Connect AI coding tools (MCP)

If you use AI coding tools like Claude Code or Cursor, you can plug Magic Resume in so the AI can read your resumes and safely edit them on your instructions — using the same data layer as the web app.

This is an advanced feature for people comfortable with the command line / AI coding tools. If you only make resumes in the browser, you don’t need this page.

It runs a small program over MCP (a standard protocol), spawned locally by your AI tool. Two steps: configure credentials once, then register it with each tool.

Create a Personal Access Token (PAT)

In the web app, Settings → Personal Access Tokens → Create, and copy the mr_pat_… value (shown once). See Settings.

Configure the MCP server

npx -y @magic-resume/mcp config set \
  --api-url "https://api.magic-resume.cn/api" \
  --pat "mr_pat_xxx"

This writes ~/.magic-resume/mcp.json. If you run the backend locally, point --api-url at http://localhost:3110/api (the Core gateway).

Claude Code
Cursor
Manual / Windsurf

claude mcp add magic-resume -- npx -y @magic-resume/mcp mcp

This adds Magic Resume to the user-scoped MCP list. Restart Claude Code so it picks up the new server.

Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json (create if missing) and add:

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

Any MCP client that supports stdio servers can spawn it:

npx -y @magic-resume/mcp mcp

The server speaks the standard MCP protocol over stdin/stdout — no flags needed.

Try it

In your AI tool, ask: “List my Magic Resume resumes.” The model should call the tool and return your list. If it errors, run npx -y @magic-resume/mcp config print and check the API URL and PAT.

AI tools edit resumes the same safe way — schema-aware, via JSON Patch — never full rewrites, never invented fields. But the PAT lets it read/write all your resumes, so keep it safe.

Curious how MCP works internally and which tools exist? That’s developer material — see the MCP section of the Developer Handbook.

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