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Ashby MCP connector

The Ashby connector brings jobs, candidates, and applications into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent, so recruiters can review a pipeline, move applications between stages, and tag candidates, all inside their own Ashby access.

  • How it connects. Connects with an API key. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Ashby to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Ashby once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Ashby.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Paste an Ashby API key. One person generates a token in Ashby and pastes it once. Everyone else works through Share with, and never sees it.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

ashby
Ashby
Gem
Greenhouse
Huntr
Lever
Manatal
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Ashby MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Ashby MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Ashby MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect Ashby to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

Use cases

What teams do with Ashby through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Recruiting

    Move an application on after a screen

    Finish a phone screen, then ask the agent to move that candidate's Ashby application to the next stage and catch the record up while the call is still fresh.

  • Hiring managers

    See where every open role stands

    Ask which Ashby jobs are open, how many applications sit in each stage, and who the candidates are, without waiting for a recruiter to build a report.

  • Talent sourcing

    Tag candidates and build a project

    Tag Ashby candidates by skill or location and add them to a sourcing project so the shortlist for a hard-to-fill role is ready before kickoff.

  • Recruiting coordinators

    Correct a source or transfer an application

    When a referral came in through the careers page, change the application's source, or transfer an application to a better-fitting Ashby job without recreating it.

  • People operations

    Open a new job and manage its status

    Create the Ashby job for a newly approved headcount, then set it to on hold or closed as plans change, all from the same chat.

  • Legal and compliance

    Anonymize a candidate on request

    When a candidate asks for their details to be removed, anonymize their Ashby record and have the action, and who took it, recorded in the audit log.

Try asking

  • “Which Ashby jobs are open with no active candidates?”
  • “Summarize candidates added to the Platform Engineer job this week.”
  • “Tag every referred candidate in Ashby from last month.”

See all 111 Ashby tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Ashby

All three can connect Ashby to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Ashby, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Ashby tools Allow or restrict single Ashby tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Ashby call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price $15 per user per month. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

AI tools

Ashby tools for your AI agents

111 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Ashby, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Ashby gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Ashby account.

The agent

Ask about candidates, get live Ashby answers.

Plain language questions run against real Ashby jobs, candidates and postings.

  • jobs
  • job postings
  • candidates
  • users

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Which Ashby jobs are open with no active candidates?

Summarize candidates added to the Platform Engineer job this week.

Tag every referred candidate in Ashby from last month.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor reach Ashby here.

One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

111 Ashby tools ready, no custom code.

Jobs, job postings, candidates and users, with every method listed and callable.

  • List all Ashby jobs
  • Get single Ashby job by ID
  • Create a Ashby job
  • Update a Ashby job by ID
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Ashby jobs List List all jobs in Ashby with optional filtering by status. Returns job id, title, status, employmentType, locationId, departmentId, jobPostingIds, and hiringTeam details.
Get single Ashby job by ID Get Get information about a specific job in Ashby. Returns fields including id, title, confidential, status, employmentType, locationId, departmentId, defaultInterviewPlanId, interviewPlanIds, customFields, jobPostingIds, customRequisitionId, brandId, hiringTeam, author, createdAt, and updatedAt.
Create a Ashby job Create Create a new job in Ashby with required parameters title, teamId, and locationId. Returns job id, title, status, locationId, departmentId, defaultInterviewPlanId, brandId, hiringTeam, author, and timestamps.
Update a Ashby job by ID Update Update an existing job in Ashby by jobId. Returns updated job fields including id, title, status, locationId, defaultInterviewPlanId, customRequisitionId, hiringTeam, author, createdAt, updatedAt, openedAt, and closedAt.
Ashby jobs set status Set Set the status of a job by id in Ashby. Requires jobId and status. Returns updated job fields including id, title, status, employmentType, locationId, departmentId, hiringTeam, author, createdAt, updatedAt, openedAt, and closedAt.

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Ashby toolbox.

Recruiting, hiring managers and finance each see a toolbox scoped to their work.

  • Recruiting
  • Hiring managers
  • Sourcing
  • People operations
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Recruiting toolbox

Ashby · candidates and interviews

Ashby starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Hiring managers toolbox

Ashby · jobs and job postings

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Sourcing toolbox

Ashby · candidate projects and tags

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

People operations toolbox

Ashby · users and job statuses

Ashby starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Finance toolbox

Ashby · open headcount and job approvals

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Executive toolbox

Ashby · pipeline reporting across jobs

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Share an Ashby connection, never the credential.

See who connected each Ashby account and which teams and members use it.

  • Recruiting EMEA
  • Recruiting Americas
  • Engineering hiring
  • Sales hiring
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
AS

Ashby (Recruiting EMEA)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
AS

Ashby (Recruiting Americas)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
AS

Ashby (Engineering hiring)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
AS

Ashby (Sales hiring)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
AS

Ashby (People ops)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
AS

Ashby (Executive search)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Answer who changed which Ashby candidate.

Every call recorded with time, person, action, type and Ashby resource touched.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

emily.carter@northwind.io

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

jake.morgan@northwind.io

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

megan.brooks@northwind.io

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

tyler.reed@northwind.io

Ashby Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

ryan.hayes@northwind.io

Ashby Jobs Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

ashley.parker@northwind.io

Ashby Jobs List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule fires and the hiring digest ships.

Ashby candidates are fetched, grouped, drafted by an agent, approved, then posted back.

Ashby digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch jobs

    Ashby

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Ashby

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Ashby hiring numbers arrive before you ask.

Four metrics, 14 days of candidates created and a team breakdown, computed on schedule.

Ashby health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the jobs collection

Live

Jobs

1,284 ↓ 12%

Job postings

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Jobs created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Recruiting EMEA 34%

Recruiting Americas 27%

Engineering hiring 21%

Sales hiring 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Ashby to Claude?

Connecting Ashby to Claude takes two steps. In Elaichi, choose Ashby and paste in an Ashby API key from your Ashby admin settings; there is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and enter https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in to Elaichi when prompted and Ashby jobs, candidates, and applications are available in Claude.

Does Ashby work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Ashby is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Ashby once and every client you use picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Ashby data?

With Ashby connected, an agent can list your open jobs and job postings, look up a candidate or application, move an application to a new stage, change its source, or transfer it to another job. It can create and update jobs, set a job's status, tag candidates and add them to projects, anonymize a candidate, and fetch a resume or other file attached to a record. Because Ashby has a large set of actions, short concrete asks such as "move Priya's application to onsite" work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting Ashby give the AI access to every candidate and job?

No. Every call runs inside the Ashby access of the person who signed in, so an agent sees only the jobs, candidates, and applications that person could already open in Ashby. Elaichi can narrow that further, for example by hiding anonymize or stage changes from a team, but it can never widen access beyond what Ashby itself allows.

Can my team share one Ashby connection?

Yes. One person connects Ashby in Elaichi with an API key and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else ever sees or handles that key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log names the actual recruiter who moved an application or tagged a candidate.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Ashby?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading Ashby jobs and candidates while blocking stage changes, job updates, or anonymizing candidates. A blocked action is never advertised to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any other client, so no prompt can reach it.

What happens to an Ashby connection when someone leaves?

When you offboard someone in Elaichi, their access to Ashby through every connected client ends at once. If they had shared an Ashby connection with a team, that connection keeps working for everyone else. If you want Ashby removed entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and every other client at the same time.

Does the Ashby MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Ashby is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Ashby?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Ashby. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Ashby call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Ashby?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Ashby: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Ashby in front of your team

14 days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

Works with
Claude ChatGPT Cursor and any other MCP client, or the Elaichi Agent.
When the trial ends
Nothing is deleted. Connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are, so subscribing picks up exactly where you left off.