> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.classhopper.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How Classhopper Works

Classhopper is a matching layer, not a job board. We don't host listings or charge companies to post. We collect what already exists and route it intelligently.

### The flow

**Step 1. Aggregation.** We continuously pull job, internship, and gig listings from a curated set of sources.

**Step 2. Profile matching.** Each student builds a profile once. Our matching model evaluates incoming listings against that profile, looking at fit, role type, geography, level, and work mode, then ranks relevance.

**Step 3. Web-based delivery.** Matched results are currently delivered to the student through the web platform. Email delivery is on our roadmap and we're actively working on it.

**Step 4. Invite-only access.** Every account is unlocked through an invite code. This keeps the network composed of students who arrive through trusted channels: university partners, peer referrals, pilot programs.

### Why this model

**Aggregation over publishing.** Students benefit when the largest possible relevant opportunity set reaches them, regardless of where it was originally posted.

**AI matching over filters.** Manual filters force students to know what they're looking for before they find it. Matching surfaces opportunities they wouldn't have searched for but should see.

**Invite-only over open signup.** Quality of the network compounds when entry is curated. It also gives our partners (universities, communities, employers) a real distribution role.

### Where we are now

We're refining the matching model with a closed group of users. As the model matures, we'll document the delivery mechanics and feedback loops here in more detail. For now, this page reflects the current state rather than a finished product.

### What we don't do

We don't sit between students and employers at application time. When a student decides to act on a match, they apply through the original employer's channel. Classhopper's value is in surfacing the right opportunity at the right moment, not in capturing the application flow.