Run your job search like a filter, not a spray: use a free open-source AI agent to score each posting against your CV, skip the weak fits, and tailor your resume and answers for the few worth sending, then submit them yourself: AI agent prompt
Mass-applying to jobs wastes time and rarely works. career-ops is a free, MIT-licensed, open-source job search agent that runs on your own computer inside an AI coding tool such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or GitHub Copilot CLI. Its site says it scans 150+ job sources, checks whether a listing is still live, scores each posting from 1 to 5 against your CV across five dimensions (and recommends against applying below 4.0), tailors an ATS-friendly resume, drafts answers to open-ended application questions, and tracks your pipeline. It never submits for you; you review and press Submit. Its creator built it for his own 2026 search: 740 listings evaluated, 68 applications, 12 interviews and one offer. The tool is free; the AI engine may cost money (the site says a typical search runs on a $20/month Claude plan, and free models also work). Useful for anyone, including people moving into or out of real estate jobs.
The prompt
1. Write your CV as a plain text or Markdown file, plus a short note on what you want: roles, locations, salary floor, deal-breakers. 2. Install career-ops from its official site (career-ops.org) or GitHub and open it in the AI coding tool you already use, following its Quick Start. If you'd rather not install anything, paste your CV and one job posting into ChatGPT or Claude and use the prompts below by hand. 3. For each posting, ask: "Score this job from 1 to 5 against my CV and goals on: how well I match, fit with where I want to go, pay, culture signals and red flags. Quote the CV lines and job requirements you're basing it on. Tell me plainly if I should skip it." 4. Skip anything under 4 unless you have a specific reason. 5. For the ones you keep: "Tailor my resume for this role using only true facts from my CV, and draft answers to these application questions: [paste]. Flag anything you had to guess." 6. Read and edit everything, then submit it yourself. Keep a simple tracker of where you applied, when, and the follow-up date.
Fill in the blanks, then copy
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Example values are fictional, just to show how a filled-in prompt reads. Replace them with your real details.How to use it
- Copy the prompt above.
- Replace every [bracket] with your own details (use the fill-in-the-blanks box above, which remembers your answers for the next prompt).
- Paste it into career-ops, Claude Code, Codex and review the answer before you use it.
Works with: career-ops, Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, ChatGPT, Claude
Real-world example: career-ops.org/
Before you use it: what to check
Already built into this prompt
- Flag anything you had to guess." 6.
Check yourself
- Check every figure, price and total against your own records before anything is sent, posted or booked. A person approves refunds, discounts, payments and price changes.
- Don't let AI make the final call on hiring, pay, performance or discipline. Use it to organise information, and have a person decide using criteria you can explain.
- Read and edit the draft before it reaches a customer or goes public. If you later automate this prompt, start with "draft and notify me", not "send automatically".
- Check names, dates, numbers and any claim against your own source material before you use the answer. AI can misread or invent details.
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