Career-Ops
Claude Code agent that scans 45+ job portals and auto-generates ATS-optimized CVs
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Career-Ops is an open-source job search automation pipeline built on top of Claude Code. Created by indie developer santifer after getting laid off, it scans 45+ company career portals in parallel, scores each listing A–F across 10 weighted dimensions (tech stack match, growth stage, remote policy, etc.), and auto-generates tailored ATS-optimized PDF resumes for every application — all from a terminal dashboard. The creator used it personally to evaluate over 740 job listings, generate 100+ personalized CVs, and eventually land a Head of Applied AI role. The whole pipeline runs locally, with no SaaS fees or data sharing — just your API key and a YAML config for your preferences and skills. What makes Career-Ops stand out is the combination of deterministic scoring with AI-generated personalization. The scoring rubric is user-configurable, so you can weight "remote-first" heavily or prioritize Series B startups. Released April 4, 2026, it hit 21k GitHub stars within four days and is trending on Product Hunt today — a rare indie tool that solves a genuinely painful problem.
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Career-Ops verdict: SHIP 🚀 3 ships · 1 skip from the expert panel Full review: shiporskip.io/tool/career-ops-claude-code-job-search-automation-ats-resume-pipeline
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“This is exactly what Claude Code was made for — a high-signal agentic loop that replaces hours of manual work with a config file and a run command. The fact the creator used it to actually land a job makes it more credible than 90% of 'AI-powered' job tools. Fork it, tweak the scoring weights, ship your apps.”
“Generating 100+ tailored resumes sounds impressive until you realize most ATS systems now flag mass-application patterns. If every laid-off dev runs this, recruiters will start seeing the same Claude-generated phrasing everywhere and discount it. Also, scraping 45 career portals at scale risks IP bans and ToS violations.”
“The meta-narrative here is striking: AI displaced this developer, and then AI tools helped them land a better job. Career-Ops points toward a near future where your job search agent runs 24/7, continuously matching your evolving skill profile against a live stream of openings. The labor market is about to get very weird.”
“As someone who's spent days customizing resumes for specific roles, the idea of a local pipeline that generates polished PDFs tailored to each JD is genuinely appealing. The terminal dashboard aesthetic is very much dev-only right now, but if someone wraps a nice UI around this it becomes a serious Teal alternative.”