VS Code + InterviewFlowAI

Connect InterviewFlowAI to VS Code

Run MCP: Add Server, choose HTTP, and paste one URL
Ask the chat agent about candidates, scores, and stages
Owners move candidates and export CSVs after confirming

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InterviewFlowAI is the AI interview platform VS Code connects to through MCP. Please keep a human reviewing every change. Part of the InterviewFlowAI AI agents guide.

Recruiter asking an AI assistant connected to InterviewFlowAI a hiring question

Illustrative example

How to install InterviewFlowAI in VS Code

Two steps, including a browser sign-in. You need an InterviewFlowAI account on a paid plan or the 7-day free trial, and no API key.

1Installa few minutes

Add InterviewFlowAI to VS Code

Open the Command Palette, run MCP: Add Server, and choose HTTP. Enter the server URL below and name the server interviewflowai.

Command Palette

> MCP: Add Server

  Type   HTTP
  URL    https://api.interviewflowai.com/mcp
  Name   interviewflowai

# Allow the sign-in when VS Code asks

Sign in with your InterviewFlowAI login (email, Google, or LinkedIn) and click Allow access. Or paste the setup prompt from Settings → MCP and AI and let the agent add the server for you. Details in the MCP documentation.

2Asklive in InterviewFlowAI

Ask VS Code about your pipeline

Type the request in plain English. VS Code asks InterviewFlowAI for the data and answers from your workspace.

Show me the top 3 candidates by interview score for the Support Lead Interviewer.

8 candidates completed the interview. Here are the top 3:

Priya Raghunathan92
Daniel Okafor89
Mei Lin Chow86

via InterviewFlowAI · example data

Also try

List my Interviewers
Show this candidate’s timeline
Export the Technical Round stage

Add the serverOpen the Command Palette, run MCP: Add Server, and choose HTTP. Enter the server URL below and name the server interviewflowai. https://api.interviewflowai.com/mcp
Sign inAllow the sign-in when VS Code asks, then approve the connection in the browser window that opens.
Ask your first questionStart read-only: “Show me the candidates who completed the interview.” Any change starts as a preview you confirm.

One connection gives VS Code your whole hiring pipeline

Connect once and VS Code can reach every AI Interviewer, candidate, and result in your workspace, with the same access as your InterviewFlowAI role.

VS Code

AI InterviewersCandidatesInterview scoresResume feedbackRole playsHiring stagesRemindersInvitesNotesCSV export

AI Interviewers
Candidates
Interview scores
Resume feedback
Role plays
Hiring stages
Reminders
Invites
Notes
CSV export

Which way should I connect InterviewFlowAI to VS Code?

Use the first option unless you have a reason not to. Every route reaches the same InterviewFlowAI MCP server at https://api.interviewflowai.com/mcp.

Method	How you connect	Sign-in	Best for
MCP: Add Server (recommended)	`Command Palette → MCP: Add Server → HTTP → server URL`	Browser sign-in when VS Code asks	Most VS Code users
Setup prompt	`Settings → MCP and AI → Copy setup prompt, then paste it into VS Code`	Browser sign-in, started for you	Letting VS Code do the setup
API key	`Send Authorization: Bearer ifk_… with each request`	API key that acts as the Owner who created it	Scripts and tools that can’t open a browser

The same server works with other agents too. See InterviewFlowAI MCP and the AI agents overview.

Why use VS Code for recruiting?

VS Code already sits where you work. With InterviewFlowAI connected, a question about your pipeline gets an answer from your real candidates and interviews instead of a generic one.

Ranked shortlists

Sort and filter candidates by interview, resume, or assessment score, and get a ranked list back in one request.

Interview and resume detail

Read interview results, resume feedback, and each candidate’s timeline of emails, reminders, and stage changes.

Role play results

List your role plays and read each candidate’s graded result alongside their AI interview.

Pipeline actions

Owners can star candidates, move them between hiring stages, and update notes and custom fields.

Reminders and invites

Owners can remind unfinished candidates, invite new ones, give extra time, and send role plays.

AI Interviewers from a job description

Owners can draft an AI Interviewer from a job description, or create and clone one, then fine-tune it in InterviewFlowAI.

What is VS Code?

VS Code is Microsoft’s code editor. Its chat agent can use tools from MCP servers, and you can add a remote HTTP server from the Command Palette, which is how it reaches your InterviewFlowAI workspace.

VS Code or Cursor?

Both editors support remote MCP servers. VS Code adds them through the MCP: Add Server command; Cursor reads them from mcp.json. Use the editor your team already uses.

Client	Where it runs	Who it’s for	How you add InterviewFlowAI
VS Code	VS Code	Teams that work in VS Code	MCP: Add Server command (HTTP)
Cursor	Cursor editor	Engineering managers and technical recruiters	mcpServers entry in ~/.cursor/mcp.json

Built-in MCP support

VS Code adds remote MCP servers from the Command Palette, so there is no extension to install for InterviewFlowAI.

Sign in once

VS Code asks to sign in the first time the server is used. Approve it and you are connected.

Same permissions as the app

The role you have in InterviewFlowAI carries over. Viewers can read; Owners can also make confirmed changes.

How InterviewFlowAI works with VS Code

Add InterviewFlowAI as an MCP server and VS Code sees the InterviewFlowAI tools the moment you sign in. Your role decides which ones: Viewers get the read tools, and Owners also get the tools that make changes.

MCP: Add Server command (HTTP)
Sign in with your InterviewFlowAI login, with no API key to manage
Viewers stay read-only; Owners can act after confirming a preview
Up to 60 requests per minute across every assistant you connect
Disconnect any time from Settings → Connected apps

Install in VS Code

> MCP: Add Server

  Type   HTTP
  URL    https://api.interviewflowai.com/mcp
  Name   interviewflowai

# Allow the sign-in when VS Code asks

How do I review candidates with VS Code?

Ask in plain English. VS Code finds the right Interviewer, reads the results, and answers. When you ask for a change, it shows you a preview first and waits for your yes.

Just ask

Read-only, safe to start with

Ask about any Interviewer, candidate, or score. Nothing changes in your workspace.

VS Code · example

> Which candidates finished the Support Lead interview
  this week? Rank them by interview score.

VS Code: 8 candidates completed it. Top 3:
  1. Priya Raghunathan    92
  2. Daniel Okafor        89
  3. Mei Lin Chow         86
  Want their interview summaries?

Confirm before it acts

Owners only, every change previewed

Starring, stage moves, reminders, and invites start as a preview listing who is affected and who is skipped.

VS Code · example

> Star the top 3 and move them to the Onsite stage.

VS Code: Here is the preview.
  Star            Priya, Daniel, Mei Lin
  Move to Onsite  3 candidates
  Skipped         none
  Confirm? The preview expires in 10 minutes.

> Yes, confirm.

VS Code: Done. 3 candidates starred and moved to Onsite.

What can you ask VS Code to do in InterviewFlowAI?

Anything your role allows: Interviewers, candidates, results, stages, reminders, and exports. Here are typical requests and what happens with each one.

List your Interviewers01

List my Interviewers and how many candidates have completed each one.

A quick view of every open role and its progress.

Check one candidate02

Show me this candidate’s interview result, resume feedback, and timeline.

Everything about one candidate in a single answer.

Move candidates forward03

Move the starred candidates in the Frontend Developer Interviewer to the Technical Round stage.

Owners confirm the preview first. Shortlisted candidates are moved in InterviewFlowAI instead.

Export04

Export the candidates in the Technical Round stage as a CSV.

The download link works for 15 minutes; share it only with people who should see the data.

What can VS Code access?

VS Code gets the same access as your InterviewFlowAI role, so it can never do more than your own account. Viewers’ assistants never see the tools that make changes.

Owners and Viewers

Read and search

List and search AI Interviewers, and sort and filter candidates by interview, resume, or assessment score
Read candidate details, interview results, resume feedback, and timelines
List your role plays and read each candidate’s graded role play results
List your custom hiring stages and export candidates to a CSV file

Owners only, after confirming a preview

Act on candidates and Interviewers

Star candidates, move them to a hiring stage, and update notes and custom fields
Send reminders, invite new candidates to an interview, and give candidates more time
Invite candidates to a role play
Draft an AI Interviewer from a job description, create or clone one, and change its visibility or archive it

60Requests per minute, shared across every assistant you connect

50Candidates per action. Reminders can go to up to 100 at a time

10 minBefore a change preview expires and the assistant shows a fresh one

15 minHow long a CSV export link works. Anyone with the link can download it

Resumes, interview answers, and other candidate content can contain instructions aimed at AI assistants. If VS Code proposes a change or an email you didn’t ask for, say no, and keep its own approval prompt on for InterviewFlowAI tools. Scripts that can’t open a browser can use an InterviewFlowAI API key instead.

Frequently asked questions

Can’t find an answer? Read the MCP documentation or email support@interviewflowai.com.

How do I connect InterviewFlowAI to VS Code?

Add the server, then sign in. The server URL is https://api.interviewflowai.com/mcp. Setup takes a few minutes, and you sign in with your usual InterviewFlowAI login.

Do I need an API key to use InterviewFlowAI with VS Code?

No. VS Code signs in with OAuth: you approve the connection with your InterviewFlowAI email and password, Google, or LinkedIn login. You only need an API key for a script or tool that can’t open a browser to sign in. An API key acts as the Owner who created it, including write actions, so keep it private.

What can VS Code do with InterviewFlowAI?

Everyone can list and search AI Interviewers, filter candidates by interview, resume, or assessment score, read interview results, resume feedback, timelines, and role play results, and export candidates to CSV. Owners can also star candidates, move them between stages, update notes, send reminders and invites, give candidates more time, invite them to role plays, and create or clone AI Interviewers.

Can VS Code change candidates or email them without asking me?

No. Before any change, and before any email to a candidate, VS Code shows you a preview of what will happen, including any candidates it will skip and why. Nothing happens until you confirm, and a preview expires after 10 minutes. Viewers have read-only access, and their assistant never sees the tools that make changes.

VS Code doesn’t see the InterviewFlowAI tools. What should I check?

Check that you chose HTTP (not stdio) when adding the server and that the URL is exactly the InterviewFlowAI server URL. If you dismissed the sign-in prompt, start the server again and allow the sign-in when VS Code asks. Also check that your InterviewFlowAI subscription or 7-day trial is active, because an expired account refuses the connection.

Is MCP included in my InterviewFlowAI plan?

Yes. MCP is available on every paid plan and during the 7-day free trial. You can make up to 60 requests per minute, counted across all the assistants you connect.

How do I disconnect VS Code?

Open Settings → Connected apps in InterviewFlowAI and click Disconnect next to it. The assistant loses access right away and must ask you again before it can reconnect.

Use InterviewFlowAI with another AI agent

Every agent connects to the same MCP server with your own InterviewFlowAI login.

Start screening with your AI agent today

Connect InterviewFlowAI to VS Code once and let it find, review, and act on candidates while you stay in control of every decision.

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Recruiter reviewing InterviewFlowAI candidates ranked by interview score