How does an AI job application agent actually work?

The stack is deliberately unremarkable: one database, a handful of scheduled functions, a fast model for scoring, a stronger one for writing, and a private web workspace where I review everything. No orchestration framework, no vector database, no agent library. Here is the pipeline as it actually ran.

What did 357 listings and 133 applications actually produce?

The cumulative totals, exactly as the workspace reports them: 357 listings imported, 133 applications sent, 3 interviews. Every recent window reads zero because the system has not run since I went back to work.

When does the same architecture become high-risk under the EU AI Act?

Now the mirror. Take my pipeline, flip the direction: instead of a candidate scoring listings, an employer scores people. Scrapers become CV parsers, my profile file becomes a job requisition, the scoring model ranks humans, the digest lands on a recruiter's desk. Architecturally, it is almost the same system.…

What changes with the Digital Omnibus delay to December 2027?

The compliance calendar moved in 2026, and most commentary online is now out of date, so here is the verified sequence.

I automated job and client searching via agents and web-app

A Python / Claude pipeline and a web-app that scores job listings and drafts tailored applications twice a day, and why the mirror system on the employer side…

For a stretch of last year the most repetitive task of my week was looking for work and clients. So I built an agent to do it. Twice a day it scanned the market, scored every new listing against my profile, and prepared a tailored CV and cover letter for the best matches. I reviewed, I clicked send. Nothing ever went out without me.

I am an independent consultant, and for a stretch of last year the most repetitive task of my week was looking for work. So I built an agent to do it. Twice a day it scanned the market, scored every new listing against my profile, and prepared a tailored CV and cover letter for the best matches. I reviewed, I clicked send. Nothing ever went out without me.