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# Change candidate status

> Move one candidate to a workflow stage of their job, or to a closing status such as Not Hired. Input schema, a tools/call example and an example result.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/jazzhr/change_candidate_status

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Move one candidate to a workflow stage of their job, or to a closing status such as Not Hired.

JazzHR MCP tools: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/jazzhr.md

MCP tool: `jazzhr_write → change_candidate_status`

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

Moves one candidate on one job to the stage you name. The name must match a stage or closing status of that job's workflow; an unknown name fails and the error lists the valid ones. Workflow helpers on the new stage can email the candidate or add a task, as when you move someone by hand. The call returns the previous and new stage. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `candidate_id` | string | yes | Candidate ID from list_candidates. |
| `job_id` | string | yes | Job ID from list_jobs. |
| `status` | string | yes | Stage or closing status name from list_workflow_stages. |

## tools/call

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "jazzhr_write",
    "arguments": {
      "operation": "change_candidate_status",
      "arguments": {
        "candidate_id": "prospect_20261019_5e2c",
        "job_id": "job_20261012_8f3a",
        "status": "Phone Screen"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
    }
  ],
  "structuredContent": {
    "candidate_id": "prospect_20261019_5e2c",
    "job_id": "job_20261012_8f3a",
    "previous_stage": "New",
    "stage": "Phone Screen"
  },
  "isError": false
}
```

Previous: [List tasks](https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/jazzhr/list_tasks.md)
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