- Features · Visibility: hibob.com
- Input · Highlight: hibob.com
- Input · Primary: hibob.com
- Input · Secondary: hibob.com
- Metrics · Results: hibob.com
- Output · Dashboard: hibob.com
- Process · Ai Engine: hibob.com
- Process · Analysis: hibob.com
- Process · Compliance: hibob.com
- Security · Certifications: hibob.com
- Security · Encryption: hibob.com
- Tagline: hibob.com
- Technical · API available: apidocs.hibob.com
- Technical · Auth Protocols: apidocs.hibob.com
- Technical · Deployment: hibob.com
- Technical · Infrastructure: hibob.com
- Technical · MCP server: apidocs.hibob.com
- Links · About page: hibob.com
- Links · API docs: apidocs.hibob.com
- Links · Security: hibob.com
- Use Cases: hibob.com
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