Radar

Trigger

Keyword: radar

The user says radar (or variants: "set up alerts", "register on platforms", "new platforms") and the registration + alert configuration + career site alerts + Gmail filter flow is triggered.

Purpose

Passive sourcing: platforms and career sites bring opportunities to the user without having to search manually. Alerts arrive in a Job Alerts folder in Gmail, and the news skill consumes them when the user says news.

Three alert sources:

1. Job boards (Otta, Torre, Built In, etc.) — broad reach
2. Big tech career sites (Google, Meta, Amazon, etc.) — high-value companies not in the 40 targets
3. Target company ATS alerts (configured during targets flow registration) — deep monitoring of the 40 target companies

Flow

0. Pre-flight

• Verify active Gmail session. If session closed → open browser with wrapper (see AGENTS.md "Browser session"): node .agents/skills/browser-automation/scripts/browser.js open <url> --headed (Gold Rule 5)
• Browser: always use node .agents/skills/browser-automation/scripts/browser.js for open/close/goto. See AGENTS.md "Browser session" for details. Never call agent-browser open directly, never open Chrome directly
• Read PLATFORMS.md "Alert Tracking" section to see which platforms need configuration
• Read PROFILE.md to get keywords, seniority, location, preferences
• Load active preferences (see memory skill):

  node scripts/db.js "SELECT category, key, value, confidence, source FROM preferences WHERE user_id = <user_id> AND status = 'active' ORDER BY category, key"
  

• Load target companies (companies loaded from users.data.target_companies in DB, each {name, url, sector}). These are priority targets for alert configuration and platform prioritization:

  node scripts/db.js "SELECT data->'target_companies' AS target_companies FROM users WHERE id = <user_id>"
  

1. Register on platforms

For each unconfigured platform (column "Profile" = "—"):

• Navigate to the platform
• Login with Google when possible (preferred). If no Google login → open browser with wrapper (node .agents/skills/browser-automation/scripts/browser.js open <url> --headed) and ask user to login manually (Gold Rule 5)
• Complete minimum profile:
  • First name, last name
  • Title / headline (from PROFILE.md)
  • Location (from PROFILE.md)
  • Seniority (from PROFILE.md)
  • Upload CV (CV path in DB or .env)
  • Preferences: remote, full-time, USD salary range
• Mark "Profile" = "✅" in PLATFORMS.md

2. Configure alerts

For each platform with complete profile but no alerts:

• Create alert with profile keywords (derived from profile.title, profile.skills, and job_preferences):
  • Use the user's primary role title, key skills, and seniority level
  • Examples (if profile is AI-focused): AI Architect, AI Strategy, LLM, Agent-First, AI Workflow
  • Examples (if profile is engineering leadership): Engineering Manager, Staff Engineer, Platform Engineer, Technical Lead
• If the platform supports company-specific alerts or saved searches, configure alerts for target companies from the DB (40 companies: Nubank, dLocal, Mercado Libre, Globant, Ualá, BBVA, Santander Tecnología, Auth0, etc.). Group by sector if the platform allows it (Fintech, Banking, SaaS, IT Services)
• Filters: remote only, full-time, senior/lead
• Frequency: daily or weekly (depending on platform option)
• Mark "Alerts" = "✅" in PLATFORMS.md with keywords used

3. Configure career site alerts (big tech + target companies)

Beyond job board alerts, configure alerts directly on career sites of high-value companies. These are companies not in the 40 target companies (those are handled by targets flow) but worth monitoring for roles matching the user's profile.

Big tech career sites with native alert features:

Company	URL	Alert feature	Notes
Google	careers.google.com	"Save search" + email alerts	Search user's role + skills + location "Remote" or user's country
Meta	metacareers.com	"Job alerts" signup	Search user's role + skills
Amazon	amazon.jobs	"Save search" + email alerts	Search user's role + equivalent Amazon title (e.g: SDM for eng manager)
Microsoft	careers.microsoft.com	"Job alerts" signup	Search user's role + skills
Apple	jobs.apple.com	"Save search" + alerts	Search user's role + skills
Netflix	jobs.netflix.com	No native alerts. Monitor via Google Alerts	Search user's role + skills
Stripe	stripe.com/jobs	"Job alerts" signup	Search user's role + skills
OpenAI	openai.com/careers	No native alerts. Monitor via Google Alerts	Search all roles
Anthropic	anthropic.com/careers	No native alerts. Monitor via Google Alerts	Search all roles
Vercel	vercel.com/careers	"Job alerts" via Ashby	Search user's role + skills
Cloudflare	cloudflare.com/careers	"Job alerts" signup	Search user's role + skills
Datadog	careers.datadog.com	"Job alerts" via Greenhouse	Search user's role + skills
Snowflake	careers.snowflake.com	"Job alerts" via Workday	Search user's role + skills

For each company with native alerts:

• Navigate to the career site using node .agents/skills/browser-automation/scripts/browser.js goto <url>
• Search with keywords derived from profile.title and profile.skills (the user's primary role + key skills)
• Filter: Remote, and locations from job_preferences.location / job_preferences.timezones
• Look for "Save search", "Create alert", "Job alerts", "Notify me" button
• Subscribe with user's Gmail (so alerts route through the Gmail filter)
• Set frequency: daily if available, weekly otherwise
• Record in DB:

  node scripts/db.js "INSERT INTO company_registrations (user_id, company, region, sector, careers_url, ats_platform, registration_status, notes) VALUES (<user_id>, '<company>', 'big_tech', '<sector>', '<url>', '<ats>', 'alert_only', 'Alerts configured via radar') ON CONFLICT (user_id, company) DO UPDATE SET notes = EXCLUDED.notes, updated_at = NOW()" --write
  

For companies without native alerts (Netflix, OpenAI, Anthropic):

• Create Google Alerts as backup:
  • Navigate to google.com/alerts
  • Create alert: site:<company-domain>/careers (AI OR "Engineering Manager" OR "AI Architect" OR LLM OR Agent)
  • Set frequency: daily
  • Set delivery: email to user's Gmail

4. Create Gmail filter

Once, when configuring the first platform:

• Create label Job Alerts in Gmail
• Create filter with domains of all configured platforms AND ATS alert senders:

  from:(otta.com OR torre.co OR weworkremotely.com OR builtin.com OR workatastartup.com
    OR greenhouse.io OR lever.co OR ashbyhq.com OR workable.com OR smartrecruiters.com
    OR teamtailor.com OR successfactors.com OR notifications@ashbyhq.com
    OR google.com OR amazon.jobs OR metacareers.com OR careers.microsoft.com
    OR jobs.apple.com OR stripe.com)
  → skip inbox → apply label: Job Alerts
  

• If new platforms or career sites are added later, update the filter by adding the new domain
• Mark "Gmail Filter" = "✅" in PLATFORMS.md

5. Persist

• Update PLATFORMS.md "Alert Tracking" section with each platform's status
• Update PROFILE.md "Configured alerts" section with keywords and platforms
• Register in DB via db CLI (if exists): save alert status to users.data.platforms JSONB:

  node scripts/db.js "UPDATE users SET data = jsonb_set(data, '{platforms}', '<json>'::jsonb) WHERE id = <user_id>" --write
  

6. Report

• Summary to user: "Registered on X platforms, Y alerts configured, Z career site alerts, Gmail filter created"
• List next actions: "Run news to check alerts when they arrive"

Initial platforms (ADR-003)

Platform	URL	Google login	Notes
Otta	otta.com	Yes	Curated tech startups. Excellent remote + AI filtering
Torre	torre.co	Yes	LATAM-focused with AI matching. Remote-first
We Work Remotely	weworkremotely.com	No	Largest remote job board. Email + password
Built In	builtin.com	Yes	Tech-focused with cities + remote. Serious companies
Y Combinator	workatastartup.com	Yes	YC startups exclusively. Many AI startups

Rules

• Google login first. If not available → wrapper with --headed + manual login (Gold Rule 5)
• Minimum profile: name, title, location, seniority, CV, remote/full-time preferences
• Alert keywords come from PROFILE.md Search keywords
• Gmail filter is created once and updated when adding platforms OR career site alert sources
• Career site alerts are for big tech companies NOT in the 40 target companies. The 40 targets get their alerts configured during the targets flow registration
• Google Alerts as backup for companies without native alert features (Netflix, OpenAI, Anthropic)
• Persist status in PLATFORMS.md after each action
• Don't apply — this skill is registration + alerts only. Applications go through apply or targets
• Don't reply to messages — that goes through news
• Single user (repo owner)

Learnings

• 2026-07-31: An agent running radar couldn't identify target companies because the pre-flight didn't load users.data.target_companies. Fixed: added target_companies loading to pre-flight and company-specific alert configuration to step 2. The DB has target companies (loaded from users.data.target_companies in DB) with {name, url, sector} structure. See DATA.md for the canonical schema.