# How to connect Pinpoint in Truffle > Connect Truffle to Pinpoint: create a Truffle key, paste it into the Truffle plugin, then screen resumes and send interviews from a Pinpoint candidate. Source: https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/guides/connect-pinpoint Last verified against the product: 2026-10-05 Time required: 10 min Every screenshot and label below was captured from the live product. **Outcome.** By the end the Truffle plugin in Pinpoint holds your Truffle key, your team can run Truffle from a Pinpoint candidate, and results land back on the candidate's Pinpoint record. ## Before you start - A paid Truffle plan. Integrations are available on paid plans, so a free trial cannot connect Pinpoint. - The Owner or Admin role in Truffle. Only owners and admins can connect Pinpoint. - The Truffle plugin added in Pinpoint. The key you create goes into its configuration. - Open Truffle positions set up for what you will run: resume criteria for resume screening, an interview or assessments for the interview. ## Steps ### 1. Open the Pinpoint card Open **Settings** and choose **Integrations & API** under WORKSPACE. On the **Integrations** tab, find **Pinpoint** under Available: **Screen resumes and send interviews from your Pinpoint pipeline.** Choose **Connect**. ### 2. Create the key **Connect Pinpoint** explains what happens: Truffle creates a key for you to paste into the Truffle plugin in Pinpoint. **Before you start** reminds you to add the plugin in Pinpoint first, and that you see the key once. Choose **Create key**. Truffle asks for nothing from Pinpoint. ### 3. Copy the key, shown once **Pinpoint connected** shows **Your Truffle key** with a copy button. Copy it now: **For security, we won't show it again.** Under **Finish in Pinpoint** are the steps to take next. This panel only closes with **Done**, so a stray click cannot lose the key. ### 4. Paste the key into the Truffle plugin This step happens in Pinpoint. Open the Truffle plugin's configuration, paste the key into the **Truffle API key** field, and save. The Truffle actions then appear on your Pinpoint candidates. ### 5. Check the connection Back in Truffle, Pinpoint now sits under Connected with the **Connected** pill and its last activity, which reads **No activity yet** until the first action runs. If something goes wrong, the pill changes to **Degraded** or **Action needed**. **Reconnect** and **Disconnect** are on the right. ### 6. Run Truffle on a Pinpoint candidate This step happens in Pinpoint. The plugin adds two actions to a candidate. **Screen resume with Truffle** scores the candidate's resume against the position's resume criteria and does not contact the candidate. **Send Truffle interview** sends the candidate Truffle's interview invitation. Each action only offers open Truffle positions set up for it. When scoring or the interview finishes, the result lands on the candidate's Pinpoint record: the resume match score and tier, the interview score and tier, assessments as a tier, and a link to the candidate in Truffle. > Note: The resume must be a PDF or DOCX file of up to 5 MB. Closed, archived or expired positions refuse new sends. Scores never reject anyone: you decide what happens next in Pinpoint. ### 7. Replace the key To replace the key, choose **Reconnect**, then **Create key**. Truffle shows the new key once, and **Your old key still works for 7 days**, so screenings already underway keep reporting back. Paste the new key into the plugin before then. ### 8. Disconnect Pinpoint **Disconnect** opens **Disconnect Pinpoint**. It revokes the Truffle key at once, which stops the Truffle actions in Pinpoint and stops results flowing back. To connect again later, you create a new key and paste it into Pinpoint. ## FAQ **Do I need a Pinpoint API key?** No. Pinpoint calls Truffle through the plugin, so the only key is the one Truffle creates for you to paste into the plugin. **Does Screen resume with Truffle email the candidate?** No. It scores the resume against the position's resume criteria and does not contact the candidate. Send Truffle interview is the action that sends an invitation. **I closed the key panel without copying the key. What now?** Truffle cannot show it again. Choose Reconnect and Create key to get a new one. The old key keeps working for 7 days while you update the plugin. **Why does a position not show up in the plugin?** Each action only offers open Truffle positions set up for it. Closed, archived or expired positions refuse new sends. **How do assessments come back to Pinpoint?** As a tier, without a score. The resume and the interview each come back with a score and a tier, plus a link to the candidate in Truffle. **Who can connect Pinpoint?** Owners and admins, on a paid plan. ## Exact labels in the product These strings are captured from the live product and verified automatically, so they can be quoted directly: `Integrations & API` · `WORKSPACE` · `Pinpoint` · `Screen resumes and send interviews from your Pinpoint pipeline.` · `Connect` · `Connect Pinpoint` · `Before you start` · `You'll see the key once. Copy it before you close the next screen.` · `Create key` · `Pinpoint connected` · `Copy your Truffle key now and paste it into Pinpoint. For security, we won't show it again.` · `Your Truffle key` · `Finish in Pinpoint` · `In Pinpoint, open the Truffle plugin's configuration.` · `Paste this key into the Truffle API key field and save.` · `Done` · `Connected` · `No activity yet` · `Reconnect` · `Disconnect` · `Your old key still works for 7 days` · `Update Pinpoint before then. Screenings already underway keep reporting back in the meantime.` · `Disconnect Pinpoint` · `This action cannot be undone` · `Pinpoint disconnected` ## Related - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/integrations - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/scoring - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/roles-and-permissions - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/guides/screen-resumes-with-ai-criteria - https://www.hiretruffle.com/how-it-works/guides/connect-ashby --- Truffle is an AI screening platform for small teams doing high-volume hiring: resume screening, one-way video interviews, and talent assessments, working with job boards like Indeed or an existing ATS. AI surfaces the evidence and you make every decision. Scores never reject a candidate; the only automatic rejection is a qualification rule the employer writes. https://www.hiretruffle.com