⚡ Upwork Enterprise & High-Budget Client Radar (AI Job Sniper)

Snipe $2,000–$50,000+ contracts and $50–$150+/hr opportunities within minutes of posting. Filter out tire-kickers, target enterprise clients with verified spend, generate instant AI proposal hooks, and receive automated Slack/Discord alerts.

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🎯 The High-Ticket Sniping Edge

On Upwork, speed and client quality dictate your win rate:

• The First 5-Minute Window: High-ticket clients ($2k–$50k+) receive 30–60 generic proposals within hours. Clients typically review and interview among the first 3 to 5 submissions.
• Filter Out Low-Ballers: Stop wasting connects on unverified clients with $0 spend. Target clients who have demonstrably spent $10,000 to $500,000+ on Upwork and maintain 4.8+ star ratings.
• Instant Proposal Angles: Every detected lead includes 3 AI-crafted proposal pitch hooks tailored to the client's scope, enabling your team to submit a winning bid in under 60 seconds.

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🚀 Key Features

• 💎 Enterprise Client Filtering: Filter by minimum client lifetime spend ($10k+, $50k+, $100k+), star rating ($\ge 4.8$), and verified payment methods.
• 💰 High-Budget Thresholds: Target fixed-price jobs above $2,000+ and hourly rates above $50/hr–$150/hr.
• 🌍 Tier-1 Geographic Filtering: Restrict alerts to high-purchasing economies (US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, etc.).
• 💡 3 AI Proposal Pitch Hooks:
  1. Direct Bottleneck Solution: Identifies the root architectural problem with a quantified outcome.
  2. Proof of Execution: Case study angle tailored to their required tech stack.
  3. Zero-Friction Call-to-Action: Low-resistance invite (e.g. 1-page architecture teardown) that converts to interviews.
• 🔔 Instant Team Notifications: Push live alert cards directly into your agency Slack or Discord channels with 1-click apply links.
• 🛡️ Stealth Browser Architecture: Powered by headless Playwright with stealth evasions and optional session cookie injection for 100% block-free scraping.

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📥 Input Configuration

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	"python"	(Required) Target skill or keywords (e.g. full stack, ai agent, python, video editor, copywriter).
minBudgetFixed	integer	2000	(Optional) Minimum fixed-price budget in USD. Filters out lower-tier jobs.
minHourlyRate	integer	50	(Optional) Minimum hourly rate in USD ($/hr).
minClientSpend	integer	10000	(Optional) Minimum historical spend on Upwork (e.g. $10,000).
minClientRating	number	4.8	(Optional) Minimum client rating (1.0 to 5.0 stars).
paymentVerifiedOnly	boolean	true	(Optional) Require verified payment method on file.
tier1CountriesOnly	boolean	false	(Optional) Restrict to US, UK, CA, AU, EU, etc.
maxJobs	integer	20	(Optional) Max high-ticket jobs to extract per run.
upworkCookies	string	""	(Optional) Session cookies (JSON array or string). Guarantees 100% block-free loading.
slackWebhookUrl	string	""	(Optional) Incoming Slack webhook for instant alerts.
discordWebhookUrl	string	""	(Optional) Discord webhook URL for alert cards.
proxyConfiguration	object	{"useApifyProxy": true}	(Optional) Apify Proxy settings (Residential recommended).

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📤 Sample Output (Dataset Item)

{
  "title": "Senior AI Engineer / Full-Stack Architect for Autonomous Agent Platform",
  "jobUrl": "https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~01abcde123456789",
  "jobType": "Fixed-price",
  "budgetAmount": "$15,000",
  "budgetNumeric": 15000.0,
  "postedTime": "14 minutes ago",
  "description": "Looking for a top-tier engineer to build scalable multi-agent workflows using LangGraph and FastAPI with PostgreSQL backend...",
  "clientLocation": "United States",
  "clientTotalSpend": "$150k+ spent",
  "clientSpendNumeric": 150000.0,
  "clientRating": 4.97,
  "clientReviewCount": 54,
  "clientPaymentVerified": true,
  "skillsRequired": ["Python", "FastAPI", "PostgreSQL", "LangChain", "Docker"],
  "aiProposalHooks": [
    "🎯 **Direct Bottleneck Solution**: 'Hi there — noticed your project regarding "Senior AI Engineer / Full-Stack Architect". Most agent workflows fail due to unoptimized state persistence and token bottlenecks. I have built similar production agent frameworks handling 100k+ events daily.'",
    "🏆 **Proof of Execution**: 'We recently delivered an enterprise multi-agent platform using FastAPI and PostgreSQL. I can share a 2-minute video walkthrough demonstrating the exact architecture you are describing.'",
    "⚡ **Zero-Friction Next Step**: 'Instead of a long pitch, would you like me to send a 1-page technical audit and architecture blueprint for your review today?'"
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-10T02:30:00.000Z"
}

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🔔 Setting Up Automated Webhook Alerts

Slack Notifications

1. Create an Incoming Webhook in your Slack Workspace (Slack API Guide).
2. Paste the Webhook URL into the slackWebhookUrl input field.
3. The Actor will deliver formatted interactive cards featuring the job title, budget badge, client spend stats, and the #1 AI proposal angle.

Discord Alerts

1. In your Discord server, go to Channel Settings $ ightarrow$ Integrations $ ightarrow$ Webhooks.
2. Click New Webhook, copy the Webhook URL, and paste it into discordWebhookUrl.
3. High-ticket contracts will appear as emerald-bordered rich embed cards.

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⏱️ Scheduling & Automation

To catch contracts the second they are published:

1. Navigate to the Schedules tab on Apify.
2. Schedule this Actor to run every 5 to 15 minutes (e.g. cron */10 * * * *).
3. Set your webhook URL. Your agency will receive real-time notifications whenever a high-ticket contract goes live!

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🛡️ Cookie Authentication (For 100% Block-Free Scraping)

If Upwork displays Cloudflare challenges for datacenter IP ranges:

1. Open your browser where you are logged into Upwork.
2. Copy your session cookies (using an extension like Cookie-Editor or DevTools).
3. Paste the cookies into the upworkCookies field.
4. The Actor's stealth Playwright instance will inject the session and load search results instantly without bot interference.