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JobSpy

JobSpy is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Search LinkedIn, Indeed, ZipRecruiter, Glassdoor and regional job boards. It has 4,562 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx mcp-jobspy.

github.com/speedyapply/JobSpy (opens in a new tab)

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Install JobSpy

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jobspy": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-jobspy"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio jobspy -- uvx mcp-jobspy

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jobspy": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-jobspy"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "jobspy": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-jobspy"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About JobSpy

JobSpy is a job scraping library that aggregates jobs from popular job boards with one tool: The package installs a jobspy command whose options mirror the scrapejobs() parameters below; jobspy -h lists them, the output fields and exit codes.

  • indeed
  • linkedin
  • ziprecruiter
  • jobs-scraper
  • linkedin-scraper
  • job-scraper
  • internship
  • job-search
  • jobs-search
  • jobsearch

FAQ

JobSpy FAQ

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How do I install the JobSpy MCP server?

Add the command uvx mcp-jobspy to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is JobSpy free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is JobSpy actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 23, 2026. The latest release is v1.4.1, published Oct 23, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.