Integrations/Gusto

Control what your AI agents do in Gusto.

Let your team build AI agents for Gusto. Bollard AI controls what each one can do, area by area.

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Gusto
Payroll Agent
Time off Payroll areaOffReadFull use
Employees Payroll areaOffReadFull use
Payrolls Payroll areaOffReadFull use
Run payroll
What agents can do

Set what each agent can do across your payroll.

Each area of Gusto, like employees, time off, or payrolls, gets one of three levels: Off, Read, or Full use. Anything not allowed is denied, and running payroll is a separate switch.

Off
No access
The agent can't see that part of your payroll.
Read
Read-only
The agent can read employees and their basic details. It can't change anything.
Full use
Update and approve
The agent can update records and approve requests in that area, like time off.

Some actions stay off until explicitly turned on

Each one moves money or exposes pay and bank details, so it could override the limits set elsewhere.

Running or submitting payrollReading pay and bank account detailsChanging compensation
Set up & manage

Connect once. Manage everyone from there.

Connect once, then control access person by person. No new keys to hand out.

Step 1 · Set up

Connect once, company-wide

An admin connects your company's Gusto a single time. Bollard AI lays out the areas of your payroll, and anything you don't allow stays out of reach for every agent.

Step 2 · Manage

Control access per person and agent

From one dashboard, set what every person and their agents can reach. Change it any time, with no new keys for anyone.

OffNo access
ReadRead-only
Full useRead, update, and approve records in a single area
Example

A payroll support agent.

A payroll agent manages time off and can read employee details, but it can't run payroll or see pay and bank details.

Time off Payroll areaOffReadFull use
Employees Payroll areaOffReadFull use
Payrolls Payroll areaOffReadFull use

Manage access

ALLOWEDPayroll Agent approved a request in Time off
ALLOWEDPayroll Agent read a record in Employees
BLOCKEDPayroll Agent tried to open Payrolls, denied by default

Monitor activity

The security model

Top-tier security.

Bollard AI is access control for AI agents. It sits between your agents and Gusto, so they never hold your Gusto keys and never reach Gusto directly.

Everything runs through Bollard AI

Agents send their requests to Bollard AI, not to Gusto. Bollard AI checks each one against your rules and passes only the allowed requests through.

Denied by default

Every area starts off-limits, and running payroll is held back on top of that. An agent gets in only where you've allowed it, and anything Bollard AI doesn't recognise is refused and held for review, never waved through on a guess.

Your keys stay sealed

Your Gusto keys are sealed in a vault unique to your company and never shown again. Bollard AI unlocks them only for the instant an allowed request needs it.

Activity you can read

Every attempt is recorded in plain English: who or which agent, what they tried, which employee or request, and the decision. The record is readable and can't be edited after the fact.

Questions

Gusto, answered.

Does connecting Gusto hand Bollard AI your whole payroll?+
Only the areas you allow. An admin connects your Gusto, and you decide which areas, like employees or time off, each agent can reach. Bollard AI doesn't browse or copy your payroll. It sits in front of it and checks every request the agents make, passing or blocking each one.
Can an agent run payroll or see pay details?+
Not unless you turn it on. Running payroll and reading pay and bank details are held off by default, so an agent can manage time off and read basic details without ever moving money or seeing pay, until you explicitly allow it.
Can an agent see more than the person who owns it?+
No. An agent reaches only what its owner reaches. An explicit Off always overrides an inherited permission.
Where do our Gusto keys live?+
Sealed in an encrypted vault, behind a key unique to your company. It's never shown again once connected, and Bollard AI unseals it only for the instant an allowed request needs it.
What happens when an agent tries something it's not allowed to do?+
Bollard AI blocks the request before it reaches Gusto, and the blocked attempt lands in the activity record with the reason.
How do we connect Gusto?+
An admin connects the company's Gusto once. Bollard AI seals the connection and lays out the areas of your payroll to set rules for. From then on, all management happens in the Bollard AI dashboard.
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