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Product
How is Incognito different from ChatGPT plus a spreadsheet?
ChatGPT writes one cover letter at a time, beautifully. Incognito is the end-to-end pipeline around that. It scans 21+ ATS platforms daily, scores every role against your resume, auto-applies (with guardrails), runs a private inbox for recruiter replies, and tracks the whole funnel. ChatGPT is a tool; Incognito is the operating system.
Which job boards and ATS platforms does it scan?
Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday, SmartRecruiters, iCIMS, BambooHR, LinkedIn, plus 13 more. The scanner hits public Greenhouse APIs directly for deep coverage and uses Serper for web search across the rest. Coverage grows as we find stable endpoints.
How often does the scanner run?
Scan cadence and runtime are tiered — higher plans scan more often and run longer per scan to cover deeper reach into every ATS:
- Scout (14-day trial): every 24 hours, up to 10 minutes per scan.
- Operator: every 12 hours, up to 20 minutes per scan.
- Ghost: every 6 hours, up to 40 minutes per scan.
- Agent: every 3 hours, up to 60 minutes per scan.
Manual "Scan now" respects the same per-tier runtime cap. If a scan hits its time budget, the partial results still land in your queue and the Activity log shows an amber "trimmed at Xmin" row — upgrading extends both the cadence and the per-scan runtime.
What is "Ghost Swipe"?
A tinder-style triage view for job applications. Each card shows company, role, compensation, and match score against your resume. Swipe right to like, left to pass. 50 jobs in 5 minutes. Liked jobs queue for auto-apply or manual review.
Does auto-apply actually work?
Yes, within strict guardrails, for Ghost and Agent tiers. Autonomous Apply launches a real browser, opens the application form, fills what it can ground in your resume + profile, and lets you review any free-text answer before submitting.
- Agent — full LLM-authored answers (never fabricated — if the model can't ground an answer in your resume it hands the question back to you). 10/hour, 50/day cap.
- Ghost — basic mode: profile + resume fields only, free-text questions deferred to you. 3/hour, 10/day cap.
- Operator / Scout — feature not included.
Live today on Greenhouse, Ashby, and Lever (the three ATSes covering ~60% of what our scanner surfaces). Workday + SmartRecruiters + iCIMS ship next. The bad version of auto-apply spams 300 forms and gets your account flagged as a bot — this is rate-limited, grounded, and always surfaces low-confidence fields for your review before submit.
Can I tailor resumes per role?
Yes. Every resume snapshot is saved with version history (last 10 per resume, revert-able). The AI tailor rewrites bullet points to match job-description keywords without fabricating experience. You review + approve before it's saved as a new version.
What's the Message Portal?
An email alias you choose (like jobs@jobs.useincognito.com) that receives recruiter replies. Messages auto-classify (interview / offer / rejection / info), thread into conversations, and can trigger AI auto-replies on a whitelist you configure. Your real email stays private.
Can I use multiple profiles for different careers?
Yes. Each career profile has its own resumes, aliases, scanner config, and pipeline. Switching profiles re-scopes everything instantly — jobs for the GRC track don't show when you're in the PM profile.
Privacy & Security
Is my resume sold or used for AI training?
No. Your resume is never sold, shared with advertisers, or used to train external AI models. Our AI calls (Anthropic, Serper) are on zero-retention tiers — they see the data once, respond, and don't retain it.
Where is my data stored?
On our VPS in the US. Files are encrypted at rest. Database-layer isolation per user. No third-party analytics trackers (we built our own self-hosted event tracking). No Google/Facebook pixels.
Can I export everything?
Yes. Settings → Export my data gives you a single JSON bundle with every profile, resume, job, application, email thread, and preference. Machine-readable so you can migrate elsewhere.
What happens when I delete my account?
Your user directory is wiped synchronously (profiles, resumes, jobs, applications, mail, preferences). Sessions invalidated. Username added to a revoked list so it can't be reclaimed to inherit your mail aliases. Log files rotate out within 30 days. See data retention policy for the full detail.
Is there 2FA?
Yes — Settings → Security → Two-Factor Auth. TOTP-based, works with any authenticator app (Google Authenticator, 1Password, Authy). Disabling requires both your current code AND password.
Who can see my pipeline?
Only you. Other users — including admins — can't access your data via the app. Our internal support uses an impersonation flow that's fully audit-logged (every start/stop gets an entry with actor + target); that's used only with your explicit consent for debugging.
Pricing & Billing
Do I need a credit card to try it?
No card to start. Every account begins with a 14-day trial — full access to scanner, match scoring, tailoring, cover letters, and the Kanban pipeline. Upgrade to keep going past day 14; your pipeline and data stay intact if you don't.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Settings → Plan & Billing → Manage billing opens the Stripe portal where you can cancel, update your card, or change plans. No retention calls, no contracts, no prorating tricks.
What about unlimited applies?
Every tier has a ceiling. That's a product choice, not a limitation: unbounded auto-apply volume is what gets accounts flagged as bots. Our caps are sized for active job seekers running a 4-8 week search, not for people trying to spam 500 applications in a weekend.
Do you offer annual billing?
Planned — annual billing with 2 months free is on the sprint roadmap (changelog will catch it when it ships).
Is there a team or family plan?
Planned. For now, shared accounts aren't supported — each user needs their own login. Tell us if this would be useful via the bug/feedback button.
Do you offer refunds?
Refunds are for service issues — a material bug or outage that blocks core usage. We don't offer blanket money-back on "I didn't use it enough" or "I landed a job in week 1" — that's what the 14-day trial is for. If something genuinely broke on our side, email hello@useincognito.com and we'll issue a prorated credit or refund.
Data & Integrations
Do you integrate with LinkedIn?
Partially. The scanner pulls LinkedIn-sourced job postings via search. Direct LinkedIn messaging / applying is not available — LinkedIn doesn't expose that via API, and unofficial automation violates their terms.
Do you integrate with Gmail / Outlook?
Not directly. Our Message Portal gives you a dedicated alias for recruiter replies so your personal inbox stays clean. If you want replies to arrive in your personal inbox, set the forwarding address in Settings → Profiles & Resumes.
Can I import my existing application history?
Yes via the API (see docs) or by pasting job URLs one-by-one. A CSV import feature is planned.
Is there an iOS / Android app?
Mobile web is fully supported (responsive design, PWA-installable). Native apps are on the roadmap but not a short-term priority — the web app works on mobile.
Troubleshooting
The scanner isn't finding jobs for my role.
Check Settings → Profiles & Resumes: your role focus should be specific ("Senior Security Engineer") not generic ("engineer"). Also verify your resume is uploaded and linked to the active profile — the scanner uses resume keywords to score matches.
I'm not getting email notifications.
Check Settings → Preferences → Notifications. If on, and you still don't see them, the forward-to address may be bouncing — check your spam folder and update the forward address in Settings → Profiles & Resumes.
Auto-apply isn't submitting anything.
It may be paused because it hit a question it couldn't answer (visa status, tool experience). Check Automate → Activity. Once you answer the pending question, the engine resumes automatically.
My match scores seem off.
The score is weighted toward "required" keywords from the JD (2x) vs "nice-to-have" (1x). If your resume doesn't yet mention a required skill you have, add it — the match reflects your resume, not your actual experience.
Something else?
Use the Report Issue button at the bottom of Settings, or email hello@useincognito.com.
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