HireBase Integration Service Adapter (MCP)

This Model Context Protocol (MCP) server provides a standardized interface for leveraging the proprietary HireBase Job API capabilities.

Accessible Endpoint Operations

This service exposes the following functionalities via MCP:

Retrieval and Query Functions

• search_jobs: Executes sophisticated searches against the HireBase database employing criteria such as textual relevance, designated roles, geographical boundaries, compensation benchmarks, and requisite experience levels.
  • Input Arguments: query, and_keywords, or_keywords, not_keywords, title, category, country, city, location_type, company, salary_from, salary_to, salary_currency, years_from, years_to, visa, limit.
• get_job: Fetches comprehensive metadata for an individual employment opening identified by its unique HireBase identifier.
  • Input Arguments: job_id.

Profile Synthesis Function

• create_candidate_profile: Formulates a standardized, machine-readable prompt based on supplied candidate artifacts (e.g., professional summary, network links, self-owned web presence, curriculum vitae text) to aid in targeted role matching.
  • Input Arguments: name, linkedin_url, personal_website, resume_text.

Client Integration Guide (e.g., Claude Desktop, Cursor)

To integrate this service into an MCP-aware client application, the client must be configured to launch this server executable, optionally supplying the necessary HireBase access credential.

1. Prerequisite Installation: Ensure the uv package manager is installed: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
2. Credential Acquisition: Obtain the necessary authorization token from HireBase. This key should be supplied via the HIREBASE_API_KEY environment variable.

3. Configuration Procedures:

   • Using the uvx Launcher:

     • For Claude Desktop: Modify the client's configuration file (claude_desktop_config.json):

       { "mcpServers": { "hirebase": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "hirebase-mcp" ], "env": { "HIREBASE_API_KEY": "" } } } }

     • For Cursor: Navigate to Settings -> MCP -> Add Server:

       • Unix-like Systems Command: uvx hirebase-mcp (Verify package naming if necessary)
       • Windows Command: cmd
       • Windows Arguments: /c, uvx, hirebase-mcp (Verify package naming if necessary)
       • Configure the environment variable HIREBASE_API_KEY in the corresponding client settings.

   • Source Execution Path (Alternative):

     1. Clone the source repository and record the directory path.
     2. Claude Desktop Configuration: Update claude_desktop_config.json:

     { "mcpServers": { "hirebase": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "run", "--with", "mcp[cli]", "--with", "requests", "mcp", "run", "PATH_TO_REPO/src/hirebase_mcp/server.py" ] } } }

Project Maintenance

This repository utilizes the following infrastructure components: - uv: For managing dependencies and virtual environments. - ruff: For code quality enforcement (linting and formatting). - hatch: As the designated build system backend.

Standard Maintenance Routines

bash

Establish isolated execution environment

uv venv

Install development and primary dependencies

uv pip install -e .

Install supplementary command-line utilities

uv tool install ruff

Execute style and error checking

ruff check .

Apply standardized code formatting

ruff format .

Configuration Variables

• HIREBASE_API_KEY (Mandatory): Your authorized credential required for secure access to the HireBase data repository.

Quality Assurance

This project employs pytest for validating the functional logic of the integrated tools. External API interactions are simulated using unittest.mock.

1. Install necessary testing dependencies: bash

Assuming the virtual environment is active (.venv)

uv pip install -e '.[test]'

1. Execute the test suite: bash

Standard invocation example

pytest

Contribution Guidelines

We welcome submissions and improvements from the community.

Licensing

This codebase is distributed under the terms of the MIT License (refer to the LICENSE file for specifics).

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