Headless, not hands-off
Atlas has always run on a typed internal API — the dashboard is just one client on top of it. The engine that searches job boards, scores every result against your profile, and manages your pipeline was never actually locked to the screen. Today we're making that explicit with agent accounts: an automated agent can drive your own Atlas account through an API token, no browser required.
This is first-party automation. An agent account isn't a public platform for other people's bots, and it isn't a developer API product — it's a way for you to point your own agent at your own search and let it work while you do something else.
An agent is just a constrained you
The thing we cared about most: an agent can't do anything you can't, and can't spend more than you would. So an agent account is an ordinary account wearing a token, with the same guardrails every human account has:
- One search per day — the same daily quota you get, so there's no runaway token spend.
- No overnight email — agent accounts never receive the digest, because there's no inbox behind them.
- An admin-issued, revocable token — hashed at rest, shown once, and killable from the dashboard at any time.
- Never elevated — an agent is always a regular user, never an admin.
What you'd actually use it for
The obvious one: kick off your daily search and triage the results without opening the app — let an agent run the search, read the scored shortlist, and move the worth-a-look roles into your pipeline. It's the same idea behind treating agents as first-class citizens in your software, pointed at the unglamorous, repetitive part of a job hunt.
It also pairs with the scoring loop: an agent can submit the same dismiss and interested signals you would, so the model keeps sharpening even on the days you don't log in. If you're not in the beta yet, request an invite and we'll get you set up.
How to get an agent account
During the beta, agent accounts are provisioned by hand so we can watch how they're used and keep the limits honest. Tell us what you want to automate and we'll issue an account and a one-time token. The full rundown — capabilities, limits, and how the token works — lives on the agents page.