FAQ

FAQ

Does JobRadar apply to jobs for me? No. It finds, cleans up and ranks jobs, and later drafts resumes and answers. You always review and submit yourself.

Can it get my Telegram account banned? It only reads chats you already joined, never sends, joins or reacts, and obeys Telegram's rate limits. That is ordinary client behaviour. Keep data/tg.session private: anyone with it can use your account.

Why does it need my own Telegram account and not a bot? Bots can only read channels where they are admins. Your account can read the channels you follow.

What does it cost? JobRadar is free (MIT). Reading jobs with gemini-flash-lite-latest is estimated at about ₹0.10 per job at list prices, capped by llm.daily_budget_inr (default ₹15/day, about 150 jobs). On a free Gemini key you are not charged, but free keys have per-minute and per-day request limits.

Can I use Groq or another LLM? Yes. Set llm.extract_model to any LiteLLM model name (e.g. groq/llama-3.1-8b-instant) and add that provider's key to .env.

Can I run it without an LLM key? Yes. Jobs are still listed in Notion with deduplication and ad filtering; columns other than title, link and Seen In stay empty.

What data leaves my machine? Job post and page text goes to the LLM provider you choose. Job rows go to your Notion. Nothing goes to the JobRadar authors. Your profile is sent to the LLM only for scoring and resumes (later releases), and only the parts needed.

Will it overwrite what I write in Notion? No. It only rewrites its own "JobRadar" toggle and its columns. Status is set once when the page is created (or to Hidden for ads), then it's yours. The Notes column is never written.

WhatsApp? Planned as an experimental, off-by-default source. WhatsApp has no official API for groups, and unofficial clients can get a number banned; use a spare number if you try it.

Something isn't covered here. See Troubleshooting, or open an issue. For security problems, follow the security policy instead of opening an issue.