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From: pyr0ball <pyroballpcs@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 06:22:14 -0700
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+# Privacy Policy
+
+CircuitForge LLC's privacy policy applies to this product and is published at:
+
+**<https://circuitforge.tech/privacy>**
+
+Last reviewed: March 2026.
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+# Jackdaw — Rental & Housing Applications
+
+> *Part of the Circuit Forge LLC "AI for the tasks you hate most" suite.*
+
+**Status:** Backlog — not yet started. Peregrine must prove the model first.
+
+## What it does
+
+Jackdaw monitors rental listings, auto-applies to matching properties, generates personalized cover letters for competitive markets, tracks application responses, and flags lease red flags before signing.
+
+The name fits: jackdaws are urban, clever, and highly adaptive — they find shelter in the gaps of built environments (chimneys, wall cavities, building eaves) and fiercely defend their chosen spots. The same tenacity a renter needs in a competitive market.
+
+## Why it's hard
+
+The rental market is brutal:
+- Competitive markets have listings gone in hours — you need to be first
+- Landlords receive 50+ applications; a personal cover letter differentiates
+- Lease agreements are long, legally dense, and full of gotchas
+- Application fees ($30–$75 each) make spray-and-pray expensive
+
+## Core pipeline
+
+```
+Configure preferences (budget, location, size, pet policy, etc.)
+→ Monitor listings (Zillow, Craigslist, Apartments.com, local boards)
+→ Score match against profile → Human approve targets
+→ AI draft rental cover letter → Submit application
+→ Track responses → AI-assisted lease review before signing
+```
+
+## Key differentiators vs. Peregrine
+
+- Listing freshness is critical — polling interval matters more than job search
+- Cover letter is tenant-to-landlord vs. candidate-to-employer (different voice)
+- Lease review: clause flagging (automatic renewal, landlord entry, fee escalation)
+- Application fee tracking: know what you've spent per search
+
+## Product code (license key)
+
+`CFG-JKDW-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX`
+
+## Tech notes
+
+- Shared `circuitforge-core` scaffold
+- Scrapers: Zillow, Apartments.com, Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace listings
+- Lease review: pdfplumber + LLM clause analysis with red-flag taxonomy
+- Application form auto-fill: Playwright for common application portals
+- Fine-tunable cover letter model (same pipeline as Peregrine, different persona)