Read jobs, candidates and applications; add candidate notes and move applications in TalentLyft. For recruiters and hiring managers who run open jobs and candidate pipelines in TalentLyft. Hosted by usefulapi — connect from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"talentlyft": {
"url": "https://talentlyft.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"talentlyft": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://talentlyft.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Other MCP clients (Windsurf, Cline, Zed and more): add the URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser. Do not add an Authorization header: see Before you connect.
List the jobs, filtered by status or text. List the stages of one job, in order, to see its hiring steps.
talentlyft_list_jobs talentlyft_list_job_stages
List candidates, filtered by job or by creation date. Open one candidate, then one application, to read its stage, evaluation and answers.
talentlyft_list_candidates talentlyft_get_candidate talentlyft_get_application
List calendar events for a date range, filtered by job, candidate or member. Use the member list to match each interviewer to their events.
talentlyft_list_events talentlyft_list_members
Pick the team member who writes the note, then add it to the candidate's timeline. The team sees the note, and each call adds a new one.
Changes data · talentlyft_add_candidate_note talentlyft_list_members
Read the job stages, then move one candidate application to a new stage. TalentLyft may send the usual stage notifications.
Changes data · talentlyft_list_job_stages talentlyft_move_application_to_stage
The login page asks for your TalentLyft Access token.
Find it in TalentLyft → profile icon → Integrations → TalentLyft Access token settings. Your token is used only to call the API on your behalf and to derive a private account id; it is never shown to anyone.
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 TalentLyft Access 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.
Turn on the TalentLyft connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
talentlyft_list_jobs | read | List jobs List jobs in the TalentLyft account, filterable by status and text. Use the returned job ids with talentlyft_get_job and talentlyft_list_job_stages. TalentLyft API: GET /v2/jobs. |
talentlyft_get_job | read | Get a job Get one job by id, including its details. TalentLyft API: GET /v2/jobs/{id}. |
talentlyft_list_job_stages | read | List job stages List the hiring stages of one job, in order. Use a stage id with talentlyft_move_application_to_stage. TalentLyft API: GET /v2/jobs/{id}/stages. |
talentlyft_list_candidates | read | List candidates List candidates, optionally only those who applied for some jobs or were created after a date. Returns candidate ids for talentlyft_get_candidate. TalentLyft API: GET /v2/candidates. |
talentlyft_get_candidate | read | Get a candidate Get one candidate by id, with contact details, tags, and the list of applications (each with its job and stage). TalentLyft API: GET /v2/candidates/{id}. |
talentlyft_list_candidate_activities | read | List candidate activities List the timeline activities of one candidate (notes, stage moves, and other events). TalentLyft API: GET /v2/candidates/{id}/activities. |
talentlyft_get_application | read | Get a candidate application Get one application of a candidate (one candidate for one job), with its stage, evaluation and answers. TalentLyft API: GET /v2/candidates/{id}/applications/{applicationId}. |
talentlyft_list_pipelines | read | List pipelines List the hiring pipelines (the stage sets that jobs use). TalentLyft API: GET /v2/pipelines. |
talentlyft_list_departments | read | List departments List the departments of the company. TalentLyft API: GET /v2/departments. |
talentlyft_list_members | read | List members List the team members of the company (recruiters and managers), with their ids. Use a member id as the author of a note or a stage move. TalentLyft API: GET /v2/members. |
talentlyft_list_rejection_reasons | read | List rejection reasons List the rejection reasons that the company uses when it disqualifies a candidate. TalentLyft API: GET /v2/rejection_reasons. |
talentlyft_list_events | read | List events List calendar events (interviews and meetings), filterable by date range, job, candidate, or member. TalentLyft API: GET /v2/events. |
talentlyft_add_candidate_note | write | Add a note to a candidate Write a note on a candidate's timeline, as the given team member. The note is visible to the team. Each call creates a new note. TalentLyft API: POST /v2/candidates/{id}/note. |
talentlyft_move_application_to_stage | write | Move an application to a stage Move one candidate application to another hiring stage of its job, as the given team member. TalentLyft may send the candidate or the team the usual stage notifications. TalentLyft API: POST /v2/candidates/{id}/applications/{applicationId}/move_to_stage/{stageId}. |
talentlyft_usage_status | Usage status (free-tier meter) Report 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. | |
talentlyft_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the TalentLyft 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. | |
talentlyft_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited*) Get Pro: unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 a month) on TalentLyft (the free tier caps monthly usage). Plans: "monthly" — $9/month; "yearly" — $90/year (2 months free). Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period, so it also suits a one-time job. *A fair use limit applies. For heavy use (near Pro's limit): "plus" or "plus_yearly" — Pro+, $39/month or $390/year, unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 100,000 a month); an existing Pro subscription changes to Pro+ in place (needs confirm: true; the price difference for the rest of the period is charged at once). Otherwise returns a short link to open in your browser (it opens Stripe Checkout); after payment the account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter. | |
talentlyft_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's TalentLyft 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 talentlyft_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter. |
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | Unlimited* |
*Pro fair use limit: 10,000 tool calls a month on this server. For more, write to [email protected].
Pro covers this TalentLyft server only. Subscribe with talentlyft_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with talentlyft_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running talentlyft_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
See open jobs and their hiring stages. Review candidates who applied to a job. Review interviews on the calendar. Add a note to a candidate's timeline. Move an application to another stage. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by TalentLyft. The server calls the TalentLyft API with your own TalentLyft access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
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.
The login page asks for your TalentLyft Access token. See Before you connect for where to find it.
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 TalentLyft Access 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.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the TalentLyft 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 TalentLyft.
Yes, if you approve it. 2 of the 14 TalentLyft tools can create or change data. The other 12 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 tool calls a month), for this TalentLyft server only. Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period. Run talentlyft_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run talentlyft_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run talentlyft_cancel_subscription. Pro continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with talentlyft_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.
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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