About Gemsift
Gemsift is a recruiting MCP server for recruiters and small hiring teams to screen and manage candidates through chat. It highlights overlooked candidates and provides visible ranking reasons, while leaving hiring decisions to the recruiter.
Key features
- 01Role-based candidate shortlists
- 02Parsed candidate profiles and evaluations
- 03Explanations for candidate rankings
- 04Duplicate and fraud signals
- 05Create roles from job descriptions
- 06Update candidate status by chat
Use cases
- 01Triage a large applicant pool
- 02Find strong candidates missed by keyword filters
- 03Investigate a candidate's ranking
- 04Move candidates through hiring stages
MCP support
The hosted remote server exposes recruiting tools to MCP clients, including position and shortlist queries, candidate analysis, trust flags, role creation, and status updates. Access requires a workspace key.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://gemsift.com/api/mcp/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http erashev-fedor-gemsift https://gemsift.com/api/mcp/mcp{"mcpServers":{"erashev-fedor-gemsift":{"type":"http","url":"https://gemsift.com/api/mcp/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"erashev-fedor-gemsift":{"type":"http","url":"https://gemsift.com/api/mcp/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"erashev-fedor-gemsift":{"type":"http","url":"https://gemsift.com/api/mcp/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"erashev-fedor-gemsift":{"serverUrl":"https://gemsift.com/api/mcp/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
https://gemsift.com/api/mcp/mcpAuth requiredTools
Details
From the project READMEGemsift MCP Server
Query your recruiting pipeline from Claude or ChatGPT.
Gemsift is an AI resume-triage tool for recruiters. This MCP server connects your AI assistant directly to your own candidate pool, so you can screen, shortlist, and move candidates by chat. Drop in a pile of applicants and ask your AI who is actually worth a call, including the strong people a keyword filter would normally bury, with the reasons why. The recruiter always makes the final call.
Who it's for
Individual and agency recruiters, and small in-house hiring teams who do their own first-pass screening, drown in inbound applications, and do not want to lose a good candidate just because they look weak on paper.
What you can do (ask your AI things like)
- "Show me the shortlist for my Backend Engineer role, and flag any hidden gems."
- "Why is Maria ranked above the other candidates for this position?"
- "Any duplicate or suspicious applications in my pool right now?"
- "Create a role from this job description and tell me who already fits."
- "Move James to shortlist and pass on the rest for the Designer role."
Connect
Hosted, remote server. No install. You authenticate with a per-workspace key from your Gemsift account: gemsift.com → Settings → Connect AI.
- Streamable HTTP:
https://gemsift.com/api/mcp/mcp - SSE (legacy):
https://gemsift.com/api/mcp/sse - Auth header:
Authorization: Bearer <your-workspace-key>
{
"mcpServers": {
"gemsift": {
"url": "https://gemsift.com/api/mcp/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <your-workspace-key>" }
}
}
}
Tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
list_positions | Your open roles with candidate counts |
get_shortlist | Top candidates for a role, including hidden gems |
get_candidate_analysis | Full parsed profile and per-role evaluations for one person |
why_ranked | Why a candidate scores the way they do: matched, missing, transferable |
list_trust_flags | Duplicate, consistency, and fraud signals in your pool |
get_email_forwarding_address | A forwarding address to send resumes straight into the pool |
create_position | Create a role from a job description |
set_candidate_status | Move a candidate (shortlist, pass, and so on) by chat |
How it is different
Most screeners rank against keywords and quietly drop everyone below a threshold. Gemsift does the opposite: it surfaces the strong people who read weak on paper, unifies applicants from every source into one pool, removes duplicates, and flags likely fraud, all with the reasoning visible so you can trust or overrule it.
Learn more and get a key: https://gemsift.com
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