Bring Applicant Tracking
to Cursor
Learn how to connect Ninehire to Cursor and start using 12 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the Ninehire MCP Server?
Connect your Ninehire account to any AI agent and take full control of your talent acquisition and applicant tracking orchestration through natural conversation. Ninehire (나인하이어) provides a modern recruitment platform, and this integration allows you to retrieve job metadata, manage candidate profiles, and monitor interview evaluations directly from your chat interface.
What you can do
- Job & Requirement Orchestration — List all active job openings and retrieve detailed requirements programmatically to ensure your hiring roadmap is always synchronized.
- Applicant & Pipeline Intelligence — Access and monitor candidate profiles and retrieve detailed application history directly from the AI interface to maintain high-fidelity talent pools.
- Evaluation & Feedback Control — List interview scores and comments via natural language to drive better hiring decisions and team alignment.
- Manual Applicant Ingestion — Register new applicants and manage department or location metadata using simple AI commands.
- Operational Monitoring — Track system responses and manage recruitment webhooks to ensure your hiring workflows are always optimized.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your Ninehire API Key from your integration settings
3. Start managing your recruitment pipeline from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
No more manual status checking in the ATS for candidate updates. Your AI acts as a dedicated recruitment coordinator or HR lead.
Who is this for?
- Recruiters & HR Specialists — quickly retrieve candidate summaries and monitor job performance without switching apps.
- Hiring Managers — automate the retrieval of evaluations and track pipeline progress via natural conversation.
- Growth Teams — streamline the ingestion of new candidates and monitor organizational hiring health directly within the chat.
Built-in capabilities (12)
Verify Ninehire API status
Get details for a specific candidate
Get current account profile
Get details for a specific job
Get evaluations for a candidate
List active webhooks
List internal hiring teams
List candidates and applicants
List hiring locations
Supports filtering by title, job group, and employment type. List all job openings
List company departments
Requires essential info like name and email. Add a candidate manually
Why Cursor?
Cursor's Agent mode turns Ninehire into an in-editor superpower. Ask Cursor to generate code using live data from Ninehire and it fetches, processes, and writes. all in a single agentic loop. 12 tools appear alongside file editing and terminal access, creating a unified development environment grounded in real-time information.
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Agent mode turns Cursor into an autonomous coding assistant that can read files, run commands, and call MCP tools without switching context
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Cursor's Composer feature can generate entire files using real-time data fetched through MCP. no copy-pasting from external dashboards
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MCP tools appear alongside built-in tools like file reading and terminal access, creating a unified agentic environment
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VS Code extension compatibility means your existing workflow, keybindings, and extensions all work alongside MCP tools
Ninehire in Cursor
Ninehire and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Ninehire to Cursor through Vinkius don't need to source, host, or maintain individual MCP servers. Every tool call runs inside a hardened runtime with credential isolation, DLP, and a signed audit chain.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Server catalog | Find and host yourself | 3,400+ managed |
| Infrastructure | Self-hosted | Sandboxed V8 isolates |
| Credential handling | Plaintext in config | Vault + runtime injection |
| Data loss prevention | None | Configurable DLP policies |
| Kill switch | None | Global instant shutdown |
| Financial circuit breakers | None | Per-server limits + alerts |
| Audit trail | None | Ed25519 signed logs |
| SIEM log streaming | None | Splunk, Datadog, Webhook |
| Honeytokens | None | Canary alerts on leak |
| Custom domains | Not applicable | DNS challenge verified |
| GDPR compliance | Manual effort | Automated purge + export |
Why teams choose Vinkius for Ninehire in Cursor
The Ninehire MCP Server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS — a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts. All 12 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in Cursor only access the data you authorize, with DLP that blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade infrastructure, zero maintenance.
* Every MCP server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS - a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts optimized for native MCP execution. See our infrastructure
How Vinkius secures
Ninehire for Cursor
Every tool call from Cursor to the Ninehire MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
Can my AI automatically find the evaluations for a specific applicant?
Yes! Use the list_candidate_evaluations tool with the Applicant ID. Your agent will respond with complete metadata for all feedback scores and comments from the interview process in seconds.
How do I find my Ninehire API Key?
Log in to Ninehire, navigate to Settings > External Service Integration > Data > API, and click 'Issue API Key' to generate your unique secret token.
Can I register a new applicant via the AI?
Absolutely. Use the register_new_applicant tool. Provide the candidate metadata and the Job ID, and the agent will add the record to your ATS pipeline immediately.
What is Agent mode and why does it matter for MCP?
Agent mode is Cursor's autonomous execution mode where the AI can perform multi-step tasks: reading files, editing code, running terminal commands, and calling MCP tools. Without Agent mode, Cursor operates in a simpler ask-and-answer mode that doesn't support tool calling. Always ensure you're in Agent mode when working with MCP servers.
Where does Cursor store MCP configuration?
Cursor looks for MCP server configurations in a mcp.json file. You can configure servers at the project level (.cursor/mcp.json in your project root) or globally (~/.cursor/mcp.json). Project-level configs take precedence.
Can Cursor use MCP tools in inline edits?
No. MCP tools are only available in Agent mode through the chat panel. Inline completions and Tab suggestions do not trigger MCP tool calls. This is by design. tool calls require user visibility and approval.
How do I verify MCP tools are loaded?
Open Settings → Features → MCP and look for your server name. A green indicator means the server is connected. You can also check Agent mode's available tools by clicking the tools dropdown in the chat panel.
Tools not appearing in Cursor
Ensure you are in Agent mode (not Ask mode). MCP tools only work in Agent mode.
Server shows as disconnected
Check Settings → Features → MCP and verify the server status. Try clicking the refresh button.