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DevMatch API — Find Engineer Candidates
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DevMatch API — Find Engineer Candidates is a paid API for AI agents from mcp.dev-match.xyz, paid per call via x402, $1.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Finds and ranks software engineers by verified open-source contributions given a job description, informal brief, or GitHub repo URL.
Price / call$1.25
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Pay-per-call access to engineers who uniquely fit a role, matched on open-source contributions and other public work, with evidence.
Output
Returns a JSON object with a 'candidates' array (up to the requested limit) each containing the engineer's name, GitHub login, profile URL, bio, and location, plus a total_count of matches found.
Example use cases
Sourcing backend engineers for a startup
“Find me up to 25 backend engineers with strong open-source contributions who'd be a good fit for a Node.js and PostgreSQL API role — exclude anyone from 'vercel' or 'prisma' orgs.”
Matching contributors to an open-source repo
“I want to find developers who look like strong contributors to my open-source project — here's the repo: https://github.com/my-org/my-project. Give me the top 20 matches.”
Hiring a ML engineer based on public work
“Can you find me up to 15 machine learning engineers with verified public GitHub work in Python and PyTorch? I'm hiring for a computer vision role and want people with real open-source history.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://mcp.dev-match.xyz/tools/find_candidatesWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need to discover software engineers ranked by actual, verifiable open-source contributions rather than self-reported resumes or recruiter databases. It is especially useful when you have a GitHub repo URL as a reference point, or when you want to filter out candidates from specific organizations. Prefer it over generic job board APIs when signal quality and public-work verification matter.
Side effects
- Empty candidates array if no engineers match the job description or filters
- Malformed or non-existent GitHub repo URL returns error or zero results
- Limit exceeding 50 is rejected with a validation error
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC balance or x402 protocol error) blocks the call
- Overly narrow exclusion lists may reduce results to zero
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| input | string | Job description, informal brief, or public github.com repo URL |
| limit | integer | Max candidates (default 20, max 50) |
| exclude | array | GitHub logins or orgs to exclude |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"view": "candidates",
"candidates": [
{
"bio": "Rust systems engineer",
"name": "Example Dev",
"login": "example_dev",
"html_url": "https://github.com/example_dev",
"location": "Remote"
}
],
"total_count": 20
}
}Tags
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