Ziprecruiter MCP Server

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answering

Ziprecruiter is answering right now. Last checked 3 min ago. It exposes 1 tools.

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 86%

91 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

213 ms

Response time

average over 24h

authentication required

Access

streamable-http

What changed 2

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 19 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

19 Sep a tool description was rewritten search_jobs

19 Sep a tool changed the parameters it asks for search_jobs

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Ziprecruiter every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 3 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add mcp --transport http https://api.ziprecruiter.com/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://api.ziprecruiter.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp]
url = "https://api.ziprecruiter.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.ziprecruiter.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.ziprecruiter.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but it did not say what kind of credentials it expects.

Available tools 1

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

jobs

search_jobs

Use this tool whenever the user asks to find, browse, view, recommend, or search for jobs, roles, openings, gigs, internships, or job listings. It only shows jobs that are within the United States or Canada. Guidelines: - Do not provide fields unless the user explicitly provides them. - The tool provides the search results all in one list, so if the user intends to search for multiple job roles, it may be better to invoke the tool for each job role separately. - If the user has not provided a location and is not asking for remote jobs, ask the user for a location before calling this tool. If you call without a location, results will default to a United States-wide search and the user will be warned. Notes: - When provided radius_miles, jobs will be included in the result if their location's boundaries approximately fall within radius miles of the requested location's boundaries. - If a salary range is provided, a job will be included in the results if the job's salary range overlaps with the requested salary range. - Returns up to 5 jobs per call.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://api.ziprecruiter.com/mcp	streamable-http	needs auth	404 ms	3 min ago

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Ziprecruiter — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Ziprecruiter do?

It exposes 1 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: search_jobs. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Ziprecruiter working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 213 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Ziprecruiter?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You will need your own credentials: it refuses anonymous clients.

Does Ziprecruiter need an API key?

Yes. Every time we knock, Ziprecruiter answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.

How fast is Ziprecruiter?

It answers our handshake in 213 ms on average, which is faster than 63% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.