# Job Postings Scraper + Monitor: Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby ATS (`benedictmendoza/job-postings-monitor`) Actor

Scrape company job postings from 6 ATS platforms (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, SmartRecruiters, Recruitee) with ATS auto-detection - or monitor companies on a schedule and get only NEW postings with webhook & Slack alerts. Hiring signals for sales & recruiting.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/benedictmendoza/job-postings-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Benedict Mendoza](https://apify.com/benedictmendoza) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 job retrieveds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Job Postings Scraper + Monitor — Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby & More

**Scrape any company's open jobs — or monitor companies and get alerted only when NEW roles appear.** This Actor reads job postings directly from 6 ATS platforms (**Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, SmartRecruiters, Recruitee**) and auto-detects which one a company uses. Just type company names.

Job postings are the earliest reliable public signal that a company is growing, funded, or buying. Sales teams track hiring to time outreach; recruiters track competitors' openings; founders track rivals' roadmaps through their job ads. This Actor turns all of that into structured data — and in monitor mode, into real-time alerts.

### Two ways to use it

#### 1. Scraper mode — full snapshot

Give it company names, domains, or board URLs → get every open posting as normalized JSON/CSV: title, department, location, remote flag, employment type, apply URL, publish date, ATS platform.

#### 2. Monitor mode — only NEW postings (the good part)

Enable **Monitor mode** and run on an [Apify Schedule](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules) (e.g. daily). The Actor remembers what it has seen per company and outputs **only new postings** — optionally firing:

- **Webhook** (n8n / Make / Zapier / your endpoint): JSON payload of new jobs
- **Slack alert**: a formatted message listing each new role with links

*"Company X just posted 3 sales roles"* delivered to your Slack every morning — that's a buying signal, not a job list.

### Why ATS-direct beats job-board scraping

- **Fresh & complete**: read from the company's own board, not an aggregator's delayed copy
- **No anti-bot fights**: these are public hiring APIs — stable and fast
- **Auto-detection**: type `stripe` — the Actor finds it on Greenhouse. Type `openai` — found on Ashby. No need to know which ATS anyone uses
- **6 platforms** in one actor, one output schema

### Input examples

```
openai                              ← auto-detected (Ashby)
stripe.com                          ← auto-detected (Greenhouse)
https://jobs.lever.co/anthropic     ← explicit board URL
```

Filters: `titleKeywords` (e.g. "sales", "engineer") and `locationKeywords` (e.g. "remote", "Singapore") narrow results before you're charged.

### Who uses this

- **Sales / GTM teams**: hiring = growth = budget. Track target accounts' engineering or sales hiring as outreach triggers
- **Recruiters & talent agencies**: watch competitor openings and market demand by role
- **Job boards & aggregators**: a clean multi-ATS ingestion feed
- **Analysts / founders**: headcount signals for competitive intelligence
- **AI agents**: normalized JSON via API or MCP — drop-in tool for agent pipelines

### Pricing

Small Actor start fee + fixed price per job retrieved. Filters apply **before** charging, and in monitor mode you pay only for *new* postings — monitoring 50 companies that post 20 total new jobs a day costs cents.

### FAQ

**Which ATS platforms are supported?**
Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, SmartRecruiters, Recruitee. Want Workday, BambooHR, or another? Open an issue — platform requests are prioritized.

**How does monitor mode remember previous runs?**
State is stored in a named key-value store in your Apify account (`job-monitor-state`). Delete it to reset.

**What if a company isn't found?**
You get a per-company status in the run summary ("No supported ATS board found") and are not charged for it. Passing the exact board URL always works.

**Can I export to CSV/Excel/Google Sheets?**
Yes — standard Apify dataset export, plus integrations to Sheets, webhooks, and the API.

### Support

Bug reports and platform requests: open an issue in the **Issues** tab — answered fast, and feature requests shape the roadmap.

# Actor input Schema

## `companies` (type: `array`):

Company names, domains, or ATS board URLs (e.g. 'openai', 'stripe.com', 'https://boards.greenhouse.io/stripe', 'https://jobs.lever.co/plaid'). The ATS platform is auto-detected.

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, the Actor remembers previous runs and outputs ONLY postings it has not seen before. Run it on an Apify Schedule (e.g. daily) to get fresh-job alerts.

## `titleKeywords` (type: `array`):

Only include jobs whose title contains any of these keywords (case-insensitive). Leave empty for all jobs.

## `locationKeywords` (type: `array`):

Only include jobs whose location contains any of these keywords (e.g. 'remote', 'New York'). Leave empty for all locations.

## `webhookUrl` (type: `string`):

Optional: POST new postings as JSON to this URL (works with n8n, Make, Zapier, custom endpoints). Fired only in monitor mode when new jobs are found.

## `slackWebhookUrl` (type: `string`):

Optional: send a Slack message listing new postings. Fired only in monitor mode when new jobs are found.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "companies": [
    "duolingo"
  ],
  "monitorMode": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `jobs` (type: `string`):

Normalized job postings across Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, SmartRecruiters and Recruitee.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "companies": [
        "duolingo"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("benedictmendoza/job-postings-monitor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "companies": ["duolingo"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("benedictmendoza/job-postings-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "companies": [
    "duolingo"
  ]
}' |
apify call benedictmendoza/job-postings-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,benedictmendoza/job-postings-monitor"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/lxb4iDbb7GJzUaQ5a/builds/CIotqYMRFT8KqQWU8/openapi.json