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Score job alert emails against your CV

Every hour new job alert emails are compared with your CV, and you get a short email listing the roles worth applying for, with a score and reason.

Runs
On a schedule
Apps
Gmail, Pinecone
AI
Yes, uses the built-in AI allowance
Access
gmail.modify; Pinecone read

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Create a ClickRuntime automation: every hour, read new job alert emails in Gmail, compare each role with my CV in Pinecone, score the fit out of 10 and email me the ones scoring 7 or more.

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

Job alerts arrive in bulk, and most roles are a poor fit. Reading each one properly against your own experience is tiring, so good roles get missed in the noise or found after applications close.

Job seekers, contractors and freelancers between projects use it to get a short list of real matches, each with the reason it fits.

What you get out of it

  • Only the good matches

    Roles below your threshold never reach you.

  • Reasons, not just scores

    Each match says which parts of your CV fit the role.

  • Fast enough to apply early

    Hourly checks mean strong roles reach you the same day.

  • Grounded in your real CV

    Scores are based on what your CV actually says.

How it works

What happens, step by step

  1. Every hour, ClickRuntime looks in Gmail for job alert emails it has not checked yet.

  2. For each alert, the most relevant parts of your CV are found in Pinecone.

  3. AI scores how well the role fits, from 1 to 10, with a one-line reason.

  4. Roles scoring 7 or more are emailed to you as a short list.

Before it runs live

  • Connect Google through your own Google app (a one-time, 10-minute setup), so it works with your own Gmail
  • Connect Pinecone

What you get

RunsOn a schedule
Score job alert emails against your CVtoday, 9:00Succeeded
Email · Job matches2 roles worth a look 8 | Strong match on logistics analytics and SQL: Data Analyst at Northwind Freight

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 Slack
  • Combine it with other Gmail and Pinecone 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.
match_job_emails_to_my_cv.pyexample
from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from clickruntime import on_trigger, report_fetched, credentials, http, state, notify, ai

HOST, NS = "https://kb-abc123.svc.aped-1234.pinecone.io", "cv"  # your index host and namespace
def search(text, k=5):
    r = http.post(f"{HOST}/records/namespaces/{NS}/search", json={"query": {"inputs": {"text": text}, "top_k": k}}, headers={
        "Api-Key": credentials.secret("PINECONE_API_KEY"), "X-Pinecone-API-Version": "2025-04"}).json()
    return [h["fields"] for h in r["result"]["hits"]]

@on_trigger
def run(event):
    gmail = build("gmail", "v1", credentials=Credentials(credentials.connection("google", "work")), cache_discovery=False).users()
    done = set(state.get("done") or [])
    new = [m for m in gmail.messages().list(userId="me", q="label:Job-alerts newer_than:2d").execute().get("messages", []) if m["id"] not in done]
    report_fetched(len(new))
    if not new:
        return {"new": 0}
    good = []
    for m in new:
        job = gmail.messages().get(userId="me", id=m["id"], format="metadata", metadataHeaders=["Subject"]).execute()
        text = f"{job['payload']['headers'][0]['value']}: {job['snippet']}"
        cv = "\n".join(h["chunk_text"] for h in search(text, 4))
        fit = ai.generate(f"Score 1-10 how well this role fits the CV, then ' | ' and a one-line reason.\nROLE: {text}\nCV:\n{cv}",
                          max_output_tokens=60).text.strip()
        if fit.split("|")[0].strip().isdigit() and int(fit.split("|")[0]) >= 7:
            good.append(f"{fit}\n{text}\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#all/{m['id']}")
    if good:
        notify.email_me(f"{len(good)} roles worth a look", "\n\n".join(good))
    state.set("done", sorted(done | {m["id"] for m in new})[-2000:])

FAQ

Common questions

Which job alerts work?
Any job board or recruiter that emails alerts. Tell your AI assistant the senders or a label to watch.
Can I change the threshold?
Yes. Raise it for fewer, stronger matches or lower it to see more.
Does it apply for me?
No. It shortlists roles. Applying is up to you.
What permissions does it need?
gmail.modify; Pinecone read. 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 each time it checks. Checks that find nothing new and stop right away aren't counted.
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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