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title: "AI Matching Agent"
description: "Find the best-fit candidates in seconds"
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# AI Matching Agent

The AI Matching (Resume Matching) Agent is the first thing that runs when a candidate enters your hiring pipeline. It reads their resume, scores it against your job requirements, and helps you quickly figure out who's worth moving forward — without you having to read every application manually.

#### What this agent does

* Activates automatically once your hiring workflow is live
* Runs as the first step in the pipeline, before prescreening or interviews
* Scores each resume against your job description
* Does not contact candidates — it's purely an evaluation tool

### 1. How AI Matching works

When you set up the AI Matching (Resume Matching) step in your workflow, SIA automatically generates a default matching strategy based on your job description. You don't need to define criteria from scratch — the system reads the role and builds a scoring framework for it.

![Building resume matching strategy](https://senseloaf.guides.markdrop.in/docs-assets/import/hiring-agents/ai-matching-agent/building-resume-matching-strategy.png "Building resume matching strategy")

Each strategy is presented as a table with these columns:

| Column | What it means |
| --- | --- |
| Criteria | What's being evaluated (e.g., skills match, experience relevance) |
| Measurement | How that criteria is pulled from the resume |
| Score | The weight given to this criteria in the overall score |
| Scoring logic | The detailed rules used to calculate the score (expandable) |

By default, you'll see Criteria, Measurement, and Score at a glance. Click on the icon on the right side of matching strategy to view the full scoring logic behind any criteria

[Video: Scoring Logic](https://senseloaf.guides.markdrop.in/docs-assets/import/hiring-agents/ai-matching-agent/scoring-logic.mp4)

### 2. Editing your strategy with AI

You can refine your resume matching strategy through a simple chat interface - no complex configuration needed.

[Video: Edit Strategy](https://senseloaf.guides.markdrop.in/docs-assets/import/hiring-agents/ai-matching-agent/edit-strategy.mp4)

Through the chat, you can:

* Add new evaluation criteria
* Adjust the score weighting for any criteria
* Emphasise specific skills or experience
* Tune the strategy for nuances specific to your role

**First-time guidance from SIA**\
\
When you're setting up for the first time, Senseloaf's AI assistant, SIA may surface a few suggestions tailored to your specific role. These are derived from your job description and are meant to show you how the strategy can be refined.

[Video: First-time guidance from SIA](https://senseloaf.guides.markdrop.in/docs-assets/import/hiring-agents/ai-matching-agent/first-time-guidance-from-sia.mp4)

Examples of what SIA might suggest:\
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*- Increase weight for CRM proficiency*\
*- Add customer success metrics experience*\
*- Specify required customer success certification*

**Adding extra context**

Need the strategy to account for something specific to your company or team? You can upload supporting documents to give the AI more context when building or refining the strategy.

[Video: Add extra context](https://senseloaf.guides.markdrop.in/docs-assets/import/hiring-agents/ai-matching-agent/add-extra-context.mp4)

Accepted documents include:

* Job briefs
* Role requirement documents
* Internal hiring notes

Supported formats: PDF, DOC, DOCX, TXT · Max file size: 10 MB per file

### 3. Strategy versioning

Every time you update the resume matching strategy, a new version is saved automatically.

![Strategy Version](https://senseloaf.guides.markdrop.in/docs-assets/import/hiring-agents/ai-matching-agent/strategy-version.png "Strategy Version")

Here's how versioning works:

* Each update creates a new version
* The most recent version is always selected by default
* Previous versions are kept for reference — you can look back at any time

This means you can iterate freely without worrying about losing your previous setup.

> **Warning**
>
> You can create as many versions as you like, but only the most recently generated version can be **"Approved"**