Candidate ranking

Builds one ranked shortlist from scored candidates with a written reason on every entry, so nobody keeps or drops a strong applicant on a hunch.

macOS — coming soon

No ready-made setup for this job yet.

Describe the job in a sentence, the way you would brief a colleague: when it should happen, what to check, and what to hand you. That sentence is the automation.

The job, and what good looks like.

Ranking a shortlist is where good candidates quietly disappear, because the comparison happens in somebody's head and the reasoning never reaches the file. This workflow gathers the scorecard, test result, and interview ratings for everyone still in play, checks that each file is scored against the same criteria, and names the gaps before the comparison starts rather than after it. The shortlist is then built as one ordered list with a written reason attached to every entry, including the candidates who are not progressing. A weight can be applied to a criterion that has proved more telling for that role, so the order is not simply the sum of everything. The list goes out for comment rather than straight to the candidate, which lets a hiring manager argue with the evidence instead of with a name. A human still sets the final order, confirms the weights match the role, and decides what happens to the candidates the scores leave too close together. The workflow makes the comparison repeatable; it does not make the decision.

When it is handled

Same bar applied to every candidate
Every finalist carries a written score
No candidate dropped without a reason
Shortlist settled in one sitting

Works with tools like

Greenhouse
Ashby
Workday Recruiting
TestGorilla

You stay in charge.
At every step.

It reads and ranks. People decide about people.

It never rejects anyone
It ranks and summarizes against your written criteria, with a reason for each. Every decision stays with you.
Undo what you don't want
Every step is recorded, and a file it changed can be put back.
Candidate data stays contained
Each automation reaches only the inbox and folders you connect for it.

Before you download.

Where does it run?: On your Mac or Windows computer, in the background. It keeps working after you close its window, and only reaches the folders and apps you connect for each automation.
How does it connect to our CRM and other tools?: Through each app's own connection where it offers one, signed in once by you, or by using the app in a browser the way you would. Each automation gets only the connections you give it, and the tools a page names are examples you can swap for your own.
Does it run when my computer is asleep?: It keeps your computer awake while a job runs and just before a scheduled one. While the computer is closed or off, nothing runs; when it wakes, it checks the inbox, calendar and other sources it watches for anything that arrived meanwhile.
How does my team use it?: Each person who runs automations installs the app. Keep a project in a shared folder, such as Google Drive or a network drive, and teammates can open it and follow every run, while one person owns it and runs it.
Do I need anyone technical to set it up?: No. Download the app, add an automation in plain words, and connect only what that job needs. Nothing runs until you switch it on.

Already have tools for this? Here is the difference.

Instead ofGood atWhere it stops

Your applicant tracking system's automations

Moving candidates between stages and sending template emails.

They can't read a CV against your real criteria or explain why someone made the shortlist.

Flowchart automation tools

Copying records between HR apps.

Every exception becomes another branch someone has to build and maintain.

AI chat assistants

Summarizing a CV when you paste it in.

Applications keep arriving while nobody is asking, and the criteria live in a chat.

AUTOMATE.md

Your routine, written in plain words. It runs on its own, follows your rules, handles the exceptions a flowchart can't, and asks you when it matters. The file stays yours, whichever AI model runs it.

Start with one job.
Make it your own.