AI Safety Talent Network (ASTN)

A career command center for AI safety talent. Users maintain living profiles, receive AI-powered opportunity matching with fit explanations, and get personalized career recommendations.

Live at safetytalent.org.

What it does

ASTN connects three groups: individuals pursuing AI safety careers, local organizations (like BAISH) managing their communities, and opportunity posters looking for matched candidates.

• Smart matching — A two-tier LLM matching engine scores opportunities against user profiles, organized into Great / Good / Exploring tiers with explanations of why each opportunity fits
• AI career advisor — A persistent sidebar agent that helps with profile building, opportunity discovery, and career guidance
• Conversational profile building — Users can build their profile through natural conversation or by uploading a CV, instead of filling out forms
• Opportunity aggregation — Automatically scrapes aisafety.com job boards daily, plus supports manually posted org opportunities
• Organization dashboards — Member directory, engagement scoring, event tracking (Lu.ma sync), program management, and coworking space booking
• Personalized career actions — LLM-generated next steps tailored to each user's profile and goals

Tech stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	React 19, TanStack Start/Router/Query, Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui
Backend	Convex (database, real-time sync, serverless functions)
Auth	Clerk (GitHub, Google, Email+Password)
AI	Claude (career advisor, extraction), Gemini Flash (matching), Kimi K2.5 (conversation)
Email	Resend with React Email templates
Analytics	PostHog
Deployment	Vercel
Runtime	Bun

Getting started

Prerequisites

• Bun installed
• A Convex account
• A Clerk application configured with GitHub, Google, and Email+Password providers

Setup

1. Clone the repo and install dependencies:

git clone <repo-url>
cd ASTN
vp install

2. Create a .env.local file with your client-side keys:

VITE_CONVEX_URL=<your convex deployment url>
VITE_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=<your clerk publishable key>

3. Set server-side environment variables in the Convex dashboard:

Variable	Required	Description
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	Yes	Claude API key for matching, career advisor, and extraction
RESEND_API_KEY	Yes	Resend key for transactional email
EIGHTY_K_ALGOLIA_APP_ID	No	80K Hours job scraping
EIGHTY_K_ALGOLIA_API_KEY	No	80K Hours job scraping
AIRTABLE_TOKEN	No	aisafety.com job board + CRM import
AIRTABLE_BASE_ID	No	Airtable base for imports
AIRTABLE_TABLE_NAME	No	Airtable table for imports

4. Start development:

bun run dev

This runs both the Vite frontend and Convex backend concurrently.

Other commands

bun run dev:web       # Frontend only
bun run dev:convex    # Convex backend only
bun run build         # Production build
bun run lint          # Type check + lint
bun run format        # Prettier format

Project structure

src/
  routes/           # TanStack file-based routing (all pages)
  components/       # React components organized by feature
    agent-sidebar/  # AI career advisor
    matches/        # Match cards and detail views
    profile/        # Profile editor and upload wizard
    org/            # Organization pages and admin
    ui/             # shadcn/ui primitives
  hooks/            # Shared React hooks
  lib/              # Client utilities

convex/
  schema.ts         # Database schema (all tables + indexes)
  matching/         # Two-tier AI matching engine
  agent/            # Career advisor agent (tools, prompts, threads)
  aggregation/      # Opportunity scrapers (80K Hours, aisafety.com)
  enrichment/       # Profile extraction from CV and conversation
  engagement/       # LLM engagement scoring
  emails/           # React Email templates + send logic
  careerActions/    # Personalized career step generation
  crons.ts          # Scheduled jobs (sync, emails, engagement)

Key routes

Path	Description
/	Dashboard with matches, career actions, events
/profile/edit	Profile editor
/matches	Opportunity matches by fit tier
/opportunities	Browse all opportunities
/orgs	Organization directory with map
/org/:slug/admin	Org admin dashboard
/admin	Platform admin

License

AGPL-3.0