List colleague absences
Read who is out in a period, as Show colleagues displays it.
MCP tool officient_read → list_colleague_absences
read
Returns the colleagues' calendar entries between the two dates: person, type, dates and day part. Home office entries come back too, with their own type. Sorted by first day.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| from_date string required | string | First day, ISO date (2026-11-09). |
| to_date string required | string | Last day, ISO date (2026-11-13). |
| team string | string | Only people of this team. |
tools/call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "officient_read",
"arguments": {
"operation": "list_colleague_absences",
"arguments": {
"from_date": "2026-11-09",
"to_date": "2026-11-13"
}
}
}
}Example response
{
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
}
],
"structuredContent": {
"absences": [
{
"person": "Lena Maes",
"type": "Holiday",
"from_date": "2026-11-09",
"to_date": "2026-11-13",
"day_part": "full_day"
},
{
"person": "Tom De Smet",
"type": "Holiday",
"from_date": "2026-11-11",
"to_date": "2026-11-11",
"day_part": "half_day"
},
{
"person": "Aya Claes",
"type": "Home office",
"from_date": "2026-11-11",
"to_date": "2026-11-11",
"day_part": "full_day"
}
],
"total": 3
},
"isError": false
}