Decline holiday request
Declines a holiday request that is assigned to you.
MCP tool peoplehr_write → decline_holiday_request
write Confirm
Declines the request as the account that is signed in, which must be its approver. PeopleHR then tells the employee in Feed, so give a reason in the comment. A decided request cannot be changed: it has to be deleted and submitted again. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| request_id string required | string | Request ID from list_holiday_requests. |
| comment string | string | Reason the employee sees with the decision. |
tools/call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "peoplehr_write",
"arguments": {
"operation": "decline_holiday_request",
"arguments": {
"request_id": "request_8c41d2"
}
}
}
}Example response
{
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
}
],
"structuredContent": {
"request_id": "hol-48233",
"employee": "Lena Ortiz",
"start_date": "2026-12-01",
"end_date": "2026-12-10",
"status": "Declined",
"decided_by": "Dana Reyes",
"comment": "Freeze week, please pick other dates."
},
"isError": false
}