What is Talent Summoner?

AI candidate sourcing: find, review and shortlist talent worldwide from your AI assistant.

How do I install Talent Summoner?

Clone Talent Summoner from https://github.com/talent-summoner/agent-skills and configure it as an MCP server in your client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code).

Is Talent Summoner open source?

Yes, Talent Summoner is open source under the MIT license. Source code is available at https://github.com/talent-summoner/agent-skills.

What category does Talent Summoner belong to?

Talent Summoner is listed under AI & ML MCP servers on MCPFind.

Talent Summoner — MCP Server for AI & ML

Talent Summoner for AI agents

Connect your AI agent to Talent Summoner to source and review hiring candidates. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) connection gives your AI agent sourcing tools, and the companion skill guides it through the workflow.

Quick start

Sign in to Talent Summoner and create an API key.
In an interactive macOS or Linux terminal, or Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt, with Node.js 22.20 or newer, run:
```
npx @talent-summoner/setup
```
Select your AI agents, paste the key into the hidden terminal prompt, and let setup check the connection. It installs the MCP connection and skill for the AI agents you select.
Open or restart each AI agent, approve the connection if prompted, and ask: “Show my Talent Summoner sourcing sessions.”

Keep your API key out of AI agent chats, shell commands, and Git. Setup itself does not start sourcing or use a Role.

What you can do

Draft an ideal candidate profile before searching: “Draft the ideal candidate profile for a senior React engineer in Berlin. Let me review it before searching.”
Search for candidates, refine the criteria, and find more candidates in the same session.
Review and shortlist candidates, and request work-email lookups.
Prepare outreach drafts for shortlisted candidates.

Your AI agent asks before unlocking a Role for a session. You review and confirm outreach on the Talent Summoner website before sending.

Manage your connection

Rerun npx @talent-summoner/setup to replace a key or update the skill. To disconnect, revoke the key, then remove the talent-summoner MCP entry and skill from your AI agent. Setup displays their locations during installation.

If your AI agent does not show the tools after setup, restart it and check its MCP connection or workspace approval. Report a setup issue if the connection still fails.

Install the skill separately

If you have configured the Talent Summoner MCP connection yourself, install only the companion skill:

npx skills add talent-summoner/agent-skills -g

This command installs the skill instructions. It does not set up the MCP connection. Use one skill installation method per AI agent to avoid duplicate entries.

For a manual MCP connection, add an HTTP server at https://talentsummoner.com/api/mcp in your AI agent's MCP settings and authenticate with your API key as a Bearer token.

Contributing

See the contributor guide for local development and releases.

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