Do I need to upload or share my Upwork credentials?
No. PouncerAI does not require your account information or login credentials. The system works independently of Upwork so you can keep your private information, private.
Does PouncerAI adhere to the Upwork terms of service? Do you scrape Upwork?
No. We do not scrape or violate any of the terms of service listed by Upwork. We don’t ever want to put our users at risk for being banned from Upwork by using our tool.
What is an RSS feed and do I have to have one?
RSS feeds is common standard for sharing information from a website. Upwork provides a free RSS feed of jobs in their system to every registered user. When you create your PouncerAI account, we walk you through the process of adding the Upwork RSS feed to the system; with step-by-step instructions that make the process easy.
Can I add multiple RSS feeds?
Yes. In fact, we highly recommend adding different feeds to make it easier for you to classify jobs.
How often do you poll the RSS feed from Upwork?
We poll the Upwork RSS server every 2 minutes…and we are working to make it even faster.
What is the Upstyler toolbar and why is it important?
Upwork does not provide an easy way to add any styling to your cover letters. So we created a tool to help.
The Upstyler toolbar makes it easy to add Unicode elements to your Upwork cover letters and proposals. Not only can you add emojis, you can also add Bold and Italic text, along with real bullet points. No other tool provides our unique Upstyler Toolbar!
Do you automatically apply for me?
No. We believe that you should be in total control of what jobs you apply for and what your cover letter proposal should say. There is nothing worse than wasting Connects to apply for jobs that you are not interested in or where your cover letter proposal is in-adequate.
Do you limit the number of proposals I can generate per month?
Yes. Each subscription includes a set number of proposals you can generate per month.
What are profiles and can I use my Upwork profile?
Your Profile in PouncerAI is different from the one in Upwork. Your PouncerAI profile is specifically designed to work with the AI-prompts we developed to help the AI system know who you are and what you have done. Your Upwork profile is designed for people to read whereas your PouncerAI profile is designed for the AI system to understand.
Do I need to know how to write prompts for AI to use your system? I don’t know anything about AI.
No, you don’t need to know anything about AI. But if you are interested in learning, or already comfortable with AI, you can use our built-in AI prompts to tailor the output of your proposals.
Are you using ChatGPT 4.0?
Yes. We use ChatGPT 4.0 and will continue to improve our system using the latest API versions available from OpenAI.
Can I use my own AI prompts?
Yes. While we provide a number of sample prompts in the system, you can create and use your own prompts within PouncerAI. Even better, your prompts can reference the information we store about you and the job you are applying for.
Can I track my proposal performance?
No. Since we do not have direct access to Upwork, we can not determine the status of any proposal you submit. However, we do provide a History of every proposal you generate through our system so you can review them.
What type of notifications do you provide?
Today, we only provide Desktop Notifications. However, we are soon to release additional notification options for email, SMS, and Slack.
Can I buy a subscription for everyone on my team?
You can create multiple Profiles for your team members. However, we do not have an enterprise version (yet), where you can provide your individual team members access to the tool.
How do you use my data?
We take privacy and data security very seriously. While we do store the job information and your proposals in the system, we do not share your proposal information with other users. Further, when you cancel your account, we remove all proposal data, profile information, and templates you created.