Bring Candidate Tracking
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect Greenhouse to Windsurf 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 Greenhouse MCP Server?
Connect your Greenhouse account to any AI agent and take full control of your hiring pipeline and recruitment workflows through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Candidate Orchestration — List and manage candidate records programmatically, including contact info, current company, and professional titles
- Application Lifecycle — Monitor job applications and take immediate action by advancing candidates to the next stage or marking rejections with reasons
- Job Management — Access detailed metadata for all active job openings, including hiring teams and department structures
- Organizational Visibility — Retrieve complete company department lists and office locations to coordinate recruitment logistics
- System Monitoring — Check API connectivity and Harvest API status directly through your agent for reliable data operations
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Retrieve your Harvest API Key from Greenhouse (Configure > Dev Center > API Credential Management)
3. Note a valid User ID to perform actions 'On-Behalf-Of' for auditing purposes
4. Start managing your talent acquisition from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
No more manual status updates or digging through candidates in the ATS. Your AI acts as your dedicated recruitment coordinator.
Who is this for?
- Recruiters & Sources — instantly identify candidate statuses and advance top talent through the pipeline using natural language
- Hiring Managers — retrieve job opening details and department structures without leaving your planning tools
- HR Operations — manage office locations and department organization through automated queries
Built-in capabilities (12)
Move candidate to next stage
Can include first name, last name, and company. Add new candidate
Get account connectivity
Get candidate info
Get job metadata
List job applications
List recruitment candidates
List company departments
List office locations
List active job openings
Requires a reason ID. Reject job application
Modify candidate info
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Greenhouse tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 12 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 12 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
Greenhouse in Windsurf
Greenhouse and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Greenhouse 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 | 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 Greenhouse in Windsurf
The Greenhouse 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 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
Greenhouse for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the Greenhouse MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
What is the 'On-Behalf-Of' requirement?
Greenhouse requires write operations to be associated with a specific User ID for auditing. This ID is passed in the header to identify who performed the action.
Can I search for candidates by email?
Yes! Use the list_candidates tool and provide the email parameter to find a specific person's recruitment record and history.
How do I advance an application to the next stage?
The advance_application tool requires a valid application ID. It will automatically move the candidate to the next sequential stage defined in your job's workflow.
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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