ENTRA MCP — the first agent-ready job platform

Let your AI find your job. This MCP server connects Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf or any MCP client — locally via npx or hosted at https://mcp.entracareers.com/mcp — to ENTRA — thousands of verified AI & tech jobs aggregated straight from company hiring systems (OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX, Stripe + 300 more). Zero ghost jobs.

Agents search, match, rank and prepare. Humans decide and apply — no spam, no auto-submission.

Install

Claude Code

claude mcp add entra -- npx -y entra-mcp

Claude Desktop — one-click extension (.mcpb) Download entra-mcp.mcpb and open it with Claude Desktop (Settings → Extensions → Install from file). No Node install needed. Employers can paste their API key in the extension settings.

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json), Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json), Windsurf (~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "entra": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "entra-mcp"] }
  }
}

From source:

npm install && npm run build
claude mcp add entra -- node "/path/to/entra-mcp/dist/index.js"

Requires Node 18+. No API key needed for candidate tools — they are read-only against the public ENTRA API. Employers add one env var, see Employer mode.

Then just ask: "Find me remote ML engineer roles paying $200K+, tell me which companies are hiring most, and prepare an application for the best fit."

Hosted endpoint (no install)

The same server runs at https://mcp.entracareers.com/mcp (MCP Streamable HTTP). Nothing to install, no account for candidate tools.

Client	How
ChatGPT	Settings → Connectors → Create → MCP Server URL https://mcp.entracareers.com/mcp, authentication "None" (custom connectors need a ChatGPT plan that supports them, e.g. Plus/Pro/Business/Enterprise with developer mode)
claude.ai	Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → URL https://mcp.entracareers.com/mcp
Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)	{ "mcpServers": { "entra": { "url": "https://mcp.entracareers.com/mcp" } } }
Claude Code	claude mcp add --transport http entra https://mcp.entracareers.com/mcp
Gemini CLI / Smithery / any Streamable HTTP client	point it at the URL above

Employer mode over HTTP: send your key on every request as Authorization: Bearer entra_live_… and the 8 employer tools appear for that request (Cursor: add "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer entra_live_…" } next to url). ChatGPT and claude.ai connectors cannot send custom headers today, so there you get candidate mode — employers use the local npx setup with ENTRA_API_KEY (Employer mode).

How the hosted server behaves:

• Stateless: every request stands alone (no sessions, no Mcp-Session-Id), so it scales and redeploys without breaking clients. GET /mcp and DELETE /mcp answer 405 as the spec allows.
• The Authorization header is used for that one request and is neither stored nor logged. No key is read from the server's environment.
• Rate limit 120 requests/minute per client IP on /mcp; request bodies up to 1 MB; CORS open for browser-based agents. Health: GET /healthz.
• Same honesty rules as below — the hosted server is just another transport for the identical tools.

Tools

Tool	What it does	Example call
search_jobs	Search live verified jobs. Filters: work_location (remote/onsite/hybrid), country (ISO-2), company (slug or name), salary_min (annual), experience, posted_within_days. rank_by: date (default) · salary · fit (with profile_keywords). Returns total_found + jobs with id/title/company/location/salary/published_at/url.	{"query":"machine learning engineer","remote":true,"country":"US","salary_min":200000,"rank_by":"salary","posted_within_days":14,"limit":10}
get_job	Full role details: description, requirements, skills, salary band, apply link	{"job_id":"<id from search_jobs>"}
list_companies	Who's hiring on ENTRA, with open-role counts and profile links	{"query":"anthropic"}
match_jobs	AI matching, live. Pass resume_text (≤8000 chars) or skills[], optional target_role, remote_only, country, min_salary, limit (≤20). Extracts skills/role/seniority deterministically, runs 2–4 searches, dedupes, and returns a ranked list with fit_score (0–100), why[], matched_skills, skill_gaps, salary, interview_chance_hint (high/medium/low).	{"resume_text":"Senior ML engineer, 7 years, PyTorch, RAG, AWS…","remote_only":true,"limit":10}
match_profile	Backward-compatible alias of match_jobs (skills[], role_hint)	{"skills":["python","llm","rag"],"role_hint":"ML engineer"}
salary_stats	Salary stats for a role from listings that publish a band: count_with_salary, min / p25 / median / p75 / max per currency (annualized; USD as USD-equivalent, other currencies as-is), top 5 companies	{"query":"software engineer","country":"US"}
companies_hiring	Which companies are hiring for a role right now: open-role counts, sample titles, latest post date, verified flag, profile URLs	{"query":"AI engineer","remote_only":true,"limit":15}
prepare_application	Human-in-the-loop apply link + checklist	{"job_id":"<id>"}

Every job in every response carries verified: true, a salary band when the company lists one, and an apply URL of the form https://entracareers.com/{country}/vacancies/{id}?utm_source=agent&utm_medium=mcp — we welcome agent traffic.

Sample: match_jobs

{
  "source": "ENTRA — verified roles aggregated from company ATSs. Finds and ranks; you apply.",
  "profile": { "skills_used": ["machine learning", "python", "rag", "llm", "pytorch", "aws"], "target_role": "machine learning engineer", "seniority": "6+ yrs (7+ years mentioned)" },
  "queries_run": ["machine learning engineer", "python", "rag", "llm"],
  "candidates_considered": 142,
  "matches": [
    {
      "title": "Machine Learning Engineer, Inference",
      "company": "OpenAI",
      "location": "San Francisco, United States",
      "work_location": "remote",
      "salary": "$295K–555K/yr",
      "url": "https://entracareers.com/us/vacancies/…?utm_source=agent&utm_medium=mcp",
      "fit_score": 88,
      "interview_chance_hint": "high",
      "why": [
        "Skills: 5/6 matched (machine learning, python, llm, pytorch, aws)",
        "Title match: \"Machine Learning Engineer, Inference\" fits \"machine learning engineer\"",
        "Seniority: job asks 6+ yrs, you read as 6+ yrs — match",
        "Remote role (as requested)",
        "Salary band listed: $295K–555K/yr"
      ],
      "skill_gaps": ["rag"]
    }
  ]
}

Honesty note

• Matching is deterministic — a keyword dictionary plus rules, no LLM in the loop. fit_score is explainable, not a prediction; interview_chance_hint is derived from fit_score only (never a made-up percentage).
• salary_stats uses listed bands only — roles without a published band are excluded, and nothing is estimated.
• search_jobs rank_by: "salary" returns salaried listings only; posted_within_days is applied client-side over the most recent 500 matches.
• Nothing is submitted on your behalf. prepare_application returns a link and a checklist; the human applies.

Employer mode (API key)

Same package, one env var: with ENTRA_API_KEY set, the 8 candidate tools stay and 8 employer tools are added — post jobs, manage listings, read applications, search and match candidates for your company.

1. Create a key at entracareers.com/employer/profile?tab=api-keys (pick the scopes you need; the key is shown once).
2. Connect:

Claude Code

export ENTRA_API_KEY="entra_live_…"
claude mcp add entra -e ENTRA_API_KEY=$ENTRA_API_KEY -- npx -y entra-mcp --employer

Claude Desktop / Cursor / Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "entra": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "entra-mcp", "--employer"],
      "env": { "ENTRA_API_KEY": "entra_live_…" }
    }
  }
}

Then ask: "Post a Senior Sales Manager job in Dubai — hybrid, 15–22K AED/month, 45 days — then show me the 5 best candidates for it and who has already applied."

How it behaves:

• The key is read from the environment only (never from arguments). Without a key the employer tools are not registered; --employer alone just prints a hint on stderr.
• Nothing is called at startup. The first employer call resolves your company and scopes via GET /employer/api-keys/me and caches them.
• Only employer endpoints receive the bearer header; public lookups (countries, cities, specializations, job details) are made anonymously.
• Rate limit is 120 requests/minute per key; a 429 is retried once after retry-after.

Employer tools

Tool	Scope	What it does	Example call
employer_whoami	any	Company, key name/prefix, granted scopes, which tools are usable	{}
post_job	jobs:write	Publish a job. Human-friendly input: title, description, employment_type (full_time/part_time/contract/freelance/internship), work_location (remote/onsite/hybrid), country (ISO-2 or name), city (name — required by ENTRA even for remote roles), optional specialization (free text → best active match, defaults to the title), experience_level, salary_min/max/currency/period, benefits, skills (names), internal_job_id, expires_in_days (default 30). Returns the public URL, manage URL and every resolution made (resolved, notes).	{"title":"Senior Sales Manager","description":"…","employment_type":"full_time","work_location":"hybrid","country":"AE","city":"Dubai","salary_min":15000,"salary_max":22000,"salary_currency":"AED","salary_period":"monthly","expires_in_days":45}
my_jobs	jobs:read	Your company's jobs: status active (default) / closed / all, search, limit, page. Status, salary, applications count, expiry, URLs.	{"status":"active"}
update_job	jobs:write	Change a subset of fields: title, description, requirements, employment/work location, experience, salary, benefits, expires_in_days (extend), country+city, specialization, is_active (re-open)	{"job_id":"…","salary_max":25000,"expires_in_days":60}
close_job	jobs:write	Unpublish a job. Without confirm:true returns a preview only; with it, PATCH {isActive:false} (reversible)	{"job_id":"…","confirm":true}
job_applications	applications:read	Applications to one job (job_id) or all company jobs; optional status (client-side), limit, page. Candidate, resume headline, cover letter, contact details exactly as returned	{"job_id":"…","status":"pending"}
search_candidates	candidates:read	Published resumes: query, skills[] (ANY), specialization, country/city, experience, work_location/remote_only, employment_type, ready_to_relocate, expected-salary bounds, has_linkedin/has_portfolio, published_within_days, limit ≤25	{"query":"sales manager","country":"AE","experience":"3_6_years"}
match_candidates	candidates:read	Rank candidates for job_id (or job_text): deterministic extraction of skills/role/seniority, 2–3 resume searches, fit_score 0–100 with why[], matched_skills, skill_gaps	{"job_id":"…","limit":10}

Structured outcomes (no surprises)

Situation	What you get
Key invalid / revoked	{"error":…,"code":"AUTH_ERROR","status":401,"hint":"…create a new key at …/employer/profile?tab=api-keys"}
Key lacks a scope	{"code":"MISSING_SCOPE","scope":"jobs:write",…} — checked locally before any request
No free vacancy slot	post_job → {"needs_subscription":true,"pricing_url":"https://entracareers.com/employer/pricing","note":"Founding plan from $10"} (not an error)
Resume database needs a plan	search_candidates / match_candidates → {"needs_subscription":true,…,"note":"Resume Access"}
Rate limited	retried once, then {"code":"API_KEY_RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED","status":429,…}
Validation failed	{"status":400,"validation":[{field,message}]}

Honesty notes (employer)

• match_candidates is deterministic keyword scoring (skills overlap, headline vs role, seniority, location/remote) — explainable, not a prediction. Review profiles before contacting anyone.
• Contact details (email, phone, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, portfolio) are shown only when ENTRA returns them — i.e. the candidate applied to your job or accepted your invitation. Nothing is inferred or scraped.
• post_job reports every guess it made: city / specialization match quality, a detected or defaulted experience_level (1_3_years if undetectable), and salary_period defaulting to monthly (the ENTRA default — pass "yearly" for annual figures).
• Nothing is deleted: close_job sets isActive:false and can be undone with update_job {is_active:true}. Application status changes are not available through API keys — use the employer dashboard.

Why ENTRA is agent-ready (and others aren't)

• LinkedIn bans agents. Indeed's MCP is search-only. Tools that scrape break on CAPTCHAs.
• ENTRA owns the inventory — verified jobs from company ATSs — so agents get clean, legal, structured access with consented apply links.
• Every listing: verified: true + salary bands + utm_source=agent (we welcome agent traffic).

AI matching is live via match_jobs — connect your profile at entracareers.com.

Roadmap

• Application status changes and invitations through API keys (today: read-only applications).
• OAuth on the hosted endpoint, so ChatGPT / claude.ai connectors can use employer mode without a local install.

Employers: entracareers.com/employer/pricing — Founding plan from $10.

Links

• Developers: entracareers.com/developers
• For AI agents: entracareers.com/ai-agents

Development

npm run build           # tsc → dist/
npm run selftest        # calls the live API directly, no MCP client (candidate tools)
npm run smoke           # spawns the server over stdio with the MCP SDK client and exercises every candidate tool (live API)
npm run smoke:employer  # employer mode against an in-process mock of the employer API (no network, no real key)
npm run smoke:http      # starts dist/http.js on a random port and drives it with the SDK's Streamable HTTP client (live API + fake employer key)
npm run start:http      # hosted transport locally: http://localhost:8080/mcp (PORT, HOST, RATE_LIMIT_PER_MINUTE, TRUST_PROXY, MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS)
npm run bundle          # builds dist-bundle/entra-mcp.mcpb (Claude Desktop extension / Smithery local bundle) from manifest.json
docker build -t entra-mcp . && docker run -p 8080:8080 entra-mcp   # the image the hosted endpoint runs (node:22-alpine, dist/http.js)

Layout: src/server.ts builds the server (createServer({ apiKey? }) — tools + per-request key context), src/index.ts is the stdio entry (npx entra-mcp), src/http.ts the hosted Streamable HTTP entry.

Environment: ENTRA_API_KEY (stdio only — enables employer mode), ENTRA_API_URL (default https://entracareers.com/api), ENTRA_SITE_URL (default https://entracareers.com).

MIT © ENTRA

Privacy Policy

This server sends only your tool inputs to the public ENTRA API (https://entracareers.com/api). No telemetry, no third-party services. Locally (npx entra-mcp) employer mode uses your API key from the ENTRA_API_KEY environment variable; on the hosted endpoint (https://mcp.entracareers.com/mcp) the key comes from the Authorization header of each request, is forwarded only to ENTRA employer endpoints, and is never stored or logged. The hosted server keeps no sessions or request history beyond a short access log (method, tool name, status, timing). Full policy: https://entracareers.com/privacy-policy