If you write code, you probably have Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode installed.I personally use both claude code and opencode daily for my work and side projects.
But the last time I was looking for a job, I didn't use it once. I did all the research by hand, like it was 2015.
Looking back, that's kind of ridiculous. Interviews were stressful, sure, but the stuff that actually wore me down was everything around them. I'd have a dozen tabs open at any point, spread across job boards, careers pages and review sites. If I found a role I liked, there was nowhere good to put it. I tried bookmarks for a while, then a spreadsheet that I stopped updating after a week.
The research was worse. Before applying anywhere I wanted to know what the company was actually like: what stack they use, and whether people who work there seem happy. Each of those was another search and more tabs, and somehow an hour would be gone. Some days it felt less like job hunting and more like data entry.
That's exactly the kind of work I hand off to an agent when I'm coding. It just never occurred to me to do it for my job search.
Bring your own agent
So I'm building JobScout. That's the working name, anyway. The site lives at findmejob.xyz, which should tell you how settled the name is.
It connects to the AI agents you already run locally, like Claude Code, OpenCode, and Codex. You don't need another subscription or another account for yet another "AI-powered" job tool. It just uses the agent you already have.
The idea is that you shouldn't be the one opening twelve tabs to decide if a company is worth applying to. You point your agent at the company and let it do the digging, then read what it found.
Later I want the agent to help with applications too. Not mass-applying to a hundred jobs, though. More like drafting something for a specific role, which you read and fix before anything gets sent.
Underneath all of that, it's the thing I wanted during my last search. You save companies you're interested in, shortlist the ones you really want, and the research stays attached to each one. When I open it I can see where I am and what I still need to look into, instead of hunting for a link I know I saved somewhere.
I'm mostly building it for myself. But I doubt I'm the only one who's had this problem.
Try it out
One thing I should be upfront about: this is still very much in development. A lot of what I described above isn't built yet. It's what I'm working toward, and I'm hoping to ship those pieces soon. So if you try it now, you're getting an early version, rough edges included.
If you're job hunting and already use a coding agent, you can download it from findmejob.xyz. I'd really like to hear what works and what doesn't, and which agent you'd want it to support best. That kind of feedback will shape what I build next.
Oh, and the name will probably change. Honestly, writing this post is partly a way to make myself finish it.
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