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My ATS has an MCP server. Do I still need an AI interviewer?

An ATS MCP server and an AI interviewer do different jobs. The MCP server lets your assistant read and, where the vendor allows, update records in your ATS: jobs, applications, statuses. It does not talk to applicants. An AI interviewer does the first-round screen itself. If the bottleneck is that nobody has time to screen every applicant, the MCP server alone does not fix it.

What the ATS MCP server is good for

• Pipeline questions: "How many applicants are in onsite for Sales roles?"
• Reporting: hiring summaries and status roundups.
• Bulk housekeeping within your ATS permissions.

What it does not do

• Talk to candidates or run interviews.
• Score answers against a rubric.
• Check whether the candidate used AI to answer.

What RightMatch adds

Mira, the RightMatch AI interviewer, conducts 5 to 15 minute AI video interviews on day one, scores every answer against your rubric, and returns a ranked shortlist. Built-in fraud detection flags AI-assisted cheating with cited evidence on every flag and a published false positive rate under 0.4%. Results and scorecards sync back to your ATS through 27 native integrations, and the RightMatch connector puts the whole screen in your assistant: rank, interview, read results, move stages.

Use both

Add both connectors to Claude or ChatGPT. Ask your ATS for pipeline numbers; ask RightMatch to screen. Setup: https://rightmatch.app/claude

The connector is included on every plan, including free Starter. A standard AI video interview uses 10 credits when completed. Credits come from your plan, the same as in the app.