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Welcome to the Cutshort developer documentation. Cutshort is an AI-powered engineering talent sourcing platform for India, giving you access to 4M+ premium tech professionals. These docs cover everything you need to integrate Cutshort’s REST API and MCP server into your custom hiring workflows, internal tools, and AI agents — so you can search candidates, manage jobs, and automate sourcing at scale.

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Get started

Quick Start

Make your first API call in minutes

Authentication

Set up API key authentication

API Reference

Browse all REST endpoints

MCP Server

Integrate with AI agents and LLMs

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Get started in 3 steps

1

Create a Cutshort account

Sign up for a free account at cutshort.io. Once registered, you will have access to your developer dashboard.
2

Generate an API key

Navigate to Settings → Integrations → API Keys in your dashboard and generate a new key. Copy it and store it somewhere safe.
3

Make your first API call

Call the candidates search endpoint with your API key to search for engineers by skill, experience, location, and more.

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Explore by use case

Search Candidates

Find engineers by skills, experience, and location

Post a Job

Create and manage job postings programmatically

ATS Integration

Sync candidates to your applicant tracking system

Webhooks

React to hiring events in real time