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hiring_update_job · Changes data · Markdown

Changes a job's details, its criteria and filter, or opens or closes it.

$0.01 a call

From your agent’s balance. A call that fails costs nothing.

An example

Close the bike mechanic job. We've found someone.

Your agent callshiring_update_job$0.01 a call

The example business is Halverson Cycle & Repair, a bike shop with a repair workshop in Portland, Oregon. The reply is the one the tool really gives.

With these arguments
{
  "job": "bike-mechanic",
  "status": "closed"
}
What comes back
{
  "job": {
    "job": "bike-mechanic",
    "title": "Bike mechanic",
    "department": "Workshop",
    "location": "Portland, OR",
    "workplace": "on_site",
    "employment_type": "full_time",
    "salary": {
      "min": 24,
      "max": 30,
      "currency": "USD",
      "period": "hour"
    },
    "salary_text": "$24 to $30 an hour",
    "description": "We build, tune and repair city, gravel and cargo bikes in our Portland workshop. You work the stand with two other mechanics: tune-ups, brake bleeds, wheel builds and e-bike checks.\n\n**You have** two years or more in a bike shop, and your own basic tools.\n\n**We offer** paid time off, health insurance and a staff discount on bikes and parts.",
    "questions": [
      {
        "id": "q1",
        "label": "How many years have you worked as a bike mechanic?",
        "type": "number",
        "required": true
      },
      {
        "id": "q2",
        "label": "Can you lift 50 lb?",
        "type": "yes_no",
        "required": false,
        "required_answer": true
      }
    ],
    "criteria": [
      {
        "id": "c1",
        "text": "Two years as a mechanic in a bike shop",
        "required": true,
        "weight": 3
      },
      {
        "id": "c2",
        "text": "Has built wheels",
        "required": false,
        "weight": 3
      }
    ],
    "filter": null,
    "job_id": 4101,
    "status": "closed",
    "stages": [
      "Applied",
      "Screen"
    ],
    "page_url": "https://cncto.co/j/halverson-cycle-repair/bike-mechanic",
    "applicants": {
      "Applied": 2,
      "Screen": 0,
      "Interview": 0,
      "Offer": 0,
      "Hired": 0,
      "Rejected": 0
    },
    "opened_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00",
    "closed_at": "2026-10-14T08:00:00+00:00"
  }
}

Use it when

A job's text, salary, questions, criteria or stages change, the owner wants to hear only about candidates who pass a filter, or the role is filled.

What it does

Change a job's details, or open and close it (a closed job stays readable but takes no applications). Give only what changes.

What comes back

job: the job as it now is. Every reply also carries cost_usd and balance_usd.

Inputs

NameTypeWhat it is
jobRequiredstringThe job (its slug from hiring_list_jobs). 1 to 80 characters.
titlestringe.g. "Bike mechanic". 2 to 160 characters.
descriptionstringMarkdown: the role, what they will do, what you look for, what you offer. 20 to 20,000 characters.
departmentstringUp to 80 characters.
locationstringe.g. "Portland, OR". Up to 160 characters.
workplacestringOne of: on_site,hybrid,remote.
employment_typestringOne of: full_time,part_time,contract,internship,temporary.
salaryobject{"min": 52000, "max": 60000, "currency": "USD", "period": "year"} (period: hour, month or year).
questionsarray of objectsExtra questions on the application form: [{"label", "type", "required", "help"}]. type: short_text, long_text, yes_no, choice, multi_choice (both with "options": ["...", "..."]), number, date or url. A yes_no question can set "required_answer": true or false; any other answer flags the applicant (never an automatic no). A date question can take include_time (a time too), range (a first and a last day), and earliest and latest ("2026-11-01", or "today", "today+7", "today-30"). Up to 10 items.
criteriaarray of objectsWhat a screening checks: [{"text": "Three years in customer support", "required": true, "weight": 3}]. weight, 1 to 5, is how much it counts in the match score; a required one a screening does not find is named. Give a criterion's id (from hiring_list_jobs) when rewording it, so past screenings stay attached. Used by hiring_screen_queue and hiring_record_screening. Up to 10 items.
stagesarray of stringsThe steps between Applied and Hired/Rejected; default Screen, Interview, Offer. Up to 8 items.
filterobject or nullWho the hiring team hears about: {"min_match": 70, "required": true, "max_risk": "minor"} (the lowest match score, every required criterion shown, the most risk the checks may find). With a filter, the team is told about a candidate once your screening (hiring_record_screening) passes it, in your words: by email to the careers page's notify address and as the event hiring.candidate_passed; not about every application as it arrives. null: no filter.
filter.min_matchinteger0 to 100.
filter.requiredboolean
filter.max_riskstringOne of: none,minor,high.
statusstringOne of: draft,open,closed.

The call

Over MCP, call hiring_update_job on https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/hiring. Over REST:

Terminal
curl -X POST https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/hiring_update_job \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"job":"bike-mechanic","status":"closed"}'

When it refuses

A refused call costs nothing and says what to do next.

CodeWhenWhat to do
not_found404No job of the business has that slug.Call hiring_list_jobs and use one of its slugs.
invalid_input400A question, criterion, filter or salary is not valid.Fix what the message names.
stage_in_use409Applicants are still in a stage that would go.Move them first.

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