How to set up Get on Board's MCP server with Claude Code

When you source candidates from Claude Code as a recruiter or company team, Get on Board’s MCP server connects your Claude Code session to Talent Database so you can search Latin American tech professionals without leaving the CLI.

You can also give this whole page to your agent and ask it to install the server for you. The agent can follow the setup steps and run the CLI command, and you can complete the browser authorization when Get on Board opens the OAuth flow.

This guide covers the supported Claude Code setup path only.

Before you start

You need:

• Claude Code installed and signed in on your machine.
• A Get on Board recruiter account with access to an accepted company.
• Talent Database access on the company account you will authorize.
• The remote MCP server URL: https://www.getonbrd.com/mcp.

Add the server in Claude Code

Open a terminal in any project directory and run:

claude mcp add --transport http getonbrd https://www.getonbrd.com/mcp

Claude Code stores the server locally, but OAuth does not happen yet.

Confirm the server was added

Run:

claude mcp list

You should see getonbrd in the list. If the CLI shows Failed to connect at this stage, that is expected. Claude Code is checking the server before you have authorized it.

Restart Claude Code

Start a new Claude Code session after adding the server. The MCP client loads newly added servers only when the session starts.

Authorize Get on Board

On the first real Get on Board tool call after the restart, Claude Code opens the OAuth authorization flow in your browser. Then:

1. Sign in to Get on Board with your recruiter account.
2. Select the company context Claude Code should use.
3. Approve the requested MCP access.

After authorization, the Get on Board tools are available in Claude Code.

Verify the connection

In Claude Code, ask:

Use the Get on Board MCP server to call whoami and confirm my active company.

Claude Code should return your Get on Board identity, the active company context, and the available MCP tools.

Then try a Talent Database search, for example:

Use Get on Board to find senior Python engineers in Mexico with English C1 who are available soon.

What Claude Code can do with this server

See the Get on Board MCP Server overview for the full tool reference and example workflows.

If you need to reconnect

Run:

claude mcp remove getonbrd
claude mcp add --transport http getonbrd https://www.getonbrd.com/mcp

Then start a new Claude Code session and authorize Get on Board again on first use.

If Claude Code does not show the Get on Board tools immediately after authorization, start another new Claude Code session.

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