New hires set up everywhere
An accepted offer prepares the Rippling record for HR to check, then reaches the ERP, project tools and first-day tasks Rippling doesn't manage.
Rippling integration consulting
Connect Rippling to the rest of your business.
Rippling keeps HR, payroll, devices and app access on one employee record for many growing companies. We build the connections and tools around it, so the systems Rippling doesn't manage still hear about every hire, change and departure.
Keep it, then extend it
What Rippling does well, and where teams outgrow it.
Where Rippling shines
- One record drives many tasks
- Fast to roll out
- A controlled way in
Where teams hit the limits
- Not every system is on the listYour ERP, project tools and industry software often aren't covered, so someone updates them by hand after a change in Rippling.
- Hiring and the first dayOffer details still get copied from the applicant tracking system, and first-day tasks outside Rippling are tracked in email.
- People data beside the businessHeadcount and labor cost compared with projects, budgets or revenue usually means exports and a spreadsheet.
What changes
The same week, with the connection.
Today
- The office manager sets up new hires in the systems Rippling doesn't reach, from a checklist.
- The finance lead reroutes expense approvals that went to a manager who moved teams.
- When someone leaves, the IT lead wonders which accounts outside Rippling are still open.
With the connection
- Accepted offers reach the ERP and project tools after HR checks. The office manager confirms first-day items.
- Approval chains follow current reporting lines in Rippling. The finance lead handles only the exceptions.
- A termination starts the checklist in systems Rippling doesn't reach. The IT lead confirms each step.
What we build around it
Connecting Rippling to the rest of your work.
Job changes reach every system
Promotions, transfers and manager changes update cost centers, approval chains and project teams the same day.
Departures closed out
A termination in Rippling starts the checklist in the systems it doesn't reach, so no account is left open.
Approval chains that stay current
Expense, purchasing and time approvals follow the reporting lines in Rippling, not an old spreadsheet.
Headcount against plan
Rippling headcount and pay combined with budgets and project demand in one scheduled report.
Employee questions answered
Common questions about pay dates, time off and policies answered from your own documents, with anything personal sent to HR.
How it starts
What happens after you reach out.
You work directly with a senior builder from the first call to launch, not a hand-off to a junior team. How we work
Before we start
What we need from you.
- Someone on your team with admin rights sets up our access. We walk them through it.
- You choose what the connection can see and change, and you can switch it off at any time.
- We build and test on sample data before touching live records.
Technical details for your IT team
Someone at your company whose Rippling permissions include creating API tokens goes to Developer, API credentials and creates a new token, giving it a name and only the scopes the connection needs (see Rippling's guide). The token can only reach data that both its scopes and its owner's permissions allow, so we ask for a token owned by an admin who will stay with the company. Rippling revokes a token when its owner leaves or when it goes unused for more than 30 days, and an admin can revoke it at any time. Running ADP or Greenhouse too? See our ADP and Greenhouse pages.
FAQ
Common questions.
Do we have to replace Rippling?
No. Rippling stays your HR, payroll and IT system. We build around it and connect what it doesn't reach.
Doesn't Rippling already connect to our apps?
It connects to many apps out of the box, and you should use those. Custom work makes sense for systems Rippling doesn't cover, or when a step needs a person to check it.
Will you change payroll?
Not without your sign-off. Most of what we build reads from Rippling and updates other systems. Anything that writes to pay goes through your payroll team first.
What access do you need from us?
A token your admin creates, limited to the records the connection needs. You can revoke it at any time.
Are you a certified Rippling partner?
No. We're an independent integration consultant and development team. We build with Rippling's official developer tools and approved access, using the access your team grants, and we work alongside your Rippling admin or implementation partner rather than replacing them.
Sources
- Rippling developer docs: API tokens
- Rippling developer docs: REST API
- Rippling developer docs: Developer portal
Facts checked against the vendor's own documentation, November 2026. Names are trademarks of their owners. Inkwell is independent and not affiliated with these companies.
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