Jobseek MCP Server

Search jobs, companies, and watchlists on Job Seek (jseek.co)

Local serverstdioPython

What is the Jobseek MCP server?

Jobseek MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Jobseek directly instead of describing what you should do. Search jobs, companies, and watchlists on Job Seek (jseek.co).

What you get

Roles land here within hours of the company posting them — once, in canonical form, with no third-party reposts.

Setting it up

The server ships on npm as pnpm, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

What the assistant can call

Once Jobseek is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • CodeMIT. Use, modify, redistribute, no warranty
  • Job — posting data** — CC BY-NC 4.0. Free for research and non-commercial reuse with attribution. Not "open data" by the strict OKD
  • Source — Direct from employer career pages
  • Coverage — 4,400+ vetted companies
  • Search — Typesense, faceted (seniority, stack, locale, salary)
  • Self-host — Yes — one repo, MIT

Configuration and credentials

You will need 2 environment variables: DATABASE_URL, REDIS_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the jobseek mcp server does with a few real requests.

Choosing this one

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Jobseek's toolset — Code, Job, Source and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by colophon-group; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Jobseek's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Code[MIT](LICENSE). Use, modify, redistribute, no warranty.
Jobposting data** — [CC BY-NC 4.0](LICENSE-JOB-DATA). Free for research and non-commercial reuse with attribution. Not "open data" by the strict OKD definition. For commercial licensing, get in touch via [business@colophon-
SourceDirect from employer career pages
Coverage4,400+ vetted companies
SearchTypesense, faceted (seniority, stack, locale, salary)
Self-hostYes — one repo, MIT

How to install the Jobseek MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jobseek": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "pnpm"],
      "env": {
        "DATABASE_URL": "your-value",
        "REDIS_URL": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
DATABASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes
REDIS_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Jobseek to Code.
  • Use Jobseek to Job.
  • Use Jobseek to Source.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Jobseek to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 6 tools (Code, Job, Source, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Jobseek directly.