Email a candidate
Send an email to one candidate through Homerun.
MCP tool homerun_write → send_candidate_email
write Confirm
Sends the email at once. It shows in the candidate's Activity and message modal, and a reply from the candidate lands there too. A sent email cannot be unsent. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| job_id string required | string | Job ID from list_jobs. |
| candidate_id string required | string | Candidate ID from list_candidates. |
| body string required | string | The email text. |
tools/call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "homerun_write",
"arguments": {
"operation": "send_candidate_email",
"arguments": {
"job_id": "job_3b7e91",
"candidate_id": "ap_K2mP7rS1uW5yA9bC3dE6",
"body": "Hi Priya, thanks for applying. Your onboarding project at Northwind is exactly what this role is about. We decide on interviews by Friday and I will write to you then."
}
}
}
}Example response
{
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
}
],
"structuredContent": {
"candidate_id": "ap_K2mP7rS1uW5yA9bC3dE6",
"status": "sent",
"sent_at": "2026-10-22T09:12:00Z"
},
"isError": false
}