---
title: "List candidate lists"
method: GET
path: "/v1/lists"
tags: ["Lists"]
---

# List candidate lists

`GET /v1/lists`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.recruitmcp.com`
- URL: `https://api.recruitmcp.com/v1/lists`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://recruitmcp.com/oauth/authorize`, token URL `https://recruitmcp.com/oauth/token`, scopes: `sourcing:read`)

Scope: `sourcing:read`.

## Query parameters

- `limit` integer
- `cursor` string

## Headers

- `RecruitMCP-Version` '2026-10-13'
- `RecruitMCP-Customer` string

## Response `200`

Lists, newest first.

- Lists
  - `object` 'list', required
  - `data` List[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `object` 'list', required
    - `name` string, required
    - `description` string, nullable
    - `item_count` integer, required: People still on the list. Suppressed people are not counted, matching the items view and the CSV.
    - `created_at` string, date-time
    - `updated_at` string, date-time
  - `next_cursor` string, nullable, required: Pass as cursor for the next page. Null on the last page.
  - `has_more` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `400`: `invalid_request` (do not retry): A field is missing or has a value this endpoint does not accept. `unsupported_version` (do not retry): RecruitMCP-Version is not a supported version.
- `401`: `unauthorized` (do not retry): Missing bearer API key.
- `403`: `forbidden` (do not retry): This customer is disabled. `insufficient_scope` (do not retry): This key does not include the scope this endpoint requires.
- `429`: `rate_limited` (retry): Per-key rate limit exceeded.

## Changes

- **2026-10-20** `ad27b35513a6`: 4 warning
  - added the new `approval_forced` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `approval_forced` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `401`
  - added the new `approval_forced` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `403`
  - added the new `approval_forced` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `429`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/recruitmcp/apis/recruitmcp-api/changes/v1/lists/get.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/recruitmcp/apis/recruitmcp-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/recruitmcp/apis/recruitmcp-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/recruitmcp/apis/recruitmcp-api/revisions/ad27b35513a6?raw)