Agent skill

Review Applicants

by yc-software in yc-software/recruiting

Review all new inbound applicants across Ashby, WAAS, and inbox.

No licenceAuto-check: notesBusiness, Finance & HR

Install Review Applicants

skills CLI
$ npx skills add yc-software/recruiting --skill review-applicants -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install yc-software/recruiting review-applicants --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yc-software/recruiting.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/review-applicants .claude/skills/review-applicants && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
review-applicants
GitHub stars
116
Token cost
~3.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,365 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Review all new inbound applicants across Ashby, WAAS, and inbox.

  • Works in 10 steps: WAAS health check → Pull Ashby Application Review candidates → Pull WAAS applicants → …
  • The user says show me applicants
  • SKILL.md covers Sources, Procedure, Gmail & Calendar Rules and Resume Deep Review, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls sf

What it does

Review Applicants is an agent skill from yc-software/recruiting. Review all new inbound applicants across Ashby, WAAS, and inbox. Shows candidates at Application Review who the bot didn't catch, WAAS applicants needing response, and new inbox applications — all in one view with recommendations. Use when the user says "show me applicants", "review inbound", "who applied", "new candidates".

Its SKILL.md is about 3.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Business, Finance & HR, covering Recruiting and HR and Email management. It works with Slack.

When your agent uses it

  • The user says show me applicants
  • Tasks that involve Recruiting and HR
  • Tasks that involve Email management

Example prompts

  • “show me applicants”
  • “review inbound”
  • “who applied”
  • “/review-applicants”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read, mcp__google-workspace__gmail_query_emails, mcp__google-workspace__gmail_get_email, mcp__ashby__candidate_search, mcp__ashby__candidate_info, mcp__ashby__application_info, mcp__ashby__application_list, mcp__ashby__application_change_stage, mcp__ashby__archive_reason_list, mcp__waas__applicant_list, mcp__waas__candidate_show, mcp__waas__candidate_status_show, mcp__waas__candidate_status_update, mcp__waas__candidate_message_send, mcp__waas__candidate_messages_list, mcp__waas__candidate_batch, mcp__waas__candidate_notes_list, mcp__waas__candidate_note_create, mcp__waas__health_check

Workflow steps

10 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. WAAS health check
  2. Pull Ashby Application Review candidates
  3. Pull WAAS applicants
  4. Pull inbox applications
  5. Merge and deduplicate
  6. Research each candidate
  7. Tier the candidates
  8. Present
  9. Wait for the hiring manager's decisions
  10. Execute WAAS actions

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d2d6543. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Bash
    • Read
    • mcp__google-workspace__gmail_query_emails
    • mcp__google-workspace__gmail_get_email
    • mcp__ashby__candidate_search
    • mcp__ashby__candidate_info
    • mcp__ashby__application_info
    • mcp__ashby__application_list
    • mcp__ashby__application_change_stage
    • mcp__ashby__archive_reason_list

    …and 10 more on the same allowed-tools line.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • sf

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Review Applicants loads about 3.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 86 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,365 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~86
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Bash, Read, mcp__google-workspace__gmail_query_emails, mcp__google-workspace__gmail_get_email, mcp__

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,365 words (~3,354 tokens).

“Config: Read these files before executing — they contain all IDs, tokens, templates, and rules:”

— opening of SKILL.md by yc-software
name
review-applicants
allowed-tools
Bash, Read, mcp__google-workspace__gmail_query_emails, mcp__google-workspace__gmail_get_email, mcp__ashby__candidate_search, mcp__ashby__candidate_info, mcp__ashby__application_info, mcp__ashby__application_list, mcp__ashby__application_change_stage, mcp__ashby__archive_reason_list, mcp__waas__applicant_list, mcp__waas__candidate_show, mcp__waas__candidate_status_show, mcp__waas__candidate_status_update, mcp__waas__candidate_message_send, mcp__waas__candidate_messages_list, mcp__waas__candidate_batch, mcp__waas__candidate_notes_list, mcp__waas__candidate_note_create, mcp__waas__health_check

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/review-applicants of yc-software/recruiting.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d2d6543

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Works with

Questions about Review Applicants

What does Review Applicants do?

Review all new inbound applicants across Ashby, WAAS, and inbox. Review Applicants is an agent skill from yc-software/recruiting. Review all new inbound applicants across Ashby, WAAS, and inbox.

When should I use Review Applicants?

Review Applicants fits situations like: the user says show me applicants; tasks that involve Recruiting and HR; tasks that involve Email management.

How do I install Review Applicants in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add yc-software/recruiting --skill review-applicants -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/review-applicants in yc-software/recruiting) into .claude/skills/review-applicants in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Review Applicants in Codex?

Run `npx skills add yc-software/recruiting --skill review-applicants -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/review-applicants in yc-software/recruiting) into .agents/skills/review-applicants in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Review Applicants in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add yc-software/recruiting --skill review-applicants -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/review-applicants, .gemini/skills/review-applicants, .github/skills/review-applicants and .opencode/skills/review-applicants in your project.

What does Review Applicants need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Review Applicants needs the command-line tools its instructions call (sf). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, Read, mcp__google-workspace__gmail_query_emails, mcp__google-workspace__gmail_get_email, mcp__ashby__candidate_search, mcp__ashby__candidate_info, mcp__ashby__application_info, mcp__ashby__application_list, mcp__ashby__application_change_stage, mcp__ashby__archive_reason_list, mcp__waas__applicant_list, mcp__waas__candidate_show, mcp__waas__candidate_status_show, mcp__waas__candidate_status_update, mcp__waas__candidate_message_send, mcp__waas__candidate_messages_list, mcp__waas__candidate_batch, mcp__waas__candidate_notes_list, mcp__waas__candidate_note_create, mcp__waas__health_check.

Does Review Applicants access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Review Applicants safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Review Applicants use?

No licence was found for Review Applicants or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Review Applicants use?

About 3.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Review Applicants?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Review Applicants: Connect Apps with Composio (ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills, 77k stars), Composio Cloud Tools (quarqlabs/argus, 279 stars), Li Inbox (Jakeschincariol/linkedin-agent-skill, 1.6k stars) and Company Brain Follow Up Agent (topoteretes/cognee, 32k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Review Applicants?

yc-software (a GitHub organization) maintains it in yc-software/recruiting, which has 116 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 23, 2026.

Source: yc-software/recruiting on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.