Sadhak — The Seeker

AI-powered job search pipeline built on Claude Code. Evaluate offers, generate tailored resumes, write cover letters, scan portals, and track everything — powered by AI agents.

Sadhak (Sanskrit: साधक) means "The Seeker" — one who strives towards a goal with dedication and discipline.

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What Is This

Sadhak turns Claude Code into a full job search command center. Instead of manually tracking applications in a spreadsheet, you get an AI-powered pipeline that:

• Evaluates offers with a structured 10-dimension scoring system (1–5 scale)
• Generates tailored resume PDFs — ATS-optimized, keyword-injected per job description
• Writes cover letters — personalized, proof-led, never generic
• Scans portals automatically (Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, company pages)
• Processes in batch — evaluate 10+ offers in parallel with sub-agents
• Tracks everything in a single source of truth with integrity checks

Important: This is NOT a spray-and-pray tool. Sadhak is a filter — it helps you find the few offers worth your time out of hundreds. The system strongly recommends against applying to anything scoring below 4.0/5.

Sadhak is agentic: Claude Code navigates career pages with Playwright, evaluates fit by reasoning about your CV vs the job description, and adapts your resume and cover letter per listing.

Inspired by career-ops by Santiago Fernandez.

Features

Feature	Description
Auto-Pipeline	Paste a URL, get evaluation + resume PDF + cover letter + tracker entry
10-Dimension Scoring	Role fit, tech match, level, comp, location, stage, growth, culture, brand, effort
Resume Tailoring	ATS-optimized PDFs with JD keywords injected into your real experience
Cover Letters	4-paragraph structure: hook, proof, bridge, close — never generic
Interview Prep	STAR+R stories mapped to likely questions, accumulated in a story bank
Portal Scanner	Pre-configured companies + search queries across Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever
Batch Processing	Parallel evaluation with claude -p workers
Application Forms	AI fills forms using your evaluation data — you review and submit
Pipeline Integrity	Automated merge, dedup, status normalization, health checks
Fully Customizable	Ask Claude to change archetypes, templates, scoring, companies — it edits itself

Quick Start

# 1. Clone and install
git clone <your-repo-url>
cd sadhak && npm install
npx playwright install chromium   # Required for PDF generation

# 2. Configure
cp config/profile.example.yml config/profile.yml  # Edit with your details
cp templates/portals.example.yml portals.yml       # Customize companies

# 3. Add your CV
# Create cv.md in the project root with your CV in markdown

# 4. Start using with Claude Code
claude   # Open Claude Code in this directory

# Paste a job URL or run /sadhak to see all commands

Or skip steps 2-3 — just run claude and Sadhak will walk you through onboarding.

Usage

/sadhak                    → Show all available commands
/sadhak {paste JD or URL}  → Full pipeline (evaluate + resume + cover letter + track)
/sadhak evaluate           → Evaluate a single offer
/sadhak pdf                → Generate ATS-optimized resume PDF
/sadhak cover-letter       → Generate personalized cover letter
/sadhak scan               → Scan portals for new offers
/sadhak pipeline           → Process pending URLs
/sadhak batch              → Batch evaluate multiple offers
/sadhak tracker            → View application status
/sadhak apply              → Fill application forms with AI
/sadhak deep               → Deep company research
/sadhak outreach           → LinkedIn/email outreach messages

Or just paste a job URL or description — Sadhak auto-detects it and runs the full pipeline.

How It Works

You paste a job URL or description
        │
        ▼
┌──────────────────┐
│  Archetype       │  Classifies role against your target archetypes
│  Detection       │
└────────┬─────────┘
         │
┌────────▼─────────┐
│  A-F Evaluation   │  Match, gaps, comp research, STAR stories
│  (reads cv.md)    │
└────────┬─────────┘
         │
    ┌────┼────┬────┐
    ▼    ▼    ▼    ▼
 Report  PDF  Cover  Tracker
  .md   .pdf  Letter  .tsv

Project Structure

sadhak/
├── CLAUDE.md                    # Agent instructions
├── cv.md                        # Your CV (create this)
├── article-digest.md            # Your proof points (optional)
├── config/
│   └── profile.example.yml      # Template for your profile
├── modes/                       # 11 skill modes
│   ├── _shared.md               # Shared context (customize this)
│   ├── auto-pipeline.md         # Full auto pipeline
│   ├── evaluate.md              # Structured evaluation
│   ├── pdf.md                   # Resume PDF generation
│   ├── cover-letter.md          # Cover letter generation
│   ├── scan.md                  # Portal scanner
│   ├── pipeline.md              # Pending URL processor
│   ├── batch.md                 # Batch processing
│   ├── tracker.md               # Application tracking
│   ├── apply.md                 # Form filling assistant
│   ├── deep.md                  # Company research
│   └── outreach.md              # LinkedIn/email outreach
├── templates/
│   ├── cv-template.html         # ATS-optimized resume template
│   ├── cover-letter-template.html # Cover letter template
│   ├── portals.example.yml      # Scanner config template
│   └── states.yml               # Canonical statuses
├── batch/
│   ├── batch-prompt.md          # Self-contained worker prompt
│   └── batch-runner.sh          # Orchestrator script
├── interview-prep/
│   └── story-bank.md            # STAR+R stories (grows over time)
├── data/                        # Your tracking data
├── reports/                     # Evaluation reports
├── output/                      # Generated PDFs
├── jds/                         # Saved job descriptions
├── fonts/                       # Space Grotesk + DM Sans
├── docs/                        # Setup, architecture docs
└── examples/                    # Sample files

Verification Commands

node cv-sync-check.mjs       # Check setup is complete
node verify-pipeline.mjs     # Health check tracker integrity
node merge-tracker.mjs        # Merge batch additions into tracker
node normalize-statuses.mjs   # Normalize status aliases
node dedup-tracker.mjs        # Remove duplicate entries

Customization

Everything is designed to be edited by Claude:

• Target roles: Edit modes/_shared.md archetype table
• Companies: Edit portals.yml tracked companies and search queries
• Resume design: Edit templates/cv-template.html
• Cover letter style: Edit templates/cover-letter.md mode
• Scoring weights: Edit modes/evaluate.md scoring table
• Profile: Edit config/profile.yml

Just tell Claude what you want to change — it reads these files and knows what to edit.

License

MIT