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title: AI Chat
slug: ai-chat
icon: 💬
createdAt: 2026-08-07T19:24:46.404Z
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# What is AI Chat?

AI Chat is a conversational way to build and refine your candidate searches on Pin. Instead of setting criteria such as locations, skills, and seniority by hand, you describe what you need in plain English, and Pin turns it into a working search.

Think of it as a recruiting assistant that's always ready to adjust course. Don't like the results? Tell it what's off, and it'll rerun the search with your feedback.

# Where to find AI Chat

### In a job's Agent view

Open the job and select **Sourcing → Agent**. The chat is the main part of the page. Type in the **Message Pin** box at the bottom, or click the microphone to dictate.

![The Agent view, with the chat on the left and the agent panel on the right](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/JtqPsvk-s0xQ7dgMBVpor/lHR027DywAmclN6I0psEj_agent-panel.png)

### When you set up a new job

After you create a job, its **Sourcing** page asks **Do you have an existing job description?** Choose how you'd like to start:

- **Job Description** – paste the full description, and Pin will walk you through confirming the search criteria.
- **Listing Link** – paste a link to the job posting.
- **Your Notes** – paste or dictate your intake notes, and Pin will pull out what it needs.
- **Duplicate Existing** – start from another job's setup.

If you don't have a description, click **I don't have a job description** and answer Pin's questions instead.

![Sourcing setup: Do you have an existing job description?](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/JtqPsvk-s0xQ7dgMBVpor/FDTzXa8QcArGp6z0G5kle_sourcing-setup.png)

### In the Criteria List and sequence editor

You'll also find an **Ask Pin** box at the top of a search's **Criteria List** ("Ask Pin to add or change any criteria for you") and at the top of the sequence editor ("Ask Pin to add or change any or all steps for you").

![The Criteria List with the Ask Pin box at the top](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/JtqPsvk-s0xQ7dgMBVpor/vhgGKgStoj8jvqI44hxfr_criteria-list.png)

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## What you can do with it

**Start a search, your way.** Paste in a full job description, drop in some quick intake notes, or just type a short sentence like "mid-level backend engineer, remote, 5+ years." Pin will ask clarifying questions if it needs more to go on.

**Talk instead of type.** Use voice to describe your search or give Pin instructions instead of typing it all out.

**Refine in plain language.** Want to add a location, make a skill optional instead of required, or narrow the experience range? Just say so. No need to hunt through filter menus.

**Import from LinkedIn.** Found someone promising outside of Pin? Paste their LinkedIn URL, and Pin will check whether it has their information and pull them into your search.

**Set rules for approving candidates.** Tell Pin something like "approve anyone with a fit score above 8," and it'll handle the sorting for you.

**Use presets or CSV imports.** If your team uses saved company presets or CSV candidate imports, type **@** in the chat and your presets will appear.

**Personalize and launch outreach.** Once you've approved your candidates, Pin can help you personalize the first outreach message and turn on your sequence, all without leaving the conversation.

**Keep jobs private.** If a search needs to stay under wraps, ask Pin to make the job private, either when you're setting it up or any time after.

**Edit your sequence.** View, edit, disable, or enable sequence steps, including by voice.

**Pause or resume the agent.** Type **pause** to pause the job's AI Agent, and **resume** to turn it back on.

## What it can't do (yet)

AI Chat is powerful, but it's not everything, everywhere, all at once. A few things to keep in mind:

- **One agent search per job.** The chat refines the job's agent search. To run additional searches in the same job, click **+ New Search** under **Sourcing**, then refine them with **Ask Pin** in the Criteria List.
- **English only, for now.** Chat officially supports English. Other languages aren't reliably supported yet.
- **Compliance guardrails are on.** Pin won't build searches that filter on protected categories (like age and race). This keeps your sourcing compliant, no exceptions.

## Examples

**Starting from scratch:** If you type *"Need a customer success manager, 3-5 years experience, based in Austin or remote"*, Pin confirms the details and starts sourcing automatically.

**Refining on the fly:** Your search returns candidates without the right certification. If you type *"Make PMP certification required, not optional"*, Pin updates the search and reruns it, with no manual reconfiguring needed.

**Sorting your Review Queue:** You've got a pile of candidates to sort through. If you type *"Approve everyone with a fit score over 8, decline anyone below 5"*, Pin sorts them accordingly, and you can move straight to outreach.