WORKING ALPHA · FALL 2026 YC APPLICATION CANDIDATE

LandThePlane

Candidate-owned career evidence system.

Interview preparation is the initial wedge. The durable record is the evidence: verified accomplishments, target-role requirements, Gmail search signals, interview history, feedback, and later work outcomes that can be reused instead of rebuilt for every application.

Open alpha Signal Engine Interview Review

Live now: evidence mapping, Turbo Sprint application microsites, and browser-direct Gmail OAuth MVP. Connect a Google account, scan job-search evidence, import the evidence into the ASTRO Brief Builder, and create a Gmail draft that LandThePlane reads back and verifies before calling it complete. Final sending remains user-controlled.

Career evidence should compound

EVIDENCEVerified accomplishments and connected search signals.

ROLERequirements mapped to defendable proof.

INTERVIEWPreparation grounded in evidence.

REVIEWActual interview performance and feedback.

CAREERNew work evidence feeds future roles.

Working today

Evidence Mapper

Map a target role against evidence the candidate can defend.Missing proof stays visible instead of being filled with plausible AI prose.

Gmail Evidence

Connect the user's own Gmail directly in the browser and scan search-state evidence.The current MVP classifies application receipts, interview/next-step signals, pauses, closures, and networking evidence without proxying raw mail through the Clintware Worker. Evidence still goes through ASTRO reconciliation before it becomes a canonical funnel count.

Brief Builder

Create structured search, interview, offer, onboarding, and accomplishment briefs.Gmail evidence can be imported into the existing Brief Builder so the report starts from source evidence instead of a blank chat.

Turbo Sprint

Generate a privacy-scrubbed, role-tailored HTML application microsite for unusually high-fit opportunities.The browser-local step reuses verified résumé evidence and the target listing, maps requirements to proof, keeps gaps explicit, previews the result, and exports self-contained HTML without auto-publishing it.

Signal Engine

Run a daily hiring + YC visibility plan from real observations and shipped work.The browser-local module applies the mandatory LinkedIn quality gate, tracks a 40/30/20/10 audience mix, imports the qq daily report, and keeps LinkedIn publishing manual rather than automating platform activity.

Verified Drafts

Create a Gmail draft and read the stored message back before calling the write successful.The current verification checks the ASTRO marker plus stored dark-mode HTML structure. Autonomous sending is intentionally not enabled.

Interview Review

Record or upload interview audio and review the call that actually happened.Transcript evidence and observable delivery signals support coaching without claiming emotion, personality, or hiring prediction.

Privacy direction

Keep sensitive work local or provider-direct where practical.Gmail OAuth tokens remain in the active browser session; the current Worker does not mirror raw Gmail messages into a Clintware database.

OAuth MVP boundary

The Gmail functionality is live, but the shared Clintware Google OAuth client is not yet configured for broad production use. The current public alpha therefore includes a tester mode where a tester can supply their own Google OAuth client ID. A single Clintware-managed client for everyone remains gated by Google's restricted Gmail-scope verification process.

Still in development

Longitudinal account history, Calendar/Drive/Contacts integrations, broader connected work evidence beyond Gmail, post-hire accomplishment capture, and production-wide Google OAuth onboarding remain roadmap. The immediate proof is whether candidates reuse the same evidence across interview rounds and future roles instead of starting over.

Fall 2026 direction

LandThePlane is being prepared as a Fall 2026 Y Combinator application candidate alongside Quillgeist. The strongest signal will be repeat use: evidence reuse across rounds, connected-account adoption, referrals, payment, and continued value after a single interview.

Try the alpha Fall 2026 overview Product feedback

No YC acceptance, endorsement, interview selection, funding, or affiliation is claimed.