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Ashby — Assessments

Ashby Assessments partner-integration capability. Used by SHL, HackerRank, CodeSignal, and CoderPad to wire up structured assessments into Ashby workflows.

Ashby — Assessments is a Naftiko capability published by Ashby, one of 19 capabilities the APIs.io network indexes for this provider. It bundles 5 operations across the POST method.

The capability includes 1 read-only operation and 4 state-changing operations. Lead operation: List configured assessments. Can be deployed as a REST endpoint, MCP tool, or Agent Skill via Naftiko.

Tagged areas include Ashby, Recruiting, ATS, and Assessments.

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What You Can Do

POST
Assessment list — List configured assessments
/v1/assessment.list
POST
Assessment start — Start an assessment for a candidate
/v1/assessment.start
POST
Assessment cancel — Cancel an in-flight assessment
/v1/assessment.cancel
POST
Assessment update — Update assessment status
/v1/assessment.update
POST
Assessment add completed to candidate — Add a completed assessment to a candidate
/v1/assessment.addCompletedToCandidate

MCP Tools

ashby-assessment-list

List configured assessments

read-only idempotent
ashby-assessment-start

Start an assessment for a candidate

ashby-assessment-cancel

Cancel an in-flight assessment

ashby-assessment-update

Update assessment status

idempotent
ashby-assessment-add-completed-to-candidate

Add a completed assessment to a candidate

Capability Spec

assessments-assessments.yaml Raw ↑ 
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: "Ashby \u2014 Assessments"
  description: Ashby Assessments partner-integration capability. Used by SHL, HackerRank, CodeSignal, and CoderPad to wire up structured assessments into Ashby workflows.
  tags:
  - Ashby
  - Recruiting
  - ATS
  - Assessments
  created: '2026-05-25'
  modified: '2026-05-25'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    ASHBY_API_KEY: ASHBY_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: assessments-assessments
    baseUri: https://api.ashbyhq.com
    description: Ashby Assessments partner-integration capability. Used by SHL, HackerRank, CodeSignal, and CoderPad to wire up structured assessments into Ashby workflows. Backed by the Ashby public REST API.
    resources:
    - name: assessment-list
      path: /assessment.list
      operations:
      - name: assessment-list
        method: POST
        description: List configured assessments
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON). See https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference for the schema of each operation.
          required: false
        headers:
        - name: Accept
          value: application/json; version=1
        - name: Content-Type
          value: application/json
    - name: assessment-start
      path: /assessment.start
      operations:
      - name: assessment-start
        method: POST
        description: Start an assessment for a candidate
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON). See https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference for the schema of each operation.
          required: false
        headers:
        - name: Accept
          value: application/json; version=1
        - name: Content-Type
          value: application/json
    - name: assessment-cancel
      path: /assessment.cancel
      operations:
      - name: assessment-cancel
        method: POST
        description: Cancel an in-flight assessment
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON). See https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference for the schema of each operation.
          required: false
        headers:
        - name: Accept
          value: application/json; version=1
        - name: Content-Type
          value: application/json
    - name: assessment-update
      path: /assessment.update
      operations:
      - name: assessment-update
        method: POST
        description: Update assessment status
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON). See https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference for the schema of each operation.
          required: false
        headers:
        - name: Accept
          value: application/json; version=1
        - name: Content-Type
          value: application/json
    - name: assessment-add-completed-to-candidate
      path: /assessment.addCompletedToCandidate
      operations:
      - name: assessment-add-completed-to-candidate
        method: POST
        description: Add a completed assessment to a candidate
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON). See https://developers.ashbyhq.com/reference for the schema of each operation.
          required: false
        headers:
        - name: Accept
          value: application/json; version=1
        - name: Content-Type
          value: application/json
    authentication:
      type: basic
      username: '{{env.ASHBY_API_KEY}}'
      password: ''
      description: 'HTTP Basic Auth: Ashby API key as username, blank password.'
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: assessments-assessments-rest
    port: 8080
    description: "REST adapter for Ashby \u2014 Assessments. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation, prefixed with /v1."
    resources:
    - path: /v1/assessment.list
      name: assessment-list
      description: REST surface for assessment-list.
      operations:
      - method: POST
        name: assessment-list
        description: List configured assessments
        call: assessments-assessments.assessment-list
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/assessment.start
      name: assessment-start
      description: REST surface for assessment-start.
      operations:
      - method: POST
        name: assessment-start
        description: Start an assessment for a candidate
        call: assessments-assessments.assessment-start
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/assessment.cancel
      name: assessment-cancel
      description: REST surface for assessment-cancel.
      operations:
      - method: POST
        name: assessment-cancel
        description: Cancel an in-flight assessment
        call: assessments-assessments.assessment-cancel
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/assessment.update
      name: assessment-update
      description: REST surface for assessment-update.
      operations:
      - method: POST
        name: assessment-update
        description: Update assessment status
        call: assessments-assessments.assessment-update
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/assessment.addCompletedToCandidate
      name: assessment-add-completed-to-candidate
      description: REST surface for assessment-add-completed-to-candidate.
      operations:
      - method: POST
        name: assessment-add-completed-to-candidate
        description: Add a completed assessment to a candidate
        call: assessments-assessments.assessment-add-completed-to-candidate
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: assessments-assessments-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: "MCP adapter for Ashby \u2014 Assessments. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through this capability's consumes block."
    tools:
    - name: ashby-assessment-list
      description: List configured assessments
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: assessments-assessments.assessment-list
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: ashby-assessment-start
      description: Start an assessment for a candidate
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: false
      call: assessments-assessments.assessment-start
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: ashby-assessment-cancel
      description: Cancel an in-flight assessment
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: true
        idempotent: false
      call: assessments-assessments.assessment-cancel
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: ashby-assessment-update
      description: Update assessment status
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: assessments-assessments.assessment-update
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: ashby-assessment-add-completed-to-candidate
      description: Add a completed assessment to a candidate
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: false
      call: assessments-assessments.assessment-add-completed-to-candidate
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.