Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins --skill ghost-job-detectiongit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-pluginsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins/ghost-job-detection)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins/ghost-job-detection"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins/ghost-job-detection/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins/ghost-job-detection"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins/ghost-job-detection.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00028 | $0.00702 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00014 | $0.00351 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00006 | $0.00140 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00003 | $0.00070 |
Grade A, and why
ghost-job-detection scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 65 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
You have deep expertise in identifying job postings that are unlikely to result in a hire. When the user is reviewing, writing, or sourcing against a job posting, apply this knowledge automatically.
What is a ghost job
A ghost job is a posting that exists for reasons other than actively hiring for the named role. Common drivers:
- Pipeline farming — collecting resumes for future roles or talent communities
- Already filled internally — posting kept open to satisfy compliance (OFCCP good-faith effort, internal posting requirements)
- Headcount theater — signaling growth to investors, candidates, or competitors
- Manager indecision — req opened but scope/level unresolved, hiring not imminent
- Backfill insurance — held open in case a current employee resigns
Ghost-job rates have been measured in the 18-30% range across studies (Clarify Capital, MyPerfectResume, Greenhouse data) and rise during slow hiring cycles.
Red-flag taxonomy
Role definition signals:
- Vague responsibilities; could describe any role at the same level
- Required years of experience that contradict the listed tech stack (e.g., "10+ years of Kubernetes")
- Title/scope mismatch (Senior IC title with manager-of-managers responsibilities)
- "Wears many hats," "ninja," "rockstar" without concrete scope
Compensation signals:
- No range disclosed in pay-transparency jurisdictions (CA, CO, NY, WA, IL, MD, HI, MN, DC, NJ, RI, VT)
- Range so wide it conveys no information (>50% spread between low and high)
- "Competitive" or "DOE" with no anchor
Location and tenure signals:
- "Remote" headline contradicted by in-office requirements deeper in the post
- Posting age >45 days with no update
- Same JD reposted across multiple cycles
- "Evergreen" pipeline language
ATS pipeline indicators:
- Generic talent-community funnels with no specific req ID
- "Apply to be considered for future roles in this team"
- No hiring manager or team named, no application instructions beyond "apply through portal"
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 9d ago First seen · 65 lines · 28 tokens per session scan A c204e7814842
ghost-job-detection is a skill published in the GitHub repository alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins (17 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 28 tokens to every session and 702 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.
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