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Manatal MCP connector

The Manatal connector lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and the Elaichi Agent add notes, resumes and attachments to Manatal candidates and read a candidate's note history, with every action tied to the recruiter who signed in.

Connect on Elaichi How to connect

  • How it connects. Connects with an API key. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Manatal to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Manatal once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Manatal.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Paste a Manatal API key. One person generates a token in Manatal and pastes it once. Everyone else works through Share with, and never sees it.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

manatal
Manatal
Ashby
Greenhouse
Pinpoint
Polymer
Recruitee
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Connect Manatal to Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Connect Manatal to ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Connect Manatal to Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect Manatal to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

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Use cases

What teams do with Manatal through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Recruiting

    Write up a screening call in Manatal

    After a phone screen, dictate what you learned and have it saved as a note on the candidate's Manatal record while the details are still fresh.

  • Recruiting

    Read a candidate's history before an interview

    Ask for every note left on a candidate in Manatal and get a short summary of what previous interviewers said, so you walk in prepared.

  • Talent acquisition

    Attach an updated resume to a candidate

    When a candidate sends a newer resume, have it added to their Manatal profile without leaving the conversation you are already in.

  • Hiring managers

    Leave interview feedback where recruiters see it

    Hiring managers can drop their feedback as a note on the Manatal candidate instead of emailing it, so the whole panel reads the same record.

  • HR

    File reference checks and signed documents

    Attach reference check summaries, signed offer letters or work samples to the candidate's Manatal record so everything about the hire sits in one place.

  • Agency recruiters

    Tidy duplicate or outdated candidate notes

    Spot notes that were added twice or no longer apply and remove them from Manatal, keeping the candidate's history clear for the next consultant.

Try asking

  • “Summarize the notes on this week's shortlisted candidates.”
  • “Add an interview note to the backend engineer candidate.”
  • “List all notes on candidates for the sales role.”

See all 5 Manatal tools below

AI tools

Manatal tools for your AI agents

5 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Manatal, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Manatal gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Manatal account.

The agent

Ask about candidates, get answers back.

Type a question in plain language and read it off live Manatal records.

  • candidates
  • notes
  • attachments
  • resumes

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Summarize the notes on this week's shortlisted candidates.

Add an interview note to the backend engineer candidate.

List all notes on candidates for the sales role.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor share one endpoint.

Connect any MCP client to Manatal over OAuth, no SDK, no shared key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emma Laurent

 • Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
S

Sofia Ricci

 • Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
C

Clara Nowak

 • Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

5 Manatal tools ready with no code.

Browse candidate notes, attachments and resumes with every resource and method listed.

  • Create a Manatal candidate attachment
  • Create a Manatal candidate note
  • List all Manatal candidate notes
  • Delete a Manatal candidate note by ID
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
Create a Manatal candidate attachment Create Create a candidate attachment in Manatal. Requires candidate_id. Returns id, name, description, file (URL of the attachment), creator, and created_at fields in the response.
Create a Manatal candidate note Create Create a new note for a specific candidate in Manatal using candidate_id. Returns id, info, creator, and created_at of the created note.
List all Manatal candidate notes List List candidate-notes for a specific candidate in Manatal. Requires candidate_pk. Returns id, info, creator, and created_at fields for each note.
Delete a Manatal candidate note by ID Delete Delete a specific candidate note in Manatal using candidate_pk and id. Returns a 204 response to confirm successful deletion.
Create a Manatal candidate resume Create Create a resume for a specific candidate in Manatal using candidate_id. Returns id, resume_file (URL to the uploaded file), and created_at (timestamp of upload).

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own toolbox.

Scope a Manatal toolbox to recruiting, sourcing or hiring managers separately.

  • Recruiting
  • Sourcing
  • Hiring managers
  • Talent operations
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Recruiting toolbox

Manatal · candidates and notes

 Manatal starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Sourcing toolbox

Manatal · new candidates and resumes

 — 9 Mar 2, 2026

Hiring managers toolbox

Manatal · shortlist notes

 — 24 Feb 27, 2026

Talent operations toolbox

Manatal · attachments and records

 Manatal starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Interview panel toolbox

Manatal · interview notes

 — 31 Jan 30, 2026

HR compliance toolbox

Manatal · resumes and attachments

 — 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Teammates work without seeing a credential.

See who connected each Manatal account and how many teams and members use it.

  • Recruiting EMEA
  • Sourcing
  • Hiring managers
  • Talent ops
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
MA

Manatal (Recruiting EMEA)

Connected by Emma Laurent

 Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
MA

Manatal (Sourcing)

Connected by James Whitfield

 Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
MA

Manatal (Hiring managers)

Connected by Sofia Ricci

 Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
MA

Manatal (Talent ops)

Connected by Daniel Ortega

 Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
MA

Manatal (Interview panel)

Connected by Clara Nowak

 Personal • Active Not shared
MA

Manatal (Campus hiring)

Connected by Michael Brennan

 Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every candidate note leaves a record.

When, who, what happened, type and resource for each Manatal call.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM
E

Emma Laurent

[email protected]

 Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM
J

James Whitfield

[email protected]

 Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM
S

Sofia Ricci

[email protected]

 Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM
D

Daniel Ortega

[email protected]

 Manatal Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM
C

Clara Nowak

[email protected]

 Manatal Candidates Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM
M

Michael Brennan

[email protected]

 Manatal Candidates List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule fires, a digest ships.

Fetch Manatal candidate notes, group them, draft a digest, approve, post back.

Manatal digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emma Laurent

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 08:00

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch candidates

    Manatal

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s

  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve

  6. Post the digest

    Manatal

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Candidate numbers computed, not asked for.

Four metrics, 14 days of candidates created, split by team, refreshed on schedule.

Manatal health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the candidates collection

Live

Candidates

1,284 ↓ 12%

Notes

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Candidates created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Recruiting EMEA 34%

Sourcing 27%

Hiring managers 21%

Talent ops 18%

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Manatal to Claude?

First, connect Manatal in Elaichi by pasting your Manatal API key, which you copy from your Manatal account settings. There is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude open Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in as yourself and Manatal is ready to use in Claude.

Does Manatal work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Manatal is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Manatal once and every client you use picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Manatal data?

Through this connector an AI agent can add a note to a Manatal candidate, read back all the notes on a candidate and summarize them, remove a note, and attach a resume or another file such as a portfolio or signed offer letter to the candidate's record. It works at the level of individual candidates you already have in Manatal. It cannot search for candidates, edit jobs or change pipeline stages through this connector.

Does connecting Manatal give the AI access to every candidate?

No. Every call to Manatal runs inside the access of the person who signed in, so the AI can only reach candidates that person can already reach in Manatal. Elaichi can narrow that access further, for example by blocking note deletion for a team, but it can never widen it beyond what the person already has.

Can my team share one Manatal connection?

Yes. One person connects Manatal with their API key in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else ever sees or handles that key. Each teammate still signs in as themselves, so the audit log names the actual recruiter who added or removed a note on a Manatal candidate.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Manatal?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow adding notes and resumes to Manatal candidates while blocking note deletion entirely. A blocked action is never advertised to Claude, ChatGPT or any other client, so no prompt, however worded, can reach it.

What happens to a Manatal connection when someone leaves?

When you offboard someone in Elaichi, their access to Manatal through the endpoint ends at once. A shared Manatal connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you ever want to remove Manatal completely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and every other client at the same time.

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