# Applystead (remote · applystead.com)

Search open jobs from employers' own career sites: roles, companies and posting status.

- Trust score: 79/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `applystead.com`: 79/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-applystead-jobs/applystead.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-applystead-jobs/applystead)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://applystead.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation check failed: no authorisation is required to call this server, and it exposes a tool marked destructive (update_settings).
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 73/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 6329 tokens (~134/item across 47 items; 46 tools + 1 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 97/100
  - Stability observed for 29 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 92/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 73% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (2% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - All 3 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.
  - An AI judge read all 48 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

## Install

### How do I install the Applystead MCP server?

Applystead is a hosted endpoint at https://applystead.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-applystead-jobs 'https://applystead.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-applystead-jobs": {
      "url": "https://applystead.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-applystead-jobs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://applystead.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-applystead-jobs]
url = "https://applystead.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-applystead-jobs": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://applystead.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-applystead-jobs --url 'https://applystead.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-applystead-jobs:
    url: "https://applystead.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-applystead-jobs": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://applystead.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-applystead-jobs -t streamable-http -u 'https://applystead.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-applystead-jobs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://applystead.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 79, +1)

- [security] Tool “get_connections” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “get_membership” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “manage_membership” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “manage_outreach” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_membership” changed its title: Read plan change options → Read the cancellation questions

### 2026-11-03 (score 78, 0)

- [security] New tool “call_line”, which the server declares destructive
- [functional] New tool “get_line”

### 2026-11-02 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 77, 0)

- [security] Tool “check_job_posting” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “get_company_jobs” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_jobs” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [cosmetic] “get_interviews” reworded the description of “event_id”
- [cosmetic] “manage_interviews” reworded the description of “event_id”
- [cosmetic] “search_jobs” reworded the description of “query”

### 2026-10-31 (score 77, 0)

- [security] New tool “manage_website”, which the server declares destructive
- [functional] New tool “get_website”

### 2026-10-30 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 76, 0)

- [security] Tool “get_jobs” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

### 2026-10-28 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 67 to 70. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 20 days of observed history at the previous scan, 21 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (46)

### `search_jobs` (~331 tokens)

Search jobs

Searches open jobs on employers' own career sites, for questions like “product manager roles at Stripe” or “remote data engineer jobs in the US”. query takes title or company words, and remote (remote jobs only) or remote in the US; remote_country narrows remote jobs to one country, and listed pay and recency have their own parameters. Returns up to limit jobs (default 10, max 20), employers' own postings before staffing firms' and job boards' reposts, newest first, each with title, company, place, pay, job page and Apply with Applystead link; a job's jobId queues it for a connected member with manage_applications add_job. Apply with Applystead opens an Applystead account that tailors a résumé to a job and prepares applications for the person.

Input parameters:

- `company` (string): Company name or Applystead company slug.
- `kind` (string): Only internships, or only early-career roles.
- `limit` (integer): At most this many jobs (default 10).
- `pay_listed` (boolean): Only jobs whose posting lists pay.
- `posted_within_hours` (integer): Only jobs posted within this many hours.
- `query` (string): Title or company words, each of which must appear in the title or company; job-search words such as jobs, roles or hiring are left out. remote means remote jobs only, and remote with “in the US”, US,…
- `remote_country` (string): Only remote jobs open in this ISO country code (US).

### `get_company_jobs` (~124 tokens)

Get a company's jobs

Looks up one company's open roles on Applystead, for questions like “is Stripe hiring?” or “what jobs does Acme have open?”. company is a company name or Applystead company slug. Returns the company's name, its number of open roles and its company page, with its 10 newest open jobs, each linking its Applystead job page and an Apply with Applystead link. Apply with Applystead opens an Applystead account that tailors a résumé to a job and prepares applications for the person.

Input parameters:

- `company` (string, required): Company name or Applystead company slug.

### `check_job_posting` (~151 tokens)

Check a job posting

Checks whether one employer job posting is still open, for questions like “is this job still taking applications?”: url is the https link to the employer's posting. Returns open, closed, unknown (a posting Applystead does not track) or unsupported (not a posting link Applystead reads), as of Applystead's last read (the link itself is not fetched), with a tracked posting's title, company and Applystead job page, and an open one's listed pay and Apply with Applystead link. Apply with Applystead opens an Applystead account that tailors a résumé to a job and prepares applications for the person.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): The https link to the employer's job posting.

### `whoami` (~22 tokens)

Who is connected

The connected Applystead member: id, name, email and plan.

Output parameters:

- `email` (string)
- `id` (string)
- `name` (string)
- `nickname` (string)

### `get_account` (~100 tokens)

Read the account

The member's account: overview, membership, notifications, invites, reference lists, feedback, review, what's new and a full export. Actions: overview, membership, notifications, invites, reference, feedback, my_review, whats_new, export. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `update_settings` (~117 tokens)

Change account settings

Change notification emails, job alerts, language, insights sharing, redeem a voucher, send feedback or a review, or resend the verification email. Actions: email_preferences, job_alerts, language, insights_sharing, redeem_voucher, send_feedback, report_pay_estimate, save_review, delete_review, resend_verification_email. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `get_membership` (~71 tokens)

Read the cancellation questions

The questions asked about a cancellation the member made, with their ids. Actions: cancellation_questions. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `manage_membership` (~177 tokens)

Manage the membership

Start a plan, open the payment details page, answer the questions about a cancellation the member made, and buy a custom domain or extra campaigns. Prices come from get_account membership, a get_membership preview or get_outreach campaigns (packs), and pricingAcceptance is the exact value the member accepted. Payment happens on a page the member opens. Cancelling is never done through an agent: the member cancels the membership under Membership at the top of Account, or ends a Premium trial on Membership, on applystead.com. Actions: start_checkout, billing_portal, cancellation_feedback, buy_domain, buy_extra_campaigns. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `delete_account` (~77 tokens)

Delete the account

Delete the member's Applystead account: send_code emails a code, confirm deletes with it. Actions: send_code, confirm. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `get_setup` (~99 tokens)

Read first-time setup

Where first-time setup stands, a résumé import's progress and setup's job previews. Actions: status, import_status, preview_matches, role_groups. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `ingestion_id` (string): A résumé import's id from run_setup import_resume.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `run_setup` (~104 tokens)

Run first-time setup

Import a résumé, answer setup questions, approve the applying address and finish setup. Actions: import_resume, cancel_import, save_setup_answers, approve_applying_address, finish. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `ingestion_id` (string): A résumé import's id from run_setup import_resume.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `get_profile` (~73 tokens)

Read the profile

The member's profile, job search preferences, saved questions and photo. Actions: profile, questions, photo. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `update_profile` (~100 tokens)

Change the profile

Change the profile and job search, work authorization, answers and photo, or import a LinkedIn data export. Actions: update, set_work_authorization, save_answers, set_photo, set_photo_flags, remove_photo, import_linkedin_export. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `get_answers` (~74 tokens)

Read the member's answers

The member's saved answers, finished questions, and questions about them. Actions: library, finished, ask_library. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `manage_answers` (~101 tokens)

Manage answers

Improve, keep, edit and delete answers in the library. Actions: improve, keep_ai_answers, edit, delete, edit_saved, delete_saved, delete_finished. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `fact_id` (string): A saved answer's id from get_answers library.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `get_jobs` (~117 tokens)

Read job matches

The member's job matches, newest jobs, why a job matches, the market map, company pages and a changed search's matches. Actions: matches, preview_search, newest, explain_match, market_map, market_map_jobs, company. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `company_slug` (string): A company's slug, e.g. from get_jobs.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `get_applications` (~130 tokens)

Read applications

Applications ready for review, approve-first jobs, every application, totals, replies, one application, its packet (whose preparationId, reviewDigest and authorityDigest apply_to_job needs) and its documents. Actions: ready, approvals, applied, totals, live, replies, get, packet, document, job_page. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `application_id` (string): An application's id from get_applications.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `manage_applications` (~106 tokens)

Manage applications

Add a job to the queue, pass on one, choose its résumé, edit its packet or rate the queue. Actions: add_job, pass, choose_resume, edit_packet, rate_queue. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `application_id` (string): An application's id from get_applications.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `apply_to_job` (~177 tokens)

Apply to a job

Sends one application to the employer: the only tool that applies. It takes the preparation_id, review_digest and authority_digest of the packet the member reviewed (get_applications packet), or approve_only for a job marked approveOnly (an approve-first job with no packet yet), which Applystead prepares and sends.

Input parameters:

- `application_id` (string, required): An application's id from get_applications.
- `approve_only` (boolean): true to apply to a job marked approveOnly in get_applications ready or approvals; it has no packet, and Applystead prepares and sends it.
- `authority_digest` (string): The packet's authorityDigest from get_applications packet.
- `preparation_id` (string): The packet's preparationId from get_applications packet.
- `review_digest` (string): The packet's reviewDigest from get_applications packet.

### `get_auto_apply` (~67 tokens)

Read Auto apply

The member's Auto apply settings and résumés. Actions: settings. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `update_auto_apply` (~107 tokens)

Change Auto apply

Turn Auto apply on or off, change its switches, and manage the résumés it uses. Actions: set, set_default_resume, set_resume_rules, add_resume, remove_resume. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.
- `resume_id` (string): A résumé's id from get_auto_apply settings.

### `get_resume_studio` (~94 tokens)

Read the résumé studio

The résumé studio's saved résumés, a master résumé built from the profile, and a résumé as a PDF or Word file; nothing is saved. Actions: get, create_from_profile, export. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `manage_resume_studio` (~99 tokens)

Edit the résumé studio

Save the résumé studio, tailor or refine a résumé for a job, and read a job description from a link. Job links and descriptions given are kept with the account. Actions: save, tailor, refine, read_job_link. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `get_interviews` (~155 tokens)

Read interviews

The member's interviews, rounds, briefings, people, playbooks, company research, calendar feed and question sets. Actions: list, follow_ups, get, briefing, people, playbook, company_intel, calendar_feed, question_set. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `event_id` (string): An interview round's id (a process's interviews[].id) from get_interviews list.
- `interview_id` (string): An interview's id from get_interviews list, or a follow_ups item's processId.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `manage_interviews` (~296 tokens)

Manage interviews

Create and update interviews and rounds, notes, transcripts, briefings, recordings, scorecards, debriefs, invites, checks, thank-you notes and next-steps or feedback notes to employers. Actions: create, update, add_round, update_round, add_correspondence, add_transcript, link_calendar, generate_briefing, attach_recording, detach_recording, score_round, add_interviewer, save_debrief, mark_invite_seen, rate_tracking, answer_check, mark_thank_you_done, draft_thank_you, draft_follow_up. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `check_id` (string): An interview check-in's id from get_interviews follow_ups (checks[].id).
- `event_id` (string): An interview round's id (a process's interviews[].id) from get_interviews list.
- `follow_up_key` (string): A thank-you follow-up's key from get_interviews follow_ups (followUps[].key).
- `interview_id` (string): An interview's id from get_interviews list, or a follow_ups item's processId.
- `invite_id` (string): An interview invite's id from get_interviews follow_ups (invites[].id).
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `get_interview_practice` (~111 tokens)

Read interview practice

Practice interviews (Premium): setups, sessions, scores and the question bank. Actions: overview, bank, get_session. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.
- `session_id` (string): A practice session's id from get_interview_practice overview (sessions[].id) or manage_interview_practice start_session.

### `manage_interview_practice` (~200 tokens)

Run interview practice

Practice interviews (Premium): create, change and delete setups and questions, and start, answer, finish, score and delete practice sessions. Actions: create_setup, update_setup, delete_setup, create_question, update_question, delete_question, start_session, answer, finish_session, cancel_session, score_session, delete_session. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.
- `question_id` (string): A practice question's id from get_interview_practice overview (questions[].id).
- `session_id` (string): A practice session's id from get_interview_practice overview (sessions[].id) or manage_interview_practice start_session.
- `setup_id` (string): A practice setup's id from get_interview_practice overview (setups[].id).

### `get_calendar` (~175 tokens)

Read the calendar

The member's calendar, events, invitations found in mail, the job search schedule, and the page where the member connects a Google or Microsoft calendar. Actions: view, export_ics, event, event_context, mail_invitations, schedule, schedule_sources, connect_link. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `calendar_event_id` (string): A calendar event's id from get_calendar view (events[].id).
- `mail_message_id` (string): A received message's id: its Mailbox id (i-…) or the same id without "i-" (a calendar event's or RSVP draft's mailMessageId); either works.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `manage_calendar` (~228 tokens)

Manage the calendar

Create and connect calendars, add, change and delete events, prepare replies to invitations and manage the job search schedule. Events are written to the member's own calendars; no invitations are sent. Actions: create_local, connect_caldav, import_ics, sync, choose_calendar, create_event, update_event, delete_event, hide_interview_event, prepare_rsvp, import_invitation, disconnect, update_schedule, generate_schedule, approve_schedule, discard_schedule. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `calendar_event_id` (string): A calendar event's id from get_calendar view (events[].id).
- `key` (string): The item's key as the matching list answered it.
- `mail_message_id` (string): A received message's id: its Mailbox id (i-…) or the same id without "i-" (a calendar event's or RSVP draft's mailMessageId); either works.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `get_mailbox` (~186 tokens)

Read the Mailbox

The member's Mailbox: threads, messages, attachments, contacts, settings, drafts, held replies, drafted replies, sending accounts and custom domain quotes. Actions: threads, thread, reply_address, messages, attachment, contacts, settings, applying_address, forwarding, draft, held_replies, held_reply, held_reply_attachment, ai_replies, connected_senders, connect_sender_link, domain_suggestions, check_domain. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `draft_id` (string): A Mailbox draft's id (32 hex).
- `index` (integer): An attachment's position (0 for the first).
- `key` (string): The item's key as the matching list answered it.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `manage_mailbox` (~248 tokens)

Organise the Mailbox

Organise threads, labels, settings, forwarding and drafts, and manage held replies, drafted replies, sending accounts, a custom domain order and a domain the member already owns. Sending is send_email. Actions: organize, update_settings, create_label, rename_label, delete_label, set_forwarding, approve_applying_address, save_draft, delete_draft, attach_file, remove_attachment, cancel_send, discard_held_reply, dismiss_ai_reply, ai_reply_settings, sender_settings, disconnect_sender, cancel_domain_order, connect_own_domain, check_own_domain, disconnect_own_domain, retry_domain_setup. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `attachment_id` (string): A draft attachment's id from manage_mailbox attach_file.
- `connection_id` (string): A connected sender's id from get_mailbox connected_senders.
- `draft_id` (string): A Mailbox draft's id (32 hex).
- `key` (string): The item's key as the matching list answered it.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `send_email` (~232 tokens)

Send email

Send email from the member's Applystead Mailbox: drafts, replies, held replies, drafted replies, outreach and campaigns, and turn automatic replies on or off. Actions: send_draft, reply, confirm_held_reply, send_ai_reply, full_auto_replies, send_outreach, send_campaign. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `campaign_id` (string): A campaign's id from get_outreach campaigns (campaigns[].id).
- `draft_id` (string): A Mailbox draft's id (32 hex).
- `key` (string): The item's key as the matching list answered it.
- `mail_message_id` (string): A received message's id: its Mailbox id (i-…) or the same id without "i-" (a calendar event's or RSVP draft's mailMessageId); either works.
- `outreach_id` (string): An outreach message or thread id from get_outreach.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `get_line` (~109 tokens)

Read the recruiter line

The member's own recruiter line (Premium): the calls and texts that reached it and the calls they placed from it, with whom each was known as, when, how it was answered, how long it lasted, and the voicemail, summary or transcript stored for it. Actions: activity. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `call_line` (~96 tokens)

Call from the recruiter line

Calls a US or Canadian number the member names from their own recruiter line (Premium): the member's phone rings first, then the number is dialed. The member confirms; nothing is dialed otherwise. Actions: dial. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `get_outreach` (~177 tokens)

Read outreach

Outreach to people at companies (Premium): threads, people worth reaching with a drafted first email, suggestions, one message and the exact message a send would deliver, and Mailbox campaigns (one email each to the recruiter or hiring manager of many jobs) with their expected response, research, emails and approval. Actions: threads, cold_context, suggestions, get, preview, campaigns, campaign, campaign_targets, campaign_approval. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `campaign_id` (string): A campaign's id from get_outreach campaigns (campaigns[].id).
- `outreach_id` (string): An outreach message or thread id from get_outreach.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `manage_outreach` (~218 tokens)

Manage outreach

Draft and manage outreach messages to people at companies: accept the terms, draft, edit, redraft, discard, record the outcome and close a thread; build Mailbox campaigns, choose their message, edit or remove their emails and cancel them. Sending is send_email send_outreach or send_campaign. Actions: accept_terms, draft, edit, discard, regenerate, resolve, close_thread, create_campaign, choose_campaign_template, retry_campaign_templates, write_campaign_emails, edit_campaign_email, cancel_campaign. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `campaign_id` (string): A campaign's id from get_outreach campaigns (campaigns[].id).
- `outreach_id` (string): An outreach message or thread id from get_outreach.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.
- `target_id` (string): One campaign email's id from get_outreach campaign or campaign_targets (targets[].id).

### `get_contacts` (~87 tokens)

Read contacts

The member's contacts (Premium) and one person's profile. Actions: list, person. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.
- `person_key` (string): A person's key from get_contacts or get_outreach.

### `manage_contacts` (~91 tokens)

Manage contacts

Add, remove and import the member's contacts (Premium). Actions: add, remove, remove_all, import_csv. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `contact_id` (string): A contact's id from get_contacts list.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `get_insights` (~94 tokens)

Read insights

The member's dashboard, stats, time-away summary, analytics and LinkedIn suggestions. Actions: dashboard, stats, away, analytics, analytics_home, analytics_search, analytics_selection, analytics_chat, linkedin_text. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `ask_otto` (~127 tokens)

Ask Otto

Ask Otto, Applystead's job search coach, a question about the member's search, an application or a company.

Input parameters:

- `application_id` (string): An application's id from get_applications.
- `company_slug` (string): A company's slug, e.g. from get_jobs.
- `mode` (string): How Otto answers (default ask): ask a question, coach (a coaching session on a topic) or plan (a 30-day job search plan).
- `question` (string, required): The question.
- `topic` (string): With mode coach only, and required there.

### `get_assistant` (~90 tokens)

Read the interview assistant

The interview assistant's settings, paired devices and call recordings. Actions: settings, devices, recordings, recording. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `key` (string): The item's key as the matching list answered it.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `manage_assistant` (~111 tokens)

Manage the interview assistant

Change the interview assistant's settings, remove a paired device, and delete, file or unfile call recordings. Actions: update_settings, remove_device, delete_recording, file_recording, unfile_recording. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `key` (string): The item's key as the matching list answered it.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `get_website` (~116 tokens)

Read website

The member's Applystead personal website (Premium), for building it with the member's own agent: whether the member can have one, its address and state, the profile facts to build from, its files and one file's content. Spends no points. Actions: status, profile, list_files, read_file. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `manage_website` (~172 tokens)

Build website

Build the member's Applystead personal website (Premium) with the member's own agent: write and delete draft files and publish the draft. Sites are static HTML and CSS with no scripts: files are html, css, json, txt, xml, svg, md and images (no JavaScript). Pages may not run scripts (<script>, on...= attributes, javascript: links), ask for passwords or hold forms, redirect, or embed frames or other pages; such files are refused with a message saying what to change. Spends no points. Actions: write_file, delete_file, publish. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `get_connections` (~67 tokens)

Read connected apps and keys

Connected apps, API keys, webhooks and API usage. Actions: list. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.

### `manage_connections` (~138 tokens)

Connected apps and keys

Disconnect a connected app, revoke an API key or remove a webhook. Keys and webhooks are created in Agents & API. Actions: disconnect_agent, revoke_key, remove_webhook. Call with action "help" for each action's fields.

Input parameters:

- `action` (string, required)
- `grant_id` (string): A connected app's id from get_connections list.
- `key_id` (string): An API key's id from get_connections list.
- `params` (object): Fields for the action. Call with action "help" to list each action's fields.
- `webhook_id` (string): A webhook's id from get_connections list.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-applystead-jobs/applystead#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 79
- 2026-11-04: 79
- 2026-11-03: 78
- 2026-11-02: 78
- 2026-11-01: 77
- 2026-10-31: 77
- 2026-10-30: 77
- 2026-10-29: 76
- 2026-10-28: 76
- 2026-10-27: 75
- 2026-10-26: 75
- 2026-10-25: 74
- 2026-10-24: 74
- 2026-10-23: 73
- 2026-10-22: 73
- 2026-10-21: 72
- 2026-10-20: 72
- 2026-10-19: 71
- 2026-10-18: 71
- 2026-10-17: 70
- 2026-10-16: 70
- 2026-10-15: 70
- 2026-10-14: 69
- 2026-10-13: 69
- 2026-10-12: 68
- 2026-10-10: 67

## Common questions

### What is the Applystead MCP server?

Applystead is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.applystead/jobs. Search open jobs from employers' own career sites: roles, companies and posting status. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://applystead.com/mcp).

### Is the Applystead MCP server safe to use?

Applystead scores 79 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Applystead MCP server expose?

Applystead exposes 46 tools: search_jobs, get_company_jobs, check_job_posting, whoami, get_account, and 41 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 6,142 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Applystead MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Applystead without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Applystead MCP server still maintained?

Applystead is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Applystead MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 14 checks on Applystead, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 10 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://applystead.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/usr-bin-roygbiv/applystead-mcp
- Website: https://applystead.com/developers
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-applystead-jobs/applystead.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-applystead-jobs/applystead/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-applystead-jobs/applystead.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-applystead-jobs/applystead
