One command to install Elevated Applicant — an AI-powered job search command center that discovers jobs across 78+ engines, evaluates your fit, generates ATS-optimized documents, and tracks every application. All local, all private.
📖 What is Elevated Applicant? → elevated-applicant.vercel.app/app
curl -fsSL -o install.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jssturm/elevated-installer/main/install.sh
bash install.shirm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jssturm/elevated-installer/main/install.ps1 | iexThe installer will prompt you for a GitHub personal access token — this is required to download the app from its private repository.
- Go to github.com/settings/tokens
- Click Generate new token → Classic
- Give it a name (e.g. "Elevated Applicant")
- Under Select scopes, check
repo(full control of private repositories) - Click Generate token and copy it
- Paste the token when the installer prompts you
🔒 Your token is used only to download the app. It is never stored, logged, or transmitted anywhere else.
| Requirement | Details |
|---|---|
| Node.js 20+ | Download from nodejs.org |
| GitHub token | Classic token with repo scope |
| Disk space | ~1–2 GB (includes the built web dashboard and Playwright Chromium) |
| AI CLI (optional) | Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, Gemini, Qwen, or Grok Build — for AI-powered evaluation |
- The Elevated Applicant application files (CLI + web app)
- All npm dependencies
- The full web dashboard, built locally for production
- Playwright Chromium browser (for PDF generation)
- Initial configuration templates (
profile.yml,portals.yml)
Everything lives in ~/Elevated-Applicant. No files are placed anywhere else on your system.
cd ~/Elevated-Applicant
# Start the web dashboard — the default experience
elevated-applicant serve --open # opens http://127.0.0.1:3000
# Optional: open in your AI coding assistant for a conversational workflow
claude # Claude Code
opencode # OpenCode
codex # Codex CLI
gemini # Gemini CLIThe dashboard walks you through CV upload, profile configuration, target roles, and job discovery. Prefer the terminal? An AI coding CLI gives you the same setup conversationally — no manual YAML editing required either way.
"Permission denied" when running install.sh
chmod +x install.sh && bash install.sh"Node.js 20+ is required"
Install or upgrade from nodejs.org. Verify with node -v.
"Could not fetch release"
- Make sure your GitHub token has
reposcope - Verify the token hasn't expired
- Ensure your GitHub account has access to the private repository
Playwright browser install failed
cd ~/Elevated-Applicant && npx playwright install chromiumrm -rf ~/Elevated-ApplicantNo other files are modified on your system.
The installer scripts are MIT licensed. The Elevated Applicant application is proprietary — see its license terms after installation.