Job Scout

A Model Context Protocol server that scouts job openings from public, ToS-clean sources and hands them to any MCP client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) as structured tools.

It runs with zero API keys out of the box, and lights up extra sources when you add free credentials. No scraping, no logins, no terms-of-service gray area — every source is either an official API or a public job-board endpoint meant to be read programmatically.

Demo

Ask your MCP client for leadership roles, and the server queries the right boards and returns ranked, filtered results:

_{Illustrative example rendered from real server output against public Greenhouse boards — swap in a real Claude Desktop screenshot (see the comment in this file's source).}

Why this design

Most "job scraper" projects break the moment a site changes its HTML, get IP-banned, or quietly violate a platform's terms. This server takes the opposite approach:

• Applicant Tracking System boards (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby) expose public JSON feeds per company — this is where real senior/leadership roles are posted first.
• Hacker News "Who is Hiring" is read through the free Algolia HN API.
• RemoteOK publishes a free JSON feed (with attribution).
• Adzuna and USAJobs are official APIs with free developer keys.

The result is stable, legal, and genuinely useful — especially for scouting senior, manager, director, and executive roles.

Sources

Source	Auth	What it covers
Greenhouse	none	All public roles at any company on Greenhouse
Lever	none	All public roles at any company on Lever
Ashby	none	All public roles at any company on Ashby
Hacker News	none	Latest monthly "Who is Hiring" thread
RemoteOK	none	Remote-friendly roles (attribution required)
Adzuna	free key	Broad aggregated search + salary histograms
USAJobs	free key	US federal government roles

Tools

Tool	Description
search_jobs	Search all enabled sources with free-text, location, seniority, remote-only, and date filters.
list_company_jobs	List every open role at one company via its ATS (greenhouse/lever/ashby + slug).
salary_context	Salary distribution for a role/region (requires Adzuna).
list_sources	Show which sources are enabled and why any are disabled.

minSeniority accepts any, mid, senior, lead, manager, director, vp, exec — seniority is inferred from the job title, so you can filter a company's whole board down to just leadership roles.

Install

git clone https://github.com/pabnatanawan87/job-scout-mcp.git
cd job-scout-mcp
npm install
npm run build

Configure (optional)

Everything works keyless. To enable extra sources or set default tracked companies, copy .env.example to .env and fill in what you want:

cp .env.example .env

Find a company's ATS slug from its careers URL and add it to TRACKED_COMPANIES as provider:slug (e.g. greenhouse:stripe,lever:netflix,ashby:notion). Tracked companies are searched automatically by search_jobs.

Use with Claude Desktop

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json (%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "job-scout": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["C:/absolute/path/to/job-scout-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "TRACKED_COMPANIES": "greenhouse:stripe,lever:netflix,ashby:notion"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop, then ask things like:

"Find director-level engineering roles at the companies I track, posted this month."

"List all open manager roles at Stripe."

"What's the salary range for an engineering director in London?"

Use with Claude Code

claude mcp add job-scout -- node C:/absolute/path/to/job-scout-mcp/dist/index.js

Develop

npm run watch     # recompile on change
npm run inspect   # launch the MCP Inspector against the server

How it's built

src/
├── index.ts          # MCP server + tool registration (stdio transport)
├── types.ts          # Normalized Job model + Source contract
├── config.ts         # Environment-driven configuration
├── http.ts           # fetch + TTL cache + polite User-Agent
├── filter.ts         # Seniority inference, text/location/date filters, ranking
├── format.ts         # Markdown rendering of results
└── sources/          # One module per source, all implementing `Source`
    ├── greenhouse.ts  lever.ts  ashby.ts
    ├── hnhiring.ts    remoteok.ts
    └── adzuna.ts      usajobs.ts

Adding a source is one file: implement the Source interface (name, isEnabled, search) and register it in sources/index.ts. Each source maps its raw response into the shared Job shape, so filtering, ranking, and rendering are identical across all of them.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.