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 "id": "aientech-dossier--send-applications-and-answer-replies-via-gmail",
 "repo": "AienTech/dossier",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/AienTech/dossier",
 "repo_slug": "aientech-dossier",
 "title": "Send applications from Gmail and draft replies to employers",
 "page_title": "How to send applications from Gmail and draft replies to employers with Dossier",
 "summary": "Send each application from your own address with its PDFs, then draft answers to employer replies.",
 "who": "A job seeker who wants applications sent from their own Gmail address and replies handled in the same app.",
 "problem": "Switching between the job search tool and Gmail to send PDFs and answer employers slows down every application.",
 "outcome": "An application email from your own address with the resume and cover letter PDFs attached, replies shown next to each application, and drafted answers you confirm before anything is sent.",
 "steps": [
  "Create your own Google OAuth client and follow the wiki page Connecting Gmail and Calendar, then enter it in Settings → Google, or set DOSSIER_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID and DOSSIER_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET",
  "Start Dossier with `docker compose up -d` and sign in at http://localhost:3000",
  "Open an application and review the email Dossier prepared for the address the posting names",
  "Confirm the email to send it with the PDFs attached from your own Gmail address",
  "When an employer replies, let the AI read it and review the drafted answer, offering interview times you are free"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the AienTech/dossier repo, connect Gmail with the Google OAuth client <client ID placeholder> and open the application for <company name>. Return the prepared email and any employer reply with the drafted answer. Verify that nothing is sent until you confirm it, as the README states.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Advanced",
 "time": "90 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Gmail and Calendar are optional and need your own Google OAuth client, so the README does not claim a simple one-click connection.",
 "category": "Personal productivity",
 "tags": [
  "Personal productivity"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "Docker Desktop on macOS or Windows, or Docker Engine with the Compose plugin on Linux, plus about 2 GB of free memory",
  "A terminal: Terminal on macOS, a Linux shell, or WSL on Windows",
  "An AI model: a local one through Ollama or LM Studio, or a hosted OpenAI-compatible API, Anthropic or Mistral",
  "Your career history (or an existing resume as PDF, Word or Markdown) to build the profile from"
 ],
 "risk": "sensitive",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "credentials",
   "notice": "The Google OAuth client ID and secret let Dossier send email from your Gmail address, so store them only in your own Dossier settings or .env file and never share them."
  }
 ],
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