# Project

## What This Is

Job Tracker is a personal job-application workspace for an individual user. The user finds jobs elsewhere, imports them into the app, uses AI to improve CVs, cover letters, replies, and follow-ups, and keeps the real-world application process organized through tracking, correspondence, and manual updates.

## Core Value

The product must let one person run a real job search without losing the thread: import a role, prepare stronger application material, track what happened, and know exactly what needs follow-up next.

## Current State

A substantial brownfield app already exists. The repo has a React frontend, an ASP.NET Core API, and a local FastAPI AI service. Current capabilities already include job tracking, companies, attachments, correspondence, reminders, job import preview, Gmail connection/import, profile CV upload/parsing/rewrite flows, AI-assisted tailored CV and cover-letter generation, candidate-fit/focus-plan/interview-prep/readiness endpoints, and dashboard/system surfaces. S01 has now moved Gmail import from a generic search surface to a job-aware workspace flow: the backend ranks likely Gmail threads/messages for a specific job, imports report duplicate state explicitly, correspondence persists Gmail thread and sender/recipient metadata, and the job workspace renders those ranked suggestions directly. The next phase is not greenfield feature invention; it is continuing to turn existing capability into a more coherent, more trustworthy daily workflow.

## Architecture / Key Patterns

The frontend lives in `job-tracker-ui/` and is a React + TypeScript app using MUI. The backend lives in `JobTrackerApi/` and is an ASP.NET Core API with EF Core, Identity, background hosted services, and controller-based endpoints. The local AI service lives in `tools/summarizer/` and provides summarization plus OCR/text extraction. Existing patterns already center around per-job workspaces, Gmail-backed correspondence import, profile-CV-as-source-of-truth, attachment-level AI inclusion controls, and server-side generation endpoints that return drafts for user review rather than autonomous sending.

## Capability Contract

See `.gsd/REQUIREMENTS.md` for the explicit capability contract, requirement status, and coverage mapping.

## Milestone Sequence

- [ ] M001: Gmail and draft quality loop — Make Gmail import and AI drafting strong enough to trust as a daily workflow.
- [ ] M002: Tracking control center — Strengthen the job table, follow-up surfaces, and tracking rhythm into a clearer control center.
- [ ] M003: Deeper inbox-aware assistance — Extend correspondence awareness and context-driven assistance beyond the first Gmail improvements.
- [ ] M004: Trust, launchability, and hardening — Polish validation, clarity, performance, and operational trust surfaces for sustained daily use.