Automate Gusto with Caddi
Built for professional services teams.
Gusto runs payroll and HR — Caddi handles the cross-system work that every new hire and every payroll cycle creates.
Supported actions5
- New employeeTriggers when a new employee is onboarded.
- Payroll processedTriggers when a payroll run completes.
- Create employeeAdd a new employee to Gusto with onboarding details.
- Update employeeModify an employee's profile, compensation, or benefits.
- Run payrollStart a payroll run for a pay period.
Need something that isn't listed? Teach Caddi the step the way you'd teach a new hire and it gets built.
Automate Gusto by teaching Caddi like a new hire.
Walk Caddi through the Gusto work the way you'd train someone on their first day. It learns the job, builds a verified automation, and runs it for you every time. No code, no IT ticket, no brittle wiring.
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Teach it the job
Walk Caddi through the Gusto task the way you'd onboard a new hire.
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Caddi builds it
It writes verified code, tests it, and connects the rest of your stack.
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It runs for you
The automation runs on demand, every time, with no model in the loop.
What Caddi does with Gusto
Why teams automate Gusto
HR data has the most downstream consumers in any firm. Caddi makes sure each one — IT, accounting, training trackers — gets updated automatically.
Loops Caddi runs against Gusto
New-hire fan-out
Recommended patternWhen a hire is added in Gusto, Caddi provisions the standard accounts, files the offer letter, and updates the onboarding tracker.
Payroll-to-accounting post
Recommended patternAfter each pay run, Caddi posts the journal entries to QuickBooks or Xero with the right cost coding.
Termination cleanup
Recommended patternOn termination, Caddi runs the firm's offboarding checklist across systems and archives the personnel file.
Where professional services teams use it
Inbound triage
Watch Gusto for new items, classify them, and route the right data to the right downstream system — CRM, matter system, or storage.
Cross-tool data sync
Keep Gusto in lockstep with your CRM, billing, or document system so the same record never has to be updated twice.
Document workflows
Generate, send, and archive documents end-to-end using Gusto alongside e-signature, cloud storage, and your system of record.
Notifications & approvals
Send the right person the right Gusto update — by email, Slack, or Teams — and capture approvals back into the originating record.
Questions about automating Gusto
Does Caddi have a real Gusto integration?
Yes. Caddi runs verified code against Gusto's official APIs (and uses a secure, audited browser session when an API isn't available). Every automation Caddi builds for Gusto is reviewed before it runs in production.
Do I need engineering help to automate Gusto with Caddi?
No. You demonstrate the workflow — clicking through Gusto the way you normally would — and Caddi turns it into a verified, repeatable automation. No code, no IT ticket, no Zapier-style wiring.
Is my Gusto data safe?
Caddi is SOC 2 attested. Our AI watches and builds the automation, but it never touches client data at runtime — once the automation is generated, it executes deterministically against Gusto with no model in the loop.
Can Caddi connect Gusto to the rest of my stack?
That's the point. Most Caddi automations span 3-6 tools — for example, pulling data out of an email, updating Gusto, filing a document in cloud storage, and posting a confirmation in Slack or Teams. Every tool on the integrations page is fair game.
Ready to automate Gusto?
Drop your work email and we'll show you Caddi running end-to-end against Gusto and the rest of your stack.