job-hunter

name: job-hunter description: "Automated HR email campaign pipeline. Finds HR contacts at target companies via Hunter.io/Apollo, verifies emails with SMTP ping, generates Claude-personalized cold emails, sends via Gmail rotation across 4 inboxes. Full pipeline from sourcing to tracking. Use when: (1) starting a new job search campaign, (2) adding new target companies, (3) following up on sent applications. NOT for: bulk spam, non-tech companies, or when you haven't prepared your resume/portfolio first."

Full HR email automation pipeline — from finding contacts to tracking replies.

Pipeline Overview

Target Companies → HR Email Discovery → SMTP Verification → Claude Personalization → Gmail Rotation → Open Tracking

Usage

@OpenClaw run job-hunter --companies "Anthropic, OpenAI, Cohere, Replit"
@OpenClaw job-hunter status          # Check campaign progress
@OpenClaw job-hunter followup        # Generate follow-up for non-replies after 5 days

Configuration

{
  "skill": "job-hunter",
  "hunter_api_key": "$HUNTER_API_KEY",
  "apollo_api_key": "$APOLLO_API_KEY",
  "gmail_accounts": ["primary@gmail.com", "backup1@gmail.com"],
  "rate_limit": 80,
  "model": "claude-opus-4-6",
  "role": "AI/ML Engineer",
  "portfolio": "https://github.com/mk-knight23"
}

What It Does

1. HR Email Discovery

Queries Hunter.io for hr@company.com, hiring@company.com, talent@company.com
Cross-references Apollo.io for direct recruiter names
Scrapes LinkedIn job postings for hiring manager names
Output: hr_contacts.json with name, email, confidence score

2. SMTP Verification

Pings each email's MX records
RCPT TO verification without sending
Filters out invalid/catch-all domains
Output: verified contact list with deliverability score

3. Claude Email Personalization

Reads company's recent GitHub activity, blog posts, job postings
Generates unique email per company referencing specific projects/values
Uses your resume + portfolio as context
A/B tests subject lines

4. Gmail Rotation

Distributes sends across 4 Gmail accounts
Max 80 emails/hour per account
Random delays (2-5 min between sends) to avoid spam detection
Full MIME headers for inbox placement

5. Tracking

Open pixel tracking via Supabase
Reply detection via IMAP monitoring
Weekly digest: opens, replies, interview requests

Real Results (my campaign)

Targeted companies from my workspace:

Cohere, Replit, Perplexity, OpenAI, Anthropic, HuggingFace, Scale AI, Together AI, xAI, Character.ai, Jina AI, Adept AI, Modular + 22 more

Results stored in: workspace/CAMPAIGN_COMPLETE_35_EMAILS.md

Dependencies

hunter.io API key (free tier: 25 searches/month)
apollo.io API key
Gmail OAuth tokens (4 accounts)
Supabase for tracking database
OpenClaw Gateway running locally

Files Generated

workspace/
├── hr_contacts_collected.md    # All found contacts
├── emails_to_send.md          # Personalized email drafts
├── campaign_summary.md        # Stats and results
└── job_tracker.md             # Application status tracker