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Workday Recruiting REST API — Candidates

Workday Recruiting REST API — Candidates. 10 operations. Lead operation: Workday Recruiting List Candidates. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Workday Recruiting business surface.

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What You Can Do

GET
Listcandidates — Workday Recruiting List Candidates
/v1/candidates
POST
Createcandidate — Workday Recruiting Create a Candidate
/v1/candidates
GET
Getcandidate — Workday Recruiting Get a Candidate
/v1/candidates/{id}
PATCH
Updatecandidate — Workday Recruiting Update a Candidate
/v1/candidates/{id}
POST
Assesscandidate — Workday Recruiting Assess a Candidate
/v1/candidates/{id}/assess
GET
Listcandidateattachments — Workday Recruiting List Candidate Attachments
/v1/candidates/{id}/attachments
POST
Addcandidateattachment — Workday Recruiting Add a Candidate Attachment
/v1/candidates/{id}/attachments
GET
Getcandidatephoto — Workday Recruiting Get a Candidate Photo
/v1/candidates/{id}/photo
PUT
Updatecandidatephoto — Workday Recruiting Update a Candidate Photo
/v1/candidates/{id}/photo
POST
Refercandidate — Workday Recruiting Refer a Candidate
/v1/candidates/{id}/refer

MCP Tools

workday-recruiting-list-candidates

Workday Recruiting List Candidates

read-only idempotent
workday-recruiting-create-candidate

Workday Recruiting Create a Candidate

workday-recruiting-get-candidate

Workday Recruiting Get a Candidate

read-only idempotent
workday-recruiting-update-candidate

Workday Recruiting Update a Candidate

idempotent
workday-recruiting-assess-candidate

Workday Recruiting Assess a Candidate

workday-recruiting-list-candidate-attachments

Workday Recruiting List Candidate Attachments

read-only idempotent
workday-recruiting-add-candidate-attachment

Workday Recruiting Add a Candidate Attachment

workday-recruiting-get-candidate-photo

Workday Recruiting Get a Candidate Photo

read-only idempotent
workday-recruiting-update-candidate-photo

Workday Recruiting Update a Candidate Photo

idempotent
workday-recruiting-refer-candidate

Workday Recruiting Refer a Candidate

Capability Spec

rest-candidates.yaml Raw ↑
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Workday Recruiting REST API — Candidates
  description: 'Workday Recruiting REST API — Candidates. 10 operations. Lead operation: Workday Recruiting List Candidates.
    Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Workday Recruiting business surface.'
  tags:
  - Workday Recruiting
  - Candidates
  created: '2026-05-19'
  modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    WORKDAY_RECRUITING_API_KEY: WORKDAY_RECRUITING_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: rest-candidates
    baseUri: https://{tenant}.workday.com/ccx/api/recruiting/v41.2
    description: Workday Recruiting REST API — Candidates business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: candidates
      path: /candidates
      operations:
      - name: listcandidates
        method: GET
        description: Workday Recruiting List Candidates
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: updatedFrom
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Return candidates updated on or after this date-time
        - name: name
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Filter candidates by name (partial match supported)
        - name: email
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Filter candidates by email address
      - name: createcandidate
        method: POST
        description: Workday Recruiting Create a Candidate
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON).
          required: true
    - name: candidates-id
      path: /candidates/{id}
      operations:
      - name: getcandidate
        method: GET
        description: Workday Recruiting Get a Candidate
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
      - name: updatecandidate
        method: PATCH
        description: Workday Recruiting Update a Candidate
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON).
          required: true
    - name: candidates-id-assess
      path: /candidates/{id}/assess
      operations:
      - name: assesscandidate
        method: POST
        description: Workday Recruiting Assess a Candidate
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON).
          required: true
    - name: candidates-id-attachments
      path: /candidates/{id}/attachments
      operations:
      - name: listcandidateattachments
        method: GET
        description: Workday Recruiting List Candidate Attachments
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
      - name: addcandidateattachment
        method: POST
        description: Workday Recruiting Add a Candidate Attachment
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON).
          required: true
    - name: candidates-id-photo
      path: /candidates/{id}/photo
      operations:
      - name: getcandidatephoto
        method: GET
        description: Workday Recruiting Get a Candidate Photo
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
      - name: updatecandidatephoto
        method: PUT
        description: Workday Recruiting Update a Candidate Photo
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON).
          required: true
    - name: candidates-id-refer
      path: /candidates/{id}/refer
      operations:
      - name: refercandidate
        method: POST
        description: Workday Recruiting Refer a Candidate
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON).
          required: true
    authentication:
      type: bearer
      token: '{{env.WORKDAY_RECRUITING_API_KEY}}'
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: rest-candidates-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Workday Recruiting REST API — Candidates. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation,
      prefixed with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/candidates
      name: candidates
      description: REST surface for candidates.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listcandidates
        description: Workday Recruiting List Candidates
        call: rest-candidates.listcandidates
        with:
          updatedFrom: rest.updatedFrom
          name: rest.name
          email: rest.email
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
      - method: POST
        name: createcandidate
        description: Workday Recruiting Create a Candidate
        call: rest-candidates.createcandidate
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/candidates/{id}
      name: candidates-id
      description: REST surface for candidates-id.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getcandidate
        description: Workday Recruiting Get a Candidate
        call: rest-candidates.getcandidate
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
      - method: PATCH
        name: updatecandidate
        description: Workday Recruiting Update a Candidate
        call: rest-candidates.updatecandidate
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/candidates/{id}/assess
      name: candidates-id-assess
      description: REST surface for candidates-id-assess.
      operations:
      - method: POST
        name: assesscandidate
        description: Workday Recruiting Assess a Candidate
        call: rest-candidates.assesscandidate
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/candidates/{id}/attachments
      name: candidates-id-attachments
      description: REST surface for candidates-id-attachments.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listcandidateattachments
        description: Workday Recruiting List Candidate Attachments
        call: rest-candidates.listcandidateattachments
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
      - method: POST
        name: addcandidateattachment
        description: Workday Recruiting Add a Candidate Attachment
        call: rest-candidates.addcandidateattachment
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/candidates/{id}/photo
      name: candidates-id-photo
      description: REST surface for candidates-id-photo.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getcandidatephoto
        description: Workday Recruiting Get a Candidate Photo
        call: rest-candidates.getcandidatephoto
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
      - method: PUT
        name: updatecandidatephoto
        description: Workday Recruiting Update a Candidate Photo
        call: rest-candidates.updatecandidatephoto
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/candidates/{id}/refer
      name: candidates-id-refer
      description: REST surface for candidates-id-refer.
      operations:
      - method: POST
        name: refercandidate
        description: Workday Recruiting Refer a Candidate
        call: rest-candidates.refercandidate
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: rest-candidates-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Workday Recruiting REST API — Candidates. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline
      through this capability's consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: workday-recruiting-list-candidates
      description: Workday Recruiting List Candidates
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: rest-candidates.listcandidates
      with:
        updatedFrom: tools.updatedFrom
        name: tools.name
        email: tools.email
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: workday-recruiting-create-candidate
      description: Workday Recruiting Create a Candidate
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: false
      call: rest-candidates.createcandidate
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: workday-recruiting-get-candidate
      description: Workday Recruiting Get a Candidate
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: rest-candidates.getcandidate
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: workday-recruiting-update-candidate
      description: Workday Recruiting Update a Candidate
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: rest-candidates.updatecandidate
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: workday-recruiting-assess-candidate
      description: Workday Recruiting Assess a Candidate
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: false
      call: rest-candidates.assesscandidate
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: workday-recruiting-list-candidate-attachments
      description: Workday Recruiting List Candidate Attachments
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: rest-candidates.listcandidateattachments
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: workday-recruiting-add-candidate-attachment
      description: Workday Recruiting Add a Candidate Attachment
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: false
      call: rest-candidates.addcandidateattachment
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: workday-recruiting-get-candidate-photo
      description: Workday Recruiting Get a Candidate Photo
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: rest-candidates.getcandidatephoto
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: workday-recruiting-update-candidate-photo
      description: Workday Recruiting Update a Candidate Photo
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: rest-candidates.updatecandidatephoto
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: workday-recruiting-refer-candidate
      description: Workday Recruiting Refer a Candidate
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: false
      call: rest-candidates.refercandidate
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.