JobLens MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives Claude (or any MCP-compatible AI assistant) structured, live context about jobs and careers: search real job postings, parse a resume locally, and score how well a resume matches a given job — all through official, ToS-compliant APIs and local file parsing. No scraping. No stored platform passwords. No automated browser logins.

Table of Contents

• Why This Exists

• Features

• Architecture

• Installation

• Configure Claude Desktop

• Example Prompts

• Roadmap

Related MCP server: IAM MCP Server

Why This Exists

Most "LinkedIn scraper" MCP servers automate a real login through Selenium and scrape profile/job pages — which violates LinkedIn's Terms of Service and puts a user's account at risk of a ban.

JobLens solves the same underlying problem — giving an AI assistant rich job-market context — using a free, official job-search API and local resume parsing instead. Same outcome, zero ToS risk.

Features

Architecture

joblens-mcp/
├── src/joblens_mcp/
│   ├── server.py       # MCP server + tool definitions (FastMCP)
│   ├── jobsource.py    # Adzuna API client (swap for any job-board API)
│   └── resume.py       # Local resume parsing + match scoring
├── main.py              # Entry point
├── pyproject.toml
└── requirements.txt

jobsource.py is intentionally isolated from server.py — swapping Adzuna for USAJobs, Indeed's Publisher API, RemoteOK, or Jooble means editing one file, not the MCP tool layer.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+

• A free Adzuna API app_id and app_key (instant signup, no scraping involved)

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/rohith-jpg/joblens-mcp
cd joblens-mcp

2. Set up environment & install dependencies

Using uv (recommended):

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate   # macOS/Linux
uv pip install -e .

Or with plain pip:

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Add your API credentials

cp .env.example .env
# then edit .env with your ADZUNA_APP_ID and ADZUNA_APP_KEY

4. Run the server

uv run main.py
# or
python main.py

Configure Claude Desktop

Add this to your Claude Desktop config (Settings → Developer → Edit Config):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "joblens": {
      "command": "/path/to/uv",
      "args": ["--directory", "/path/to/joblens-mcp", "run", "main.py"],
      "env": {
        "ADZUNA_APP_ID": "your_app_id",
        "ADZUNA_APP_KEY": "your_app_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop, then look for the tools (hammer) icon to confirm JobLens is connected.

Example Prompts

• "Search for remote data engineer jobs and tell me which ones best match my resume at /Users/me/resume.pdf."

• "Parse my resume and tell me what skills I'm missing for a Senior Backend Engineer role."

• "What job categories does the search API support for the UK?"

Roadmap

• Additional job-board sources (USAJobs, RemoteOK, Greenhouse public job boards)

• cover_letter_draft tool using match results to draft a tailored cover letter

• Caching/rate-limit handling for high-volume searches

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Acknowledgements

Built using the Model Context Protocol Python SDK and the Adzuna Jobs API.

Note: This project deliberately avoids any LinkedIn scraping or automated login. All data sources used are official, public APIs or files the user provides locally.