Shortlstd

Shortlstd

Connect your AI to your job search

Your AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and others) can talk to Shortlstd through a secure link. In industry language that link is called MCP — Model Context Protocol. You do not need to know the protocol; you only need the URL below and a Shortlstd account on Launch, Pro, or Elite.

Connector URL

https://www.shortlstd.com/api/mcp

Always use the www address. Redirects from shortlstd.com break sign-in in some clients.

What connecting does

After you approve the connection in your browser, your AI can ask Shortlstd for your current matches, open a job’s detail, fetch a tailored CV or cover letter, read your standard application answers (never disability or criminal-conviction answers), and record that you applied or moved an application’s status.

Shared with your AI

  • Ranked matches with labels only (Strong match / Worth a look)
  • Job titles, companies, apply links, requirements
  • Tailored documents you generate in Shortlstd
  • Standard application answers you saved
  • Application statuses you choose to update

Never shared or done

  • Disability or criminal-conviction answers
  • Your password, billing details, or payment methods
  • Applying to jobs or driving a browser for you
  • Numeric match scores (labels only)

Who can use it

Included on Launch, Pro, and Elite. Free accounts cannot connect. Every plan has daily and monthly limits on each action — nothing is unlimited. Manage or revoke connections any time in Settings → Connect your AI.

Set up by client

Claude

Official docs
  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the Claude desktop app) while signed in.
  2. Go to Customize → Connectors (on Team/Enterprise, Owners use Organization settings → Connectors).
  3. Choose Add custom connector (or Add → Custom → Web if prompted for connector type).
  4. Paste this URL: https://www.shortlstd.com/api/mcp
  5. Continue. Keep the detected sign-in settings (OAuth). Prefer Register automatically / Claude’s published identity unless your org requires a fixed client ID.
  6. Complete the Shortlstd sign-in and Allow connection screen in your browser.
  7. Confirm the connector lists tools such as List job matches and Log application.

ChatGPT

Official docs
  1. Ask a workspace admin to enable developer mode (Workspace Settings → Permissions & Roles → Connected Data / Create custom MCP connectors) if it is not already on.
  2. In ChatGPT, open Settings → Apps → Create (admins may also use Workspace settings → Apps → Create).
  3. Enter the MCP server URL: https://www.shortlstd.com/api/mcp
  4. Choose OAuth authentication, then Scan Tools.
  5. Complete the Shortlstd authorization prompt, wait for the tool scan, then Create.
  6. Enable the app (it may show a Dev label until published for your workspace).
  7. In a chat, ask ChatGPT to list your Shortlstd matches to confirm tools work.

Gemini

Official docs
  1. On a computer, open gemini.google.com (custom apps are added on the web; availability depends on Google’s rollout — often personal US accounts with Keep Activity on).
  2. Open Settings → Connected Apps (sometimes under Personal Intelligence).
  3. Under Custom apps, choose Add a custom app.
  4. Paste: https://www.shortlstd.com/api/mcp
  5. Click Next and approve Shortlstd in the browser sign-in window.
  6. For Gemini Enterprise – Business, admins use Settings & help → Manage team → Connected apps → Add MCP Server with the same HTTPS URL and OAuth details from Shortlstd’s discovery documents.

Importable skills for Claude

Skills are packaged instruction bundles (a folder with a SKILL.md file, zipped) that teach Claude how to use Shortlstd tools well. Format per Claude’s custom skills guide: upload the ZIP under Customize → Skills, then enable the skill. ChatGPT and Gemini do not share this ZIP import path today — use the connector alone there, or paste the skill text into custom instructions if your client supports them.

  • Daily job review

    Walk through today’s Strong matches and decide what to open first.

    Download ZIP

  • Tailored application

    Pull the tailored CV and answers for one role, then log that you applied.

    Download ZIP

  • Application tracking

    Update statuses as interviews and decisions come in.

    Download ZIP