usefulapiRecruitee MCP server
Search Recruitee candidates, jobs, pipelines and interviews, and add notes, tags and tasks. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
What can I ask?
Turn on the Recruitee connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
- Which candidates applied to my open sales role this week?
- Which interviews are scheduled for the next few days?
- Show me the notes on candidate Jane Smith.
- Add a note to Jane Smith's profile saying she is available from June 1.
What you can do with Recruitee in Claude and ChatGPT
For recruiters and hiring managers who manage candidates in Recruitee.
Find candidates for a job or by keyword
The AI searches candidates by keywords in name, tags, CV and more, or lists them for one job, newest first, qualified or disqualified. It opens a profile with tags, CV link and job stages.
See interviews coming up
The AI lists scheduled interviews with candidate, job, start time, location and attendees, for the company or one interviewer.
Read notes and evaluations of a candidate
The AI reads the notes on a candidate and the interview evaluations with rating and note, and sums up what the team thinks.
Add a candidate and put them on a job
The AI adds a candidate with contact details and puts them on a job or talent pool.
Changes dataAdd a note or tags, or create a task
The AI adds a note or tags to a candidate, or creates a recruiting task for team members, optionally about a candidate and with a due date.
Changes dataMove a candidate to another pipeline stage
The AI reads the candidate's job placements and the stages of the job's hiring pipeline, then moves the candidate to the stage you choose.
Changes dataHow do I connect Recruitee?
Before you connect
The login page asks for your Company ID and Personal API token.
Both are in Recruitee → Settings → Apps and plugins → Personal API tokens: create a token there, and the company ID is shown on the same page. The token acts with your own user's role permissions. Your credentials are used only to call the Recruitee API on your behalf and to derive a private account id; they are never shown to anyone.
Claude claude.ai · Desktop
- Open Customize → Connectors, then click + Add → Add custom connector.
- Enter the name Recruitee and this URL, then click Add:https://
recruitee. usefulapi. io/ mcp - Claude opens the login page: enter your Company ID and Personal API token.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and turn on Recruitee.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
ChatGPT chatgpt.com
- Open Plugins, click +, then Add custom MCP server.
- Enter the name Recruitee and this URL, choose OAuth as the authentication, confirm the warning and create it:https://
recruitee. usefulapi. io/ mcp - ChatGPT opens the login page: enter your Company ID and Personal API token.
- In Plugins, install Recruitee, then choose it in a chat.
No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Claude Code
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Cursor
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"recruitee": {
"url": "https://recruitee.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} VS Code
Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"recruitee": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://recruitee.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Codex
Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Other clients
Windsurf, Cline, Zed and other MCP clients: add this URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Company ID and Personal API token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
Guides
- Review your Recruitee hiring pipeline in ChatGPT
Use Claude or ChatGPT to review a Recruitee job, candidate stages, recruiter notes, upcoming interviews and open tasks before your hiring meeting.
31 October 2026
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | 10,000 tool calls / month |
| Pro+per user | $39/mo · $390/yr | 100,000 tool calls / month |
Each paid plan covers this Recruitee server only. Ask your AI to run recruitee_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. The change requires your confirmation, keeps your billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. Cancel any time with recruitee_cancel_subscription: your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and asking to resume the same plan with recruitee_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to support@usefulapi.io.
Tools 26
Show all 26 tools (the AI picks them for you)
Read only · 15
- Get the current user
recruitee_get_current_userFetch the Recruitee user the API token belongs to — name, email, role, role abilities and company id. A cheap way to confirm the token and company id are right. - List team members
recruitee_list_team_membersList the company's team members (memberships): admin_id, role, whether they are a recruiter or hiring manager, and the jobs they can access. Use admin_id values for task assignees and filters. User names/emails are in the `references` array. - Search candidates
recruitee_search_candidatesSearch the company's candidates with Recruitee's candidate search (the same engine as the app's filters). `query` is a free-text search across name, emails, phones, tags, sources, job assignments, current stage, cover letter and CV content. `filters` accepts Recruitee filter objects verbatim, e.g. {"field":"created_at","gte":1548975600} (Unix seconds), {"field":"has_cv","eq":true}, {"filter":"tags","id":{"in":[12]}}, {"filter":"stages","name":{"in":["Phone interview"]}}. Returns `hits` (with each candidate's placements: job + current stage) and `total`. - List candidates
recruitee_list_candidatesList candidates, newest first, optionally filtered by job, search, qualification, ids or creation date. Default 25 per page. detail auto returns whole records where they fit; if one record or page metadata is too large, explicitly marked summaries preserve candidate ids and omit other fields/references. detail full requires whole records; summary always returns summaries. Pages can be smaller than limit: continue with pagination.next_offset as offset and the same filters; null means finished. Do not advance by limit. - Get one candidate
recruitee_get_candidateFetch one candidate's full profile: contact details, sources, tags, cover letter, CV URL, custom fields, ratings, and `placements` — one per job they are on, each with its placement id and current stage. The placement id is what recruitee_move_candidate_stage needs. - List a candidate's notes
recruitee_list_candidate_notesList the notes on a candidate's profile, with replies, author admin_id and visibility. - List jobs
recruitee_list_offersList the company's jobs (Recruitee calls them offers) with id, title, status, slug, department_id, recruiter_id, hiring_manager_id and pipeline_template_id. Filter by status, department, location, recruiter, hiring manager, tag and more; add heavy fields with `include` (e.g. counters for candidate counts, description, salary, location_ids). Paginated with limit + page (default 1000 per page); `meta.total_count` gives the total. - Get one job
recruitee_get_offerFetch one job or talent pool by id with its full details: description, requirements, location, salary, employment type, candidate counters and pipeline_template_id. - Get a hiring pipeline
recruitee_get_pipeline_templateFetch a pipeline template with its ordered stages (id, name, group, category). A job's `pipeline_template_id` (from recruitee_list_offers / recruitee_get_offer) names its pipeline; the stage ids here are what recruitee_move_candidate_stage takes. - List departments
recruitee_list_departmentsList the company's departments with their ids and job counts. - List candidate tags
recruitee_list_tagsList the company's candidate tags with ids and usage counts. Tag ids are used in recruitee_search_candidates filters. - List disqualify reasons
recruitee_list_disqualify_reasonsList the company's configured disqualification reasons (id, name, position). Useful for reading why candidates were disqualified. - List tasks
recruitee_list_tasksList recruiting tasks (title, description, due date, completed, candidate_id). With candidate_id, lists that candidate's tasks (Recruitee: GET /c/{company_id}/candidates/{candidate_id}/tasks — only `status` applies). Otherwise lists company tasks with scope, assignee, sorting and paging (Recruitee: GET /c/{company_id}/tasks). - List interviews
recruitee_list_interview_eventsList scheduled interview events (candidate_id, offer_id, stage_id, start time, duration, location, attendees). Defaults to upcoming events for the whole company; narrow by candidate, date range or interviewer. - List evaluations
recruitee_list_evaluationsList interview results — evaluations (rating + note) and questionnaire scorecards — optionally for one candidate or by selected reviewers.
Changes data · 7
- Create a candidate
recruitee_create_candidateWRITE: add a candidate manually (as if a recruiter added them in the app — no auto-confirmation email is sent), optionally assigning them straight to one or more jobs in the job's default stage. - Update a candidate
recruitee_update_candidateWRITE: update a candidate's name or contact details. Only the fields you pass change; list fields (emails, phones, links) REPLACE the existing list, so pass the full list you want. - Add a note to a candidate
recruitee_add_candidate_noteWRITE: add a note to a candidate's profile, visible to the team. - Tag a candidate
recruitee_add_candidate_tagsWRITE: add one or more tags to a candidate (existing tags are reused by name; new names create new tags). - Add a candidate to a job
recruitee_assign_candidate_to_offerWRITE: put an existing candidate on a job (or talent pool) — creates a placement in the pipeline's first stage. Pass exactly one of offer_id or talent_pool_id. - Move a candidate to another stage
recruitee_move_candidate_stageWRITE: move a candidate to another stage of a job's pipeline. Takes the PLACEMENT id (from recruitee_get_candidate → placements[].id, one per job) and the destination stage id (from recruitee_get_pipeline_template). Moving to a 'hired' stage also requires work_location_id. Stage automations configured in Recruitee may run. Undo by moving back. - Create a task
recruitee_create_taskWRITE: create a recruiting task, optionally about a candidate, assigned to team members (admin ids from recruitee_list_team_members), with an optional due date.
Your usefulapi plan · 4
- Usage status (free-tier meter)
recruitee_usage_statusReport the caller's current usage: the plan, calls used this month, the limit of the plan (the free monthly cap or the Pro fair use limit), remaining, and whether the limit is reached. Read-only; does not count against the meter. - Request a missing feature
recruitee_request_featureTell usefulapi that the user needs something the Recruitee tools cannot do yet (a missing tool, field or filter). Call it only when the user asks for something none of the tools can do, and tell the user that you send the request. Do not call it for errors or for normal requests. Do not include personal data, credentials or customer records. Stored with the product name and the client type (for example Claude or Cursor), without the user's account. At most 5 requests per day. Does not count against the meter. - Upgrade to Pro or Pro+
recruitee_upgradeGet a paid plan for Recruitee (the free tier caps monthly usage). Pro: 10,000 tool calls a month, for normal use — plan "monthly" ($9/month) or "yearly" ($90/year, 2 months free). Pro+: 100,000 tool calls a month, for automations and heavy use — plan "plus" ($39/month) or "plus_yearly" ($390/year). Without a plan it returns both Pro and Pro+, each with a payment link, for the user to choose; with a plan, one link. An existing Pro subscription changes to Pro+ in place: call without confirm first, as the reply states the exact charge for this account (the price difference for the rest of the period, or in a free Pro trial the full Pro+ price, as the trial ends); then call with confirm: true. Cancel any time: the plan then runs to the end of the paid period, so it also suits a one-time job. A link opens Stripe Checkout in the browser; after payment the account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter. - Cancel the Pro subscription
recruitee_cancel_subscriptionCancel the caller's Recruitee Pro subscription at the end of the paid period (no refund for the current period; Pro continues until then, then the free tier applies). Requires confirm: true. Run recruitee_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter.
FAQ
What can I do with Recruitee in Claude or ChatGPT?
Find candidates for a job or by keyword. See interviews coming up. Read notes and evaluations of a candidate. Add a candidate and put them on a job. Add a note or tags, or create a task. Move a candidate to another pipeline stage. See what you can do for the details.
Is this an official Recruitee product?
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Recruitee. The server calls the Recruitee API with your own Recruitee access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Can I connect Recruitee to Claude or ChatGPT?
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
What do I need to connect?
The login page asks for your Company ID and Personal API token. See Before you connect for where to find them.
Do I put my Recruitee key or an Authorization header in the client config?
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Company ID and Personal API token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
How do you keep my Recruitee credentials?
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Recruitee API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Recruitee.
Can the AI change my Recruitee data?
Yes, if you approve it. 7 of the 22 Recruitee tools can create or change data. The other 15 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
What does it cost?
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with 10,000 tool calls / month. Pro+ costs $39/mo or $390/yr, with 100,000 tool calls / month. Each subscription covers this Recruitee server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run recruitee_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
How do I subscribe or cancel?
Ask the AI to run recruitee_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. After you confirm, your existing subscription changes in place, keeps its billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. To cancel, run recruitee_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.
What if a Recruitee tool that I need is missing?
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with recruitee_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Which AI clients can I use?
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.
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