29 Recruiting Prompts for ChatGPT & Claude
These recruiting prompts let Claude or ChatGPT search for people by role, experience, and location, enrich candidate profiles, research public work, and benchmark roles against live job posts through Context. Use them to build shortlists faster and write outreach candidates actually read.
Recruiting prompts
Source a shortlist
Find 20 people who could fill this role: [job description]. Match on [must-have skills], [years of experience], and [location or remote]. Give name, current title and company, profile link, and why each one fits.
Uses: People Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Source from specific companies
Find [role] people currently at [companies] with [years] years of experience. List each person and the evidence that they work on [relevant area].
Uses: People Search, People Enrich. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Candidate research brief
Research [candidate name] at [company]. Summarize their career path, public projects, talks, writing, and open-source work, and suggest three interview questions based on it.
Uses: People Enrich, Web Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Salary benchmark from job posts
Find current job posts for [role] in [location] that list salary ranges. Give the range, median, and number of data points, and show how seniority changes pay.
Uses: Web Search, Scrape. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Job description that stands out
Read job posts for [role] at five companies we compete with for talent. Write our job description to stand out on mission, growth, pay transparency, and clarity, in under 500 words.
Uses: Web Search, Scrape. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Outreach that references real work
Research [candidate]’s public work and write a recruiting message under 120 words that mentions one specific project, explains why [company] needs that skill, and states the pay range.
Uses: People Enrich, Web Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Talent map for a new location
We’re opening in [city]. Map the talent pool for [roles]: which companies employ them, typical experience, competing employers hiring now, and published pay ranges.
Uses: People Search, Web Search, Company Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Boolean string builder
Write Boolean search strings for [role] with [skills] in [location] for LinkedIn, Google X-ray, and GitHub. Then sanity-check the criteria with a people search using the same requirements.
Uses: People Search, Web Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Broaden my sourcing channels
Find communities, associations, bootcamps, and job boards where [role] professionals from underrepresented groups connect in [region], with links and how to post.
Uses: Web Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Hiring manager intake prep
Read our job post at [URL] and five similar posts elsewhere. Write intake questions for the hiring manager that pin down must-haves, nice-to-haves, and what success looks like at 90 days.
Uses: Scrape, Web Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Competitor hiring intel
Read the open roles at [competitors]. Summarize which teams they’re growing, the levels and locations, and pay ranges where listed, and tell me where our offer for [role] is stronger or weaker.
Uses: Scrape, Web Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Reference check questions
Using [candidate]’s resume [file] and public career history, plus the role [job description], write tailored reference check questions that test the claims on the resume.
Uses: People Enrich, Parse Files. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Resume screening with a rubric
Parse these resumes: [files]. Score each against this rubric with evidence quotes: [rubric]. Flag claims I should verify in the interview.
Uses: Parse Files. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Campus and bootcamp pipeline
Find university programs and bootcamps in [region] that train [role]. List program size, graduation timing, career fair dates, and employer partnership contacts.
Uses: Web Search, Scrape. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Speakers and writers to recruit
Find people who spoke at [conferences] or wrote about [topic] in the last two years and work in [location]. List name, current role, the talk or article link, and why it’s relevant to [role].
Uses: Web Search, People Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Employer brand audit
Read our careers page at [URL], public employee reviews, and recent employee posts. Summarize how we come across to candidates and suggest five fixes for the careers page.
Uses: Scrape, Web Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Counteroffer prep
For a [role] candidate currently at [company], research that company’s recent news, layoffs, funding, and published pay ranges. Give the three most likely counteroffer arguments and how to answer each.
Uses: News Search, Web Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Structured interview kit
Research how leading companies interview for [role], using their engineering blogs, interview guides, and candidate reports. Build a structured interview with questions and a scoring rubric.
Uses: Web Search, Scrape. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Relocation package benchmark
Find what companies publicly offer for relocating [role] hires to [city]. Compare stipends, housing help, visa support, and remote options, with sources.
Uses: Web Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Recruiting agency shortlist
Find recruiting agencies that specialize in [role] in [region]. Compare their focus, fees where published, and notable placements in a table, with a source link for each claim.
Uses: Web Search, Scrape, Company Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Boomerang hire list
Find people who used to work at [our company] and now hold [roles] elsewhere. List their current role, their tenure with us if public, and why they might return.
Uses: People Search, People Enrich. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Freelancer sourcing
Find freelance [designers, developers, or writers] with portfolios in [style or niche]. List the portfolio link, rate if published, and three relevant samples.
Uses: Web Search, Scrape. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
New hire onboarding plan
Our new hire [name] joins as [role]. Use their public background and our team page at [URL] to draft a 30-60-90 day onboarding plan and a list of people to meet.
Uses: People Enrich, Scrape. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Pay range change alert
Find ten career pages that post [role] openings in [location], then monitor them and report monthly when a published pay range moves by more than [percent], with the old range, the new range, and the link.
Uses: Monitors, Web Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Pipeline report
Here’s my candidate pipeline export: [CSV]. Parse it, show conversion by stage and source, and suggest where to source next based on where hires came from.
Uses: Parse Files. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Lookalikes of my best hires
Here are three of our strongest [role] hires: [names and profile links]. Work out what they share in past employers, skills, and career path, then find 15 people outside our company with the same pattern. Explain the match for each.
Uses: People Enrich, People Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Talent from recent layoffs
Find companies in [industry or region] that announced layoffs in the last 60 days affecting [team or role], with date, scope, and source. Then find [role] people at those companies and draft a respectful note that doesn’t assume they were affected.
Uses: News Search, People Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Open-source contributors to recruit
Find the most active contributors to [open-source projects] over the last year from the projects’ public contributor pages. For each, give name, current employer, location if public, notable contributions, and profile links, and note who fits [role].
Uses: Scrape, Web Search, People Enrich. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
Re-engage past finalists
These candidates reached the final round for past roles: [names and companies]. Check what changed for each since, such as a new title, employer, or public project, and write a note under 60 words that leads with what’s new at [our company] for [open role].
Uses: People Enrich, News Search. Install the Context.dev MCP if you haven’t already.
How to use these prompts
Install the Context.dev MCP
Add the Context.dev MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or another agent, or install the ChatGPT app. This gives the assistant live web search, scraping, and data tools.
Pick a prompt
Copy it, or open it straight in Claude or ChatGPT. Every copied prompt tells the assistant to use Context.dev, links the MCP install page, and asks it to cite sources.
Fill in the brackets
Replace every [bracket] with your details, such as a company domain, a competitor, or a file, then run it.
Context APIs behind these prompts
The tools your assistant calls when it runs these prompts.
Recruiting prompt FAQ
Can ChatGPT source candidates?
With Context connected, it can run people search with plain-language criteria such as role, skills, years of experience, and country, then enrich each match with current role and public profiles.
Is AI sourcing compliant with privacy rules?
Use public professional information for legitimate recruiting, honor opt-outs, and follow local law such as GDPR. Never use these prompts to screen people on protected characteristics.
Can the assistant benchmark salaries?
It can collect published salary ranges from current job posts for a role and location, and it labels how many data points support each range.
How do I install the Context.dev MCP in Claude or ChatGPT?
Add the Context.dev MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client with the MCP setup guide, or install the Context app in ChatGPT for web search and page reading. Then paste a prompt and the assistant picks the right Context tools.
Do these prompts work without Context?
They run, but without live web tools the assistant answers from its training data and can’t open the pages, files, or searches the prompt asks for. Expect older information and more guesses.
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