DevMatch
DevMatch is an MCP server for hiring engineers based on what they've actually built. Connect from Cursor, Claude Desktop, or any MCP-compatible AI assistant and search 35M+ developers ranked by verified open-source contributions — not LinkedIn keywords or self-reported skills. **Three tools:** **`find_candidates`** — paste a job description, get a ranked shortlist with bio, top repos, contribution evidence, and contact info. Pro tier adds verified email enrichment on the top 5 results. **`get_profile`** — deep-dive any GitHub handle. Bio, recent activity, top projects, and outreach channels in one call. **`find_similar_projects`** — landscape mapping from a seed repo with top contributors surfaced, so you can pivot from a project to its maintainers in one step. Built for mission-driven teams that want engineers who care about the work, not just check the keyword box. OAuth sign-in (no API keys to juggle). Free tier with 50 monthly credits, $129/mo Pro for higher quotas plus verified email enrichment.
How to connect
Same URL, five paste targets. Ready surface · Auth required. Not a safe-to-install badge. Handshake this URL
Paste into Settings → MCP or .cursor/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"zachary-royals-devmatch": {
"url": "https://devmatch--zachary-royals.run.tools"
}
}
}
Settings → Connectors → Add → Custom → Web. Paste the URL. Enable in a new chat.
Claude → Settings → Connectors → Add → Custom → Web
Name: DevMatch
URL: https://devmatch--zachary-royals.run.tools
OAuth only if this server requires it.
Save, start a new chat, enable the connector.
Developer mode custom connector. ChatGPT cannot reach localhost.
Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode ON
Create custom connector
Name: DevMatch
MCP server URL: https://devmatch--zachary-royals.run.tools
Auth: none unless the server requires OAuth
New chat → + → Developer mode → enable the connector
Register the HTTPS URL, then claude mcp list.
claude mcp add --transport http zachary-royals-devmatch \
https://devmatch--zachary-royals.run.tools
Pass on session/new as mcpServers when the agent advertised HTTP MCP.
[
{
"type": "http",
"name": "zachary-royals-devmatch",
"url": "https://devmatch--zachary-royals.run.tools"
}
]
Paste into a README or docs site. The widget loads snippets from Influzer — still not a SAFE badge.
Same handshake clock as this listing (overlay / warm / seed; live tools/list only if that is missing). Indigo is live_ok, amber is auth_required, gray is unreachable. Not a SAFE badge. Stdio listings have no badge.
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Listing quality
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- Surface
- Ready surface
- Live handshake
- Auth required
- Auth gate
- Auth gate
- Tools source
- tools/list (live)
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Tools
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find_candidatesSearch the DevMatch index for engineers matching a job description. Pass JD text — formal description, informal request, role brief, paste of a README, or anything in between. The longer + more specific, the better the match. Returns ranked candidates with FULL profile data inline per result: handle, name, bio, location, followers, top_repos, top_topics, matched_projects (with contribution counts), contact info (email + social URLs when available), and candidate_score. You do NOT need to call ge
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get_profileFetch one contributor's profile card when the user mentions a specific GitHub handle that was NOT already returned by find_candidates. Use cases: (a) user types 'tell me about @karpathy'; (b) user references a handle they found elsewhere; (c) user wants to verify someone before outreach. Do NOT call this immediately after find_candidates for handles in those results — find_candidates already returns full profile data inline per candidate (bio, location, contact, top_repos, top_topics). IMPORTAN
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find_similar_projectsFind open-source projects similar to a given GitHub repo, ranked by semantic similarity to its description/topics/README. Each result includes the project's top contributors so the caller can pivot from a project to its maintainers in one step. Use for landscape mapping ("what else is like X?"), competitive intel, or to expand a candidate search past a single anchor project.
Tool source: tools/list (live) · last probed 2026-10-09