
nextrole
A job-search companion: tailor your CV to a role, score fit, fix ATS issues.
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
A job-search companion: tailor your CV to a role, score fit, fix ATS issues. Also via MCP.
How to connect
How to connect nextrole to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://nextrole.site/api/mcp
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect nextrole to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://nextrole.site/api/mcp
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect nextrole to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://nextrole.site/api/mcp
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (5)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| ats_lint | Free, deterministic ATS check: flags banned symbols, first-person voice, non-standard headers, and unquantified bullets. Returns findings + a pass/fail verdict. |
| tailor_cv_to_role | Rewrites a CV for a specific job spec using NextRole's multi-pass tailor→critic engine. Free anonymous allowance; on exhaustion returns a link to continue on the web app. |
| score_cv | The free first read: scores a CV against a job spec using NextRole's critic engine — overall match, per-dimension scores, strengths, gaps, and the single top priority to fix. |
| find_roles | Searches live job listings for a role query (e.g. "frontend engineer London"). Cheap, no LLM — returns a short list of matching roles with company and link. |
| fetch_job_spec | Fetches and extracts the job description text from a public job-posting URL, ready to feed into score_cv or tailor_cv_to_role. Cheap, no LLM. |