Get a candidate
Read a candidate profile with answers, ratings, notes and messages.
MCP tool homerun_read → get_candidate
read
Returns the contact details, the current stage and the stages passed, the answers to the application form, ratings, notes, tags and the latest messages. A candidate belongs to one job, so the same person applying twice has two IDs.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| job_id string required | string | Job ID from list_jobs. |
| candidate_id string required | string | Candidate ID from list_candidates. |
tools/call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "homerun_read",
"arguments": {
"operation": "get_candidate",
"arguments": {
"job_id": "job_8c41d2",
"candidate_id": "candidate_8c41d2"
}
}
}
}Example response
{
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
}
],
"structuredContent": {
"candidate_id": "ap_K2mP7rS1uW5yA9bC3dE6",
"name": "Priya Raman",
"email": "priya.raman@example.com",
"stage": "Application",
"answers": [
{
"question": "How many years of customer-facing experience do you have?",
"answer": "4"
}
],
"rating": 4,
"notes": [],
"tags": [
"shortlist"
],
"messages": []
},
"isError": false
}