AI Recruiter

An AI recruiter you text between interviews.

It sources candidates for the role, writes a summary of each one, sends the screening questions and books the interviews, from the messages you already use. No candidate hears from it until you've said yes.

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Sam · iMessage

Sam · 7:58 AM

need a senior payroll specialist in denver, ADP experience, hybrid. who have we got

Cicada · 8:06 AM

Nine in Bullhorn who fit, four of them placed with us before, and six more on LinkedIn. Summaries are in the sheet, best fit first. Priya Raman is the strongest: eight years on ADP, two of them in a hybrid role in Denver, last contacted in March.

Senior payroll specialist · Denver

Sheet · 15 candidates · fit, last contact, summary

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Sam · 8:10 AM

message the top five about the role, from my gmail

Cicada · 8:12 AM

Drafts for all five are in column G, each one built on their own background. Say yes and they go from your Gmail, each logged as a note in Bullhorn, and I'll offer times from your calendar to anyone who replies.

Sam · 8:14 AM

yes send

👍

iMessage · one-to-one · the shortlist, then the outreach after a yes

The short answer

What is an AI recruiter?

An AI recruiter is an agent that does the legwork of a hiring process: finds people who fit the role, reads their profiles and resumes, writes a short summary of each, sends screening questions, books interviews and keeps the pipeline up to date. Cicada's works with LinkedIn, Bullhorn and your own inbox and calendar, keeps the pipeline in a sheet or your ATS, and talks to you in iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack or email. It contacts a candidate only after your yes, and the decision to hire stays with a person.

What it does

What your AI recruiter does.

Sources candidates

Searches your Bullhorn database, then LinkedIn and the web, for people who fit the role you described, with the people you already know at the top of the list.

Reads every resume

Resumes and profiles as PDFs, Word files or links. It writes a short summary against the role: what fits, what's missing and what to ask.

Sends screening questions

Emails the questions you'd ask on a first call, from your own inbox after your yes, and lines up the answers next to each name.

Books the interviews

Offers times from your calendar, sends the invite with the video link and moves it when plans change. The hiring manager's calendar too, if it's shared with the workspace.

Keeps the pipeline

Every candidate, stage and next step in a Google Sheet or in Bullhorn, updated as things happen, with a summary on the schedule you choose.

Takes the interview notes

Joins the Zoom, Google Meet or Teams interview as your notetaker, says it's taking notes, and sends you the answers and the interviewer's points when it ends.

Who it's for

Who hires an AI recruiter.

Agency recruiters

Your database first, then LinkedIn

Past candidates and placements surfaced for each new job and summarized against the brief.

In-house talent teams

The scheduling churn, handled

Interviews booked and moved across several calendars, every candidate kept informed after your yes.

Founders

Hiring without a recruiter yet

A shortlist, the screening questions and the interview loop for your first ten hires.

Hiring managers

A summary before every interview

Who they are, what fits the role and three things to ask, the morning of the call.

HR generalists

Recruiting on top of everything else

Sourcing and scheduling off your list, so you can have the conversations.

Executive search consultants

Research on the long list

Every name on the long list researched and summarized, with a source for each fact.

Setup

Set up in three steps.

Say what the job is
Describe the role in a sentence when you sign up, or tell the agent in the chat. It writes its own brief, which you can read and change any time.
Connect the apps it needs
One click for most apps. Each one can be Full, Ask first or Read-only, for every agent in the workspace.
Link your phone, or don't
Scan a code and it's in your iMessage or WhatsApp. Or keep it in the app, Slack and email. Hand it the first job in the same message.

Works withLinkedInBullhornGmailOutlookGoogle CalendarGoogle SheetsZoomGoogle MeetSlackiMessageand 1,000+ more

Control

Nothing goes out without your yes.

Nothing goes out without your yes

Anything that can't be undone, and any message to another person, waits for your OK. Approve with a 👍 in the chat, or set a role to full autonomy once you trust it.

Read-only is a real lock

Make any app read-only and the agent can look but never change a thing. It applies to every agent in the workspace, from their next run.

Every step on the record

Each run shows what it read, what it did and what it sent, step by step, in the Activity tab. Corrections you make stick.

What it won't do.

Won't pretend

If it couldn't confirm something, it leaves it out and says so. A number without a source doesn't go in a message.

Won't go around you

It never messages anyone on your behalf unless you asked, never spends money, and never makes a judgement call about money on its own.

Won't read what isn't shared

Teammates' agents work only through the apps the workspace shares. Your inbox and your personal apps stay under your own login.

Compared

Three ways to fill a role

Task	Doing it yourself	An applicant tracking system	An AI recruiter
Finding candidates	Hours of LinkedIn searches	The people who applied	Your database, LinkedIn and the web, summarized against the role
Reading resumes	One at a time	Keyword filters	A short summary of each against what the role needs
First contact	Copy, paste, personalize	Templates	A draft per candidate, sent from your inbox after your yes
Scheduling interviews	Back and forth by email	A booking link	Times from your calendar, the invite sent, changes handled
Keeping the pipeline current	A spreadsheet that drifts	Updated by your team	Updated as things happen, in the sheet or your ATS
Where it happens	Your laptop	Their web app	iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack or email

Try it

Things to ask your AI recruiter.

01
"find me 10 senior product designers in austin who've worked at a fintech"
You get: A shortlist in a sheet: name, current role, why they fit and how to reach them, with people you know first.
02
"Read these four resumes and tell me who to call first for the ops manager role."
You get: A ranked summary: what fits, what's missing and one question to ask each candidate.
03
"Send the screening questions to everyone in Applied for the Denver role."
You get: The email for your OK, then sent from your inbox, with the answers lined up in the sheet as they come in.
04
"book maya with the three finalists next week, 45 min, afternoons only"
You get: Times that work for Maya, an invite with the video link sent to each finalist, and the calendar updated.
05
"Every Friday at 4, send me the pipeline: who moved, who's waiting on us, who's gone quiet."
You get: A recurring message on the minute, built from the sheet or Bullhorn, with names and next steps.

Questions

Frequently asked questions.

Where do I talk to it?

iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack, email or the web app. Link your phone with a code at sign-up and it answers in the same thread you text it in. In a group chat it stays quiet until someone names it.

Will it message candidates on its own?

No. Every email or LinkedIn message to a candidate waits for your yes in the chat, unless you've given it full autonomy. It sends from your own inbox and logs each one.

Does it decide who gets hired?

No. It summarizes, ranks against the brief you gave it and says why. Who moves forward and who gets an offer is a person's call.

Does it work with my ATS?

It works with Bullhorn directly, and with any other applicant tracking system that's among the 1,000+ apps you can connect. If yours isn't, it keeps the pipeline in a Google Sheet.

Can it use LinkedIn?

Yes. It searches people and companies through your own LinkedIn login. Connection requests and messages wait for your yes, like everything else that reaches another person.

Can it join interviews?

Yes, as your notetaker on Google Meet, Zoom, Teams or Webex. It says it's taking notes and sends you the answers and the interviewer's points when the call ends.

Can my team use it?

Yes. Everyone in your workspace gets their own agent. Bullhorn and shared calendars are connected once for the team; each recruiter's inbox and LinkedIn stay under their own login.

What does it cost?

Every workspace starts with 300 free credits. You add a card at sign-up and nothing is charged until you run low; then it's $25 for 200 credits, with no subscription. A quick reply is about 5 credits and a typical run under 20; plans start at $99 a month.

Often hired together

One teammate. The output of a team.

Works nights, remembers every decision, answers in the thread. Start free with 300 credits.