---
title: "Ashby MCP server for AI agents - actionlake"
description: "Give Claude 197 Ashby actions through one MCP server: candidate, application, opening. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free."
canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/ashby
updated: 2026-10-10
---

Connectors · Work & projects

# Ashby MCP server for AI agents.

actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Ashby and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 197 Ashby actions (85 reads, 96 writes and 16 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Ashby credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Ashby's limits and records every call.

[Connect Ashby free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing)

100,000 free calls a month. No card, no email, no password: press Start a free sandbox on the next screen and keep the key it shows you.

`claude mcp add --transport http actionlake https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp`

the first call

```
do {
  action: "ashby.users.list",
  intent: "check which Ashby account is connected"
}
# user.list (Ashby) · read · 1 upstream call
```

- 197 actions in one signed file
- 85 read look, never change
- 96 write create and update
- 16 wait for a yes destructive, confirmed first

Set up

## Connect Ashby in three steps.

1. 01
   ### Add actionlake to Claude.
   Run the command once in Claude Code; its consent page can create a free sandbox: 100,000 calls a month, no card. In the Claude app, add a custom connector with the URL below and paste your key on the consent page. Creating a new sandbox from the Claude app is not yet tested by us.
   `https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp`
2. 02
   ### Connect Ashby.
   Username and secret. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead. actionlake stores what you paste write-only, sealed under your tenant's key.
   - `api_key` Ashby API key (Admin > Integrations > API keys)
   ```
   account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "ashby" }
   # free: exactly what to paste, and what is found for you
   ```
3. 03
   ### Make the first call. Check before a write.
   Ask in plain words; Claude picks the action. Before anything changes, `check` validates the call and prices it, for free.
   ```
   do    { action: "ashby.users.list" }
   # user.list (ashby) · read · 1 upstream call
   check { action: "ashby.departments.create", input: { … } }
   # free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent
   ```

Ashby at a glance

**Sign-in**

Username and secret. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead.

**You provide**

`api_key`

**Limits we pace to**

300 calls a minute, per connection

**API covered**

Ashby ATS API API v1`api.ashbyhq.com`

**Built from**

Ashby's documentation, read 20 September 2026[developers.ashbyhq.com](https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/candidatelist) [developers.ashbyhq.com](https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference/authentication.md) [developers.ashbyhq.com](https://developers.ashbyhq.com/docs/pagination-and-incremental-sync.md)

**Service file**

Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519)

**Cached reads**

84 of 85 reads, for up to an hour; a write clears what it affects

**Ready-made plans**

8 in the store

**Shared entities**

5, so ask can line Ashby up with your other systems

**Data**

Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet

Capabilities

## What an AI agent can do in Ashby.

197 actions in 56 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest.

- **85** read look, never change
- **96** write create and update
- **16** destructive wait for a confirmation

1. ### Candidate
   22
   9 read · 10 write · 3 destructive
   candidate.list (Ashby) · candidate.listClientInfo (Ashby) · candidate.create (Ashby) · candidate.listProjects (Ashby)
2. ### Application
   13
   4 read · 7 write · 2 destructive
   application.list (Ashby) · application.create (Ashby) · application.info (Ashby) · application.changeSource (Ashby)
3. ### Opening
   11
   3 read · 6 write · 2 destructive
   opening.list (Ashby) · opening.create (Ashby) · opening.info (Ashby) · opening.setArchived (Ashby)
4. ### Location
   10
   2 read · 8 write · 0 destructive
   location.list (Ashby) · location.create (Ashby) · location.info (Ashby) · location.archive (Ashby)
5. ### Offer
   10
   2 read · 8 write · 0 destructive
   offer.list (Ashby) · offer.create (Ashby) · offer.start (Ashby) · offer.info (Ashby)
6. ### User
   10
   5 read · 4 write · 1 destructive
   user.list (Ashby) · user.info (Ashby) · user.createInterviewerPause (Ashby) · user.listInterviewerPauses (Ashby)
7. ### Job
   9
   3 read · 6 write · 0 destructive
   job.list (Ashby) · job.create (Ashby) · job.info (Ashby) · job.setStatus (Ashby)
8. ### Project
   9
   3 read · 6 write · 0 destructive
   project.list (Ashby) · project.create (Ashby) · project.info (Ashby) · project.archive (Ashby)

**48 more areas · 103 actions**

- Interviewer pool **8**
- Department **7**
- Job posting **7**
- Sequence **7**
- Custom field **6**
- Interview schedule **4**
- Webhook **4**
- Candidate tag **3**
- Email sync blocked address **3**
- Referral **3**
- Application feedback **2**
- Assessment **2**
- Feedback form definition **2**
- File **2**
- Hiring team **2**
- Interview **2**
- Interview stage **2**
- Report **2**
- Sequence template **2**
- Survey form definition **2**
- Survey request **2**
- Survey submission **2**
- Take home assignment **2**
- API key **1**
- Application feedback request **1**
- Application form **1**
- Application hiring team role **1**
- Approval **1**
- Approval definition **1**
- Archive reason **1**
- Audit log **1**
- Brand **1**
- Close reason **1**
- Communication template **1**
- Email sender **1**
- Hiring team role **1**
- Interview briefing **1**
- Interview event **1**
- Interview plan **1**
- Interview stage group **1**
- Job board **1**
- Job interview plan **1**
- Job template **1**
- Notetaker transcript **1**
- Offer process **1**
- Referral form **1**
- Source **1**
- Source tracking link **1**

Top actions

## The Ashby API, shaped for agents.

The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 119 of Ashby's 126 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once.

| Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `ashby.users.list` user.list (Ashby) | Lists all users in the organization with pagination support. By default, only active (enabled) users are returned. Needs the `organizationRead` API-key… | read | `identity.user.list` 474 connectors |
| `ashby.candidates.list` candidate.list (Ashby) | Lists all candidates in the organization with pagination and incremental sync support. Use the syncToken parameter to retrieve only candidates updated since… | read | `hr.candidate.list` 22 connectors |
| `ashby.departments.list` department.list (Ashby) | Lists all departments. See the Pagination and Incremental Synchronization guide for detailed usage examples. Needs the `organizationRead` API-key permission.… | read | `hr.department.list` 40 connectors |
| `ashby.locations.list` location.list (Ashby) | List all locations. Regions are not returned. Needs the `organizationRead` API-key permission. One page per call: rows are `results`, and `next_cursor` is… | read | `hr.location.list` 32 connectors |
| `ashby.candidates.list_client_info` candidate.listClientInfo (Ashby) | Lists client information records (IP, user agent) collected for a candidate. Needs the `candidatesRead` API-key permission. One page per call: rows are… | read | `hr.candidate.list` 22 connectors |
| `ashby.users.info` user.info (Ashby) | Retrieves detailed information about a specific user by their ID. Needs the `organizationRead` API-key permission. A POST that reads: it changes nothing. | read | `identity.user.get` 399 connectors |
| `ashby.projects.list` project.list (Ashby) | Lists projects. See the Pagination and Incremental Synchronization guide for detailed usage examples. One page per call: rows are `results`, and `next_cursor`… | read | `crm.contact_list.list` 34 connectors |
| `ashby.candidates.list_projects` candidate.listProjects (Ashby) | Lists the projects a candidate has been added to. Needs the `candidatesRead` API-key permission. One page per call: rows are `results`, and `next_cursor` is… | read | `crm.contact_list.list` 34 connectors |
| `ashby.departments.create` department.create (Ashby) | Creates a department. Needs the `organizationWrite` API-key permission. | write | `hr.department.create` 32 connectors |
| `ashby.locations.create` location.create (Ashby) | Creates a location or location hierarchy. Needs the `organizationWrite` API-key permission. | write | `hr.location.create` 23 connectors |
| `ashby.users.create_interviewer_pause` user.createInterviewerPause (Ashby) | Creates an interviewer pause for a user. While paused, the user will not be scheduled for interviews. Needs the `organizationWrite` API-key permission. | write | `hr.leave_request.create` 32 connectors |
| `ashby.candidates.anonymize` candidate.anonymize (Ashby) | Anonymizes a candidate's personally identifiable information. Needs the `candidatesWrite` API-key permission. | destructive | `hr.candidate.delete` 9 connectors |

Try it

## Prompts to paste into Claude.

Each one names the Ashby actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it.

1. Read read
   Who has access in Ashby? List every user and their role.
   calls `ashby.users.list`
2. Plan write
   Review interviewer load and pause the overloaded in Ashby. Ask me before anything is sent or changed.
   calls `ashby.users.list` `ashby.interviewer_pools.list` `ashby.users.interviewer_settings` `ashby.users.list_interviewer_pauses` `ashby.users.update_interviewer_settings` +1 more
3. Plan write
   Add past finalists to a nurture sequence and project in Ashby.
   calls `ashby.applications.list` `ashby.sequence_templates.info` `ashby.candidates.add_project` `ashby.candidates.add_tag` `ashby.candidates.create_note` +1 more
4. Write write
   department.create (Ashby) in Ashby. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it.
   calls `ashby.departments.create`

The plan store

## Ready-made plans for Ashby.

8 plans in the store. Install one and your agent runs it by name; the reply says which connections are still missing. A schedule can run a plan on a timetable. There are no triggers or webhooks, by design.

1. ### Report the open roles and their live application pipeline
   Use it when Someone asks for a snapshot of open requisitions and how full each pipeline is.
   **Effect**
   read
   **Steps**
   3 · loops
   **Install**
   `ashby-open-roles-pipeline-report`
2. ### Find active applications that have gone quiet
   Use it when Someone asks which candidates have stalled or been sitting in a stage too long.
   **Effect**
   read
   **Steps**
   3 · loops
   **Install**
   `ashby-stalled-applications-digest`
3. ### Add past finalists to a nurture sequence and project
   Use it when A recruiter wants strong past candidates re-engaged for a new or similar role.
   **Effect**
   write
   **Steps**
   4 · loops
   **Needs**
   project id, tag id and sequence template id
   **Install**
   `ashby-nurture-silver-medalists`
4. ### Archive an application with a reason after sign-off
   Use it when A candidate is being turned down and someone wants them archived with the right reason and email.
   A person decides Archive this application with the selected reason and send the rejection email.
   **Effect**
   write
   **Steps**
   5
   **Needs**
   application id, interview stage id and archive reason id
   **Install**
   `ashby-reject-and-archive-application`
5. ### Move an application to the next stage once feedback is in
   Use it when An interview has happened and someone wants the candidate advanced to the next stage once the scorecards are in.
   A person decides Advance this application to the selected interview stage based on the submitted feedback.
   **Effect**
   write
   **Steps**
   6
   **Needs**
   application id and interview stage id
   **Install**
   `ashby-advance-stage-after-feedback`
6. ### Open an offer process and send it for approval
   Use it when A candidate has been selected and someone wants the offer raised and routed for approval.
   A person decides Open an offer process for this candidate and route the offer for approval.
   **Effect**
   write
   **Steps**
   6
   **Needs**
   application id, offer form id and offer form
   **Install**
   `ashby-start-offer-for-finalist`
7. ### Review interviewer load and pause the overloaded
   Use it when Interviewers are complaining about load and someone wants limits or a pause applied.
   A person decides Apply the new interview limits and book a pause for this interviewer.
   **Effect**
   write
   **Steps**
   7
   **Needs**
   user id
   **Install**
   `ashby-interviewer-load-review`
8. ### Create a job posting and publish it to the board
   Use it when A requisition is ready to go public and someone wants the posting written and published.
   A person decides Publish this job posting to the public job board.
   **Effect**
   write
   **Steps**
   7
   **Needs**
   job id, title, description and compensation tiers
   **Install**
   `ashby-publish-job-posting`

install a plan

```
account { op: "plans.install", slug: "ashby-open-roles-pipeline-report" }
# then ask for it by name; a schedule can run it on a timetable
```

Governance for Ashby

## Destructive actions wait for a yes.

16 Ashby actions are destructive. These are all of them:

- candidate.anonymize (Ashby) `ashby.candidates.anonymize`
- user.deleteInterviewerPause (Ashby) `ashby.users.delete_interviewer_pause`
- application.delete (Ashby) `ashby.applications.delete`
- application.removeHiringTeamMember (Ashby) `ashby.applications.remove_hiring_team_member`
- candidate.removeProject (Ashby) `ashby.candidates.remove_project`
- candidate.removeTag (Ashby) `ashby.candidates.remove_tag`
- referral.delete (Ashby) `ashby.referrals.delete`
- interviewSchedule.cancel (Ashby) `ashby.interview_schedules.cancel`
- hiringTeam.removeMember (Ashby) `ashby.hiring_teams.remove_member`
- interviewerPool.removeUser (Ashby) `ashby.interviewer_pools.remove_user`
- webhook.delete (Ashby) `ashby.webhooks.delete`
- opening.removeJob (Ashby) `ashby.openings.remove_job`
- opening.removeLocation (Ashby) `ashby.openings.remove_location`
- sequence.discard (Ashby) `ashby.sequences.discard`
- emailSyncBlockedAddress.delete (Ashby) `ashby.email_sync_blocked_addresses.delete`
- sequence.cancel (Ashby) `ashby.sequences.cancel`

A destructive action runs only with `confirm: true`. Under the `human` policy the agent cannot confirm for itself: the run stops until a named person approves, in the console or from a signed link in an email. The cap on a key is refused before the call is sent, never after.

do ashby.users.delete_interviewer_pause confirm_policy: **human**

user.deleteInterviewerPause (Ashby)?

**intent:** the user asked me to user.deleteInterviewerPause (Ashby)

run suspended · waiting for a named person · key _ashby-agent_ cannot confirm itself

In the console, or from an emailed signed link.

a key for this connector

```
account {
  op: "keys.create", name: "ashby-agent",
  allowed_actions: ["ashby.*"], cap_calls: 2000,
  confirm_policy: "human_for_writes",
  approval_rules: [
    { match: "ashby.candidates.anonymize", approver: "lead@example.com" },
    { match: "ashby.users.delete_interviewer_pause", approver: "lead@example.com" },
    { match: "ashby.applications.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }
  ]
}
```

Illustrative. Scoped to Ashby only, capped at 2,000 upstream calls, every write confirmed, and the destructive ones approved by a named person.

Cost

## What Ashby costs on actionlake.

Every Ashby action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, `check`, `cost`, `account` and any call Ashby refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000.

- 1 upstream call per action all 197 Ashby actions
- 38 actions page each page of a long list is one call
- 84 reads can be cached a cache hit costs nothing
- 100,000 calls a month, free paid plans from US$49 a month for 250,000

[See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing)

Action index

## Every Ashby action.

197 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect.

**Candidate 22**

- `ashby.candidates.add_email_message` candidate.addEmailMessage (Ashby) write
- `ashby.candidates.add_project` candidate.addProject (Ashby) write
- `ashby.candidates.add_tag` candidate.addTag (Ashby) write
- `ashby.candidates.anonymize` candidate.anonymize (Ashby) destructive
- `ashby.candidates.create` candidate.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.candidates.create_note` candidate.createNote (Ashby) write
- `ashby.candidates.get_recent_email_messages` candidate.getRecentEmailMessages (Ashby) read
- `ashby.candidates.info` candidate.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.candidates.list` candidate.list (Ashby) read
- `ashby.candidates.list_client_info` candidate.listClientInfo (Ashby) read
- `ashby.candidates.list_fraud_checks` candidate.listFraudChecks (Ashby) read
- `ashby.candidates.list_notes` candidate.listNotes (Ashby) read
- `ashby.candidates.list_projects` candidate.listProjects (Ashby) read
- `ashby.candidates.push_to_hris` candidate.pushToHris (Ashby) write
- `ashby.candidates.remove_project` candidate.removeProject (Ashby) destructive
- `ashby.candidates.remove_tag` candidate.removeTag (Ashby) destructive
- `ashby.candidates.search` candidate.search (Ashby) read
- `ashby.candidates.search_suggestions` candidate.searchSuggestions (Ashby) read
- `ashby.candidates.set_fraud_status` candidate.setFraudStatus (Ashby) write
- `ashby.candidates.update` candidate.update (Ashby) write
- `ashby.candidates.upload_file` candidate.uploadFile (Ashby) write
- `ashby.candidates.upload_resume` candidate.uploadResume (Ashby) write

**Application 13**

- `ashby.applications.add_hiring_team_member` application.addHiringTeamMember (Ashby) write
- `ashby.applications.change_source` application.changeSource (Ashby) write
- `ashby.applications.change_stage` application.changeStage (Ashby) write
- `ashby.applications.create` application.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.applications.delete` application.delete (Ashby) destructive
- `ashby.applications.info` application.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.applications.list` application.list (Ashby) read
- `ashby.applications.list_criteria_evaluations` application.listCriteriaEvaluations (Ashby) read
- `ashby.applications.list_history` application.listHistory (Ashby) read
- `ashby.applications.remove_hiring_team_member` application.removeHiringTeamMember (Ashby) destructive
- `ashby.applications.transfer` application.transfer (Ashby) write
- `ashby.applications.update` application.update (Ashby) write
- `ashby.applications.update_history` application.updateHistory (Ashby) write

**Opening 11**

- `ashby.openings.add_job` opening.addJob (Ashby) write
- `ashby.openings.add_location` opening.addLocation (Ashby) write
- `ashby.openings.create` opening.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.openings.info` opening.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.openings.list` opening.list (Ashby) read
- `ashby.openings.remove_job` opening.removeJob (Ashby) destructive
- `ashby.openings.remove_location` opening.removeLocation (Ashby) destructive
- `ashby.openings.search` opening.search (Ashby) read
- `ashby.openings.set_archived` opening.setArchived (Ashby) write
- `ashby.openings.set_opening_state` opening.setOpeningState (Ashby) write
- `ashby.openings.update` opening.update (Ashby) write

**Location 10**

- `ashby.locations.archive` location.archive (Ashby) write
- `ashby.locations.create` location.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.locations.info` location.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.locations.list` location.list (Ashby) read
- `ashby.locations.move` location.move (Ashby) write
- `ashby.locations.restore` location.restore (Ashby) write
- `ashby.locations.update_address` location.updateAddress (Ashby) write
- `ashby.locations.update_external_name` location.updateExternalName (Ashby) write
- `ashby.locations.update_name` location.updateName (Ashby) write
- `ashby.locations.update_workplace_type` location.updateWorkplaceType (Ashby) write

**Offer 10**

- `ashby.offers.approve` offer.approve (Ashby) write
- `ashby.offers.create` offer.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.offers.info` offer.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.offers.list` offer.list (Ashby) read
- `ashby.offers.reject` offer.reject (Ashby) write
- `ashby.offers.set_decided_at` offer.setDecidedAt (Ashby) write
- `ashby.offers.set_status` offer.setStatus (Ashby) write
- `ashby.offers.start` offer.start (Ashby) write
- `ashby.offers.start_approval_process` offer.startApprovalProcess (Ashby) write
- `ashby.offers.update` offer.update (Ashby) write

**User 10**

- `ashby.users.create_interviewer_pause` user.createInterviewerPause (Ashby) write
- `ashby.users.delete_interviewer_pause` user.deleteInterviewerPause (Ashby) destructive
- `ashby.users.info` user.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.users.interviewer_settings` user.interviewerSettings (Ashby) read
- `ashby.users.list` user.list (Ashby) read
- `ashby.users.list_interviewer_pauses` user.listInterviewerPauses (Ashby) read
- `ashby.users.search` user.search (Ashby) read
- `ashby.users.set_custom_field_value` user.setCustomFieldValue (Ashby) write
- `ashby.users.set_custom_field_values` user.setCustomFieldValues (Ashby) write
- `ashby.users.update_interviewer_settings` user.updateInterviewerSettings (Ashby) write

**Job 9**

- `ashby.jobs.create` job.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.jobs.info` job.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.jobs.list` job.list (Ashby) read
- `ashby.jobs.search` job.search (Ashby) read
- `ashby.jobs.set_status` job.setStatus (Ashby) write
- `ashby.jobs.start_approval_process` job.startApprovalProcess (Ashby) write
- `ashby.jobs.update` job.update (Ashby) write
- `ashby.jobs.update_compensation` job.updateCompensation (Ashby) write
- `ashby.jobs.update_compensation_settings` job.updateCompensationSettings (Ashby) write

**Project 9**

- `ashby.projects.archive` project.archive (Ashby) write
- `ashby.projects.create` project.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.projects.info` project.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.projects.list` project.list (Ashby) read
- `ashby.projects.restore` project.restore (Ashby) write
- `ashby.projects.search` project.search (Ashby) read
- `ashby.projects.set_custom_field_value` project.setCustomFieldValue (Ashby) write
- `ashby.projects.set_custom_field_values` project.setCustomFieldValues (Ashby) write
- `ashby.projects.update` project.update (Ashby) write

**Interviewer pool 8**

- `ashby.interviewer_pools.add_user` interviewerPool.addUser (Ashby) write
- `ashby.interviewer_pools.archive` interviewerPool.archive (Ashby) write
- `ashby.interviewer_pools.create` interviewerPool.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.interviewer_pools.info` interviewerPool.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.interviewer_pools.list` interviewerPool.list (Ashby) read
- `ashby.interviewer_pools.remove_user` interviewerPool.removeUser (Ashby) destructive
- `ashby.interviewer_pools.restore` interviewerPool.restore (Ashby) write
- `ashby.interviewer_pools.update` interviewerPool.update (Ashby) write

**Department 7**

- `ashby.departments.archive` department.archive (Ashby) write
- `ashby.departments.create` department.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.departments.info` department.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.departments.list` department.list (Ashby) read
- `ashby.departments.move` department.move (Ashby) write
- `ashby.departments.restore` department.restore (Ashby) write
- `ashby.departments.update` department.update (Ashby) write

**Job posting 7**

- `ashby.job_postings.create` jobPosting.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.job_postings.info` jobPosting.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.job_postings.list` jobPosting.list (Ashby) read
- `ashby.job_postings.set_status` jobPosting.setStatus (Ashby) write
- `ashby.job_postings.update` jobPosting.update (Ashby) write
- `ashby.job_postings.update_compensation` jobPosting.updateCompensation (Ashby) write
- `ashby.job_postings.update_compensation_settings` jobPosting.updateCompensationSettings (Ashby) write

**Sequence 7**

- `ashby.sequences.add` sequence.add (Ashby) write
- `ashby.sequences.cancel` sequence.cancel (Ashby) destructive
- `ashby.sequences.discard` sequence.discard (Ashby) destructive
- `ashby.sequences.info` sequence.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.sequences.list` sequence.list (Ashby) read
- `ashby.sequences.start` sequence.start (Ashby) write
- `ashby.sequences.update_stage` sequence.updateStage (Ashby) write

**Custom field 6**

- `ashby.custom_fields.create` customField.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.custom_fields.info` customField.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.custom_fields.list` customField.list (Ashby) read
- `ashby.custom_fields.set_value` customField.setValue (Ashby) write
- `ashby.custom_fields.set_values` customField.setValues (Ashby) write
- `ashby.custom_fields.update_selectable_values` customField.updateSelectableValues (Ashby) write

**Interview schedule 4**

- `ashby.interview_schedules.cancel` interviewSchedule.cancel (Ashby) destructive
- `ashby.interview_schedules.create` interviewSchedule.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.interview_schedules.list` interviewSchedule.list (Ashby) read
- `ashby.interview_schedules.update` interviewSchedule.update (Ashby) write

**Webhook 4**

- `ashby.webhooks.create` webhook.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.webhooks.delete` webhook.delete (Ashby) destructive
- `ashby.webhooks.info` webhook.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.webhooks.update` webhook.update (Ashby) write

**Candidate tag 3**

- `ashby.candidate_tags.archive` candidateTag.archive (Ashby) write
- `ashby.candidate_tags.create` candidateTag.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.candidate_tags.list` candidateTag.list (Ashby) read

**Email sync blocked address 3**

- `ashby.email_sync_blocked_addresses.create` emailSyncBlockedAddress.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.email_sync_blocked_addresses.delete` emailSyncBlockedAddress.delete (Ashby) destructive
- `ashby.email_sync_blocked_addresses.list` emailSyncBlockedAddress.list (Ashby) read

**Referral 3**

- `ashby.referrals.create` referral.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.referrals.delete` referral.delete (Ashby) destructive
- `ashby.referrals.list` referral.list (Ashby) read

**Application feedback 2**

- `ashby.application_feedback.list` applicationFeedback.list (Ashby) read
- `ashby.application_feedback.submit` applicationFeedback.submit (Ashby) write

**Assessment 2**

- `ashby.assessments.add_completed_to_candidate` assessment.addCompletedToCandidate (Ashby) write
- `ashby.assessments.update` assessment.update (Ashby) write

**Feedback form definition 2**

- `ashby.feedback_form_definitions.info` feedbackFormDefinition.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.feedback_form_definitions.list` feedbackFormDefinition.list (Ashby) read

**File 2**

- `ashby.files.create_file_upload_handle` file.createFileUploadHandle (Ashby) write
- `ashby.files.info` file.info (Ashby) read

**Hiring team 2**

- `ashby.hiring_teams.add_member` hiringTeam.addMember (Ashby) write
- `ashby.hiring_teams.remove_member` hiringTeam.removeMember (Ashby) destructive

**Interview 2**

- `ashby.interviews.info` interview.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.interviews.list` interview.list (Ashby) read

**Interview stage 2**

- `ashby.interview_stages.info` interviewStage.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.interview_stages.list` interviewStage.list (Ashby) read

**Report 2**

- `ashby.reports.generate` report.generate (Ashby) read
- `ashby.reports.synchronous` report.synchronous (Ashby) read

**Sequence template 2**

- `ashby.sequence_templates.info` sequenceTemplate.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.sequence_templates.list` sequenceTemplate.list (Ashby) read

**Survey form definition 2**

- `ashby.survey_form_definitions.info` surveyFormDefinition.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.survey_form_definitions.list` surveyFormDefinition.list (Ashby) read

**Survey request 2**

- `ashby.survey_requests.create` surveyRequest.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.survey_requests.list` surveyRequest.list (Ashby) read

**Survey submission 2**

- `ashby.survey_submissions.create` surveySubmission.create (Ashby) write
- `ashby.survey_submissions.list` surveySubmission.list (Ashby) read

**Take home assignment 2**

- `ashby.take_home_assignments.info` takeHomeAssignment.info (Ashby) read
- `ashby.take_home_assignments.list` takeHomeAssignment.list (Ashby) read

**API key 1**

- `ashby.api_keys.info` apiKey.info (Ashby) read

**Application feedback request 1**

- `ashby.application_feedback_requests.create` applicationFeedbackRequest.create (Ashby) write

**Application form 1**

- `ashby.application_forms.submit` applicationForm.submit (Ashby) write

**Application hiring team role 1**

- `ashby.application_hiring_team_roles.list` applicationHiringTeamRole.list (Ashby) read

**Approval 1**

- `ashby.approvals.list` approval.list (Ashby) read

**Approval definition 1**

- `ashby.approval_definitions.update` approvalDefinition.update (Ashby) write

**Archive reason 1**

- `ashby.archive_reasons.list` archiveReason.list (Ashby) read

**Audit log 1**

- `ashby.audit_logs.list` auditLog.list (Ashby) read

**Brand 1**

- `ashby.brands.list` brand.list (Ashby) read

**Close reason 1**

- `ashby.close_reasons.list` closeReason.list (Ashby) read

**Communication template 1**

- `ashby.communication_templates.list` communicationTemplate.list (Ashby) read

**Email sender 1**

- `ashby.email_senders.list` emailSender.list (Ashby) read

**Hiring team role 1**

- `ashby.hiring_team_roles.list` hiringTeamRole.list (Ashby) read

**Interview briefing 1**

- `ashby.interview_briefings.info` interviewBriefing.info (Ashby) read

**Interview event 1**

- `ashby.interview_events.list` interviewEvent.list (Ashby) read

**Interview plan 1**

- `ashby.interview_plans.list` interviewPlan.list (Ashby) read

**Interview stage group 1**

- `ashby.interview_stage_groups.list` interviewStageGroup.list (Ashby) read

**Job board 1**

- `ashby.job_boards.list` jobBoard.list (Ashby) read

**Job interview plan 1**

- `ashby.job_interview_plans.info` jobInterviewPlan.info (Ashby) read

**Job template 1**

- `ashby.job_templates.list` jobTemplate.list (Ashby) read

**Notetaker transcript 1**

- `ashby.notetaker_transcripts.info` notetakerTranscript.info (Ashby) read

**Offer process 1**

- `ashby.offer_processes.start` offerProcess.start (Ashby) write

**Referral form 1**

- `ashby.referral_forms.info` referralForm.info (Ashby) read

**Source 1**

- `ashby.sources.list` source.list (Ashby) read

**Source tracking link 1**

- `ashby.source_tracking_links.list` sourceTrackingLink.list (Ashby) read

Questions

## The Ashby MCP server, answered.

**Is there an Ashby MCP server for Claude?**

Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 197 Ashby actions across candidate, application, opening and location, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Ashby.

**What do I need to connect Ashby?**

Ashby API key (Admin > Integrations > API keys). The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "ashby" } lists exactly what to paste.

**Can an AI agent delete or change things in Ashby?**

Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 16 Ashby actions are destructive, including candidate.anonymize (Ashby), user.deleteInterviewerPause (Ashby) and application.delete (Ashby). Each runs only with confirm: true. Under the human confirm policy, or an approval rule on the key, the run waits until a named person approves it.

**Will an AI agent use up my Ashby API limit?**

actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Ashby service file: 300 calls a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (84 Ashby actions can be), which never reaches Ashby.

**What does an Ashby action cost?**

One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (38 Ashby actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Ashby refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. The Free plan includes 100,000 calls a month with no card. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000.

**Which Ashby API does it cover?**

The Ashby ATS API API v1 at api.ashbyhq.com. It is built from Ashby's documentation as read on 20 September 2026. 197 actions in 56 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0).

**Does actionlake keep my Ashby data, and where?**

actionlake processes and stores data in Sydney, Australia; there is no US region yet. Reads may be cached for up to an hour, and a write clears the reads it affects. Each run's request and response is kept, sealed, for your plan's trace window: 1 day on Free, 3 days on Starter, 7 days on Pro, 14 days on Team, 30 days on Business and 30 days on Enterprise. Your Ashby credential is sealed under your tenant's key, never logged and never returned. Your traffic is not used to train models.

**Which AI clients can use it?**

Claude Code, tested by us end to end, and the Claude app as a custom connector, tested by us with an existing key. Other MCP clients that support remote servers over Streamable HTTP (MCP revisions 2025-06-18 and 2025-11-25) and OAuth dynamic client registration, or a bearer header, should connect the same way; we have not tested them. Or plain REST, under the same action names.

## More connectors like Ashby

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- [Greenhouse Harvest 35](https://actionlake.com/connectors/greenhouse-harvest)
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- [Pinpoint 25](https://actionlake.com/connectors/pinpoint)
- [Gem 22](https://actionlake.com/connectors/gem)
- [Recruitee 20](https://actionlake.com/connectors/recruitee)

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- [Rippling 4](https://actionlake.com/connectors/rippling)
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- [Factorial 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/factorial)
- [Sesame HR 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/sesame-hr)
- [Recruit CRM 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/recruit-crm)
- [Kombo 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/kombo)

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