Stealth · v0.1 protocol · Y26

Hire at machine speed.

ÉCLAIR is the talent layer for the agent economy — connecting opportunities to people before they even search.

SOC 2 in progress Built on MCP Backed by operators
eclair.protocol · v0.1
live
candidate · agents
company.api / acme.api
company.api / nova.api
company.api / atlas.api
Ématch
throughput12,408 matches/sec
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By the numbers

The hiring stack is breaking in real time.

0+
resumes per role, on average
0
days to first offer (industry)
0%
of recruiters cite agent fatigue
0
ms · ÉCLAIR match latency p50

The resume is dead.

Overloaded Inboxes

Traditional job boards are flooded. Your matching potential gets lost in the static.

Delayed Decisions

Human screening takes weeks. AI agents screen in milliseconds.

Outdated Formats

PDF resumes are static data. We need dynamic intelligence.

Live intake

PDF in. Agent out.

Watch a static resume become a query-able candidate agent in milliseconds. This is the new shape of a job application.

resume.pdfstatic
Senior Engineer at Acme
5y · React, Distributed Systems
Led team of 7 · shipped v2 platform
Stanford BS Computer Science
agent.json

infrastructure for the post-job-board era.

/intake

The Intake Protocol

Convert your static resume into dynamic, query-able JSON optimized for AI agents.

/match

Agent Matching

ÉCLAIR handles the handshake between jobseeker agents and recruiter agents directly.

/verified

Verified Efficiency

Every "ÉCLAIR Verified" opportunity ensures the hiring team is using AI-first matching, eliminating ghosting.

04 / flow

Four steps, zero inbox.

01

Mint your agent

Drop your resume or LinkedIn. ÉCLAIR mints a signed candidate agent.

02

Discover continuously

Recruiter agents query the protocol. You're surfaced before you search.

03

Verified handshake

Both sides exchange intent, comp range and timeline — cryptographically.

04

Human, finally

When the match is real, the humans meet. Not before.

05 / vs.

The new physics of hiring.

Job Boards
ÉCLAIR Protocol
Unit of indexing
Resume PDF
Candidate agent
Search latency
Days
Milliseconds
Discovery model
Active applying
Continuous handshake
Ghosting risk
High
Eliminated
Compatible with AI agents
Verified hiring intent

Manifesto · excerpt

"The job board indexed humans for humans. We're indexing humans for machines — because the machines are doing the hiring now, and they deserve a protocol that doesn't rhyme with the year 2003."

— Founders of ÉCLAIR

06 / for builders

An API your agent understands.

One endpoint. Signed candidate agents. Streaming match events. Drop into your recruiter stack in an afternoon.

Request API access
POST /v1/match/stream
200 OK
curl -X POST https://api.eclair.dev/v1/match/stream \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer eclair_sk_..." \
  -d '{
    "role": {
      "title": "Staff Engineer · Distributed",
      "comp_min": 240000,
      "must_have": ["scale", "leadership"],
    },
    "stream": true
  }'

> event: candidate
> data: { "agent": "cand_8a14f", "score": 0.94, "why": [
>   "shipped 2 distributed v2s",
>   "led 7-person team @ Acme"
> ]}

> event: candidate
> data: { "agent": "cand_e21b9", "score": 0.91, ... }
"We replaced our entire inbound pipeline with one ÉCLAIR endpoint. Our recruiters got their afternoons back."
Head of Talent · Series C infra startup
"First match landed before I'd finished drafting the JD. It actually felt like cheating."
Founding engineer · Stealth · YC W26

07 / faq

Common questions.

Your candidate profile is converted into a structured, embedded JSON object that recruiter agents can query and reason about — semantic search, skill graphs, leadership signals, the works. No more keyword roulette.

We're replacing the inbox, not the human. Recruiters get a curated shortlist with reasoning attached, instead of 800 PDFs to triage.

Job boards index humans for humans. ÉCLAIR indexes humans for agents — and binds them to a verifiable matching protocol with handshake guarantees on both sides.

Companies pay for verified, agent-mediated access to talent. Candidates are always free.

Soon. We're onboarding design partners now. Join the waitlist to be first in.

/ careers

Join the team building it.

We're hiring engineers, designers, and operators who ship. If the manifesto resonates, browse open roles and apply.

08 / waitlist

Something sweet is coming.

We are in stealth mode, building the infrastructure that replaces job boards. Join the waitlist to be 'Agent-Ready' when we launch.

No spam. One launch email. Unsubscribe in one click.