← Reqbeat

Quickstart

Three steps from nothing to your first hiring signal. Every endpoint, field and error is in the API reference, generated from the API itself.

Step 1

Get an API key

Sign up with your work email — we send a magic link, no password and no card. Your key is shown once in the dashboard; keep it somewhere safe.

Get an API key →

Step 2

Make your first call

Send the key as the X-API-Key header. This asks which companies are hiring backend engineers in the United States: 

export REQBEAT_API_KEY=your_key_here

curl -s 'https://api.reqbeat.com/v1/reqs/search?q=backend+engineer&geo=United+States&limit=5' \
  -H "X-API-Key: $REQBEAT_API_KEY"

A call without a key is refused with 401. Calls are counted against your plan's limits — see rate limits.

Step 3

Connect an MCP client

The same key works on the MCP server. Paste this into your client's server config, replacing the placeholder with your key: 

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reqbeat": {
      "url": "https://mcp.reqbeat.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_REQBEAT_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Every tool and its input schema: MCP tools.

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