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Use your Curriculo ATS by talking to Claude

D By Dev Rishi Khare, Founder of Curriculo ·June 16, 2026 ·4 min read

Connect Curriculo ATS to Claude one time. After that, you just type what you want, and the work happens in the chat.

Normally, checking your hiring means opening the ATS, finding the right job, reading each applicant, and copying notes into an email. That is a lot of clicking for one simple answer.

With this connector, you skip all of that. You ask Claude a question about your hiring in plain words. Claude reads your live pipeline and answers. If you want, it can also move a candidate to the next stage, write an invite, or send an interview link. You stay in control and approve each action.

Here is how to set it up and use it. It takes about two minutes.

What you need

Connector address https://mcp.curriculo.me/mcp

Step 1: Add the connector

In Claude, open the plus menu in the message box. Choose Connectors, then Add connector. Paste the address above and name it Curriculo ATS.

The Claude plus menu open, with the Curriculo ATS connector switched on
Open the plus menu, then turn on Curriculo ATS.
  1. Open the plus menuClick the plus in the Claude message box and pick Connectors, then Add connector.
  2. Paste the addressEnter https://mcp.curriculo.me/mcp and name it Curriculo ATS.
  3. Sign inA Curriculo window opens. Sign in and approve access.
  4. Set what it can doSet the read-only tools to Always allow. Leave the write tools on Ask first.

Read-only tools just look at your data, like counting jobs or listing applicants. Write tools change things or contact people, like moving a candidate or sending an email. Keeping those on Ask first means Claude checks with you before doing them.

The Curriculo ATS connector settings showing read-only tools set to Always allow and write tools set to Ask first
Read-only tools are safe to allow. Write tools ask first.

That is the whole setup. You only do it once.

Step 2: Ask about your pipeline

Now just type a question. Try something simple first, like how many open jobs you have and how many people have applied.

Try this: How many active jobs do we have, and how many applicants are in the pipeline?

Claude reads your live account and answers in seconds, with a clear breakdown by stage. No export, no spreadsheet.

Claude answering with five active jobs and 153 applicants, broken down by stage
Ask in plain words, get a live answer from your real pipeline.

Step 3: Let it do the work

Once it can read your pipeline, you can ask it to help with the slow parts of hiring. For example, point it at one job and ask it to sum up the new applicants.

Claude listing and summarizing the ten newest applicants for a Senior Frontend role
A quick summary of the people who applied today.

When you find the people worth moving forward, ask Claude to move them to the next stage and write the invite. It does the change in your ATS and drafts the email for you to check before it goes out.

Claude moving two candidates to Screening and drafting an invite email
Move the best people forward and draft the invite, in one step.

You can keep going. Ask for a few interview questions based on a person's resume, and send them an interview link.

Claude writing three resume-based screening questions and sending an interview link
Resume-based questions and an interview link, ready to send.

See it in action

Here is a short, sound-free clip. The left side is Claude. The right side is your Curriculo ATS, updating as Claude works.

A few common questions

Will it change my data without asking?
No. Anything that changes your data or contacts a candidate stays on Ask first, so Claude checks with you before it acts. You approve each one in the chat.
Is my candidate data used to train AI?
No. The connector gives Claude a live, scoped link to your account so it can answer in the moment. It is a working connection, not a data-sharing deal. You approve access and can remove it anytime.
Do I need a paid Curriculo plan?
No. The free plan works with the connector. You can connect, ask questions, and act on your pipeline without paying.

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