# TextWork

> TextWork is a text-to-apply AI agent for hourly and frontline hiring. When someone applies, a text goes out in the employer's name within minutes and screens them over SMS. TextWork also publishes operating data from those threads: applicant response rates, reply speed, screen length, and fail reasons, with N, date range, and definitions in the body.

The blog posts are primary data from a single named-on-request employer, not survey aggregates. Each post states its denominator, window, and limits, and offers breakdowns (by hour, job, city) by email to brian@textwork.co.

## Data and blog

- [Blog](https://textwork.co/blog): Notes and data on hourly hiring from real screening threads.
- [266 of 348 applications came from Indeed. The API does not export them](https://textwork.co/blog/indeed-applicant-data): One Ohio commercial cleaning company, October 5–31, 2026. Indeed was the source on 266 of 348 applications. Indeed Apply delivers the applicant only to the system that posted the job. There is no self-serve export for jobs posted by hand in Indeed. Markdown: https://textwork.co/blog/indeed-applicant-data.md
- [Applicant response rate to text messages: 4 in 5 reply, most within a minute](https://textwork.co/blog/hiring-follow-up-statistics): 2,185 hourly applicants texted minutes after applying, July 1 to September 25, 2026. 81.9% replied, median reply 42 seconds, median screen 4.5 minutes, 62.3% of first texts reached a verdict, and schedule (not experience) was the leading fail reason. Markdown: https://textwork.co/blog/hiring-follow-up-statistics.md

## Documentation

- [Documentation](https://textwork.co/docs): How to use TextWork.
- [Get started in 4 steps](https://textwork.co/docs/getting-started): Create a script, a report template, and a custom action. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/getting-started.md
- [How conversations begin](https://textwork.co/docs/starting-conversations): Join codes, SmartRecruiters and Zillow webhooks, and chat widgets, booking widgets, and forms on your own site. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/starting-conversations.md
- [Filter your data](https://textwork.co/docs/filters): Filter the dashboard by clicking a chart, or build filters and saved presets from the funnel menu. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/filters.md
- [Read a report](https://textwork.co/docs/read-a-report): Open a person's report and read what TextWork saved. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/read-a-report.md
- [Read a transcript](https://textwork.co/docs/read-a-transcript): Open the full transcript of a conversation. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/read-a-transcript.md
- [Reply to users](https://textwork.co/docs/reply): Send a text from the transcript, and pause the assistant while you answer. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/reply.md
- [Get notifications](https://textwork.co/docs/notifications): Text someone when a report is completed. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/notifications.md
- [Schedule meetings](https://textwork.co/docs/schedule-meetings): Connect a calendar, publish a meeting page, and text someone the link. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/schedule-meetings.md
- [Signing documents](https://textwork.co/docs/signing-documents): Upload a PDF or Word file and text someone a link to sign it. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/signing-documents.md
- [Invite your team](https://textwork.co/docs/invite-your-team): Who can log into the dashboard, and how to make them an admin. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/invite-your-team.md
- [Call someone](https://textwork.co/docs/call-someone): A link a teammate opens to review a person, call them, and file a report. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/call-someone.md
- [Share your data](https://textwork.co/docs/share-your-data): A read-only link to your charts for someone who does not log in. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/share-your-data.md
- [Email in](https://textwork.co/docs/email-in): Mail to your address becomes a conversation and a report. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/email-in.md
- [Zoho Recruit](https://textwork.co/docs/zoho-recruit): An applicant tracking system that posts the job. TextWork polls new candidates and screens the ones with a phone number. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/zoho-recruit.md
- [SmartRecruiters](https://textwork.co/docs/smartrecruiters): An applicant tracking system that notifies TextWork when someone applies. TextWork texts the ones with a phone number. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/smartrecruiters.md
- [Indeed](https://textwork.co/docs/indeed): Forward Indeed's application email, and TextWork texts the applicant. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/indeed.md
- [Zillow](https://textwork.co/docs/zillow): Zillow Rentals sends a lead. TextWork texts the ones with a phone number. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/zillow.md
- [Listing sites](https://textwork.co/docs/listing-sites): How a screen starts after someone applies on Indeed or another job board. Markdown: https://textwork.co/docs/listing-sites.md

## Product

- [Home](https://textwork.co/): Text-to-apply software. Candidates text to apply, or get a text the moment they apply, and TextWork screens them over SMS.
- [About](https://textwork.co/about): A note from the founder, Brian Lesko.
- [Pricing](https://textwork.co/pricing): Plans by monthly applicant volume.
- [Build an agent](https://textwork.co/new): Set up a text-to-apply agent.
- [MCP server](https://textwork.co/mcp): Connect Claude, Claude Code, or Cursor at https://textwork.co/api/mcp/mcp (Streamable HTTP, OAuth with phone sign-in). Read-only: list scripts, search reports, read a report, and read its transcript, for the signed-in company only.
- [Changelog](https://textwork.co/changelog): New features and changes in TextWork. Every entry in one file: https://textwork.co/changelog.md. Each entry page also has a markdown copy at its URL plus .md.
- [Savings calculator](https://textwork.co/savings-calculator): What first-round screening costs at a given applicant volume.
- [Text Indeed applicants automatically](https://textwork.co/changelog/indeed): Forward Indeed's application email and TextWork texts the applicant. No ATS or Indeed API key. TextWork is not an Indeed ATS partner and does not post jobs. Markdown: https://textwork.co/changelog/indeed.md
- [Skilled trades](https://textwork.co/skilled-trades): Screening for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and field-service roles.
- [Leasing](https://textwork.co/leasing): A rental inquiry is screened by text, then sent a link to book a tour.
- [Customer feedback](https://textwork.co/customer-feedback): Customers report what happened by text, and TextWork files a service request.
- [Field reporting](https://textwork.co/workforce-reporting): Crews send site updates by text, and TextWork turns them into a structured report.
- [Request a demo](https://textwork.co/request-a-demo)

## Optional

- [Privacy](https://textwork.co/privacy)
- [Terms](https://textwork.co/terms)
- [Compliance](https://textwork.co/compliance)
- [Subprocessors](https://textwork.co/subprocessors)