# Remote Job Leads Monitor — RemoteOK & WeWorkRemotely (`davidbenittah/remote-job-leads-monitor`) Actor

Watch RemoteOK and WeWorkRemotely on a schedule and get only the NEW remote jobs matching your keywords since the last run — with an optional contract/freelance-only filter.

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

## Pricing

from $8.00 / 1,000 results

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?

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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?

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The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

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# README

## Remote Job Leads Monitor — RemoteOK & WeWorkRemotely

Watch **RemoteOK** and **WeWorkRemotely** on a schedule and get **only the NEW remote jobs matching your keywords** since your last run — with an optional **contract/freelance-only** filter.

Remote job boards move fast: the good postings get hundreds of applicants within days. The applicants who land them are the ones who applied in the first hours. This monitor turns two of the biggest remote boards into a deduplicated alert stream, so you're always in the first wave.

### What it does

1. Reads RemoteOK's official public API and WeWorkRemotely's public RSS feed.
2. Normalizes both into one job format: title, company, location, tags, employment type, salary range when published, direct link.
3. Applies your filters — keywords (title, company, tags, location) and optionally contract/freelance signals only.
4. Remembers every job it has already seen (per filter set, in a persistent state store) and outputs **only the NEW ones** on every later run.

### Input example

```json
{
  "keywords": ["video", "motion"],
  "contractOnly": true
}
````

The defaults work as-is (both boards, all new jobs).

### Output example

```json
{
  "jobId": "wwr:pixelworks-motion-designer",
  "source": "weworkremotely",
  "title": "Motion Designer & Video Editor",
  "company": "PixelWorks",
  "location": "Europe Only",
  "employmentType": "Full-Time",
  "tags": ["Design"],
  "salaryMinUsd": null,
  "salaryMaxUsd": null,
  "url": "https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/pixelworks-motion-designer",
  "postedAt": "2026-07-05T08:00:00.000Z",
  "matchedKeywords": ["video"],
  "isNewSinceLastRun": true
}
```

A `SUMMARY` record in the run's key-value store gives the counts per run — including per-source errors, so one board having a bad day never silently empties your feed.

### How to use it

- **Job seekers / freelancers**: schedule every few hours with your skill keywords → apply in the first wave.
- **Contract hunters**: `contractOnly: true` keeps only gigs with contract/freelance/part-time signals.
- **Talent watchers**: keyword on a competitor's name to see when they hire remotely.

### Fair use & data

- Reads only **official public endpoints**: the [Remote OK API](https://remoteok.com/api) (jobs link back to Remote OK as their terms request) and WeWorkRemotely's public RSS feed.
- **No personal data** — these are company job postings; no candidate or poster identities are collected.
- Feeds are naturally bounded (~100 jobs each); the monitor's memory turns them into a complete over-time stream.

### FAQ

**Why these two boards?** They're the two largest remote boards with clean public feeds. More sources can be added — tell us in the Issues tab which one you need.

**First run floods me.** That's the baseline (flagged `isBaseline: true`); disable `includeBaselineInOutput` to start silent.

**How do I reset the memory?** Set a new `monitorId`.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Case-insensitive keywords matched against title, company, tags and location (e.g. 'video', 'react', 'design'). Leave empty to get every new remote job. Hard maximum: 20.

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Which boards to monitor: 'remoteok' and/or 'weworkremotely'. Default: both.

## `contractOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only jobs with a contract, freelance or part-time signal (WeWorkRemotely job type, or tags/title on RemoteOK).

## `includeBaselineInOutput` (type: `boolean`):

The very first run saves the boards' current jobs as a baseline. When enabled, those are also pushed to the dataset (flagged isBaseline=true). Later runs always output only NEW jobs.

## `monitorId` (type: `string`):

Optional. Advanced: name this monitor to keep several baselines for the same filters, or reset one by changing the ID.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "design"
  ],
  "sources": [
    "remoteok",
    "weworkremotely"
  ],
  "contractOnly": false,
  "includeBaselineInOutput": true
}
```

# 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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "design"
    ],
    "sources": [
        "remoteok",
        "weworkremotely"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("davidbenittah/remote-job-leads-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 = {
    "keywords": ["design"],
    "sources": [
        "remoteok",
        "weworkremotely",
    ],
}

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "design"
  ],
  "sources": [
    "remoteok",
    "weworkremotely"
  ]
}' |
apify call davidbenittah/remote-job-leads-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=davidbenittah/remote-job-leads-monitor",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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    "info": {
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        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "76TuMvNZtmXgFpLwF"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
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                "parameters": [
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                        "schema": {
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
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            }
        },
        "/acts/davidbenittah~remote-job-leads-monitor/runs": {
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                                }
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        },
        "/acts/davidbenittah~remote-job-leads-monitor/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-davidbenittah-remote-job-leads-monitor",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
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                "requestBody": {
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                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
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                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
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            }
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    },
    "components": {
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            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "keywords": {
                        "title": "Keywords to match",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Case-insensitive keywords matched against title, company, tags and location (e.g. 'video', 'react', 'design'). Leave empty to get every new remote job. Hard maximum: 20.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "sources": {
                        "title": "Job boards to watch",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Which boards to monitor: 'remoteok' and/or 'weworkremotely'. Default: both.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "contractOnly": {
                        "title": "Contract/freelance jobs only",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Keep only jobs with a contract, freelance or part-time signal (WeWorkRemotely job type, or tags/title on RemoteOK).",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "includeBaselineInOutput": {
                        "title": "Output the baseline on first run",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "The very first run saves the boards' current jobs as a baseline. When enabled, those are also pushed to the dataset (flagged isBaseline=true). Later runs always output only NEW jobs.",
                        "default": true
                    },
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                        "title": "Custom monitor ID",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional. Advanced: name this monitor to keep several baselines for the same filters, or reset one by changing the ID."
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                            "stats": {
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                                    "restartCount": {
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                                    "computeUnits": {
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                            "options": {
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}
```