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How to Connect Lever to Claude — via MCP

Manage Lever ATS (candidates, opportunities, postings, stages, feedback) from any AI agent. 10 tools, basic-auth.

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Lever

Manage Lever ATS (candidates, opportunities, postings, stages, feedback) from any AI agent. 10 tools, basic-auth.

Tools

10

Region

INTL

Category

HR

Authentication

Basic Auth

Required env vars

LEVER_API_KEY
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Summary

Manage Lever ATS (candidates, opportunities, postings, stages, feedback) from any AI agent. 10 tools, basic-auth.

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Example prompts for Lever

Click any prompt to copy it. Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot or OpenClaw to run it against this connector.

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Lever + Claude

Manage Lever ATS (candidates, opportunities, postings, stages, feedback) from any AI agent. 10 tools, basic-auth.

Prerequisites

See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:

LEVER_API_KEY

Step 1 — Get credentials

This connector wraps the Lever Hire API v1 (api.lever.co/v1).

Setup:

  1. In Lever → Settings → Integrations and API → API Credentials → Generate new key.
  2. Set LEVER_API_KEY.
  3. Sandbox: use https://api.sandbox.lever.co/v1 instead during testing.

Authentication: HTTP Basic — API key as username, empty password.

Opportunity vs Candidate: in Lever's modern API, an Opportunity represents a candidate's interest in a single posting. A person can have multiple opportunities (one per role). The legacy Candidate endpoint still works but Opportunity is preferred.

…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)

Step 2 — Install the adapter

git clone https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp.git
cd anythingmcp && docker compose up -d

Step 3 — Add the connector in Claude

Recommended path — works on claude.ai web without editing any config file.

  1. Open claude.ai/customize/connectors.
  2. Click "Add custom connector".
  3. Fill in:
    • Name: Lever
    • URL: https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp
    • Authentication: Bearer token → paste your MCP API key (from AnythingMCP → Profile → MCP API Keys → New Key)
  4. Click Connect to authorize.

All tools below appear in your chat — start typing prompts.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
lever_list_opportunitiesList opportunities (candidate × posting)
lever_get_opportunityGet one opportunity with full contact, links, tags, applications
lever_create_opportunityCreate an opportunity (candidate with associated posting)
lever_update_opportunity_stageMove an opportunity to a different stage
lever_archive_opportunityArchive an opportunity with an archive reason
lever_list_postingsList job postings
lever_list_stagesList pipeline stages
lever_list_usersList Lever users (recruiters, hiring managers)
lever_list_archive_reasonsList archive reasons configured in the org
lever_list_feedbackList interview feedback forms attached to an opportunity

FAQ

Does it work with Claude Code as well as Claude Desktop? Yes — point both at https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp.

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