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# Book time off for someone

> Book time off on behalf of a team member; it is approved at once. Input schema, a tools/call example and an example result.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/charliehr/book_time_off

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Book time off on behalf of a team member; it is approved at once.

CharlieHR MCP tools: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/charliehr.md

MCP tool: `charliehr_write → book_time_off`

Access: write. Confirm: waits for the user's OK before it runs.

Does what "book time off" on the person's Time tab does when you book on behalf. Open to Team Leads, Line Managers, Admins and Super Admins. The booking skips approval and is approved automatically. type is a time off type of your account, for example Holiday. Returns the days used and the days left. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `member_id` | string | yes | Id from list_team_members |
| `type` | string | yes | Time off type name as shown in Charlie |
| `start_date` | string | yes | YYYY-MM-DD |
| `end_date` | string | yes | YYYY-MM-DD |
| `notes` | string | no | Note on the booking |

## tools/call

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "charliehr_write",
    "arguments": {
      "operation": "book_time_off",
      "arguments": {
        "member_id": "member_8c41d2",
        "type": "type",
        "start_date": "start date",
        "end_date": "end date"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
    }
  ],
  "structuredContent": {
    "booking_id": "tob_71d3f0",
    "member": "Leo Fischer",
    "type": "Holiday",
    "start_date": "2026-12-24",
    "end_date": "2026-12-24",
    "days": 1,
    "status": "approved",
    "remaining_days": 14
  },
  "isError": false
}
```

Previous: [Deny a time off request](https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/charliehr/deny_time_off_request.md)
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