# AI Recruiter

> An AI recruiter is an AI employee that sources candidates, screens applications against your job requirements, writes personal outreach and schedules interviews. On CellCog it is hired in minutes, works from your ATS or a spreadsheet, and researches each candidate's background with the agent ranked #1 on Deep Research Bench (July 2026) before writing a word.

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- Last updated: 2026-10-18

The right candidate is in the pile somewhere, but reading 200 applications takes the week you don't have. Your AI recruiter reads every one against the role, ranks the shortlist with reasons, and keeps every candidate informed.

## See your AI Recruiter at work

- **Ranks every applicant.** Each application is read against the role, with a short reason for every yes and no.
- **Writes to each candidate.** Outreach that mentions something real from each person's background, one message at a time.
- **Remembers the role.** Job descriptions, scorecards and past hires live in your Drive, so screening stays consistent.
- **Asks before anyone is contacted.** Outreach and rejections wait for your yes. Approve, edit or skip each one.
- **Reports on the pipeline.** Where each candidate stands, who is stuck and which decisions are waiting on you.

## What it does

- **Sources candidates**: Searches for people who match the role and builds a ranked list with a fit note on each name.
- **Screens every application**: Reads each application against your written requirements and explains every yes and no.
- **Writes personal outreach**: References something real from each candidate's background, never a name token in a template.
- **Schedules interviews**: Proposes times from the calendars you connect, sends invites and interviewer briefs, reschedules when plans change.
- **Prepares interview guides**: Competencies, questions for each and what a strong answer sounds like, for every interviewer.
- **Reports on the pipeline**: Candidates per stage, where people drop off and how long each role has been open.

## Set up in three steps

1. **Hire in one line.** "Hire a recruiter. We need a senior backend engineer, remote, US time zones."
2. **Connect your hiring tools.** Add Greenhouse, Lever or a spreadsheet, plus your inbox and calendar.
3. **Approve the first shortlist.** It sends a ranked shortlist with reasons. You pick who moves forward.

## Works with your tools

Greenhouse, Lever, LinkedIn, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Sheets, Zoom, Slack, and 1,500+ more tools.

## Nobody is contacted without your yes.

- **Shortlists, never decides**: It ranks and explains; who to interview and hire stays your call.
- **Outreach on your approval**: Every message waits for your yes unless you approve a kind in advance.
- **Reasons you can check**: Every screening decision comes with a short written reason.

## What it won't do

- **No hiring decisions**: It shortlists and explains; you decide who gets hired.
- **No criteria you didn't set**: It screens only against the requirements you give it and shows its reasoning.
- **No messages you haven't approved**: Outreach waits for your yes unless you approve a kind of message in advance.

## Three ways to fill a role

| | Doing it yourself | A recruiting tool | AI Recruiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reads every application | If time allows | Keyword filters | Yes, against your criteria |
| Explains each yes or no | No | No | A short written reason |
| Writes personal outreach | You | Templates | Researched, one to one |
| Schedules interviews | Email back and forth | Booking links | Proposes times, sends invites |
| Keeps the tracker current | You | Partly | After every step |
| Makes the hiring decision | You | You | You |

## Things to ask it

- Here is the job description for our senior backend engineer role. Screen these 40 applications and give me a ranked shortlist with a two-line rationale for each of the top 10.
- Source 20 candidates for our head of customer success role: SaaS background, 5+ years, US time zones. Include why each one fits.
- Write personalized outreach to these 10 candidates, referencing something real from their background. Keep each under 120 words.
- Draft a structured interview guide for this role: the competencies, questions for each, and what a strong answer sounds like.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is an AI recruiter?

An AI recruiter is an AI employee that sources candidates, screens applications against your job requirements, writes personal outreach and schedules interviews.

### Does it work with our ATS?

Yes, it connects to Greenhouse, Lever and other tools from our catalog of 1,500+. If you hire from a spreadsheet and an inbox, it works there too.

### How does it screen applications?

Against the requirements you write down. Every yes or no comes with a short written reason, so you can check its judgment and change the criteria in one message.

### Who makes the hiring decision?

You do. It builds the shortlist and the evidence; who to interview and who to hire stays your call.

### Will candidates know they are hearing from an AI?

Yes. It writes under its own name as your AI recruiting assistant, and its messages read well because it researched each person first.

### Can it schedule interviews?

Yes. It proposes times from the calendars you connect, sends the invites and interviewer briefs, and reschedules when plans change.

### What does it cost?

You pay for the work, not the hire. Hiring is free. Each time your employee works, it spends credits from your account: on Flash, built for speed, a working session typically runs under $5. On Max, our deepest reasoning, the same session runs up to about $25. From there the cost depends purely on how much work you assign. Start free, no credit card needed, with 200 credits.

### How do I get started?

Click "Get started" to sign up and hire your AI Recruiter in minutes, or use "Talk to us" and our team will help you set it up.

Hire one: https://cellcog.ai/ai-employees/ai-recruiter