Skip to main contentEmployee Skill Sync Integration with Degreed
This Deployment Guide provides instructions that will assist in the process of
deploying the Degreed to/from TechWolf Skills Integration, including detail on
the configuration and deployment of the integration in the customer’s Degreed
tenant. The intended audience for this document is the Integration Implementer.
Integration
The Integration has been designed, developed, tested, documented, and deployed
by TechWolf with Degreed’s guidance and oversight. The integration facilitates
the flow of Validated Employee Skill Data between Degreed and TechWolf. It is
not intended to address every use case a customer may be interested in. The
customer benefits by receiving pre-built, pre-tested, documented,
partner-maintained integrations that minimize implementer’s effort as compared
to custom integrations for the specific use case(s) addressed.
Functional Objective
TechWolf and Degreed are partnering to enhance skill management within
organizations. TechWolf leverages data from various sources, including business
systems like JIRA and Confluence, to infer Skills. These inferred Skills are
seamlessly integrated into Degreed Skill Profiles, providing a comprehensive and
real-time view of Employees’ Skills. The integration also enables profile
synchronization between TechWolf and Degreed, ensuring that both platforms’
updates are consistently reflected.
This can be further facilitated within the familiar environment of MS Teams,
where employees can either be notified of or validate newly suggested skills.
This integration does not depend on the MS Teams Bot; any other skill validation
approach can be used. The integration is agnostic to the skill validation.
Key benefits:
- TechWolf synchronizes Employee Skill Profiles across all relevant systems,
harmonizing Skills across all systems
- The accurate and up-to-date Skills data in Degreed can be used for
downstream purposes in the system, e.g. Learning Paths and Skill Development
- As TechWolf does not rely on manual assessments, we increase Employee
adoption to your learning platform with automated Skill Profiles
Reference Material
Reference materials and documentation can be found at:
Glossary of Terms
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API Key: A unique identifier used to authenticate API requests to
Degreed. Contains both a client ID and client secret for secure access.
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Scopes: Specific permissions that define what data and operations the
API key can access. Required scopes for this integration are limited to:
user_skills:read - Read access to user skill data
user_skills:write - Write access to user skill data
skill_ratings:read - Read access to skill rating data
skill_ratings:write - Write access to skill rating data
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Client ID: A public identifier for the API key that can be safely
shared.
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Client Secret: A private credential that must be kept secure and is only
shown once during API key creation.
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Skills Library: Degreed’s centralized repository of skills available
across the platform.
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User Skills: Individual skill assignments to users in Degreed.
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Skill Ratings: Proficiency levels assigned to user skills (1-6 or 1-8
scale).
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Proficiency Scale: Numerical range representing skill competency levels.
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Bidirectional Sync: Two-way synchronization between systems.
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Uni-directional Sync: One-way synchronization from source to target
system.