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Telescope

An AI résumé builder and job-application tracker — one calm place to tailor a résumé to each role, see how well it matches, and keep every application moving.

RoleProduct Design & Full-stack
StatusIn active development
ServiceLaunchpad — MVP → Production
TanStack StartReact 19Cloudflare D1 + Workersbetter-authOpenAIR2 storagePuppeteer (PDF)
Telescope dashboard — Good morning briefing with response rate and pipeline
The idea

The job hunt, without the chaos.

Looking for a job means juggling a dozen résumé versions, a spreadsheet of applications, and a vague sense of which threads are going cold. Telescope pulls all of it into one product that actually helps you decide what to do next.

You start by dropping in an existing résumé — PDF, DOCX or TXT — and the app parses it into a structured, editable document. From there you tailor copies to specific roles, let the AI score the match and flag what's missing, and track every application on a board that always shows what needs attention today.

It's in active development — we're designing and building it end to end, shipping the core loop first: import, tailor, analyse, track.

Highlights

What it does.

Telescope résumé library — master résumés and tailored copies with match scores
01 — Résumé library

Master résumés, tailored per role.

Keep a couple of master résumés as your source of truth, then spin off tailored copies for each job. Every tailored version carries its own match score, so you always know which one to send.

  • Import once from PDF / DOCX / TXT — parsed into structured data
  • Three templates: Classic, Minimal, Modern
  • Per-role copies that stay linked to the master
87
ATS score
Match · Anthropic — 91%
Strong match
Missing keywords
design systems0→1 productuser researchA/B testing
Suggested fixes
  • Lead your Stripe bullet with measurable impact
  • Name the design-system work explicitly
  • Mirror the JD's "0→1" language in your summary
02 — AI analysis

Know your match before you apply.

Paste a job description and the AI scores your résumé against it — an ATS readiness score, a match score, the keywords you're missing, skill gaps, and concrete fixes. No more guessing whether you're in range.

  • ATS score + job-description match score
  • Missing keywords & skill-gap detection
  • Specific, rewrite-ready suggestions
Telescope job board — Kanban from Saved to Offer
03 — Application tracker

Every role, where it really stands.

A board that moves with your search: Saved → Applied → Interview → Offer → Closed. Drag a card to advance it, attach the résumé you sent, and see deadlines, salary bands and what's gone quiet at a glance.

  • Drag-to-move pipeline with five clear stages
  • Deadlines, salary bands & "gone quiet" nudges
  • The résumé you sent, attached to each role
Telescope companies — application history per company
04 — Company memory

"Have we met before?"

Search any company and Telescope shows whether — and when — you've applied before, with the full history per role. No more re-pitching a team that passed last year, or forgetting you're already in their pipeline.

  • Per-company application history & status
  • Industry & size at a glance
  • Surfaces past outcomes before you re-apply
Under the hood

Edge-native and type-safe.

Framework
TanStack Start
React 19, file-based routing, server functions.
Data
Cloudflare D1
SQLite at the edge, with Drizzle migrations.
Auth
better-auth
Sessions & sign-in, wired into every route.
AI
OpenAI
Résumé parsing, analysis & match scoring.
Files
R2 + pdf/docx parse
Uploads stored in R2; text extracted server-side.
Export
Puppeteer
Pixel-accurate PDF export of any template.

Built on Cloudflare's edge so it stays fast and cheap to run, with every résumé, job and analysis result modelled in a type-safe schema. The AI never blocks the UI — analysis runs on demand and degrades gracefully if a model call fails.

Where it's at

The core loop, shipping now.

Import → tailor
PDF · DOCX · TXT, parsed by AI
2-score
ATS readiness + JD match
5-stage
Drag-to-move application board
3
Résumé templates, PDF export