INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_catalog_stats

Catalog-wide statistics for Ascent's AI job market: total open roles, distinct companies, breakdown by function and work type, and how many roles advertise a salary.

career-ascent.ionone authenticationAvailability not checked

Input schema

{}

Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

Parent endpoint

career-ascent.io

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.career-ascent-io]
url = "https://career-ascent.io/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "career-ascent-io": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://career-ascent.io/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: career-ascent-io
Remote MCP URL: https://career-ascent.io/api/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "career-ascent-io": {
      "url": "https://career-ascent.io/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "career-ascent-io": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://career-ascent.io/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "career-ascent-io",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://career-ascent.io/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

Related tools

search_jobs — Search Ascent's AI-industry job catalog by free-text query and optional filters (function, level, work type, location, minimum salary).
get_job — Fetch a single job posting by its job_id (as returned by search_jobs).
get_market_insights — Richer AI job-market analytics (the Ascent Hiring Index): total roles, distinct companies, share remote, salary median and quartiles, a per-function breakdown with median salaries, a work-type split, the top hiring companies, and how many roles were posted in the last 7 days.