Local-first by design, honest about AI processing.
Candidlyst does not keep a server-side database of your career history. It also does not pretend AI can work without seeing the relevant content.
What stays local
Your Job Preferences, Background Digest, Master Resume Bank, Writing Rules, Application Library, and settings are stored in your browser on your machine.
What gets processed
When you ask AI to analyze or generate something, the relevant job or career content is sent to the AI provider for that action.
Plain-language privacy model
No Candidlyst account database stores your resume, job preferences, or application history in the current version. Each AI request is processed and returned to your browser, where the result is saved locally. Export and import controls let you back up or move your data.
The planned hosted version will introduce optional account-based storage for people who want cross-device sync. A local, no-company-database version will remain available for people who prefer it.
An honest note on AI resumes
Candidlyst does not invent experience. It works from your Master Resume Bank and helps express your real experience more effectively for a specific role. That is optimization, not fabrication.