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Lightcast Labor Market

Lightcast Labor Market MCP Connector for Claude

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Equip your AI agent to access labor market data, track skill taxonomies, and monitor job titles via the Lightcast API.

10 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner
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Integrate Lightcast (formerly Emsi Burning Glass), the global leader in labor market analytics, directly into your AI workflow. Access the world's most comprehensive skill taxonomy and job title index, track occupation trends and regional labor market summaries, and oversee workforce intelligence using natural language.

What you can do

  • Skill Taxonomy Oversight — List and retrieve detailed information for over 30,000 standardized technical and soft skills.
  • Job Title Intelligence — Monitor standardized job titles and occupations, resolving unique identifiers and regional naming conventions.
  • Market Analysis — Access high-level labor market summaries for specific economic regions, including job volumes and wage trends.
  • Workforce Auditing — Retrieve high-level summaries of skill distributions, occupation volumes, and organizational labor market health instantly.

How it works

  1. Connect the Lightcast integration to your AI assistant.
  2. Authorize using your Lightcast Client ID and Client Secret (API access required).
  3. Orchestrate your workforce planning and labor market research through intuitive conversation.

Who is this for?

  • HR & Recruiting Teams — Quickly research skill requirements and standardized job titles on the go.
  • Economic Analysts — Monitor regional labor market trends and wage data via chat.
  • Educational Institutions — Map curriculum to official skill taxonomies and occupation demands instantly.
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10 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

get_lightcast_api_metadata

Retrieve metadata and authorization status for your Lightcast API connection

quick_labor_market_audit

Retrieve a high-level summary of skills and occupations in the index

get_labor_market_region_summary

Get a high-level labor market summary for a specific economic region

get_skill_details

Get detailed settings and definition for a specific skill

list_standardized_job_titles

List standardized job titles from the Lightcast index

list_standardized_occupations

List occupations categorized by Lightcast (SOC/O*NET compatible)

list_economic_regions

List economic regions and geographies supported by Lightcast

list_taxonomically_related_skills

Identify skills that are taxonomically related to a target skill

list_skill_taxonomic_categories

List high-level taxonomic categories for skills

list_labor_market_skills

g., specialized, common) from the Lightcast API. List all technical and soft skills in the Lightcast taxonomy

See how to talk to your AI agent using Lightcast Labor Market.

Search for skills related to 'Data Science'.

I've found several related skills, including 'Python (Programming Language)', 'Machine Learning', 'SQL (Programming Language)', and 'Data Analysis'. Would you like the detailed definition for Machine Learning?

Show me standardized job titles for 'Software Engineer'.

Standardized titles matching 'Software Engineer' include 'Software Developer', 'Full Stack Engineer', 'Back End Developer', and 'Embedded Software Engineer'. Should I pull the occupation code for Full Stack Engineer?

Get a labor market summary for 'New York'.

In the New York region, there are currently 1.2 million active job postings. The median advertised wage is $85,000. Top in-demand skills include 'Project Management' and 'Strategic Planning'. Would you like to see the top hiring employers?

You need a registered developer account at the [**Lightcast Developer Portal**](https://lightcast.io/developer). Once approved, you can create an application to receive your **Client ID** and **Client Secret**.

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