JACX - Job Application Control eXtension

Privacy-preserving local-first browser extension for job application quality-control, controlled autofill, and tracking.

JACX (Job Application Control eXtension) is the privacy-preserving, local-first browser assistant engineered to help job seekers apply faster, stay impeccably organized, and maintain absolute ownership of their career data. Unlike conventional job application extensions that harvest your resumes, personal contact details, demographic disclosures, and salary expectations into remote cloud databases, JACX operates 100% locally on your device. Every profile, submitted form answer, interview note, and tracking record is stored exclusively within your browser's private sandbox. Zero remote databases. Zero telemetry tracking. Zero data monetization. WHY JOB SEEKERS CHOOSE JACX Applying for jobs in today's market is exhausting. Job seekers fill out dozens of repetitive forms across job application forms and custom career portals—manually re-entering the exact same employment history, education details, and screener answers over and over again. Worse, most job autofill extensions: • Upload your confidential resume documents to third-party cloud servers. • Use aggressive automated bot submissions that frequently inject wrong data into fields without your knowledge. • Lock your application history behind subscription paywalls or proprietary formats. JACX solves this with a strict Local-First, Human-in-the-Loop engineering philosophy: 1. Fast, verified form autofill that lets you review every field before you submit. 2. Adaptive learning that automatically remembers your answers to custom questions. 3. A built-in 3-tier application pipeline tracker with interview scheduling and compensation tracking. 4. Military-grade AES-256-GCM client-side encryption for confidential disclosures. 5. Universal data portability powered by the open Applicant Profile Protocol (APP). COMPREHENSIVE FEATURE OVERVIEW ⚡ PRECISION ATS FORM AUTOFILL • Automated Form Detection: Automatically identifies job application forms on page load across major ATS platforms and custom company portals. • Multi-Frame Support: Seamlessly reaches into nested iframes (standard on Workday and Lever portals) to identify input fields, dropdowns, radio groups, and textareas. • Sidepanel Fill Planner: Displays all detected fields in a dedicated Chrome sidepanel workspace before executing. See exactly what JACX intends to fill. • Single-Click Fill (Ctrl+Shift+F): Populate verified contact details, work history, education, skills, and links with a single keyboard shortcut or click. • Human-in-the-Loop Guarantee: JACX NEVER clicks "Submit" for you. You always have the final review to inspect every filled field before sending your application. 🧠 ADAPTIVE QUESTION LEARNING • Tired of answering "How many years of Python experience?", "Are you open to hybrid work in New York?", or "What is your notice period?" on every single job board? • As you apply, JACX automatically captures your verified answers into an on-device Question Library. • On future forms, JACX uses intelligent fuzzy semantic matching to detect similar questions and auto-suggests your preferred answer. • Full Question Management: Review, edit, or delete stored question-answer pairs at any time from your sidepanel. 📊 3-TIER APPLICATION PIPELINE TRACKER • Automated Job Capture: Automatically logs job titles, company names, job posting URLs, and visit timestamps when you fill out applications. • 3-Tier Expandable Cards: - Top Tier: Company, role, status badge, applied date, and role match percentage. - Middle Tier: Next interview round countdown, recruiter contacts, and salary details. - Detail Drawer: Full revisitable form answers, interview history, and private notes. • Revisitable Submitted Q&A: JACX stores the exact questions and answers you submitted on each application so you can review them prior to your interview. • Multi-Criteria Sorting: Instantly organize applications by Application Date, Last Visited Date, or Role Match Fit Score. • Stage Filtering: Filter your pipeline by Applied, Interviewing, Offer, Rejected, or Deleted stages. 🗓️ MULTI-ROUND INTERVIEW MANAGER • Track sequential interview stages for each application (e.g., Recruiter Screen, Technical Coding, System Design, Hiring Manager, Executive Onsite). • Record interview dates, times, interviewer names, and private preparation notes. • Countdown Banners: Active interview rounds display an prominent countdown badge directly on the job application card. • One-Click Calendar Integration: Export interview events directly to Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, or download standard .ICS calendar files. 💼 OFFER & COMPENSATION TRACKER • Record complete offer structures: base salary, target annual bonus, equity/stock grants, sign-on bonuses, and relocation packages. • Decision Deadlines: Set offer expiration dates and receive reminder callouts. • Negotiation Strategy Notes: Keep private notes on competing offers, counter-offers, and negotiation points. • Safe Stage Guards: Features a two-step confirmation dialog when downgrading stages (e.g., Offer to Interview) to prevent accidental loss of data. 🗑️ 15-DAY RECOVERY TRASH BIN • Accidentally deleted an application? Deleted applications enter a dedicated 15-day recovery trash bin. • View deleted cards with a dedicated "Deleted" filter tab. • Restore any deleted job application with a single click. • Expired entries are automatically purged after 15 days to keep your local browser database lightweight. 🔒 AES-256-GCM PRIVATE VAULT • Store sensitive candidate disclosures that you do not want stored in plaintext: - Confidential EEO disclosures (gender, race, ethnicity, veteran status, disability status). - Target compensation thresholds and minimum acceptable base salary. - Professional reference contacts (names, emails, phone numbers, relationship notes). • Encryption Architecture: Encrypted at rest using AES-GCM 256-bit authenticated encryption. • Encryption keys are derived using PBKDF2 with SHA-256 and 100,000 iterations. • Decrypted only in temporary memory when explicitly unlocked with your master password. 🎯 SCIENTIFIC ROLE MATCH FIT & PDF COVER LETTERS • On-Device Role Alignment: Evaluates candidate-to-job keyword alignment directly in your browser. • Clear Rationale: Displays matching skills, missing keywords, and an overall fit score percentage. • Tailored Cover Letters: Generates structured, professional cover letters tailored to the specific role and company. • Client-Side PDF Generation: Export clean, formatted PDF cover letters with one click using isolated client-side rendering. 🌐 APPLICANT PROFILE PROTOCOL (APP v1.0) • Built on the open, canonical Applicant Profile Protocol standard (https://app-protocol.org). • Cryptographic Field Provenance: Every single claim, metric, and bullet point tracks exact origin attribution—whether extracted via PDF heuristics, verified by you, or learned locally. • Profile Variants: Manage multiple tailored candidate profiles (e.g., Full Stack Engineer, Engineering Manager) without duplicating your base career records. • Zero Vendor Lock-In: Export your candidate profile as a clean, schema-validated APP JSON document anytime. 💾 ENCRYPTED DATA PORTABILITY (.appvault) • Full Workspace Export: Download your entire database (profiles, learned answers, applications, interview logs, and settings) into a password-protected, encrypted .appvault archive. • Cross-Device Migration: Carry your encrypted .appvault file on a USB drive or cloud drive and restore it into any browser running JACX. • Complete One-Click Wipe: Instantly purge all local databases, cached vaults, and extension storage directly from Settings. PRIVACY & SECURITY GUARANTEES JACX is built from the ground up on a strict Zero-Telemetry, Privacy-Invariant design: • No Remote Servers: JACX does not maintain user databases, backend APIs, or remote login services. • No Tracking Cookies or Analytics: Zero Google Analytics, zero telemetry beacons, zero behavioral tracking. • No Data Monetization: We never sell, rent, monetize, or transmit your career data to recruiters, data brokers, or advertisers. • Minimal Permissions: Requests only permissions strictly necessary to detect job forms, provide sidepanel controls, and store local data. • Verifiable Privacy: Openly documented data practices and transparent open standards. ATS PLATFORMS SUPPORTED JACX provides optimized heuristic parsing and field detection. Generic semantic tree builder analyzes labels, aria-attributes, name attributes, and surrounding DOM containers to accurately detect custom forms. Most of best known ATS platform are supported. HOW TO USE JACX IN 3 STEPS 1. BUILD YOUR CANDIDATE PROFILE Click the JACX icon to open the Chrome sidepanel. Fill in your contact info, work history, education, and skills (or import your resume). Optionally set up your encrypted Private Vault for confidential disclosures. 2. NAVIGATE TO ANY JOB POSTING Open any job application on any career portal. JACX passively detects the application and presents the planned fields in the sidepanel. 3. VERIFY & AUTOFILL (Ctrl+Shift+F) Click "Fill Verified Fields" (or press Ctrl+Shift+F). JACX populates all matched fields on the page. Inspect the answers, fill any remaining unique questions, and submit the application yourself with total confidence! FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Q: Where is my resume and personal data stored? A: 100% on your local machine using Chrome's secure sandboxed storage (IndexedDB and chrome.storage.local). No data is ever sent to external cloud servers. Q: Will JACX submit applications automatically without my review? A: Never. JACX is engineered with a strict Human-in-the-Loop policy. JACX fills fields on the live page for you to inspect, but you always review the page and click the final Submit button yourself. Q: Can I backup or transfer my data to another computer? A: Yes. In the Settings tab, you can export your entire database into an encrypted .appvault file protected by your chosen master password. You can also export your candidate profile in the open Applicant Profile Protocol (APP) JSON format. Q: Does JACX work on custom career portals? A: Yes. In addition to dedicated heuristics for major ATS providers, JACX includes a generic semantic parser that inspects form labels, placeholder text, ARIA attributes, and DOM relationships to detect fields on custom corporate job boards. Q: How does the Adaptive Question Learning feature work? A: When you complete questions that are unique to a company, JACX saves your verified answer in the on-device Question Library. When you encounter similar questions in the future, JACX uses fuzzy similarity matching to suggest your answer automatically. OFFICIAL LINKS & SPECIFICATIONS • Landing Page: https://caglarorhan.github.io/jacx-page/ • Privacy Policy: https://caglarorhan.github.io/jacx-page/privacy.html • Standard Specification: https://app-protocol.org/ • Creator: Caglar Orhan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/caglarorhan) • Support: caglaror@gmail.com