Getting started with Autopilot
Autopilot applies to jobs for you. Learn what an auto-apply is, who has access during the beta, how Autopilot differs from Copilot autofill, and what to set up before your first one.
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How Autopilot applies to jobs for you
Autopilot is an agent that applies to jobs on your behalf. Pick a job on Simplify and Autopilot opens the company's application portal, fills it in from your Simplify profile, tailors your resume and writes a cover letter if you asked it to, and submits the application. That submitted application is an auto-apply, and it shows up in your Autopilot History.
We built Autopilot because applying is the most repetitive part of the job search. Most candidates aren't doing anything different from one application to the next. They're entering the same information into a different portal, and the time that takes is time not spent on the roles that deserve real attention.
Autopilot only ever applies to jobs you chose. It's also cautious by design: if it isn't confident an answer is right, it fails the application rather than submit something wrong, and you don't lose a credit when that happens.
Queueing and sending applications
Credits and failed applications
Who has access to Autopilot right now
Autopilot is in beta. During the beta, it's available to a subset of Simplify+ members.
If you're on Simplify+ and don't see Autopilot, your account isn't in the current group. You don't need to do anything. Access is expanding over the beta.
If you're on the free plan, you'll need Simplify+ to use Autopilot.
Once you have access, you'll see it in two places:
On a job posting: Add to Queue in the action bar, or Auto-apply with Simplify in the dropdown next to Apply.
On the Autopilot page at simplify.jobs/autopilot.
You can also use Autopilot from the Simplify iOS app.
What's coming next for Autopilot
Because this is a beta, here's what we're working on:
Wider access. More Simplify+ members get Autopilot as the beta expands.
More credits. A new plan with a larger weekly allowance, and the option to buy extra credits. Neither is available yet.
Autopilot will ask you questions. When an application asks something Autopilot can't answer from your profile, it will pause and ask you, on the website or in the iOS app, then finish the submission once you've answered. Your answers are saved and reused, so you only answer each question once. Today, Autopilot fails an application rather than guess at an answer it isn't sure about, so this is one of the bigger changes coming.
Autopilot on its own. Your daily job matches will land in your Autopilot queue automatically, and you'll be able to schedule Autopilot to submit them each day.
How Autopilot is different from Copilot autofill
Both help you apply faster. They do different jobs.
Copilot is the browser extension. You open an application, Copilot fills the fields, you review the page and click Submit yourself. You're there the whole time.
Autopilot runs without you. You pick the job on Simplify; Autopilot completes and submits the application on its own. There's no step where you review it first. Once you send a job, it goes. You see the result in your Autopilot History.
If you want to check every field before it's sent, use Copilot. If you want the application done, use Autopilot.
Using Copilot to Autofill Applications
📌 Remember: Autopilot only works on job postings whose application system it supports. On other postings you'll see the regular Apply flow, and Copilot can still autofill the application for you.
What Autopilot needs from your profile
Before your first auto-apply, make sure your profile has:
Name, email, and phone number
Location
LinkedIn URL
Work authorization
A default resume
These answer the questions every application asks. If any are missing, Autopilot may not be able to complete the application. No credit is used when that happens.