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# Disqualify a candidate

> Disqualify a candidate with a reason and choose whether to tell them. Input schema, a tools/call example and an example result.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/homerun/disqualify_candidate

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Disqualify a candidate with a reason and choose whether to tell them.

Homerun MCP tools: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/homerun.md

MCP tool: `homerun_write → disqualify_candidate`

Access: write. Confirm: waits for the user's OK before it runs.

Removes the candidate from the job's list of all candidates and records the reason, which the candidate does not see. With notify email the message goes out at once; with todo Homerun creates a to-do for you instead. A disqualified candidate can be re-qualified in Homerun. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `job_id` | string | yes | Job ID from list_jobs. |
| `candidate_id` | string | yes | Candidate ID from list_candidates. |
| `reason` | string | yes | A name from list_disqualification_reasons. |
| `notify` | string | no | none, email or todo. Default none. |
| `email_body` | string | no | Message to send when notify is email. |

## tools/call

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "homerun_write",
    "arguments": {
      "operation": "disqualify_candidate",
      "arguments": {
        "job_id": "job_3b7e91",
        "candidate_id": "ap_N4pQ8sT2vX6zB1cD3eF5",
        "reason": "No relevant experience",
        "notify": "none"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
    }
  ],
  "structuredContent": {
    "candidate_id": "ap_N4pQ8sT2vX6zB1cD3eF5",
    "status": "disqualified",
    "reason": "No relevant experience",
    "notified": "none",
    "stage_before": "Application"
  },
  "isError": false
}
```

Previous: [Move a candidate to another job](https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/homerun/move_candidate_to_job.md)
Next: [Email a candidate](https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/homerun/send_candidate_email.md)

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