Connect Silky to Claude

Ask Claude questions about your hiring data and get instant answers. No dashboards to navigate, no reports to pull - just ask in plain English and Claude reads directly from your Silky account.

What is MCP?

MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. Think of it as a secure bridge between Claude (the AI) and your Silky account. Once connected, Claude can look up your jobs, candidates, applications, and hiring activity whenever you ask.

It works like giving a trusted assistant read-only access to your recruitment data. Claude can see your information but can never change it - no editing, no deleting, no sending emails. It just reads and reports back.

Read-only and secure

Claude can only read your data - it cannot modify anything in your Silky account. Your API key is encrypted with AES-256 and never shared with anyone. You can disconnect at any time.

What you can do

“Find me senior engineers who applied this week”

Search across all candidates and applications using natural language

“How is the Product Manager role going?”

Get an AI summary of any job's pipeline health and top candidates

“Who are our strongest candidates right now?”

Find candidates by skills, experience, or assessment scores

“Show me the AI assessment for Sarah's application”

Pull up detailed scoring breakdowns and recommendations

“What interviews do we have scheduled?”

See upcoming interviews with format, status, and feedback

“What's the status of the offer to James?”

Check offer details including compensation, start date, and status

“What happened in hiring today?”

Review recent activity - applications, stage changes, emails, notes

“Give me an overview of our account”

See your plan, team, and account details

Getting started

Connecting takes about 2 minutes. Here is what you need:

Get your Silky API key

Go to Settings → API Keys in Silky and create a new key. Copy it - you will need it in step 3.

Add Silky as a connection in Claude

In Claude Desktop, go to Settings and add a new MCP server. Or if Silky is in the Claude connector directory, just search for “Silky” and click Connect.

Authorize with your API key

A Silky authorization page will open. Paste your API key and click Authorize. This securely connects your account.

Start asking questions

That is it! Ask Claude anything about your hiring data. Try: “How many open jobs do we have?”

Example conversations

You

Give me a morning update on our hiring. What happened yesterday and what needs attention today?

Claude

Claude will check your recent activity, pipeline stats, and scheduled interviews to give you a summary like: “You received 12 new applications yesterday across 3 roles. The Senior Engineer role has 4 candidates in shortlist who haven’t been contacted yet. You have 2 interviews scheduled today...”

Available tools

These are the 16 tools Claude can use to read your Silky data. You don’t need to know the tool names - just ask your question in plain English and Claude picks the right tool automatically.

Search

searchNatural language search across jobs, candidates, applications, and interviews

search_candidatesSemantic search for candidates by skills, experience, or qualifications with match scores

Jobs

list_jobsList jobs filtered by status (draft, active, paused, filled, expired)

get_jobFull job details including description, criteria, interview questions, and pipeline stats

get_job_summaryAI-generated recruitment summary with pipeline health and recommended actions

list_job_adsList job advertisements with channels and publish status

Candidates

list_candidatesList candidates with skills and contact info

get_candidateFull candidate profile including resume data and CV link

Applications

list_applicationsList applications filtered by job, candidate, or pipeline stage

get_applicationFull application with AI assessment scores, criteria breakdown, and recommendation

Interviews

list_interviewsList interviews with schedule, format, and outcome

get_interviewFull interview details including feedback and notes

Offers

list_offersList offers with compensation, status, and start date

get_offerFull offer details including base, OTE, equity, and expiry

Activity

list_activitiesAudit log of who did what and when - applications, emails, stage changes, notes

Account

get_account_overviewYour company name, plan, location, and account details

Security & privacy

Read-only access

Claude can only read your data. It cannot create, edit, or delete anything in your Silky account.

Encrypted storage

Your API key is encrypted with AES-256-GCM at rest. Access tokens are stored as SHA-256 hashes - the raw token is never saved.

Token expiry

Access tokens expire after 1 hour and are automatically refreshed. Refresh tokens expire after 30 days.

Disconnect anytime

Revoke your API key in Silky settings or disconnect the MCP server in Claude to instantly cut off access.

Technical setup

For developers or advanced users who want to configure the connection manually.

Add this to your Claude Desktop config file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "silky": {
      "url": "https://app.silky.so/api/mcp",
      "auth": {
        "type": "oauth",
        "authorization_url": "https://app.silky.so/api/oauth/authorize",
        "token_url": "https://app.silky.so/api/oauth/token",
        "client_id": "claude-desktop",
        "scope": "read"
      }
    }
  }
}