# HR system connectors

Your HR system is the authoritative record of who works for your
organization. Connecting it gives Mesh a trusted anchor for identity
correlation: worker records confirm who a person is, where they sit in the
organization, and whether they're still employed.

## Why connect an HR system

- **Anchor correlation.** HR records give Mesh a reliable, person-level
  source to correlate accounts against, improving correlation quality and
  reducing profiling gaps. See [Identities](../../concepts/identities.md).
- **Catch joiners, movers, and leavers.** Employment status from HR lets
  Mesh spot accounts that outlive the people they belong to — a leaver whose
  accounts are still active, or a mover who kept access their new role
  doesn't need. Stale and orphaned accounts are among the risk signals Mesh
  flags. See [Risk scoring](../../concepts/risk-scoring.md).
- **Attribute ownership.** Knowing who owns what — and which department or
  location they belong to — lets Mesh group risk by
  [entity](../../concepts/entities.md) and route
  [delegated remediation](../../concepts/delegation.md) to the right person.

## How HR connectivity works

Mesh connects to your HR system through a single **unified HRIS connector**.
You authorize Mesh to your HR provider once, and Mesh ingests the identity
signals it needs — employee identifiers, employment status, hire and
termination timing, manager and department context, employment type, and work
location — normalized into a consistent shape regardless of which HR platform
you use. This means new HR systems can be added without a separate one-off
connector for each.

## Supported HR systems

Every supported HR platform connects through the same unified connector,
including Workday and TriNet. There is no separate connector for any one
provider, and Mesh reports employment status for every provider using one
consistent set of statuses. See [Employment status](./employment-status.md).

The [provider setup guides](./providers/) list the supported platforms and what
to configure in each one before you connect it.

Coverage expands over time. To confirm support for your HR system, contact
[Axiad Customer Success](mailto:customer.success@axiad.com).

For the full list of systems Mesh connects to, see the
[integration catalog](../integration-catalog.md).

## Set it up

- **[Connect your HR system](./connect-your-hr-system.md)** — add the unified HRIS
  connector from System configurations or the AI assistant, and authorize your provider.
- **[Provider setup guides](./providers/)** — what to configure in your HR
  system before you connect it. 39 providers, from ADP and Workday to Deel and
  Personio.
- **[Employment status](./employment-status.md)** — how employment states from
  different HR platforms map onto one consistent set of statuses.
- **[Troubleshooting](./troubleshoot-hr-connectors.md)** — connectors stuck at
  Initializing, reconnecting with Relink, and empty collections.