hires_reject_application
Reject an application, optionally with a reason and without the rejection email.
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What hires_reject_application does on 100Hires - AI ATS & Recruitment Software
AI agents use hires_reject_application to create or update resources in 100Hires - AI ATS & Recruitment Software, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your 100Hires - AI ATS & Recruitment Software environment.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
id | number | Yes | |
include | string | — | Embed: candidate, cv.text, job |
rejection_reason_id | number | — | From hires_list_rejection_reasons |
suppress_notification | boolean | — | Skip the rejection email to the candidate |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why hires_reject_application is rated Medium
An AI agent can call hires_reject_application faster than any human can review: one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in 100Hires - AI ATS & Recruitment Software by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.
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The rule that runs hires_reject_application safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and 100Hires - AI ATS & Recruitment Software, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For hires_reject_application, this is the rule to start with:
hires_reject_application stays usable, but capped: an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect 100Hires - AI ATS & Recruitment Software, apply this rule, and every hires_reject_application call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about hires_reject_application
Reject an application, optionally with a reason and without the rejection email. It is categorised as a Write tool in the 100Hires - AI ATS & Recruitment Software MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
hires_reject_application accepts 4 parameters: id, include, rejection_reason_id, suppress_notification. Required: id. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the 100Hires - AI ATS & Recruitment Software MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for hires_reject_application: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches 100Hires - AI ATS & Recruitment Software. Nothing to install.
hires_reject_application is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the hires_reject_application rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for hires_reject_application. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
hires_reject_application is provided by the 100Hires - AI ATS & Recruitment Software MCP server (https://mcp.100hires.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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