Ashby API for AI Agents—Integration Guide | Swytchcode

Ashby API for AI Agents

Ashby's all-in-one recruiting software consolidates your ATS, Analytics, Scheduling, and CRM. Call the Ashby API from the agent stack you already run. Swytchcode supplies the manifest, then handles authentication, retries, idempotency, and validation on every call.

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Provider

Ashby

Category

General

License

Proprietary

Manifest

ashby

Official site

www.ashbyhq.com

API docs

View docs

What can you build with the Ashby API?

  1. Call Ashby directly from an AI agent without writing custom auth, retry, or error-handling code.
  2. Get the right endpoints and call sequence for the workflow you need, instead of having the agent explore the Ashby API surface.
  3. Chain Ashby with other approved integrations in one workflow, each step validated against your policy before it runs.
  4. Give an agent safe read/write access to Ashby in production, with idempotent retries if a call fails.

How to connect the Ashby API to an AI agent

Four steps, no SDK, no boilerplate. Every Ashby call routed through Swytchcode is idempotency-keyed and safe to retry.

  1. Install the CLI
    Run "npx swytchcode" to install the Swytchcode CLI—no account required to start.

  2. Pull the manifest
    Run "swytchcode get ashby" to pull the Ashby API manifest, including its schema and available actions.

  3. Authenticate once
    Provide your Ashby API credentials a single time. Swytchcode stores and refreshes them so your agent never handles raw secrets.

  4. Call it from your agent
    Run "swytchcode exec ashby. --key value" from any agent or script. No SDK, no framework lock-in.

swytchcode get ashby
swytchcode exec ashby.<action> --key value

Frequently asked questions

What is Swytchcode?

How do I get started with Swytchcode?

How does an AI agent actually call the Ashby API through Swytchcode?

What happens if a Ashby call fails, times out, or hits a rate limit?

Can I restrict which Ashby actions my agent is allowed to run?

Where does Swytchcode store my Ashby credentials?

Do I need to write a custom Ashby SDK integration for my agent?

How is calling Ashby through Swytchcode different from calling its API directly?

Do I need a specific framework to call Ashby?

Does Swytchcode log what my agent does with Ashby?

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