Help centre
Guides and articles to help you set up First, connect your ATS, and screen candidates with confidence.
Getting started
- Getting started with FirstEverything the help centre covers, in the order most people need it.
- Connect your ATSHow to connect Greenhouse, Workable, Ashby, Teamtailor, Bullhorn, BambooHR, Pinpoint or Loxo to First, and what to set up once it is connected.
- Connect your agent with MCPConnect Claude, ChatGPT or Slackbot to First so you can ask about your hiring, draft roles and find candidates in plain language.
- Connect SlackPost hiring updates into the Slack channels your team already uses, and pull up a role's pipeline without leaving Slack.
Roles and candidates
- Add a new roleCreate one from scratch, import it from your ATS, or duplicate a role you have already set up.
- Review candidatesHow First scores and sorts your applicants once the role is live, and how auto-shortlisting and calibration mode work.
- Source candidatesA step-by-step guide to finding and adding candidates to your roles using the AI sourcing assistant.
For developers
- Developer documentationWhat First offers developers: a REST API, an MCP server for AI assistants, and a way to connect a bespoke ATS.
- API referenceInteractive reference for the First public REST API. Authenticate with a personal API token and manage the full role lifecycle over REST.
- MCP tool referenceEvery tool an AI assistant connected to First can call, and what each one changes. Generated from the live catalogue the MCP server publishes.
- Connect your custom ATSThe two endpoints your bespoke applicant tracking system needs to expose so First can integrate with it.
Can't find what you need? Contact us at support@first.cx.