Lever (via Apideck)

Access Lever through Apideck's ATS unified API — one of 11 ATS connectors that share the same method surface. Code you write here ports to Greenhouse, Workday, Workable and 7 other ATS connectors by changing a single serviceId string. Apideck handles auth, pagination, rate limiting, and retries so you don't write per-tenant Lever plumbing.

Quick facts

• Apideck serviceId: lever
• Unified API: ATS
• Auth type: oauth2
• Lever docs: https://hire.lever.co/developer
• Homepage: https://www.lever.co/

When to use this skill

Activate this skill when the user explicitly wants to work with Lever — for example, "list open jobs in Lever" or "move an applicant through stages in Lever". This skill teaches the agent:

1. Which Apideck unified API covers Lever (ATS)
2. The correct serviceId to pass on every call (lever)
3. Lever-specific auth and coverage caveats

For the full method surface (parameters, pagination, filtering), use your language SDK skill:

• apideck-node, apideck-python, apideck-dotnet, apideck-java, apideck-go, apideck-php, or apideck-rest

For the raw OpenAPI spec:

• ATS: https://specs.apideck.com/ats.yml · API Explorer

Minimal example (TypeScript)

import { Apideck } from "@apideck/unify";

const apideck = new Apideck({
  apiKey: process.env.APIDECK_API_KEY,
  appId: process.env.APIDECK_APP_ID,
  consumerId: "your-consumer-id",
});

// List applicants in Lever
const { data } = await apideck.ats.applicants.list({
  serviceId: "lever",
});

Portable across 11 ATS connectors

The Apideck ATS unified API exposes the same methods for every connector in its catalog. Switching from Lever to another ATS connector is a one-string change — no rewrite, no new SDK.

// Today — Lever
await apideck.ats.applicants.list({ serviceId: "lever" });

// Tomorrow — same code, different connector
await apideck.ats.applicants.list({ serviceId: "greenhouse" });
await apideck.ats.applicants.list({ serviceId: "workday" });

This is the compounding advantage of using Apideck over integrating Lever directly: code against the unified ATS API once, gain access to every connector in it. New connectors Apideck adds become available to your app without code changes.

Lever via Apideck ATS

Lever is a recruiting platform with strong pipeline tooling. Apideck maps its opportunity-centric model.

Entity mapping

Lever entity	Apideck ATS resource
Posting	jobs
Opportunity	applicants
Application (Opportunity on a Posting)	applications
Stage	exposed via applications.current_stage

Coverage highlights

• ✅ List postings (jobs) by status
• ✅ List and create opportunities (applicants)
• ✅ Create/update applications
• ✅ Move through stages
• ⚠️ Feedback forms and scorecards — use Proxy
• ❌ Nurture campaigns — use Proxy

Auth

• Type: OAuth 2.0, managed by Apideck Vault
• Org binding: each connection is bound to one Lever org.
• Scopes: read/write on postings and opportunities; Apideck Vault requests the minimum needed.

Example: create a candidate with source attribution

const { data } = await apideck.ats.applicants.create({
  serviceId: "lever",
  applicant: {
    first_name: "Morgan",
    last_name: "Lee",
    emails: [{ email: "morgan@example.com", type: "personal" }],
    source: { name: "LinkedIn" },
  },
});

Escape hatch: Proxy API

When an endpoint isn't covered by the ATS unified API, use Apideck's Proxy to call Lever directly — Apideck injects auth headers and handles token refresh. Set x-apideck-downstream-url to the target endpoint on Lever's own API:

curl 'https://unify.apideck.com/proxy' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${APIDECK_API_KEY}" \
  -H "x-apideck-app-id: ${APIDECK_APP_ID}" \
  -H "x-apideck-consumer-id: ${CONSUMER_ID}" \
  -H "x-apideck-service-id: lever" \
  -H "x-apideck-downstream-url: <target endpoint on Lever>" \
  -H "x-apideck-downstream-method: GET"

See Lever's API docs for available endpoints.

Sibling connectors

Other ATS connectors that share this unified API surface (same method signatures, just change serviceId):

greenhouse, workday, workable (beta), bullhorn-ats (beta), teamtailor (beta), freshteam, jobadder (beta), recruitee, and 2 more.

See also

• ATS OpenAPI spec · API Explorer
• apideck-connector-coverage — programmatic coverage checks
• apideck-best-practices — architecture, Vault, pagination, error handling
• apideck-node — TypeScript / Node SDK patterns
• Lever official docs