Compatible with every major AI agent and IDE
What is the Ashby MCP Server?
Connect your Ashby account to any AI agent and take full control of your recruiting pipeline and candidate experience through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Candidate Orchestration — List and manage candidate profiles programmatically, including creating new records and retrieving high-fidelity profile metadata
- Application Lifecycle Management — Monitor job applications and retrieve detailed status metrics for specific candidates to coordinate your hiring funnel in real-time
- Interview Intelligence — Access scheduled interviews and retrieve submitted high-fidelity feedback reports to summarize performance and sentiment
- Job & Department Visibility — Retrieve complete directories of open jobs, departments, and hiring managers to maintain a perfectly coordinated organizational view
- User & Location Monitoring — Access your internal recruiter directory and physical office locations directly through your agent for instant operational reporting
How it works
- Subscribe to this server
- Retrieve your API Key from the Ashby dashboard (Admin > API Keys)
- Start managing your talent pipeline from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual toggling between browser tabs to check a candidate's status or feedback. Your AI acts as your dedicated talent coordinator and recruiting architect.
Who is this for?
- Recruiters & Sourcers — instantly retrieve candidate summaries and update application stages using natural language commands
- Hiring Managers — check interview feedback and pipeline health across departments without leaving your creative workspace
- HR Operations — automate the oversight of job postings and user permissions through simple AI queries
Built-in capabilities (10)
Create candidate
Get application details
Get candidate details
Get job details
List applications
List candidates
List feedback
List interviews
List jobs
List users
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Ashby tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 10 tools are immediately available. Real-time tool feedback appears inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor.
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Windsurf's Cascade agent autonomously chains multiple tool calls in sequence, solving complex multi-step tasks without manual intervention
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Purpose-built for agentic workflows. Cascade understands context across your entire codebase and integrates MCP tools natively
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JSON-based configuration means zero code changes: paste a URL, reload, and all 10 tools are immediately available
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Real-time tool feedback is displayed inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor without switching contexts
Ashby in Windsurf
Ashby and 4,000+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Ashby to Windsurf 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 | 4,000+ 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 Ashby in Windsurf
The Ashby 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 10 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in Windsurf 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
Ashby for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the Ashby MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find my Ashby API Key?
Log in as an Admin, navigate to Admin > API Keys, and generate a new key for your integration.
Can I retrieve interview feedback via AI?
Yes! The list_ashby_feedback tool allows your agent to retrieve high-fidelity feedback reports submitted by interviewers.
How do I create a new candidate record?
Use the create_ashby_candidate tool and provide a JSON object with the candidate's name and contact details programmatically.
How does Windsurf discover MCP tools?
Windsurf reads the mcp_config.json file on startup and connects to each configured server via Streamable HTTP. Tools are listed in the MCP panel and available to Cascade automatically.
Can Cascade chain multiple MCP tool calls?
Yes. Cascade is an agentic system. it can plan and execute multi-step workflows, calling several tools in sequence to accomplish complex tasks without manual prompting between steps.
Does Windsurf support multiple MCP servers?
Yes. Add as many servers as needed in mcp_config.json. Each server's tools appear in the MCP panel and Cascade can use tools from different servers in a single flow.
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