Job-application tracker

Name: Job-application tracker
Author: butyavk

by butyavkversion 0.6.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.butyavk/tracker-mcp

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Your job-application tracker in Excel, CSV or Google Sheets: follow-ups, funnel, confirmed writes

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Docs, sheets & office work
You need to fill in: TRACKER_PATH

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: TRACKER_PATH, TRACKER_CONFIG, TRACKER_BACKUP_DIR, GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS

You need

PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tracker": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tracker-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRACKER_PATH": "your-value",
        "TRACKER_CONFIG": "your-value",
        "TRACKER_BACKUP_DIR": "your-value",
        "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add tracker --env TRACKER_PATH=your-value --env TRACKER_CONFIG=your-value --env TRACKER_BACKUP_DIR=your-value --env GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=your-value -- uvx tracker-mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tracker": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tracker-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRACKER_PATH": "your-value",
        "TRACKER_CONFIG": "your-value",
        "TRACKER_BACKUP_DIR": "your-value",
        "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "tracker": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tracker-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRACKER_PATH": "your-value",
        "TRACKER_CONFIG": "your-value",
        "TRACKER_BACKUP_DIR": "your-value",
        "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

TRACKER_PATH required env
Your tracker: an .xlsx or .csv file, or a Google Sheets URL
TRACKER_CONFIG env
Its config, if not .tracker-mcp.toml next to it (written on first start)
TRACKER_BACKUP_DIR env
Where backups and the audit log go (default: backups-tracker-mcp next to the tracker)
GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS env
Google Sheets only: a service account key, instead of `tracker-mcp auth google`

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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The registry name was verified with the GitHub account butyavk, which owns the repo
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Has a licence
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Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
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Compared with others in Docs, sheets & office worki

More stars than 0% of the other 2197 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 92% of the other 2197 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 2197 servers in this category

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Common questions

Is Job-application tracker safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: TRACKER_PATH

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.6.0) reached the registry 2 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Python (uv) on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

Open the README

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tracker-mcp

An MCP server for the spreadsheet where you track your job applications: Excel, CSV or Google Sheets. Connect it to Claude (or any MCP client), and the assistant keeps the tracker for you: it answers from it, reminds you what is due, and records what happened, with your yes for every change.

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You: Which follow-ups are due this week?

Claude: Three. Acme (applied 17 Sep): nudge Sarah Kim on LinkedIn, overdue by

two days. Globex: due Thursday, no contact yet. Initech: due Friday.

You: I can't reach anyone at Globex until Monday. Move it.

Claude: Row 8 · Globex — Head of Engineering. Follow-up date: 23 Oct → 27 Oct;

follow-up log: + "follow-up moved to 2026-10-27: no contact yet". Write it?

You: Yes.

Claude: Done. A backup was taken first; say "undo" to revert.

Also: "Which channel gets me the most replies?", "Initech rejected me", "I applied to Hooli via a referral today", "close everything that hasn't answered in 45 days".

Why a server? Can't Claude just do this?

It can, if you set it up. Claude reads a spreadsheet you attach, and with access to your files (Claude Code, or Claude working in a folder on your computer) it can edit the tracker by writing a little code, and in claude.ai the Google Sheets connector lets it edit a Google Sheet directly. Give it good instructions (where the tracker is, what each column means, how follow-ups are counted, "back up and ask me before every write") and it works: tracker-mcp grew out of exactly that setup. The difference is where the rules live: in instructions the model reads and follows, or in a program that applies them.

	Claude with your instructions	tracker-mcp
Knows your tracker	From the instructions you wrote, or worked out again in each chat	Learned once from your headers and dropdowns, kept in a config
Follow-up dates, silent applications, funnel	The model writes code for it each time	Fixed rules in tested code: the same answer every time
Asks before writing	When the instructions say so and the model follows them	The server refuses any write you have not confirmed
Backup, undo, change log	When the model makes them	Every write
Dropdowns and formulas on new rows	Depends on the code written for that change	Extended to new rows, every time
Excel has the file open, or it changed meanwhile	Checked if the model thinks of it	The write is refused
Text pasted from job posts and e-mails	Text starting with "=" becomes a formula unless the code prevents it	Always written as text
What earlier edits left behind (text dates, rows without a status)	Found if you ask, fixed by code written for it	`check_tracker` finds it, `fix_tracker` fixes it in one confirmed write
When each reply came	Known only if someone wrote it down	Recorded on every reply; `reply_times` shows when replies stop coming
Replies in your mailbox	The model reads them and decides which row each is about	`match_emails` names the row and the change, the same way every time
Each request	Write, run and check a script	One tool call
Free-form analysis, charts, reshaping the sheet	Anything	Not its job: Claude still does that alongside
Where	Where Claude can run code on your files, or on a copy you upload	Any MCP client: Claude Desktop (in a normal chat), Claude Code, Cursor, ...; in a browser or on a phone through your own server

So tracker-mcp mostly does not give Claude new abilities. It gives the everyday part of a job search (record what happened, see what is due, see what works) fixed rules and fixed safety, with no instructions to write. The one thing Claude cannot do later is know when a reply came if nobody wrote it down; the server writes it down as it happens.

Rules belong in code, not in a prompt. "Which follow-ups are due?" is date arithmetic with your rule: 10 days after applying, then every 14, weekends moved to Monday, nothing for closed applications. A model gets it right most of the time, but it works it out anew in each chat, and the slips are the quiet kind: a follow-up for a rejected application, a date on a Sunday, a status spelled differently from your dropdown. Here the rule is code covered by tests. The same goes for silent applications and the funnel.
Safety the model cannot skip. You see the exact cells that will change, and your yes is checked by the server, not taken on the model's word. That matters most where no one re-reads the instructions: a scheduled weekly review, a long chat, a note pasted from a job post that tells the model to do something.
Fewer steps. One tool call instead of writing and running a script, so answers come quicker and the model's attention stays on your question.
The same tracker everywhere. Every chat, a scheduled review and every client you use work on the same file, and each change lands in it right away.

Your spreadsheet stays yours: you keep opening it in Excel or Sheets, sorting and editing it. Nothing about a particular tracker is in the code; the server reads your headers and dropdowns and keeps what it learned in a small config file.

You don't need tracker-mcp if you only want a one-time analysis of your applications, if you rarely update the tracker, or if you only use Claude in a browser or on your phone and don't want to run a server of your own: Claude's Google Sheets connector may be enough. If Claude already keeps your tracker well with instructions you wrote, what you gain is reliability, not new features.

Quick start

Let an agent do it. Paste this into Claude Code or Codex; it installs what is needed, asks where your tracker is, connects it and checks the result:

Install tracker-mcp for me: an MCP server that lets AI keep my job-application spreadsheet.

Read the instructions for agents and follow them: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/butyavk/tracker-mcp/main/docs/agent-setup.md First ask me where my tracker is and which app to connect it to. Don't edit the tracker yourself, and check at the end that it works.

Or by hand. You need uv, which also fetches Python for you. Pick your client:

Claude Desktop, the easy way: download tracker-mcp- .mcpb from the latest release, double-click it, press Install, choose your tracker file in *Your tracker*, Save, and switch the extension on. On a Mac this also avoids the Documents folder problem.

Claude Desktop, by hand. Open Settings → Developer → Edit Config and add:

"mcpServers": { "tracker": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["tracker-mcp"], "env": { "TRACKER_PATH": "/Users/you/Documents/job-tracker.xlsx" } } } }

On Windows the path looks like C:\\Users\\you\\Documents\\job-tracker.xlsx (double backslashes in JSON). Restart Claude Desktop. If Claude can't find uvx, put its full path in command (which uvx / where uvx). On macOS, if your tracker is in Documents, Desktop or Downloads, see macOS privacy.

Claude Code: as a plugin (the server plus a weekly-review skill; it asks for the path to your tracker):

/plugin install tracker-mcp --marketplace butyavk/tracker-mcp

or just the server:

claude mcp add tracker -e TRACKER_PATH="$HOME/Documents/job-tracker.xlsx" -- uvx tracker-mcp

Cursor, VS Code, others: a stdio server with command uvx, arguments ["tracker-mcp"] and the environment variable TRACKER_PATH. Cursor reads the same JSON as Claude Desktop from ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

From a clone (to change the code, or before a release is out):

git clone https://github.com/butyavk/tracker-mcp && cd tracker-mcp && uv sync

and use "command": "uv", "args": ["--directory", "/path/to/tracker-mcp", "run", "tracker-mcp"].

First start

On its first start the server reads your tracker, finds the sheet and the header row, maps headers to fields (English and Russian headers are understood), works out what each status in your dropdown means, and writes job-tracker.tracker-mcp.toml next to the tracker. It does not touch the tracker itself. Ask Claude to describe your tracker: it shows the mapping and the guesses worth checking. Edit the config whenever you like; changes apply on the next request, no restart needed.

To see the guess before anything is written, run it yourself:

uvx tracker-mcp init ~/Documents/job-tracker.xlsx     # writes the config, lists what to check

uvx tracker-mcp --check --tracker ~/Documents/job-tracker.xlsx # how the config maps the tracker

No tracker yet? uvx tracker-mcp new ~/Documents/job-tracker.xlsx creates an empty one with dropdowns, a filter, a summary sheet and its config; add --lang ru for Russian headers and statuses.

A weekly routine

The server answers when asked; it does not send reminders. Two habits make it pay off:

Once a week, run the Weekly review prompt (or just ask "review my job search for this week"): what is due, what went silent, how the funnel moves, and a plan. If your client can run scheduled tasks, schedule that sentence for Monday morning.
After each event, tell Claude in a sentence: "applied to X via Y", "X rejected me", "sent the follow-up to X", "can't follow up with X until Friday". It finds the row, shows the change and writes it when you say yes.

Where your tracker can live

	How to point to it	Notes
Excel (.xlsx)	`TRACKER_PATH=/path/tracker.xlsx`	Dropdowns, filters and summary formulas are kept and extended to new rows
CSV	`TRACKER_PATH=/path/tracker.csv`	Exports from Notion, Huntr, Teal or Sheets. The delimiter, the encoding (UTF-8 or Windows-1252) and line endings are kept; statuses come from the config
Google Sheets	`TRACKER_PATH=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ /edit`	Sign in once and pick the sheet, below

Google Sheets

uvx tracker-mcp auth google

Your browser opens Google's sign-in and then Google's file picker. Choose the spreadsheet with your applications. tracker-mcp writes its config for that sheet and prints what to add to your client: the same setup as for a file, with the sheet's URL as TRACKER_PATH.

What tracker-mcp can reach: only the files you pick in Google's picker (or that it creates), through Google's drive.file permission. It cannot see your other sheets or files, your e-mail or your contacts. To use another sheet later, run the command again and pick it.
Where the sign-in is kept: on your computer, in ~/.tracker-mcp/google-token.json (readable by you only), with backups of changed cells in ~/.tracker-mcp/backups/. There is no tracker-mcp server; the program talks to Google directly. To withdraw access, remove tracker-mcp at myaccount.google.com/permissions. The privacy policy has the details.
On Google's screens you sign in "to continue to tracker-mcp", with links to its home page and privacy policy. Google has not reviewed the app's brand, so it shows no logo; the access it asks for (drive.file) is one Google lets apps request without a review.
No browser on that computer (a server over SSH): uvx tracker-mcp auth google --no-browser prints the link; the browser mus

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Job-application tracker

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Docs, sheets & office worki

Common questions

Alternatives

Agent-Native Calendar

Excel MCP Server

MCP Server for Excel

README from the maker

tracker-mcp

Why a server? Can't Claude just do this?

Quick start

First start

A weekly routine

Where your tracker can live

Google Sheets