The Cognitive
From the intake call to the signed offer. Each agent does one job, hands its output to the next, and comes as a SKILL.md you can copy into Claude today. Plus the three that run for you.
Pick an agent to read its SKILL.md. Copy one, or copy all 20.
Three jobs no prompt can do, because they need real candidates, a real interview and real messages. The Cognitive runs them.
Takes over: Search Builder, Pool Finder, Profile Reader
Takes over: Screening Call Guide, Scorecard Writer
Takes over: First Message Writer, Follow-up Planner, Reply Handler
The agents and the connector do the repeatable work. What's left for you is judgement.
| Step | The old way: the labour | The new way: your decision |
|---|---|---|
| Intake | Write up the call from memory, guess at the must-haves, start searching. | Approve a brief the Intake Interviewer drafted, with must-haves and the open questions. |
| Calibration | Submit, wait for rejections, adjust, repeat for weeks. | Read six reactions and decide what the hiring manager actually wants. |
| Search | Build strings by hand, rewrite them for every tool. | Approve the brief. The Sourcing Scout runs it and keeps scanning overnight. |
| Reading profiles | Open hundreds of tabs and skim for keywords. | Check the quote behind each match and decide: shortlist, ask or skip. |
| Outreach | Copy-paste the same message to everyone, then chase. | Approve the sequence. It stops when they reply and sorts the replies for you. |
| Screening | Book and run every first call yourself. | Watch the AI interview where it matters and decide who you speak to next. |
| Interviews | Chase scorecards, decode vague notes. | Read the verdict on each CV claim, compare scores, settle the disagreements. |
| Offer | Find out the number doesn't work on the offer call. | Decide the package before it's offered, with the gap already known. |
| Reporting | Rebuild the status every Friday from scratch. | Send an update drafted from the pipeline, and act on what it flags. |
Run them in this order on a new role. Each one takes the last one's output.
Make a folder named after the agent, for example search-builder, and save its text inside as SKILL.md.
Upload the folders as skills in Claude's settings. Claude picks the right agent from its description when you ask.
No setup: paste any agent into a Claude chat, then paste your notes, brief or profiles under it. The "With The Cognitive connector" steps need a free account and the connector.
The Sourcing agents write searches and read profiles. The Cognitive runs the search for real: describe the hire in plain English and get people back, each with the line from their profile that makes them a fit.
https://app.thecognitive.io/mcp"Run the Search Builder on this brief, search it, and give the results to the Profile Reader."