Download

The alpha is available to testers. Request access below and we'll send you a code that unlocks the download.

Request alpha access

System requirements

Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. A Gmail account, a Gemini or Anthropic API key, and a recent resume for the guided Alpha 2.0 setup. You do not need Gmail or an API key to try the demo.

What you get

A single ZIP, about 62 MiB. This Alpha 2.0 Bridge is not the final installer. You unzip it into a folder you choose and run it from there. Nothing is written outside that folder and your CareerSeeker workspace.

Tester quickstart

  1. Check the download. In PowerShell, in the folder you saved it to:
    Get-FileHash CareerSeeker-alpha2-bridge-win-x64-2026-07-24-7018ff9.zip -Algorithm SHA256
    Compare it to the SHA-256 below. If it does not match, stop and email us.
  2. Unblock, then extract. Right-click the ZIP, open Properties, tick Unblock, then click OK. Extract to a folder you own, like C:\CareerSeeker. Do not run it from inside the ZIP.
  3. Run START HERE - CareerSeeker Setup.exe. It creates your workspace, stores your AI provider key in the Windows user vault, can extract profile facts from your resume after consent, asks you to review those facts, connects Gmail, checks readiness, and opens the dashboard.
  4. Optional: open Advanced Tools\Run-CareerSeeker-Demo.cmd for a full sample-data cycle with no Gmail draft and no live application.
  5. Check its work. The dashboard's /evidence.html page shows the audit chain: every job it saw, every claim it checked, everything it blocked and why.

It cannot send email

CareerSeeker creates Gmail drafts. It holds the compose permission only. The send path does not exist in the code, and an automated check on every build fails the release if anyone adds one. Nothing goes out of your account unless you open the draft and press send yourself.

Verify your download

SHA-256 of CareerSeeker-alpha2-bridge-win-x64-2026-07-24-7018ff9.zip:

3A4251F65AEF530BC5D73387422CD53556294970EC546C0112B6EF1BA4E900F2

Once extracted, SHA256SUMS.txt lists a hash for every file in the package, and Advanced Tools\Verify-CareerSeeker-Alpha.cmd checks them for you.

Windows will warn you. Here's why, and how to avoid it.

This build is not code-signed yet. That is a real gap, and we'd rather tell you here than have you meet it at a red dialog.

Do this and you'll see no warnings at all: after downloading, before you extract, right-click CareerSeeker-alpha2-bridge-win-x64-2026-07-24-7018ff9.zip, open Properties, tick Unblock at the bottom, then click OK. Then extract. Unblocking the ZIP first means the extracted files are not marked as internet downloads.

Verify the SHA-256 above before you unblock. The hash is what actually tells you the file is the one we built. Unblocking only tells Windows you have decided to trust it.

If you extract without unblocking first, every extracted file inherits the "downloaded from the internet" mark, and you'll get a prompt the first time you run each one:

Both appear because the publisher is unknown, not because anything was detected. We scan every release with Microsoft Defender before publishing, but an unsigned binary will still trip these prompts until we're signing. Check the hash.

Questions or trouble

Email [email protected]. This is an alpha and we want the friction reports. Confusing steps count as bugs.