The moment it happens

Screen each CV, email the candidate and post a Slack summary

Every application is scored against the job, the candidate gets a reply through SendGrid, and HR sees a one-line summary in Slack.

Runs: The moment it happens
Apps: SendGrid, Slack
AI: Yes, uses the built-in AI allowance
Access: SendGrid Mail Send; Slack chat:write

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: when a new application arrives, score the CV against the job description, email the candidate our next-steps or thank-you template through SendGrid, and post a short summary to #hiring.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

An HR team of two handles hiring for a growing company. Applications come in from the careers page all week, and the team only gets to them on Fridays. Candidates wait days for a reply, and hiring managers keep asking in Slack whether anyone good has applied.

Each application is now scored the moment it arrives. The candidate gets a reply right away, and #hiring gets a short summary with the score and reason, so managers can see the pipeline without asking.

What you get out of it

Candidates hear back the same day
A fast reply keeps strong candidates interested and treats everyone with respect.
Hiring managers see the pipeline
A running feed in Slack answers the question of who has applied before anyone asks it.
Consistent first pass
Every CV is compared with the same job description, so the first sort doesn't depend on who read it or when.
HR keeps the final say
The score is a starting point; the team still decides who to interview.

How it works

What happens, step by step

Your careers page sends ClickRuntime each new application with the CV text.
AI scores the CV against the job description and gives a one-line reason.
The candidate gets your next-steps or thank-you email through SendGrid, depending on the score.
A short summary is posted in your #hiring Slack channel, and each application is handled once.

Before it runs live

Connect SendGrid
Connect Slack, then invite the app to the channel (type /invite @ClickRuntime there)
Paste your automation's link into the other app's webhook settings

What you get

RunsThe moment it happens

Screen each CV, email the candidate and post a Slack summaryjust nowSucceeded

Slack · #hiringSam K. applied for Senior frontend engineer: 8/10. Six years of React, built a design system at Acme. Next-steps email sent.

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

Your own rules
Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.
Any number of apps
One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.
AI where it helps
Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.
On a schedule or on each event
Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

Act only on the items that match your own rules, and skip the rest
Change what the AI looks for, or how it writes the result
Add another app, for example also send it to Google Sheets
Combine it with other SendGrid and Slack steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.

ai_candidate_screening_with_emails_and_slack_summary.pyexample

from clickruntime import on_event, credentials, http, ai, notify

JOB = "Senior frontend engineer: React, TypeScript, 5+ years, design systems."

@on_event
def handle(event):
    app = event.json or {}
    result = ai.generate(f"Job: {JOB}\nCV: {app.get('cv_text', '')[:4000]}", max_output_tokens=80,
                         json_schema={"type": "object", "properties": {"score": {"type": "integer"}, "reason": {"type": "string"}}}).json
    template = "d-nextsteps" if result["score"] >= 7 else "d-thankyou"
    http.post("https://api.sendgrid.com/v3/mail/send",
              headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {credentials.secret('SENDGRID_API_KEY')}"},
              json={"from": {"email": "careers@northwind.example"}, "template_id": template,
                    "personalizations": [{"to": [{"email": app["email"]}], "dynamic_template_data": {"name": app.get("name")}}]})
    notify.slack(f"{app.get('name')} applied for {app.get('role', 'Frontend engineer')}: {result['score']}/10. {result['reason']}",
                 channel="#hiring")
    return {"score": result["score"]}

FAQ

Common questions

What does the Slack summary include?

The candidate's name, the role, a score out of 10 and one line on why, such as relevant experience or a missing requirement. No full CV is posted.

Where do applications come from?

From your careers page or applicant tracking tool, which sends each new application to the trigger link in your ClickRuntime dashboard.

Can rejections wait for human review?

Yes. Ask for only next-step emails to go out automatically, and for others to be posted in Slack for HR to confirm first.

What permissions does it need?

SendGrid Mail Send; Slack chat:write. Nothing else in your accounts is used.

Does it need AI?

Yes. It uses ClickRuntime's built-in AI, so you don't need an OpenAI or Anthropic key. Every plan includes a monthly AI allowance.

How many runs does it use?

One run for each event the app sends.

Can I change how it works?

Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

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