> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.cutshort.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Cutshort API – What to Build & How the Platform Works

> Discover what to build with Cutshort's REST API and MCP server — ATS integrations, AI hiring agents, and more — backed by 4M+ verified tech professionals.

Cutshort is India's leading AI-powered tech talent sourcing platform. Through the Cutshort API and MCP server, you can integrate candidate search, job management, and sourcing workflows directly into your own systems and AI agents — enabling faster, smarter hiring without leaving your existing tools.

## What you can build

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  <Card title="Custom Sourcing Workflows" icon="gears">
    Automate candidate discovery and outreach pipelines tailored to your team's hiring process.
  </Card>

  <Card title="ATS Integrations" icon="plug">
    Push candidates and job data directly into your applicant tracking system in real time.
  </Card>

  <Card title="AI Hiring Agents" icon="robot">
    Build LLM-powered recruiting assistants that search, evaluate, and shortlist candidates on demand.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Candidate Pipelines" icon="filter">
    Filter, rank, and manage candidate pools programmatically based on skills, experience, and fit.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Platform highlights

* **4M+ verified Indian tech professionals** across experience levels and disciplines
* **AI-powered candidate matching** that surfaces the most relevant profiles for each role
* **Pre-validated skills** across 30+ tech stacks including Python, Java, React, Go, and more
* **Salary data and experience bands** to benchmark and filter candidates accurately
* **Startup funding stage data** so you can target talent open to early- or growth-stage companies
* **WhatsApp and email outreach built-in** for high-response-rate candidate engagement

## REST API vs MCP Server

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  <Card title="REST API" icon="code">
    Use the REST API for custom integrations, ATS sync, job board tools, and any server-side application that needs structured access to Cutshort data. Authenticate with an API key and query standard JSON endpoints.
  </Card>

  <Card title="MCP Server" icon="robot">
    Use the MCP Server to give AI agents and LLM-based hiring assistants (Claude, GPT, and others) direct tool-use access to Cutshort. Ideal for conversational recruiting agents and agentic workflows.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## API base URL

All REST API requests are made to the following base URL:

```http theme={null}
https://api.cutshort.io/v1
```

<Note>
  All REST API endpoints in this documentation are relative to this base URL. Replace `YOUR_API_KEY` in any code example with the key you generate in your Cutshort dashboard.
</Note>