# Automate job search & applications with OpenRouter and Apify: n8n workflow

> Started by another system calling it, and works across Apify, Gmail and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-job-search-and-applications-with-openrouter-and-api (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Automate job search & applications with OpenRouter and Apify

Started by another system calling it, and works across Apify, Gmail and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to OpenRouter. 29 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenRouter

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**29 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Model 5 Logic 9 Service 13

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **OpenRouter Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Router *Model*
- 2 **Webhook** Webhook *Starts it*
- 3 **Extract Skills from Job Description** Agent *Model*
- 4 **Resume Match Score** Agent *Model*
- 5 **Rewrite Resume** Agent *Model*
- 6 **🔥Write Cover Letter** Agent *Model*
- 7 **Respond to Webhook** Respond To Webhook *Starts it*
- 8 **📈 IF Score ≥ 3** If *Logic*
- 9 **Upate sheets** Google Sheets *Service*
- 10 **Extract from File** Extract From File *Service*
- 11 **📧Gmail** Gmail *Service*
- 12 **Set Job Title** Set *Logic*
- 13 **Check Send Email Success** If *Logic*
- 14 **4️⃣Get Jobs from Adzuna** Http Request *Service*
- 15 **Apify: Run Indeed Scraper** Apify *Service*
- 16 **Apify: Run LinkedIn Scraper** Apify *Service*
- 17 **Apify: Run Upwork Scraper** Apify *Service*
- 18 **Apify: Run Glassdoor Scraper** Apify *Service*
- 19 **Loop Over Items** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 20 **Send a message if process failed** Gmail *Service*
- 21 **Itemize List** Split Out *Logic*
- 22 **Apify: Get Indeed Results** Apify *Service*
- 23 **Apify: Get LinkedIn Results** Apify *Service*
- 24 **Apify: Get Upwork Results** Apify *Service*
- 25 **Apify: Get Glassdoor Results** Apify *Service*
- 26 **Merge** Merge *Logic*
- 27 **Filter** Filter *Logic*
- 28 **Standardize Job Data** Set *Logic*
- 29 **Filter Duplicates** Code *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Another system calling it
- **Steps:** 29, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Apify, Gmail, Google Sheets
- **Model:** OpenRouter

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Apify, Gmail and Google Sheets accounts, and a key for OpenRouter. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on another system calling it.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenRouter. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 29 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 29 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomate-job-search-and-applications-with-openrouter-and-api)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Apify](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Apify#library)[Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Gmail#library)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)

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