BHARATH KUMAR P K

Compass is a second-brain job search tool I created over 6 days at an Anthropic Claude Code hackathon. I am an Indian MSc student from Bristol, actively seeking visa-sponsorship based roles. And my pain point remains the same, 73 applications sent, received only 4 responses. The challenge is not so much in sending more applications but in targeting and creating warm introductions. Current job search tools help you apply to relevant vacancies according to your CV. Compass works the other way round. It stores all information — skills verified by you, rejections faced, contacts made, artefacts created, etc., and uses 8 agents (Scout, Archivist, Scorer, Visa Checker, Ghost Hunter, Writer, Mirror, Triage) on this brain weekly. The result is a Weekly Compass containing scored job applications, suggestions for warm introductions, draft messages for cold direct messaging, Visa Clock countdown, and skip list. Manually, it is a process that takes around 10-12 hours a week. With the help of Compass, I am now spending 1 hour reviewing this process weekly. There are massive real-world implications of this tool, especially for international students in the UK facing this sponsor-list maze. But for some, it means their rent grows faster than the visa clock.