---
name: "hiring_list_applicants"
area: "hiring"
title: "List applicants"
price: "free"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/hiring_list_applicants"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/hiring"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/hiring/hiring_list_applicants"
---

# List applicants (`hiring_list_applicants`)

Applicants, newest or best match first: for one job or all, by stage, screening, risk, name or email, or the ones kept as spam.

Applicants, newest first or by match score: for one job or all, at one stage, matching a name or email, by risk, or the ones kept as spam.

Price: Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month for the whole account, then $0.50 per 10,000 reads. A call that fails costs nothing.

## Use it when

Someone asks who applied, who is at a stage, who matches best, or what the checks flagged.

## Say this to your agent

> Who are the best matches for the bike mechanic job so far?

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `job` | string | no | The job (its slug from hiring_list_jobs). 1 to 80 characters. |  |  |
| `stage` | string | no | Up to 60 characters. |  |  |
| `query` | string | no | Up to 200 characters. |  |  |
| `screened` | boolean | no | true: only screened ones; false: only those not yet. |  |  |
| `match` | string | no |  | `"strong"`, `"partial"`, `"weak"` |  |
| `risk` | string | no | Only applications whose checks found high risk, minor signals, or none. | `"high"`, `"minor"`, `"none"` |  |
| `spam` | boolean | no | true: only applications kept as spam (from the blocklist, or marked). |  | `false` |
| `min_match` | integer | no | Only screened applications whose match score is at least this. 0 to 100. |  |  |
| `sort` | string | no | match: the highest match score first, the unscreened last. | `"newest"`, `"match"` | `"newest"` |
| `limit` | integer | no | 1 to 200. |  | `50` |
| `offset` | integer | no | At least 0. |  | `0` |

## Example

Written for Halverson Cycle & Repair, a bike shop with a repair workshop in Portland, Oregon.

MCP: call `hiring_list_applicants` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/hiring` with these arguments:

```json
{
  "job": "bike-mechanic"
}
```

REST:

```bash
curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/hiring_list_applicants \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"job": "bike-mechanic"}'
```

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "hiring_list_applicants",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$0.00",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "applicants": [
      {
        "applicant_id": 4102,
        "job": "bike-mechanic",
        "name": "Jan Kowalski",
        "email": "jan.kowalski@example.com",
        "phone": "+1 503 555 0130",
        "stage": "Applied",
        "rating": null,
        "source": "careers",
        "applied_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
        "updated_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
        "has_resume": true,
        "flags": [],
        "screened": null,
        "stage_since": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
        "stages_reached": [
          "Applied"
        ],
        "assessments": [],
        "interview": null,
        "next_step": {
          "step": "review",
          "label": "To review",
          "waiting_on": "you",
          "at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
          "overdue": false
        },
        "match_score": null,
        "screening_summary": null,
        "passed_filter_at": null,
        "risk": "high",
        "signals": {
          "risk": "high",
          "high": [
            {
              "code": "shared_phone",
              "applicant_ids": [
                1
              ],
              "text": "The same phone number is on 1 other application under another email address."
            }
          ],
          "minor": [],
          "authentic": [
            {
              "code": "name_in_email",
              "text": "Their name is in their email address."
            }
          ],
          "checked_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00"
        },
        "spam": false
      },
      {
        "applicant_id": 4101,
        "job": "bike-mechanic",
        "name": "Maria Santos",
        "email": "maria.santos@example.com",
        "phone": "+1 503 555 0130",
        "stage": "Applied",
        "rating": null,
        "source": "careers",
        "applied_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
        "updated_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
        "has_resume": true,
        "flags": [],
        "screened": null,
        "stage_since": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
        "stages_reached": [
          "Applied"
        ],
        "assessments": [],
        "interview": null,
        "next_step": {
          "step": "review",
          "label": "To review",
          "waiting_on": "you",
          "at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
          "overdue": false
        },
        "match_score": null,
        "screening_summary": null,
        "passed_filter_at": null,
        "risk": "high",
        "signals": {
          "risk": "high",
          "high": [
            {
              "code": "shared_phone",
              "applicant_ids": [
                2
              ],
              "text": "The same phone number is on 1 other application under another email address."
            }
          ],
          "minor": [],
          "authentic": [
            {
              "code": "name_in_email",
              "text": "Their name is in their email address."
            }
          ],
          "checked_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00"
        },
        "spam": false
      }
    ],
    "total": 2
  }
}
```

`result`: applicants: each with their applicant_id, name, email, job, stage, rating, screening, match_score, risk, spam and dates; and the total.

## Errors

| Code | Status | When | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| `not_found` | 404 | No job of the business has that slug. | Call hiring_list_jobs and use one of its slugs. |

The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md

## Related

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- [hiring_design_careers](https://conecto.chat/tools/hiring/hiring_design_careers.md): Gives the careers and job pages the business's own look: colours, a font, corners, a cover, a headline and its own CSS. $0.001 a call.
- [hiring_create_job](https://conecto.chat/tools/hiring/hiring_create_job.md): Posts a job with its own page and application form on the careers page. $0.01 a call.
- [hiring_update_job](https://conecto.chat/tools/hiring/hiring_update_job.md): Changes a job's details, its criteria and filter, or opens or closes it. $0.01 a call.
- [hiring_list_jobs](https://conecto.chat/tools/hiring/hiring_list_jobs.md): The business's jobs with their status, page and applicants per stage. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [hiring_get_applicant](https://conecto.chat/tools/hiring/hiring_get_applicant.md): One application in full: answers, résumé link, screening and match score, the checks on who sent it, notes and history. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
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- [hiring_record_screening](https://conecto.chat/tools/hiring/hiring_record_screening.md): Saves a review of one application: strong, partial or weak, a summary, and each criterion with its evidence. $0.01 a call.
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- [hiring_get_blocklist](https://conecto.chat/tools/hiring/hiring_get_blocklist.md): The networks and email domains whose applications are kept as spam. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [hiring_update_blocklist](https://conecto.chat/tools/hiring/hiring_update_blocklist.md): Blocks or unblocks networks and email domains; what comes from them is kept as spam, with no fee and no emails. $0.001 a call.
- [hiring_move_applicant](https://conecto.chat/tools/hiring/hiring_move_applicant.md): Moves an applicant to another stage of their job, with a note; the candidate is not told. $0.01 a call.
- [hiring_hire_applicant](https://conecto.chat/tools/hiring/hiring_hire_applicant.md): Hires an applicant in one call: Hired in hiring, a person in HR with their résumé on file, and their onboarding checklist started. $0.25 a call.
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- [hiring_invite_to_interview](https://conecto.chat/tools/hiring/hiring_invite_to_interview.md): Emails an applicant a link to book an interview on one of the calendar's meeting types, and can move them to a stage. $0.05 a call.
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