A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server library that gives LLMs access to information about a candidate.
Most developer tooling work still happens through a UI a human drives. Candidate Library MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server library that gives LLMs access to information about a candidate.
The server publishes 13 tools. What each one is for:
get_resume_text — Returns the candidate's resume content as textget_resume_url — Returns the URL to the candidate's resumeget_linkedin_url — Returns the candidate's LinkedIn profile URLget_github_url — Returns the candidate's GitHub profile URLget_website_url — Returns the candidate's personal website URLget_website_text — Returns the content from the candidate's personal websitecontact_candidate — Sends an email to the candidate (requires Mailgun configuration)Resources — The Resources tool exposed by this serverTools — This MCP server also provides tools that return the same candidate information:Stdio — Starting the process is a breeze with stdio. The interesting part is providing the candidate configurationStreamableHttp — Using the example code provided by the typescript sdk we can bind this mcp server to an express serverExpress — Instead of writing the binding between express and the mcp transport yourself, you can use express-mcp-handler to do it for youConfiguration is passed through the environment: MAILGUN_API_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
The server ships on npm as @jhgaylor/candidate-mcp-server, 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.
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. Candidate Library's toolset — get_resume_text, get_resume_url, get_linkedin_url and 10 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by jhgaylor; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| get_resume_text | Returns the candidate's resume content as text |
| get_resume_url | Returns the URL to the candidate's resume |
| get_linkedin_url | Returns the candidate's LinkedIn profile URL |
| get_github_url | Returns the candidate's GitHub profile URL |
| get_website_url | Returns the candidate's personal website URL |
| get_website_text | Returns the content from the candidate's personal website |
| contact_candidate | Sends an email to the candidate (requires Mailgun configuration) |
| Resources | The Resources tool exposed by this server. |
| Tools | This MCP server also provides tools that return the same candidate information: |
| Stdio | Starting the process is a breeze with stdio. The interesting part is providing the candidate configuration. |
| StreamableHttp | Using the example code provided by the typescript sdk we can bind this mcp server to an express server. |
| Express | Instead of writing the binding between express and the mcp transport yourself, you can use express-mcp-handler to do it for you. |
| Initialize | The Initialize tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"node-candidate": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@jhgaylor/candidate-mcp-server"],
"env": {
"MAILGUN_API_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| MAILGUN_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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