Stop switching between tools. Search, evaluate, and reach out to talent across every source SeekOut has, right inside the AI assistant you already use.

Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Amazon Quick & more

Already a SeekOut Recruit customer? You can start using this today.

SeekOut MCP is fully available within your current Recruit license. Connect your AI assistant in minutes. Contact your SeekOut representative to get started.

How It Works

Search, evaluate, and take action

Data Sources

5 talent pools + your ATS pipeline

Get Started

Connect in minutes

Technical Docs

For developers and admins


How It Works

SeekOut connects directly to the AI assistant your team already uses. Describe what you need in plain English and your assistant searches SeekOut, analyzes results, and helps you take action. Because it works alongside every other tool your assistant is connected to (email, calendar, CRM, internal tools), your team can go from search to outreach without switching a single tab.

Search

Search any talent pool

"Find ICU nurses in Chicago with Magnet hospital backgrounds"

Search across public profiles, GitHub developers, academic researchers, healthcare providers, and nursing professionals. Your AI assistant picks the right data source based on your query.

Pipeline

Review your pipeline

"Who's been waiting longest in our Senior Data Engineer pipeline?"

See your ATS candidates by stage, review application history, and prioritize follow-ups. Hiring managers get full visibility without learning a new tool.

Save

Save and organize

"Save the top candidates to a new Recruit workspace and share with the hiring panel"

Create and manage SeekOut Recruit workspaces directly from the chat. Add candidates, share with your team, and stay in sync with Recruit.

Analysis

Analyze and compare

"How many data scientists are in NYC vs. Austin vs. Denver?"

Parallel market counts, company team mapping, competitive intelligence, and diversity breakdowns. Structured tables, not paragraphs.

Evaluation

Evaluate candidates

"Assess this person's fit for our VP of Finance role"

Full profile pull, skills-match scoring, experience trajectory analysis. Compare candidates side-by-side and build ranked shortlists.

Action

Take action

"Get contact info for the top 3 and draft outreach emails"

Retrieve emails and phone numbers, draft personalized messages, export to Excel, push to your ATS, save to Recruit workspaces. No tab switching.


All Your Talent Data, One Conversation

SeekOut brings together five specialized talent pools and your ATS pipeline. Your AI assistant picks the right data source based on your query.

Default

Public Profiles

Professional profiles with work history, skills, education, seniority, and location data. The foundation for most talent searches.

Developer

GitHub

Software engineers ranked by contributions, programming languages, repositories, and open-source activity level. Find the builders, not just the resumes.

Research

Academic & Expert

Researchers and subject-matter experts with h-index, citation counts, published papers, patents, and institutional affiliations.

Healthcare

Healthcare

Physicians and healthcare professionals with NPI numbers, specialties, hospital affiliations, and clinical data.

Clinical

Nursing

Registered nurses, LPNs, and nurse practitioners with license type, state licensure, license status, and nursing credentials.

Your Data

ATS Pipeline

If your organization has a connected ATS, search your existing talent pipeline. Hiring managers can review candidates already in the funnel by stage, application date, and history.


How to Get Started

Connect SeekOut to any MCP-compatible AI assistant in minutes. Choose your setup:

Claude.ai

Available on Free, Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans. Free users are limited to one custom connector.

Personal plans: add SeekOut yourself. Team and Enterprise: an Owner or Primary Owner must add the custom connector to the organization first; members connect it afterward.

  1. If you are on a personal plan, open claude.ai and go to Customize → Connectors, then click Add custom connector
  2. If you are on Team or Enterprise and do not see that option, ask your Claude Owner to add SeekOut from Organization settings → Connectors
  3. Use the MCP Server URL below when adding the connector
  4. Sign in with your SeekOut account when prompted
  5. Enable the connector in a new Claude conversation
https://seekout-search-mcp.seekout.io/tools

ChatGPT

ChatGPT setup depends on whether you are using a personal account or a managed workspace. In Business, Enterprise, or Edu workspaces, an admin or owner may need to enable Developer Mode or publish the connector before members can use it.

If you are setting it up yourself and Developer Mode is available to your account, turn it on first from Settings → Apps (or Apps & Connectors) → Advanced Settings.

  1. If this is a managed workspace, ask your ChatGPT admin to enable Developer Mode / Create custom MCP connectors or add SeekOut for the workspace
  2. Click your profile pictureSettingsApps (or Apps & Connectors)
  3. Open Advanced Settings and turn Developer Mode on, if shown
  4. Click Create or Create app, then enter a name such as "SeekOut Search" and the MCP Server URL below
  5. Set Authentication to OAuth
  6. Accept any safety confirmation, then click Create
  7. Complete the SeekOut sign-in when prompted
https://seekout-search-mcp.seekout.io/tools

Gemini Enterprise

SeekOut MCP can be added to Gemini Enterprise through a SeekOut-supported setup. Contact SeekOut Support or your SeekOut account team to add SeekOut MCP to your Gemini Enterprise account.

SeekOut provisions the required OAuth client, shares the connection details through a secure channel, and works with your Google Cloud admin to connect the integration to the right Gemini Enterprise app or agent.

  1. Contact SeekOut Support and mention Gemini Enterprise MCP setup
  2. Share the best contact on your Google Cloud or Gemini Enterprise admin team
  3. SeekOut provides the secure connection details and helps validate the integration

Once enabled, users can ask Gemini to search SeekOut, compare talent markets, review candidate profiles, and save or export results according to their existing SeekOut permissions. Google Cloud admin details are available in the technical docs.

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Available to organizations with Microsoft 365 Copilot. Federated connectors use MCP to bring real-time data into Copilot. See the GA announcement.

  1. Your Microsoft 365 admin opens the Admin Center and navigates to Copilot connectors → Your connections
  2. Add a new federated connector with the MCP Server URL below
  3. Configure OAuth authentication and authorize the SeekOut connection
  4. Optionally limit availability to specific user groups via Staged Rollout
  5. Users can then access SeekOut data directly in Microsoft 365 Copilot
https://seekout-search-mcp.seekout.io/tools

See the federated connectors documentation for full setup details.

Amazon Quick

Available to organizations with an Amazon Quick Enterprise subscription. SeekOut MCP integrates as a custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector. Amazon Quick auto-discovers SeekOut's authorization server and auto-registers itself via Dynamic Client Registration, so no manual client_id or client_secret setup is required.

  1. In the Amazon Quick console, choose Connectors
  2. Open the Create for your team tab and choose Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  3. Enter a Name (e.g. "SeekOut Search"), an optional description, and the MCP server endpoint below; click Next
  4. Select User authentication (OAuth). Amazon Quick discovers the authorization metadata and registers as a client automatically; click Create and continue
  5. Sign in with your SeekOut account when prompted
  6. Review the integration and share with your team
https://seekout-search-mcp.seekout.io/tools

See the Amazon Quick MCP integration documentation for full setup details.

Desktop Apps (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code)

  1. Open your app's MCP server configuration
  2. Add the following to your config file
  3. Restart the app and sign in with your SeekOut account
{ "mcpServers": { "seekout-search": { "url": "https://seekout-search-mcp.seekout.io/tools" } } }

SeekOut MCP in Action

Click any image to enlarge.

ICU nurses candidate search with table and skill tags
Candidate search
Talent pool visualization with seniority breakdown and top employers charts
Talent pool analysis
Financial analyst talent pool comparison across New York, Chicago, and San Francisco
Multi-city market analysis
Anoop Gupta profile card with career timeline and skill tags
Profile deep-dive

Guided Workflows

The server ships with 14 built-in workflows that guide your AI assistant through structured recruiting tasks. Your assistant loads the right workflow automatically based on what you ask, then follows the prescribed steps. No prompt engineering required.

Search

Search & Discovery

Describe a role in plain English and the AI builds boolean searches, resolves entities, refines with facets, and verifies candidates. Find similar profiles, scout talent across verticals, and explore your ATS pipeline.

Analysis

Analysis & Intelligence

Compare talent pools across cities, companies, or skill sets. Map competitive teams, analyze diversity breakdowns, and get compensation context for offer planning.

Evaluation

Evaluation & Hiring

Assess candidate fit against role criteria, build ranked shortlists for hiring manager review, run structured intake interviews, and calibrate search criteria based on feedback.

Action

Action & Export

Draft personalized outreach messages, retrieve verified contact info, export profiles to Excel or Google Sheets, push candidates to your ATS, and organize results into SeekOut Recruit workspaces.

See the technical documentation for the full list of 14 workflows with detailed steps.


Usage Limits & Security

Usage Limits

  • 1,000 requests per day per user
  • 10 requests per second burst limit
  • Limits are applied at the organization level
  • Configurable by your SeekOut administrator

Security & Privacy

  • Sign in with your existing SeekOut account (no API keys needed)
  • Search operations retrieve data; workspace and export tools let you save and organize candidates
  • Respects your existing SeekOut permissions
  • All traffic encrypted via TLS 1.2+
  • Per-user and per-org rate limiting
  • Sessions revocable by your admin at any time

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a new license?

No. If you have a SeekOut Recruit license, MCP access is included. Connect your AI assistant and authenticate with your existing SeekOut account. Contact SeekOut Support or your SeekOut account team to get started.

What data sources can I search?

Five specialized verticals: public profiles, GitHub developers, academic researchers and patent holders, healthcare providers, and nursing professionals. If your organization has a connected ATS, you can also search your talent pipeline.

Can non-recruiters on my team use this?

Yes. Hiring managers, sourcers, HR business partners, and anyone with a SeekOut account can connect. They see only the data their permissions allow. It is especially useful for hiring managers who want to review pipeline candidates or explore talent markets without learning the SeekOut UI.

Can it export to our ATS?

Yes. If your ATS is connected to SeekOut (Greenhouse, Lever, and others), you can push candidates directly from the conversation. You can also export to Excel or Google Sheets.

What can it do with my data?

You can search, save candidates to workspaces, create projects, retrieve contact info, and push to your ATS. The server cannot edit or delete existing SeekOut data. All actions respect your existing permissions.

Does it work with my existing SeekOut setup?

Yes. MCP connects to your existing Recruit license, workspaces, power filters, ATS connections, and credits. Anything you do in MCP shows up in Recruit, and vice versa. Some enterprise AI platforms, including Gemini Enterprise, may require an admin setup step before users can access the connector.

Which AI assistants are supported?

Any MCP-compatible AI assistant works, including Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Amazon Quick, and more. Check with your AI provider for MCP support details and plan requirements.

How do I revoke access?

Your SeekOut administrator can revoke MCP sessions at any time from the admin console. You can also remove the connector from your assistant's settings to disconnect on your end.

Can we use API keys instead of OAuth?

Yes. For automated workflows or environments where browser-based sign-in is not practical, we can provision an API key with permissions and rate limits configured for your organization. Contact SeekOut Support or your SeekOut account team to set this up.

How long does it take to roll out?

Self-service assistants can be connected in minutes. Enterprise-managed platforms such as Gemini Enterprise may require coordination with SeekOut and your platform administrator so the connector is available to the right app, agent, or user group.


Ready to connect your AI assistant to SeekOut?

SeekOut MCP is fully available within your current Recruit license. Contact your SeekOut representative to get started.

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