Bring Applicant Tracking
to VS Code Copilot
Learn how to connect Ninehire to VS Code Copilot 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 VS Code Copilot?
GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Ninehire data directly into your VS Code workflow. With a project-scoped config, the entire team shares access to 12 tools. Copilot queries live data, generates typed code, and writes tests from actual API responses, all without leaving the editor.
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VS Code is used by over 70% of developers. adding MCP tools to Copilot means your team can leverage external data without leaving their primary editor
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Project-scoped MCP configs (
.vscode/mcp.json) let you commit server configurations to your repository, ensuring the entire team shares the same tool access - —
Copilot's Agent mode integrates MCP tools seamlessly with file editing, terminal commands, and workspace search in a single agentic loop
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GitHub's enterprise compliance and audit features extend to MCP tool usage, providing visibility into how AI interacts with external services
Ninehire in VS Code Copilot
Ninehire and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Ninehire to VS Code Copilot 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 VS Code Copilot
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 VS Code Copilot 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 VS Code Copilot
Every tool call from VS Code Copilot 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.
Which VS Code version supports MCP?
MCP support requires VS Code 1.99 or later with the GitHub Copilot extension. Ensure both are updated to the latest version. Older versions of Copilot may not expose the Agent mode toggle.
How do I switch to Agent mode?
Open the Copilot Chat panel and look for two mode options: "Ask" and "Agent". Click "Agent" to enable autonomous tool calling. In Ask mode, Copilot provides conversational answers but cannot invoke MCP tools.
Can I restrict which MCP tools Copilot can access?
Yes. VS Code shows a tool consent dialog before any MCP tool is invoked for the first time. You can also configure tool access policies at the organization level through GitHub Copilot settings.
Does MCP work in VS Code Remote or Codespaces?
Yes. MCP servers configured via .vscode/mcp.json work in Remote SSH, WSL, and GitHub Codespaces environments. The MCP connection is established from the remote host, so ensure the server URL is accessible from that environment.
MCP tools not available
Ensure you are in Agent mode in Copilot Chat. MCP tools only appear in Agent mode.