MCP server
Start a sourcing search, review candidates and request work emails from the AI assistant you already use. Every search is a normal saved session in your account.
From the chat
You talk to the assistant in normal words. It picks the right tool and checks back while the search runs.
Show my Talent Summoner sourcing sessions.
Draft the ideal candidate profile for a senior React engineer in Berlin. Let me review it before searching.
Describe the role. The assistant drafts an ideal candidate profile (ICP) for you to review, or searches right away if you ask.
Change the profile, approve it, find more people or tighten the requirements, all in the same session.
List your recent sessions or open one: the brief, the profile, the candidates and whether work is still running.
Like, shortlist or skip a candidate, with a reason or a note. Your reviews show up in the web app too.
Request a work-email lookup for one candidate. A finished lookup can still come back without an address.
Ask for messages to the people you shortlisted. You review and send them in the web app.
Searches take time. Drafting a profile takes about 30 seconds to 2 minutes, a search about 2 to 10 minutes, and an email lookup about 30 seconds to 5 minutes. The assistant waits and gives you a link to the session.
Setup
Most coding assistants connect with one command. You need a Talent Summoner account and Node.js 22.20 or newer.
The setup command installs the MCP server and a short skill that tells the assistant how to wait for results and when to ask you first.
Talent Summonernpx @talent-summoner/setupWorks with Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, Codex, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Zed, Cline, Goose, Kiro CLI, OpenCode and more.
Add an HTTP server with this address and header. Field names differ a little between clients.
{
"mcpServers": {
"talent-summoner": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://talentsummoner.com/api/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}Keep the key in the client's config or a secret store. Never put it in a chat, a command you share or Git.
ChatGPT and the Claude web and desktop apps connect with a sign-in instead of a key. That connection is in early access and we set it up with you. Ask us and we will send the details.
Want every step in detail? Full setup guide
In the web app
The assistant does the searching. The steps that spend money or reach a candidate stay with you, in your browser.
Security
The assistant works with your account and nothing else.
The connection belongs to your account, so the assistant can only see and change your own sessions.
You paste the key into setup's hidden prompt. The skill tells the assistant never to ask you for it.
The assistant can use a Role you already have, but it cannot buy Roles or plans. It is told to ask you first, and most AI clients show an approval prompt before this step.
Delete the key in Settings, then API Keys. For a sign-in connection, remove it in Settings, then Connected apps.
Questions
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants use outside tools. The Talent Summoner MCP server gives your assistant seven sourcing tools that work with your account.
No. The assistant uses the same account, Roles and plans as the web app, and your first Role is still free. There is no separate charge for the MCP connection.
The setup command connects Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, Codex, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Zed and other coding assistants. Any client that supports remote HTTP MCP servers can connect by hand. ChatGPT and the Claude web and desktop apps use a sign-in connection that is in early access, so ask us to set it up.
It cannot buy anything or send email. It can use a Role you already have. It is told to ask you first, and most AI clients show an approval prompt before this step. Buying Roles or plans and sending outreach happen in the web app.
No. The connection belongs to your account, so the assistant only sees and changes your own sessions.
Delete the API key in Settings, then API Keys. If you connected with a sign-in, remove the app in Settings, then Connected apps. The assistant loses access once you do.
No, but you run one command in a terminal. If you would rather not, you can do everything in the web app.
Get started
Create an API key, run one command and ask your assistant to find your next hire.