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# Disqualify candidate

> Disqualify a candidate from one job with a reason from your workspace list. Input schema, a tools/call example and an example result.

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

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Disqualify a candidate from one job with a reason from your workspace list.

Recruiterflow MCP tools: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/recruiterflow.md

MCP tool: `recruiterflow_write → disqualify_candidate`

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

Disqualifies one candidate from one job. reason must be one of the names under Workspace Settings → Disqualification Reasons; any other value fails and the error lists the valid ones. Only that job is affected: the candidate stays in the database and on other jobs. Recruiterflow does not notify the candidate itself, but a Recipe with the trigger Candidate is disqualified can email them. Undo it in Recruiterflow with Re-qualify on the job card, which returns the candidate to the previous stage. 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_job_candidates. |
| `reason` | string | yes | A disqualification reason of your workspace, e.g. Not enough experience. |

## tools/call

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "recruiterflow_write",
    "arguments": {
      "operation": "disqualify_candidate",
      "arguments": {
        "job_id": "48213",
        "candidate_id": "771204",
        "reason": "No response"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
    }
  ],
  "structuredContent": {
    "candidate_id": "771204",
    "job_id": "48213",
    "status": "disqualified",
    "reason": "No response",
    "previous_stage": "Phone Screen",
    "disqualified_at": "2026-10-23T09:02:00Z"
  },
  "isError": false
}
```

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