JustBacked Startup Jobs
Search and track open roles at venture-backed startups that raised in the last six months.
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Context Cost
~3,594Tokens (tool definitions)
~2.2 KBTypical response size
Significant attention impact (2.81% of 128k context)
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Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"jobs": {
"url": "https://justbacked.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://justbacked.com/api/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (14)
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🟢search_jobs(query, search_descriptions, cities, location, countries, ...)
Search open roles at startups that raised venture money in the last six months. Same filters as the justbacked.com board. Members see roles the day they are posted. Returns jobs with title, company, location, pay, latest round, investors and apply link, plus total matches and a board_url to share.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Keywords matched against job title, company and department, e.g. \"product designer\" or \"founding engineer\". Supports quotes and -exclusions."
},
"search_descriptions": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Also match query inside full job descriptions (broader, noisier)."
},
"cities": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Metro areas: sf (SF Bay Area), nyc (New York), la (Los Angeles), bos (Boston), sea (Seattle), aus (Austin), den (Denver / Boulder), chi (Chicago), dc (Washington DC), mia (Miami), atl (Atlanta), sd (San Diego), lon (London), par (Paris), ber (Berlin), muc (Munich), tor (Toronto), sgp (Singapore), blr (Bengaluru), tlv (Tel Aviv), sto (Stockholm), ams (Amsterdam). Names work too."
},
"location": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Free-text location match for places outside the metro list, e.g. \"Portland\"."
},
"countries": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Country codes: us, gb, de, ca, fr, in, sg, au, es, nl, il, se, ch, ie, ae, jp."
},
"work_modes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"remote",
"hybrid",
"onsite"
]
},
"description": "remote, hybrid, onsite."
},
"functions": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"engineering",
"product",
"design",
"data",
"sales",
"marketing",
"customer",
"operations",
"finance",
"people",
"legal",
"hardware",
"science",
"clinical"
]
},
"description": "Job function: engineering (Engineering), product (Product), design (Design), data (Data & ML), sales (Sales & BD), marketing (Marketing), customer (Customer), operations (Operations), finance (Finance), people (People), legal (Legal), hardware (Hardware), science (Science), clinical (Clinical)."
},
"seniority": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"intern",
"entry",
"mid",
"senior",
"staff",
"manager",
"director",
"exec"
]
},
"description": "Level: intern, entry, mid, senior, staff, manager, director, exec."
},
"stages": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"preseed",
"seed",
"a",
"b",
"c",
"growth",
"venture"
]
},
"description": "Company's latest round: preseed (Pre-seed), seed (Seed), a (Series A), b (Series B), c (Series C), growth (Series D+), venture (Venture (series unknown))."
},
"raised_within_days": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Only companies whose latest round is at most this many days old (e.g. 30)."
},
"min_raise_usd": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Minimum size of the latest round in USD, e.g. 20000000."
},
"min_pay_usd": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Minimum published annual pay in USD (roles without published pay are excluded)."
},
"has_pay": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Only roles that publish a salary range."
},
"company_sizes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"1-10",
"11-50",
"51-250",
"251-1000",
"1000+"
]
},
"description": "Headcount bands: 1-10, 11-50, 51-250, 251-1000, 1000+."
},
"industries": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Industry keywords, e.g. [\"fintech\", \"climate\"]."
},
"investors": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Investor names (any of), e.g. [\"Sequoia\", \"a16z\"]."
},
"posted_within_hours": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Only roles posted in the last N hours (24 or 48 shows the newest roles)."
},
"hiring_fast": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Only companies that added 10+ roles in the last 30 days."
},
"employment": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"fulltime",
"parttime",
"contract",
"intern"
]
},
"description": "fulltime, parttime, contract, intern."
},
"exclude_title_words": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Drop roles whose title contains any of these words, e.g. [\"senior\", \"manager\"]."
},
"list_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Only companies on one of the user's lists (id from list_lists)."
},
"include_non_venture": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Include debt, grants, PE and corporate rounds (default: venture rounds only)."
},
"sort": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"new",
"relevance",
"raised",
"amount"
],
"description": "new (default), relevance (with query), raised (most recent round first), amount (biggest round first)."
},
"limit": {
"type": "number",
"description": "1-50, default 20."
},
"offset": {
"type": "number",
"description": "For paging."
}
}
}🟢get_job(job)
Full detail for one role: description, pay, the company's latest round and investors, hiring velocity, apply URL, which hiring system (ATS) it uses, and whether it is already in the user's tracker.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"job": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The job value from search_jobs (a slug), or the role's justbacked.com/jobs URL."
}
},
"required": [
"job"
]
}🟢get_application_form(job)
The role's application questions (labels, types, required, options) read from the company's public Greenhouse, Lever or Ashby job board, so you can draft answers for the user to review. Read-only: it never submits anything. The user applies at apply_url.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"job": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The job value from search_jobs (a slug), or the role's justbacked.com/jobs URL."
}
},
"required": [
"job"
]
}🟢get_company(company)
A startup's profile: latest round, amount, date, lead investors, headcount, HQ, hiring velocity by function, and every open role.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"company": {
"type": "string",
"description": "company_slug from search_jobs, or the company name."
}
},
"required": [
"company"
]
}🟡track_application(job, status, notes, applied_at, title, ...)
Add a role to the user's JustBacked tracker (shown at justbacked.com/saved) or update its status. Statuses: saved, applied, interviewing, offer, rejected, withdrawn, archived. Use "saved" for roles the user is considering; use "applied" only after the user confirms they submitted. For a role found elsewhere, pass title + company + apply_url instead of job.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"job": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The job value from search_jobs (a slug), or the role's justbacked.com/jobs URL."
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"saved",
"applied",
"interviewing",
"offer",
"rejected",
"withdrawn",
"archived"
],
"description": "Default applied."
},
"notes": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Free-text notes (replaces existing notes)."
},
"applied_at": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Date applied, YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today when status moves past saved."
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"company": {
"type": "string"
},
"apply_url": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}🟢list_applications(status, limit)
The user's application tracker: every saved or applied role with status, applied date and notes, plus counts by status.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"status": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"saved",
"applied",
"interviewing",
"offer",
"rejected",
"withdrawn",
"archived"
],
"description": "Only this status."
},
"limit": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Default 100, max 200."
}
}
}🟡update_application(job, status, notes, append_note, applied_at)
Change a tracked role's status (e.g. interviewing, offer, rejected, withdrawn), replace its notes, or append a dated note.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"job": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The job value from list_applications."
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"saved",
"applied",
"interviewing",
"offer",
"rejected",
"withdrawn",
"archived"
]
},
"notes": {
"type": "string"
},
"append_note": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Adds a dated line to the notes."
},
"applied_at": {
"type": "string",
"description": "YYYY-MM-DD"
}
},
"required": [
"job"
]
}🟢list_lists
The user's company lists (target companies) with each company's open roles and new roles this week. A list id also works as list_id in search_jobs.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}🟡add_to_list(company, list_id, list_name)
Add a startup to one of the user's lists. Pass list_id, or list_name (an existing list's name, or a new list to create). Lists with alerts on email the user when a company posts a role or raises.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"company": {
"type": "string",
"description": "company_slug or name."
},
"list_id": {
"type": "string"
},
"list_name": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"company"
]
}🔴remove_from_list(company, list_id)
Remove a startup from one of the user's lists.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"company": {
"type": "string"
},
"list_id": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"company",
"list_id"
]
}🟢list_saved_searches
The user's saved searches (email alerts) with their filters and board links.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}🟡save_search(name, alert, query, search_descriptions, cities, ...)
Save a search with the same filters as search_jobs. JustBacked emails new matching roles instantly (as soon as they reach JustBacked), daily or weekly.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "e.g. \"Series A design, NYC\""
},
"alert": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"instant",
"daily",
"weekly",
"off"
],
"description": "Default instant: an email as soon as new matches arrive."
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Keywords matched against job title, company and department, e.g. \"product designer\" or \"founding engineer\". Supports quotes and -exclusions."
},
"search_descriptions": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Also match query inside full job descriptions (broader, noisier)."
},
"cities": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Metro areas: sf (SF Bay Area), nyc (New York), la (Los Angeles), bos (Boston), sea (Seattle), aus (Austin), den (Denver / Boulder), chi (Chicago), dc (Washington DC), mia (Miami), atl (Atlanta), sd (San Diego), lon (London), par (Paris), ber (Berlin), muc (Munich), tor (Toronto), sgp (Singapore), blr (Bengaluru), tlv (Tel Aviv), sto (Stockholm), ams (Amsterdam). Names work too."
},
"location": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Free-text location match for places outside the metro list, e.g. \"Portland\"."
},
"countries": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Country codes: us, gb, de, ca, fr, in, sg, au, es, nl, il, se, ch, ie, ae, jp."
},
"work_modes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"remote",
"hybrid",
"onsite"
]
},
"description": "remote, hybrid, onsite."
},
"functions": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"engineering",
"product",
"design",
"data",
"sales",
"marketing",
"customer",
"operations",
"finance",
"people",
"legal",
"hardware",
"science",
"clinical"
]
},
"description": "Job function: engineering (Engineering), product (Product), design (Design), data (Data & ML), sales (Sales & BD), marketing (Marketing), customer (Customer), operations (Operations), finance (Finance), people (People), legal (Legal), hardware (Hardware), science (Science), clinical (Clinical)."
},
"seniority": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"intern",
"entry",
"mid",
"senior",
"staff",
"manager",
"director",
"exec"
]
},
"description": "Level: intern, entry, mid, senior, staff, manager, director, exec."
},
"stages": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"preseed",
"seed",
"a",
"b",
"c",
"growth",
"venture"
]
},
"description": "Company's latest round: preseed (Pre-seed), seed (Seed), a (Series A), b (Series B), c (Series C), growth (Series D+), venture (Venture (series unknown))."
},
"raised_within_days": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Only companies whose latest round is at most this many days old (e.g. 30)."
},
"min_raise_usd": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Minimum size of the latest round in USD, e.g. 20000000."
},
"min_pay_usd": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Minimum published annual pay in USD (roles without published pay are excluded)."
},
"has_pay": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Only roles that publish a salary range."
},
"company_sizes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"1-10",
"11-50",
"51-250",
"251-1000",
"1000+"
]
},
"description": "Headcount bands: 1-10, 11-50, 51-250, 251-1000, 1000+."
},
"industries": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Industry keywords, e.g. [\"fintech\", \"climate\"]."
},
"investors": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Investor names (any of), e.g. [\"Sequoia\", \"a16z\"]."
},
"posted_within_hours": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Only roles posted in the last N hours (24 or 48 shows the newest roles)."
},
"hiring_fast": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Only companies that added 10+ roles in the last 30 days."
},
"employment": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"fulltime",
"parttime",
"contract",
"intern"
]
},
"description": "fulltime, parttime, contract, intern."
},
"exclude_title_words": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Drop roles whose title contains any of these words, e.g. [\"senior\", \"manager\"]."
},
"list_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Only companies on one of the user's lists (id from list_lists)."
},
"include_non_venture": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Include debt, grants, PE and corporate rounds (default: venture rounds only)."
}
}
}🔴delete_saved_search(id)
Delete one of the user's saved searches by id.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"id"
]
}🟢get_account
The user's membership, API usage today and tracker/list/search counts.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}Community
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