# Cornerstone integrations: employees and learning

> Create an employee in Cornerstone. Connect Cornerstone to the rest of your human resources stack with Tray.ai.

**Canonical page:** https://tray.ai/connectors/cornerstone-integrations/
**Categories:** Human resources
**Connects through:** HTTP Connector

## Overview

Cornerstone is a talent management suite covering employee learning, recruiting, performance, and core HR records for large organizations. Tray.ai connects to Cornerstone through the HTTP Connector, so your workflows can call the Cornerstone API alongside the rest of your stack. API access comes through Cornerstone's partner program or API plan, so you need approved credentials first.

## Use cases

### Employees

Read, create, and update employees in Cornerstone from any Tray.ai workflow. The Cornerstone API covers calls such as create an employee and update an employee.

- Create an employee
- Update an employee
- Get an employee

### Learning

Read learning in Cornerstone from any Tray.ai workflow. The Cornerstone API covers calls such as search the learning catalog and search user transcripts.

- Search the learning catalog
- Search user transcripts

### Reporting views

Read reporting views in Cornerstone from any Tray.ai workflow. The Cornerstone API covers calls such as query a reporting view and get reporting view metadata.

- Query a reporting view
- Get reporting view metadata

## Challenges Tray.ai solves

### Keeping Cornerstone credentials out of logs

A raw API call usually means pasting a key or token into the request, where it ends up in step inputs, logs, and screenshots.

**How Tray.ai helps:** Store Cornerstone credentials once as a Tray.ai authentication and reference them from the HTTP Connector. Tray.ai masks authentication values in logs, so the secret never shows up in a step's input or output.

### Going from the Cornerstone API docs to a working call

Translating an example request from API docs into a workflow step means copying the method, URL, headers, and body by hand.

**How Tray.ai helps:** Paste a cURL example from the Cornerstone API docs into the HTTP Connector and Tray.ai fills in the method, URL, headers, and body for you.

### Handling files and non-JSON responses

Not every API answers in JSON. Some return XML, files, or binary data, or expect a multipart upload.

**How Tray.ai helps:** The HTTP Connector parses JSON and XML responses, returns files you can pass to the next step, and sends multipart form data for uploads.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does Tray.ai connect to Cornerstone?

Yes. Tray.ai connects to Cornerstone through the HTTP Connector, which calls the Cornerstone API directly. Any call the Cornerstone API documents can run as a step in a Tray.ai workflow. API access comes through Cornerstone's partner program or API plan, so you need approved credentials first.

### How does Tray.ai authenticate with Cornerstone?

The Cornerstone API uses OAuth 2.0. You save it once as a Tray.ai authentication, and the HTTP Connector adds it to every request.

### Can I get a dedicated Cornerstone connector?

Cornerstone runs through the HTTP Connector rather than a dedicated connector. If your team wants one, the Tray.ai connector SDK can build a dedicated Cornerstone connector from the Cornerstone API.

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