Setup in three steps
- Get the link. In Evander, open Settings → Integrations and pick your assistant; you get a private MCP link for it. Other ATS products with a server are listed in which ATS has an MCP server.
- Add it to the assistant. Claude: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. ChatGPT: Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings → Developer mode, then create a connector. Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http evander <your link>. - Test with a read. Ask "list my open jobs" before you ask for any change.
What an assistant does with each kind of request
| Kind of request | Example | What the assistant does | What waits for you in Evander |
|---|---|---|---|
| Questions | "Where is the AE pipeline stuck?" | Reads jobs, candidates, scores and reports | Nothing; reads change nothing |
| Drafting a job | "Post a founding engineer role" | Drafts the post, stages and scorecards and opens the job | Nothing; a job is closed again in one click |
| Pipeline changes | "Move everyone who passed the intro call to technical" | Changes the pipeline with your permissions | Ask for a dry run first to see every change before it happens |
| Emails to candidates | "Send Priya a booking link" | Drafts the email | Your approval, in Evander or Slack, before it is sent |
| Rejections | "Reject everyone below 40" | Prepares the rejections | Your approval; an assistant cannot approve its own proposal |
| Erasing data, access | "Delete this candidate" | Refused by default | An admin can let it ask; a person then approves |
The full list of hiring actions, with what an assistant should do alone, is in the AI assistant permission table.
20 prompts that work
Open a role
- "Post a founding engineer role: New York, $180–220k plus equity, TypeScript and Postgres."
- "Write a screening brief for it. Must-haves: shipped a product end to end, startup experience."
- "Set up stages: intro call, technical interview, onsite, offer. Add a scorecard for the technical interview."
- "Write a LinkedIn post announcing the role."
Review applicants
- "Who are the five strongest applicants for Account Executive, and why?"
- "Which applicants did we score between 60 and 80 that I have not looked at?"
- "Compare Priya Nair and Marcus Chen against the brief."
- "Show me everyone who applied this week with startup experience."
Move things forward
- "Send Priya a booking link for the technical interview."
- "Move everyone who passed the intro call to technical."
- "Draft rejections for applicants scored below 40. Show me before sending."
- "Reschedule Thursday's onsite to Friday at the same time."
Find what is stuck
- "Where is the AE pipeline stuck?"
- "Which candidates have waited more than three days for a reply from us?"
- "Which scorecards are missing, and from whom?"
- "What needs my attention today?"
Automate and report
- "When someone moves to onsite, email the prep doc and remind interviewers after 24 hours."
- "Ping me in Slack only for applicants scored above 85."
- "How long did our last three hires take, stage by stage?"
- "Where did the candidates who reached onsite come from?"
What an assistant should not do alone
- Send to candidates. Emails and rejections should be drafts a person approves. In Evander they become proposals; an assistant cannot approve its own.
- Decide. The assistant ranks and summarizes. Who is interviewed, rejected or hired is your decision.
- Erase or change access. Deleting candidate data and changing who can see what wait for a person.
Before a large change, ask for a dry run: "show me what this would change, without doing it". Evander returns the result and rolls it back. Setup details are on the Evander MCP page.
Questions
Can Claude screen resumes?
Yes, when it is connected to an applicant tracking system. In Evander the ATS scores every applicant against your brief, and Claude reads those scores and the evidence over MCP, so you can ask for the strongest applicants and the reasons.
Can ChatGPT read my ATS?
Yes, if the ATS has an MCP server. Turn on Developer mode in ChatGPT under Settings → Apps & Connectors, add the server link from your ATS, and ask about jobs and candidates in a chat.
Can I run hiring from Claude or ChatGPT? Which ATS supports that?
Yes, with an applicant tracking system that has an official MCP server. In November 2026 that includes Evander, Ashby, Greenhouse, Workable, Dover, Gem, Kula, Breezy HR, Teamtailor, Manatal, Pinpoint, Zoho Recruit and BambooHR, on different plans and with different scope. In Evander every action in the app is available to Claude and ChatGPT, and candidate emails wait for your approval.
Which ATS works with Claude Code?
Any ATS with a remote MCP server. For Evander, run claude mcp add --transport http evander followed by the private link from Settings → Integrations.
Is it safe to let an AI assistant change my hiring pipeline?
It is safe when the ATS limits it. In Evander an assistant never has more access than the person who connected it, candidate emails and data erasure wait for a person's approval, every change is in the audit log, and dry runs show a change before it happens.