From b19cb683707cd765bd20b594cfd32d26ba5e1c4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Jackson <matthew@pq.io>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 20:22:08 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Skip already-visited unknown_external jobs in classifier
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Only classify jobs without an apply_url — those with one have already
been visited and don't need re-classification.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 job_searcher.mjs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/job_searcher.mjs b/job_searcher.mjs
index 0668055..a35f70f 100644
--- a/job_searcher.mjs
+++ b/job_searcher.mjs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ async function main() {
       platformsRun.push('LinkedIn');
 
       // Classify unknown_external jobs using the existing LinkedIn browser session
-      const unclassified = getJobsByStatus('new').filter(j => j.apply_type === 'unknown_external');
+      const unclassified = getJobsByStatus('new').filter(j => j.apply_type === 'unknown_external' && !j.apply_url);
       if (unclassified.length > 0) {
         console.log(`\n🔍 Classifying ${unclassified.length} external jobs...`);
         const { classified, remaining } = await classifyExternalJobs(liBrowser.page, unclassified, (job, applyType, applyUrl) => {