Is it safe for candidate PII?

Anonymize when possible. If you need to paste a resume, that's usually fine — resumes are already circulated widely — but avoid pasting SSNs, references, or anything the candidate hasn't consented to circulate.

Will it help with recruiter emails to hiring managers?

Yes — status updates, escalations, requests for feedback. Same as any professional communication draft.

Does it know sourcing tools?

It doesn't integrate with LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, or Ashby. Workflow: use those tools for sourcing, use LADLE for the writing around the process.

USE CASE · RECRUITERS

The recruiting motion, faster.

LADLE writes the outreach that doesn't sound automated, drafts the JD that actually filters, and summarizes candidates so hiring managers can decide. You keep the judgment.

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MODELClaude Sonnet

USE FOROutreach, JDs, summaries

DON'T USE FORReference calls, offer decisions

CONTEXT200K tokens — long resumes fit

FILESPDFs, LinkedIn exports

SPEED5-10s per draft

OUTREACH

Personalized without being fake.

Paste the candidate's profile + the role. Get outreach that references something specific about them, not a Mad Libs template.

Outreach to a senior backend engineer at a fintech. She published a blog post on Postgres query planning last month. We're hiring for a similar role at 2x her likely comp.

JOB DESCRIPTIONS

The JD that filters correctly.

Bad JDs get 500 wrong applications. Good JDs get 30 right ones. Paste the role + your notes on what actually matters, get a JD that filters.

Senior product designer JD. Real requirements: 5+ years shipping consumer products, strong prototyping in Figma, comfortable with user research, works in EST. Nice to have: design systems experience. What we DON'T need: agency-style visual portfolios.

CANDIDATE SUMMARIES

The one-page brief the hiring manager will actually read.

Paste the resume + interview notes. Get a summary that highlights signal, flags concerns, and recommends a decision.

Summary of a senior engineer candidate. Resume: 12 years, 3 companies, mostly Rails. Interview notes: strong technical depth, some pushback on our async-first culture, salary expectation $220K (our range is $180-210).

WHY THIS EXISTS

Recruiting is 80% writing. Better writing = better hires. $8/mo of your subscription funds meals through the WFP.

Questions.

It can summarize resumes and flag signal/concerns based on the JD. It shouldn't autonomously reject candidates — that's your judgment plus your company's compliance requirements around consistent screening.

Try it before you commit.

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