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# Get a time off balance

> Remaining balance of one employee for one time off type. Input schema, a tools/call example and an example result.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/personio/get_time_off_balance

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Remaining balance of one employee for one time off type.

Personio MCP tools: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/personio.md

MCP tool: `personio_read → get_time_off_balance`

Access: read.

Returns the balance Personio shows on the Time off page of the profile: entitlement, taken and remaining for the time off type. Needs permission to see that employee's time off. Use it before request_time_off to avoid a negative balance.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `employee_id` | string | yes | Employee ID from list_employees. |
| `time_off_type` | string | yes | Name from list_time_off_types. |

## tools/call

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "personio_read",
    "arguments": {
      "operation": "get_time_off_balance",
      "arguments": {
        "employee_id": "employee_8c41d2",
        "time_off_type": "time off type"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
    }
  ],
  "structuredContent": {
    "employee_id": "emp_2041",
    "time_off_type": "Vacation",
    "entitled": 25,
    "taken": 7,
    "remaining": 18,
    "unit": "days"
  },
  "isError": false
}
```

Previous: [List time off types](https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/personio/list_time_off_types.md)
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