The HireBase MCP Server provides tools to interact with the HireBase Job API through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It allows you to search for jobs and retrieve detailed job information directly through compatible AI assistants like Claude Desktop or Cursor.
search_jobs
: Search for jobs using the HireBase API based on various criteria.
query
, and_keywords
, or_keywords
, not_keywords
, title
, category
, country
, city
, location_type
, company
, salary_from
, salary_to
, salary_currency
, years_from
, years_to
, visa
, limit
.get_job
: Retrieve detailed information about a specific job using its HireBase ID.
job_id
.create_candidate_profile
: Generates a structured prompt based on candidate details to help guide job searching.
name
, linkedin_url
, personal_website
, resume_text
.To use the HireBase MCP server with an MCP client like Claude Desktop or Cursor, follow these steps:
Install uv
by running:
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
Obtain a HireBase API Key (optional) from HireBase. You can set this as an environment variable or leave it empty.
Edit your claude_desktop_config.json
:
{
"mcpServers": {
"hirebase": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"hirebase-mcp"
],
"env": {
"HIREBASE_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
}
}
}
}
Go to Settings > MCP > Add Server:
uvx hirebase-mcp
cmd
/c
, uvx
, hirebase-mcp
HIREBASE_API_KEY
environment variable in the appropriate section.You can also run the server from source using Python:
claude_desktop_config.json
:{
"mcpServers": {
"hirebase": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"run",
"--with",
"mcp[cli]",
"--with",
"requests",
"mcp",
"run",
"PATH_TO_REPO/src/hirebase_mcp/server.py"
]
}
}
}
Once configured, you can use the HireBase MCP server in your conversations with Claude Desktop or other compatible clients.
To search for jobs, you can use the search_jobs
tool with various parameters:
I'd like to search for software engineering jobs in San Francisco with a salary above $150,000.
You can refine your search using specific parameters:
title
to specify job titleslocation_type
for remote/hybrid/onsite preferencessalary_from
and salary_to
for salary rangesyears_from
and years_to
for experience requirementsTo get detailed information about a specific job:
Can you tell me more about job ID 12345?
You can generate a structured profile to help with job searches:
Please create a candidate profile based on my resume: [resume text]
HIREBASE_API_KEY
: Your API key for accessing the HireBase API (required for full functionality)To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:
claude mcp add-json "hirebase" '{"command":"uvx","args":["hirebase-mcp"],"env":{"HIREBASE_API_KEY":""}}'
See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.
There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file so that it is available in all of your projects.
If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json
file.
To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".
When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file will be opened and you can add your server like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"hirebase": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"hirebase-mcp"
],
"env": {
"HIREBASE_API_KEY": ""
}
}
}
}
To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json
file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.
Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.
The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.
You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.
To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:
1. Find your configuration file:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
2. Add this to your configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"hirebase": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"hirebase-mcp"
],
"env": {
"HIREBASE_API_KEY": ""
}
}
}
}
3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect