Interviews you can’t compare
Five candidates for one role, interviewed over two weeks. By Friday, they blur together.
The AI second brain for recruiters
Every candidate, remembered.
Glowstone is like an assistant who sat in every interview and read every note about your candidates and roles: skills, salary expectations, what each hiring manager really wants. It thinks with the judgment of your most experienced recruiter and answers from your own records, so the right candidate is one question away.
Free, including transcription · Works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor · Your notes stay on your Mac
If you’re a recruiter, this probably sounds familiar
What the hiring manager really meant
The job description says one thing; the intake call said another. The nuance lives in your memory.
Candidates who go cold
Someone great is waiting for feedback, and a week passes without a message.
01 · Your pipeline knowledge
Keep every candidate, role and client on record and ask your AI anything about them
Each role, candidate and hiring manager gets a note your agent writes and links as you work: skills, expectations, notice period, what was said in each interview and what the client really wants.
Then ask: who are the best three for a role and why, who has done a specific thing, who is waiting on you.
- One note per role, candidate and client
- Interview notes saved and comparable
- Answers that cite the interview they came from
Example
A client asks for an update on a role you’re running with eight candidates.
Write a status update for Sophie on the backend role.
- ✓Reads the role and every candidate’s note
- ✓Checks interview dates and next steps
- ✓Writes a short client-ready update
What you get
A clear update in Sophie’s language: who’s in final round, who dropped and why, next steps.
04An answer that comes from your records, not a guess.
02 · Interviews & intake calls
Record interviews and intake calls and ask questions live, with the call and your candidate history as context
Record interviews and intake calls from the tab. No bot joins; Glowstone transcribes on your Mac and keeps what you said apart from what the candidate or client said. Tell people you’re recording.
Mid-call, check what you need: what another candidate said about the same topic, what the client asked for, what salary someone mentioned. Afterwards, Process files the interview into the candidate’s note.
- Every interview transcribed and comparable
- Client requirements checked mid-call
- Candidate notes updated after every call
Example
Three final-round interviews for one role, on different days.
Compare the three finalists on what Sophie cares about.
- ✓Reads the three interview transcripts
- ✓Uses the role’s must-haves as criteria
- ✓Builds a side-by-side with quotes
What you get
A comparison you can send the client, with each candidate’s own words as evidence.
04An answer you can use before the pause gets awkward.
03 · Every day
Use it all day: capture profiles, jot notes and ask from any app
Most of the value comes from small moments, dozens of times a day. Glowstone hangs from the top of your screen in every app: bring the pointer up, ask, jot something down or attach what’s on screen, and get back to work.
Away from the desk, a voice note to your own Glowstone bot on Telegram does the same. Everything lands in the same memory.
- The tab, over any app
- Screenshots it understands: “add this to…”
- Telegram from your phone
- The tabA candidate calls back unexpectedly
What did I tell Tom about the salary range?
Your exact words from last week, before you pick up.
- Attach a fileA CV arrives by email
Summarise this CV and tell me which open role it fits.
A five-line summary and the best match, saved as a candidate note.
- TelegramAfter a coffee with a candidate
Voice note: “Priya would consider a counter-offer, wants remote.”
Filed in Priya’s note and flagged on the role.
- Search ⌘FWho mentioned leadership experience?
“led a team”
Four candidates and the interviews where they said it.
03It reads the screenshot and files what matters.
04 · Routines
Schedule routines: your AI tells you every morning who is waiting on feedback
Ask once: “every morning at nine, tell me which candidates are waiting for feedback, today’s interviews and which offers are pending”. It starts that conversation on its own.
Silent when everyone is up to date. Routines run while Glowstone is open on your Mac.
- No candidate waits a week for feedback
- Offers and deadlines flagged
- Silent when there’s nothing to do
Example
You run twelve roles across four clients.
Once: “every Friday at five, a status per client: roles, finalists and blockers.”
- ✓Reads every role and its candidates
- ✓Groups them by client
- ✓Opens one summary per client
What you get
Friday client updates ready to send, one per client.
02A normal chat: reply to it, ask more, or let it be.
Bring your own AI
Use your Claude or ChatGPT plan as an assistant for recruiters
Glowstone doesn’t sell its own AI. Sign in with the agent you already use, on the plan you already pay for, and it gets your notes, your meetings and your tools. Switch agents any time: the memory stays.
Claude CodeYour Claude plan
CodexYour ChatGPT plan
CursorYour Cursor plan
OpenCodeFree models or your own keys
Kilo CodeFree models or your own keys
05 · Tools & connectors
Connect your ATS, calendar and email, so your AI can schedule interviews and draft messages for you
Most tools you work in today can be connected to an AI agent, through what are called MCP connectors. Tell Glowstone which ones you use and your agent sets them up with you, in the conversation: it looks for the official connector, adds it, and walks you through signing in. No settings screen, no developer needed.
From then on it can read them and, where the tool allows it, act in them: create and update tickets, write pages, draft emails, check a customer’s invoices. Every action shows up in the chat, and it only reaches what your own account can.
Greenhouse, Workable, Ashby, Teamtailor and Gem have their own official connectors: your agent reads candidates, roles and feedback there, and in most of them can also move a stage or add a note. If yours has none, Zapier reaches thousands of other apps.
- Connected in the conversation, guided step by step
- Reads and, where allowed, writes in your tools
- Every action visible in the chat
GreenhouseRead candidates, roles and scorecards- WorkableRead candidates and move them between stages
- AshbyRead candidates and interviews, add notes
- TeamtailorRead and update candidates and jobs
CalendarBook interviews and find slots, through a community connector
EmailDraft invites, feedback and offers, through a community connector
NotionKeep role briefs and scorecards your team shares- SlackRead hiring channels and post updates (with a token)
Hundreds of tools have a connector today. These work too, through official or community connectors:
- Gem
HubSpot
Google Drive
Asana
Zapier
Linear- + More tools
And through Zapier’s connector, thousands of apps more. If a tool has no connector, your agent tells you, and writes it down.
Example
A hiring manager asks how many candidates you’ve screened this month.
How many candidates did I screen in September, per role, and how many moved on?
- ✓Reads every interview note from September
- ✓Groups them by role
- ✓Counts who moved to the next stage
What you get
A funnel per role in seconds, from your own notes.
03Done, and it tells you what it did.
Speak instead of typing, about three times faster
Hold a key and talk: to your agent, or into any app. Whisper transcribes it on your Mac, free and offline, and spells your clients’ and colleagues’ names right.
Everything else Glowstone does
The same app, with the same memory behind every part. Each one has its own guide, step by step.
The tab
Your agent hangs from the top of the screen in every app. Ask or jot something down without switching windows.
Connectors, step by step
How your agent finds, adds and signs in to a connector, and keeps a list of what you use.
Search & spaces
Find anything by what was said, and keep work and personal life in separate folders.
Bring your memory
Start with what ChatGPT or Claude already know about you, or your Obsidian vault.
Telegram
Text or send a voice note from your phone, and it’s filed by the time you’re back.
Private by design
Notes are files on your Mac. No Glowstone account or server: only the agent you choose reads them.
A recruiter’s day with Glowstone
- Morning pipeline: who’s waiting on feedback, today’s interviews.
- Intake call recorded. Must-haves checked against your pipeline live.
- Interview recorded and filed into the candidate’s note.
- A profile captured from the tab, saved as a new candidate.
- Finalists compared side by side for the client.
- A status per client, ready to send.
Things you could ask it
- “Who are my best three for this role, and why?”
- “What did Tom say about his notice period?”
- “Which candidates are waiting on feedback?”
- “Compare the finalists on what the client cares about.”
- “Draft the offer email for Irene.”
- “Who in my pipeline has led a team?”
Your notes stay yours
Everything is plain Markdown in a folder on your Mac. There’s no Glowstone account and no Glowstone server, so we can’t read your notes, your chats or your meetings. Only the AI agent you choose reads what it needs to answer, under your own account.
Who can see what →Questions from recruiters
Do candidates need to know they’re recorded?
Yes. Recording people is regulated in many places; tell candidates and clients first and record only with their agreement.
Where does candidate data go?
Your notes are files on your Mac; Glowstone has no server. The agent you choose reads what it needs to answer, under your account. Delete a candidate’s note and it’s gone.
Does it replace my ATS?
No. The ATS keeps the process; Glowstone keeps the context: what each candidate said, what each client wants, how they compare.
Is it free?
Yes. Glowstone, transcription and dictation are free. The agent uses your own plan with its provider.
Can I use my Claude or ChatGPT subscription?
Yes. Glowstone doesn’t sell its own AI: it works with the agent you already pay for. Claude Code runs on your Claude plan, Codex on your ChatGPT plan and Cursor on your Cursor plan. OpenCode and Kilo Code can use free models. Glowstone gives that agent your notes, meetings and tools, and takes no cut.
Glowstone is free
- The app: free to download and use, with no account and no card.
- Transcription and dictation: free, with Whisper running on your Mac. No per-minute fees, no word limits.
- The AI: the agent you already use, on your own plan, or free models through OpenCode and Kilo Code. We take no cut.
Try it on your own work.
Free, with the agent you already use. Your files stay on your Mac.
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