Application pre-screen

HR / AUTOMATE.md

Pre-screen each application that arrives at jobs@acme.inc against the role requirements, and every Friday send me the top three with a short summary of each.

## Must have

-Two or more years in a similar role.

-Can work from our Austin or Chicago office.

## Weigh

Signal	Weight
Relevant industry	High
Portfolio or examples	Medium
Cover letter	Low

-Never reject anyone — only rank and summarize.

This is the whole automation. Run it as it is, or change any word, including the tools it names.

Every application read the same day
A short list, not a pile

How it runs

1. Starts
Each new application
2. Reads
jobs@acme.inc
3. Delivers to
DocumentsEmail
4. You decide
Approve each time, or let the steps you trust run. Your choice.

Why recruiters and HR teams set this up

Applications sit unread in a shared inbox until a recruiter has time to open them, and the reason one was turned down exists only in that recruiter's head. If they are away for a week, strong candidates are never seen at all, and a person who applied three weeks ago is still waiting for a reply nobody is going to send.

See the whole job: CV screening

Use it as is. Or make it yours.

Edit it the way you would edit a note to a colleague. It follows the new version from the next run.

Change when it runs
Move it to another day or time, or start it when something arrives, like a new email.
Add your own rules
Limits, exceptions and what good looks like go in the same file, in plain words.
Decide what waits for you
Mark the steps that need your OK, and let the rest run.

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.

Application pre-screen

Approve before it saves the document and sends the email?

ReviewApprove

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.

Other setups for the same job.

Employee Onboarding

When a new hire is added to the roster, generate their contract and NDA, then email the welcome kit.

Start with one job.
Make it your own.

macOS — coming soon

1
Get the app
It runs on your computer, next to your files.
2
Add the automation
Paste the instructions into the app, or save them as a file next to your work.
3
Try it, then turn it on
Run it once and check the result. It only runs on its own once you switch it on.