@theyahia/hh-mcp

MCP server for the hh.ru API — Russia and CIS job market. 19 tools covering vacancies, resumes, employers, salary statistics, dictionaries, autocomplete, and token diagnostics.

Responses are returned as compact, LLM-friendly summaries by default — pass raw: true to any search/detail tool to get the full hh.ru JSON.

Part of the Russian API MCP series by @theYahia.

Two Modes

Mode	What's available	Token needed?
No token	Vacancy search, vacancy by ID, similar vacancies, employers, salary stats, areas, roles, industries, metro, dictionaries, suggests, token check	No
With token	Everything above + resume search, resume by ID	Yes (HH_ACCESS_TOKEN)

Get a token at dev.hh.ru/admin. Note: resume search additionally requires an employer account with a paid resume-database subscription — applicant/anonymous tokens get a 403. Use validate_token to check what your token can do.

Installation

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hh": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@theyahia/hh-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "HH_ACCESS_TOKEN": "optional-oauth-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add hh -- npx -y @theyahia/hh-mcp
# With token:
claude mcp add hh -e HH_ACCESS_TOKEN=your-token -- npx -y @theyahia/hh-mcp

VS Code / Cursor

{
  "servers": {
    "hh": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@theyahia/hh-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hh": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@theyahia/hh-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

HTTP Mode (Streamable HTTP)

npx @theyahia/hh-mcp --http
# or
HTTP_PORT=8080 npx @theyahia/hh-mcp --http

Endpoint: http://localhost:3000/mcp (POST) · Health check: http://localhost:3000/health (GET)

HTTP mode is stateless and binds to 127.0.0.1 by default with DNS-rebinding protection on. To expose it, set HOST=0.0.0.0 and add your host/origin to HH_ALLOWED_HOSTS / HH_ALLOWED_ORIGINS, and put it behind your own auth.

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
HH_ACCESS_TOKEN	No	OAuth 2.0 Bearer token. Required for resume endpoints (employer + paid resume DB).
HH_USER_AGENT	No	Custom HH-User-Agent (hh.ru requires it). Recommend your-app/1.0 (you@example.com).
HTTP_PORT / PORT	No	Port for HTTP mode (default: 3000).
HOST	No	Interface to bind in HTTP mode (default: 127.0.0.1).
HH_ALLOWED_HOSTS	No	Comma-separated Host allow-list for HTTP mode (default: loopback).
HH_ALLOWED_ORIGINS	No	Comma-separated Origin allow-list for HTTP mode.

See .env.example.

Tools (19)

Every search/detail tool accepts raw: true to return the full hh.ru JSON instead of the compact summary.

Vacancies

Tool	Description	Token?
search_vacancies	Search by keywords, region, professional role, industry, metro, employer, salary, experience, work format / employment form, date range (period or date_from/date_to), labels, search field, with sorting and pagination	No
get_vacancy	Full vacancy details: description, requirements, key skills, contacts	No
get_similar_vacancies	Find vacancies similar to a given one	No

Resumes (employer token + paid resume DB)

Tool	Description	Token?
search_resumes	Search candidate resumes by keywords, region, role, salary, experience	Yes
get_resume	Full resume: experience, education, skills, contacts	Yes

Employers

Tool	Description	Token?
search_employers	Search companies by name and region	No
get_employer	Employer profile: description, industries, website, vacancy count	No
get_employer_vacancies	List active vacancies for a specific employer	No

Dictionaries & Suggests

Tool	Description	Token?
get_areas	Tree of regions and cities (id — name)	No
get_areas_subtree	Regions/cities under one area id — lighter than the full tree	No
get_professional_roles	Tree of professional roles with IDs	No
get_industries	Tree of company industries with IDs	No
get_metro	Metro stations/lines with IDs for a city	No
get_dictionaries	All reference data: currencies, employment types, schedules, experience, labels	No
suggest_positions	Autocomplete job titles	No
suggest_companies	Autocomplete company names	No
suggest_areas	Autocomplete region/city names	No

Salary & Account

Tool	Description	Token?
get_salary_statistics	Estimated salary distribution (median, P25/P75, min/max) for a role in a region, computed from posted vacancy salaries. Biased sample, not official market data.	No
validate_token	Check whether HH_ACCESS_TOKEN is valid (via /me) and report the account role	No

Rate Limiting

Built-in rate limiter respects the hh.ru API limit of 5 requests per second. Automatic retry with exponential backoff on 429 and 5xx errors (up to 3 attempts). Note: the limiter is process-global, so in shared HTTP mode all clients share one 5 req/s budget.

Demo Prompts

Find remote Python developer jobs in Moscow paying over 300,000 RUB

Show me all open vacancies at Yandex and give me salary statistics for their top roles

Compare Senior Backend salaries in Moscow vs Saint Petersburg, and suggest similar vacancies to the best-paying one

Development

git clone https://github.com/theYahia/hh-mcp.git
cd hh-mcp
npm install
npm run build
npm test

API Reference

• hh.ru API docs
• hh.ru API GitHub

License

MIT