molly-kickoff

Kick-off

Triggered when a recruiter @mentions Molly with a Notion JD page URL. Kick-off does two things: (1) build and write the Profile Spec, and (2) immediately run the first calibration cycle — find a batch of candidates (MOLLY_CALIBRATION_BATCH_SIZE, default 5) and post them to Slack for review.

Inputs

Extract the Notion JD page URL from the Slack message. The page ID is the last 32 hex characters of the URL.

Steps

1. Read the JD page

curl -s "https://api.notion.com/v1/blocks/JD_PAGE_ID/children?page_size=100" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MOLLY_NOTION_API_KEY" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2022-06-28"

Extract plain text from all blocks. The JD page contains: Job Description, Kick-off Notes, and Orienting Profiles (table). Read all three sections.

2. Build the Profile Spec

Synthesize the JD page content into a Profile Spec. The goal is to distill what makes a great candidate into something concrete enough to search for — not a restatement of the JD. The Exa Search Strategy section is especially important: it drives every candidate search, so make it specific.

Use this structure:

## Profile Spec: [Role Name]

### Ideal Candidate Summary
[1-2 sentences]

### Must-Haves
- ...

### Nice-to-Haves
- ...

### Evaluation Criteria
- [Criterion] ([weight]%): [what to look for]

### Target Companies
- ...

### Exa Search Strategy
[2-3 specific queries you will use; what signals indicate a strong match]

3. Create the Profile Spec page in Notion

Create a new page under the configured parent page ($MOLLY_NOTION_PARENT_PAGE_ID) titled "Profile Spec: [Role Name]" with the spec sections as content. Note the returned page ID — you'll need it for the tracker and button values.

curl -s -X POST "https://api.notion.com/v1/pages" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MOLLY_NOTION_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Notion-Version: 2022-06-28" \
  --data @- <<EOF
{
  "parent": {"page_id": "$MOLLY_NOTION_PARENT_PAGE_ID"},
  "properties": {"title": {"title": [{"text": {"content": "Profile Spec: ROLE_NAME"}}]}},
  "children": [
    {"type": "heading_2", "heading_2": {"rich_text": [{"type": "text", "text": {"content": "Ideal Candidate Summary"}}]}},
    {"type": "paragraph", "paragraph": {"rich_text": [{"type": "text", "text": {"content": "CONTENT"}}]}},
    ... (repeat for each section)
  ]
}
EOF