# io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search (pypi · mcp-job-search-mp)

Job search mechanics for an AI assistant: search, fetch postings, render CVs, lint, log.

- Trust score: 86/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- pypi · `mcp-job-search-mp`: 86/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/michalper-mcp-job-search/mcp-job-search-mp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/michalper-mcp-job-search/mcp-job-search-mp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `mcp-job-search-mp`
- Version: `0.2.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, 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.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 91/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - CVE check failed: a known high-severity CVE affects lxml 4.9.2, reached via trafilatura > lxml. A fixed version is available.
  - Runs hatchling.build at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it.
  - 2 of 50 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 100/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to michalper/mcp-job-search).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 16 days ago).
  - Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 69/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1324 tokens (~189/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 57/100
  - Stability observed for 17 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% 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.
  - We read all 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 8 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).

## Install

### How do I install the io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search server?

io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx mcp-job-search-mp. 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 michalper-mcp-job-search -- uvx mcp-job-search-mp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "michalper-mcp-job-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-job-search-mp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "michalper-mcp-job-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-job-search-mp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add michalper-mcp-job-search -- uvx mcp-job-search-mp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "michalper-mcp-job-search": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "mcp-job-search-mp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add michalper-mcp-job-search --command uvx --arg mcp-job-search-mp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  michalper-mcp-job-search:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["mcp-job-search-mp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "michalper-mcp-job-search": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "mcp-job-search-mp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add michalper-mcp-job-search -t stdio -c uvx -a mcp-job-search-mp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "michalper-mcp-job-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-job-search-mp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-11-05 (score 86, +16)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-03 (score 70, −14)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-11-02 (score 84, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-01 (score 69, −14)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-10-31 (score 83, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-10-30 (score 68, −14)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified

### 2026-10-27 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-25 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (7)

### `search_jobs` (~240 tokens)

Searches real job-board APIs (Arbeitnow — free, always on; Adzuna and JSearch — only if their API keys are configured via environment variables). Returns normalized jobs plus a list of source errors (e.g. a source skipped because its key isn't set) — never raises on a single source's failure. Results are cached by query for SEARCH_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS (default 6h) to protect JSearch's free quota; pass use_cache=False to force a fresh query. This does NOT scrape or search sites without a public API (e.g. NoFluffJobs, JustJoin.it, Pracuj.pl) — use fetch_job_posting for a specific URL on those instead.

Input parameters:

- `keywords` (string, required): Keywords to match, e.g. 'PHP Magento backend'.
- `location`: Free-text location filter, e.g. 'Poland'.
- `remote_only` (boolean): Only return remote-flagged postings.
- `sources`: Limit to these source names, e.g. ['arbeitnow']. Default: all.
- `use_cache` (boolean): Reuse a cached result. False forces a fresh query.

### `fetch_job_posting` (~76 tokens)

Fetches ONE job-posting URL you already found (any job board, including ones with no public API) and extracts its readable text generically. This is for a single posting a human found manually — never call it in a loop to enumerate a site's listings.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): A single job-posting URL.

### `render_pdf` (~98 tokens)

Renders one CV/cover-letter HTML file to PDF via headless Chrome, using the exact flags known not to hang or silently drop output. Checks both the exit code and the actual PDF page count — call this once per file, never in a batch loop on the same Chrome profile.

Input parameters:

- `html_path` (string, required): Path to the source HTML file.
- `pdf_path`: Output PDF path; defaults to the HTML path with .pdf.

### `lint_cv` (~258 tokens)

Read-only — never modifies html_path, pdf_path, or any other file. Lints a CV/cover-letter HTML file against YOUR OWN configurable rule set (banned phrases, skills-section bans, achievement-weight overclaims, title/GDPR/link checks, page-count limits), read from LINT_RULES_PATH (an env var, not a parameter here; defaults to a bundled generic example). Mechanical matching only — cannot catch semantic fabrication (two true facts combined into a false-sounding one), which still needs a human or independent review. Call before render_pdf while iterating on a draft (cheap, no Chrome, HTML-only checks); call again after render_pdf with pdf_path to also check page count and staleness — render_pdf itself runs none of this.

Input parameters:

- `html_path` (string, required): Path to the HTML file to lint, as currently saved on disk.
- `pdf_path`: Optional. Omit to run only the HTML-based checks (content, skills, weight, title, links). Pass the already-rendered PDF's path to ALSO check its page count against your configured page_limits and con…

### `log_application` (~243 tokens)

Mutates the registry file — appends one new row, it does not check for an existing one first. Call list_applications(company=...) beforehand if you need to avoid logging a duplicate. Target file and column layout come from REGISTRY_CONFIG_PATH (default: the bundled generic example). Never invents text for free-text fields — only places exactly what you pass. Use dry_run to preview the row and insertion point without writing. To change an existing row's status later, use update_application_status instead of calling this again.

Input parameters:

- `company` (string, required): Company name.
- `date` (string, required): ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD) of the application.
- `dry_run` (boolean): Preview without writing to the file.
- `level`: Seniority/contract level, e.g. 'Senior B2B'.
- `mode`: Work mode, e.g. 'Remote'.
- `portal` (string, required): Section heading to log under, e.g. 'justjoin.it'.
- `rate`: Rate/salary as free text.
- `role` (string, required): Role/title applied for.
- `status_note`: Free-text status/notes — placed verbatim.

### `list_applications` (~139 tokens)

Read-only — never modifies the registry file. Returns rows from your application registry, optionally filtered by portal (exact, case-insensitive section heading) and/or company (case-insensitive substring match). Call this before log_application to check whether you've already applied to a company — the registry's own '## <portal>' structure and column layout are returned as-is via each entry's `fields` dict, so this also works against registries with custom/non-English column names.

Input parameters:

- `company`: Case-insensitive substring match on the company field.
- `portal`: Exact portal section name, e.g. 'justjoin.it'. Omit for all.

### `update_application_status` (~197 tokens)

Mutates the registry file — rewrites one row's status cell in place, leaving every other cell and the file's row order untouched. Finds the row by portal (exact) + company (case- insensitive substring); if more than one row matches, nothing is written and the error lists the matching line numbers — pass role to disambiguate instead of guessing which one was meant. Use dry_run to preview old_row/new_row without writing. Call list_applications first if you're not sure a row exists.

Input parameters:

- `company` (string, required): Case-insensitive substring match on the company field.
- `dry_run` (boolean): Preview without writing to the file.
- `new_status` (string, required): Replacement text for the Status cell, placed verbatim.
- `portal` (string, required): Exact portal section name, e.g. 'justjoin.it'.
- `role`: Case-insensitive substring match on the role field, to disambiguate.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Vulnerabilities, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/michalper-mcp-job-search/mcp-job-search-mp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 86
- 2026-11-04: 70
- 2026-11-03: 70
- 2026-11-02: 84
- 2026-11-01: 69
- 2026-10-31: 83
- 2026-10-30: 68
- 2026-10-29: 82
- 2026-10-28: 82
- 2026-10-27: 82
- 2026-10-26: 81
- 2026-10-25: 81
- 2026-10-24: 80
- 2026-10-23: 80
- 2026-10-22: 79
- 2026-10-21: 79
- 2026-10-20: 63
- 2026-10-19: 63

## Common questions

### What is the io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search server?

io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search. Job search mechanics for an AI assistant: search, fetch postings, render CVs, lint, log. This page covers its PyPI package (mcp-job-search-mp).

### Is the io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search server safe to use?

io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search scores 86 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We recorded 16 known advisories against it as of 5 November 2026. Its build provenance is signed and verified. 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 io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search server expose?

io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search exposes 7 tools: search_jobs, fetch_job_posting, render_pdf, lint_cv, log_application, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,251 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search server still maintained?

io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search 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 licence is the io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search server under?

io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search server?

VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on io.github.michalper/mcp-job-search, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 12 more. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to a PyPI package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-job-search-mp/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/mcp-job-search-mp
- Repository: https://github.com/michalper/mcp-job-search
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/michalper-mcp-job-search/mcp-job-search-mp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/michalper-mcp-job-search/mcp-job-search-mp/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/michalper-mcp-job-search/mcp-job-search-mp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/michalper-mcp-job-search/mcp-job-search-mp