Estel MCP server

The Estel MCP server lets AI assistants work with the same hiring data you use in the Estel app: open tech roles (leads), the companies hiring for them, company news signals, and market statistics. It uses the Model Context Protocol, so it works with Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and other clients that support remote MCP servers.

Server URL

https://mcp.estel.tech/mcp

• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Authentication: sign in with your Estel account (OAuth 2.1), or send an Estel API key
• Coverage: United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria

Who can use it

The MCP server is included in paid Estel plans (Pro, Business and Enterprise) while the subscription is active. Trials don't include it.

If a subscription ends, your connected apps and API keys stop working until it is renewed. Nothing is deleted. You can manage your plan in the Estel app.

What you can do

Tool	What it does	Cost
search_leads	Search open tech roles by title, location, skills, seniority, salary and more	1 lead explore per result
get_lead	A lead's preview: role summary, soft skills, the company, the same role in other cities	1 lead explore
enrich_lead	Unlock job posting links, experience required, tags and company details	1 credit, free if already unlocked
search_companies	Companies ranked by how many matching roles they have open	1 company explore per result
get_company	A company profile with its hiring summary and recent signals	1 company explore
search_signals	Funding rounds, new offices, acquisitions, leadership changes and more	Free
get_market_insights	Counts, shares, trends and salary benchmarks, ready to chart	1 market insight query
get_account_usage	Your credits, today's quotas, your plan and the credential's scopes	Free
get_filter_options	Valid values for every filter	Free

See the tools reference for parameters and outputs.

Explore free, enrich with credits

The MCP server works like the Estel app:

• Exploring is free. Search results show what a lead card shows in the app: title, company, location, salary, estimated placement fee, seniority, work and contract type, and skills. get_lead adds the preview. Exploring is limited only by daily quotas, for example 2,000 lead explores a day.
• Enriching costs 1 credit. enrich_lead unlocks what you see after enriching a lead in the app, including the links to the original job postings. It uses the same monthly credits as the app. A lead you have already unlocked, through MCP or by engaging with it in the app, never costs a credit again.
• No credits left? Enrichment fails with insufficient_credits, and exploring keeps working.

Quick start

1. Check that your Estel plan includes MCP access. In the app, open Settings → API & MCP.
2. Add https://mcp.estel.tech/mcp to your AI assistant. See Connect a client for Claude, Cursor, VS Code and others.
3. When prompted, sign in to Estel and approve access. You can also use an API key instead.
4. Ask a question.

Try asking

• "How many senior vs mid-level roles are open in London right now?"
• "What's the median salary for data engineers in Germany, by work type, in EUR?"
• "Which fintech companies in Dublin are hiring the most Python engineers?"
• "Show funding rounds announced by companies in Poland in the last 30 days."
• "Find the newest platform engineering role in Manchester, enrich it and give me the job link." This one uses 1 credit.

Good to know

Your assistant decides which tools to call. To keep it from using credits without asking, tell it to check with you before enriching. Most clients also ask you to confirm tool calls.