Read job postings, applicants, submissions, clients, vendors, interviews and placements in Ceipal. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
Turn on the Ceipal connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
For staffing agencies and recruiters that run their pipeline in Ceipal.
List the job postings, open one and read the applicants and submissions that match it.
Read an applicant and the interviews that are set for that person.
List the consultants on the bench and open one to read the details.
Read a client with the notes and the contacts. Then list the open requisitions.
List the placements and the vendors to see who works where.
The login page asks for your Admin email, API password and API key.
An administrator sets the API password and creates the API key in the Ceipal ATS Admin Panel (API settings). Ask your Ceipal account representative if API access is not on for your account. Your details are used only to call your own Ceipal account and are never shown to anyone.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"ceipal": {
"url": "https://ceipal.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"ceipal": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://ceipal.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Windsurf, Cline, Zed and other MCP clients: add this URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Admin email, API password and API key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | 10,000 tool calls / month |
| Pro+per user | $39/mo · $390/yr | 100,000 tool calls / month |
Each paid plan covers this Ceipal server only. Ask your AI to run ceipal_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. The change requires your confirmation, keeps your billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. Cancel any time with ceipal_cancel_subscription: your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and asking to resume the same plan with ceipal_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
ceipal_list_job_postingsceipal_list_job_requisitionsceipal_list_applicantsceipal_list_submissionsceipal_list_talent_benchceipal_list_clientsceipal_list_client_notesceipal_list_client_contactsceipal_list_leadsceipal_list_vendorsceipal_list_interviewsceipal_list_placementsceipal_list_usersceipal_get_job_postingceipal_get_job_requisitionceipal_get_applicantceipal_get_submissionceipal_get_bench_consultantceipal_get_clientceipal_get_leadceipal_get_vendorceipal_get_interviewceipal_get_placementceipal_get_userceipal_usage_statusceipal_request_featureceipal_upgradeceipal_cancel_subscriptionReview the applicants for a job. Prepare for an interview. Check the talent bench. Review a client account. Track placements and vendors. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ceipal. The server calls the Ceipal API with your own Ceipal access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
The login page asks for your Admin email, API password and API key. See Before you connect for where to find them.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Admin email, API password and API key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Ceipal API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Ceipal.
All 24 Ceipal tools are marked read-only.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with 10,000 tool calls / month. Pro+ costs $39/mo or $390/yr, with 100,000 tool calls / month. Each subscription covers this Ceipal server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run ceipal_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run ceipal_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. After you confirm, your existing subscription changes in place, keeps its billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. To cancel, run ceipal_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with ceipal_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.
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