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Create Application

Considers a candidate for a job (e.g., when sourcing a candidate for a job posting). See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Ashby account once, then configure and run Create Application from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "ashby-create-application",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    ashby: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    candidateId: "Candidate ID",
    jobId: "Job ID",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Application inputs
Property Type Description
candidateId Candidate ID string
The ID of the candidate to create an application for
Required Dynamic
jobId Job ID string
The ID of the job to apply for
Required Dynamic
interviewPlanId Interview Plan ID string
The ID of the interview plan to place the application in. If none is provided, the default interview plan is used.
Optional Dynamic
interviewStageId Interview Stage ID string
The interview stage of the interview plan to place the application in. If none is provided, the application is placed in the first 'Lead' stage. You can also use the special string 'FirstPreInterviewScreen' to choose the first pre-interview-screen stage.
Optional Dynamic
sourceId Source ID string
The source to set on the application being created
Optional Dynamic
creditedToUserId Credited To User ID string
The ID of the user the application will be credited to
Optional Dynamic
createdAt Created At string
An ISO date string to set the application's createdAt timestamp (e.g., 2024-01-15T10:30:00Z). Defaults to the current time if not provided.
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
ashby-create-application
Version
0.0.4
App
Ashby
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes