The MCP server

Point any MCP client at one endpoint and it gets a tool for every operation in the reference, with the permissions of whatever credential you connected with.

The server speaks Streamable HTTP at https://www.jobapplicationtracking.com/api/mcp and keeps no session between requests. Authenticate with either an OAuth access token or an API key — both are bearer tokens, and both resolve to the same principal the REST API uses.

Every operation in the endpoint reference is a tool. The tool name is the operation id with the dot replaced by an underscore, so applications.list is the tool applications_list, and each reference page names its own.

Call me_get before anything else. It says which account you are acting as, whether this is the sandbox or real data, and which organizations that account belongs to.

Claude.ai and Claude desktop

• Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
• Paste the server URL. Leave the client id and client secret blank — the connector discovers authorization and registers itself.
• Sign in when Claude opens this app, review the scopes and choose Allow.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http job-tracker https://www.jobapplicationtracking.com/api/mcp
# then run /mcp inside Claude Code and follow the sign-in

claude mcp add --transport http job-tracker https://www.jobapplicationtracking.com/api/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer jat_test_…"

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "job-tracker": {
      "url": "https://www.jobapplicationtracking.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer jat_test_…" }
    }
  }
}

The Claude API MCP connector

The connector supports tools only — it does not read resources or prompts — and needs the MCP client beta header.

{
  "mcp_servers": [
    {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://www.jobapplicationtracking.com/api/mcp",
      "name": "job-tracker",
      "authorization_token": "jat_test_…"
    }
  ],
  "tools": [
    { "type": "mcp_toolset", "mcp_server_name": "job-tracker" }
  ]
}

Using Claude Code without MCP

A skill file teaches Claude Code this API without a server connection at all: it carries the same getting-started guidance the MCP server serves, a curl recipe for every capability, and the workflows the server offers as prompts. Save it as SKILL.md inside a directory under .claude/skills, and Claude Code loads it when the work calls for it.

mkdir -p .claude/skills/job-application-tracker
curl -s https://www.jobapplicationtracking.com/developers/claude-skill/SKILL.md \
  -o .claude/skills/job-application-tracker/SKILL.md

The file is generated from the same operation registry the server reads, so download it again after a change to the API rather than editing your copy.

Testing it by hand

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector
# transport: Streamable HTTP
# URL: https://www.jobapplicationtracking.com/api/mcp
# then use Quick OAuth Flow, or paste a key as a bearer token

These client instructions were last verified in September 2026.