job-auto-apply

Automates one-click job applications on Wellfound and Instahyre using Playwright. Runs locally in your own browser with your own session — no AI, no backend, completely free.

What it does

• Scrolls through your filtered job results and applies to every job with a clean one-click apply flow
• Skips: already applied, external applications, mandatory questions, CAPTCHAs
• Leaves optional cover letter / note fields empty
• Takes a screenshot when something unexpected happens
• Works across pages (handles pagination and lazy loading)

Requirements

• Node.js ≥ 18
• pnpm
• Brave, Chrome, or Chromium (optional — auto-detected if installed)

Setup

pnpm install
pnpm exec playwright install chromium

Usage

Wellfound:

pnpm start:wellfound

1. Browser opens — log in to Wellfound if needed
2. Set your filters and navigate to your job results
3. Press ENTER in the terminal
4. Watch it go

Instahyre:

pnpm start:instahyre

1. Browser opens and loads your saved Instahyre filter URL — log in if needed
2. Update INSTAHYRE_JOBS_URL in src/instahyre/selectors.ts with your own filter URL
3. Press ENTER when results are showing
4. Watch it go

Your browser session is stored in ~/.wellfound-automation/browser-profile/ and reused on every run — no need to log in again after the first time.

Browser

Auto-detects in order: Brave → Chrome → Chromium, then falls back to Playwright's Chromium. Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

To use a custom browser path, set BROWSER_PATH in your .env:

BROWSER_PATH=/path/to/browser

Selectors

• Wellfound: src/wellfound/selectors.ts
• Instahyre: src/instahyre/selectors.ts

If a site updates its UI, that's the only file to touch.