init

dashboard/go.mod

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+module github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard
+
+go 1.24.2
+
+require (
+	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.3.10
+	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v1.1.0
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.7
+	github.com/muesli/termenv v0.16.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/cellbuf v0.0.15 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/clipperhouse/displaywidth v0.11.0 // indirect
+	github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/erikgeiser/coninput v0.0.0-20211004153227-1c3628e74d0f // indirect
+	github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-localereader v0.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.23 // indirect
+	github.com/muesli/ansi v0.0.0-20230316100256-276c6243b2f6 // indirect
+	github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 // indirect
+	github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.3.8 // indirect
+)

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dashboard/internal/data/career.go

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+package data
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/model"
+)
+
+var (
+	reReportLink     = regexp.MustCompile(`\[(\d+)\]\(([^)]+)\)`)
+	reScoreValue     = regexp.MustCompile(`(\d+\.?\d*)/5`)
+	reArchetype      = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\*\*(?:Arquetipo|Archetype)(?:\s+(?:detectado|detected))?\*\*\s*\|\s*(.+)`)
+	reTlDr           = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\*\*TL;DR\*\*\s*\|\s*(.+)`)
+	reTlDrColon      = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\*\*TL;DR:\*\*\s*(.+)`)
+	reRemote         = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\*\*Remote\*\*\s*\|\s*(.+)`)
+	reComp           = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\*\*Comp\*\*\s*\|\s*(.+)`)
+	reArchetypeColon = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\*\*(?:Arquetipo|Archetype):\*\*\s*(.+)`)
+	reArchetypeYAML  = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^archetype:\s*"?([^"\n]+)"?\s*$`)
+	reReportURL      = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^\*\*URL:\*\*\s*(https?://\S+)`)
+	reBatchID        = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^\*\*Batch ID:\*\*\s*(\d+)`)
+)
+
+// resolveReportPath converts a report link from the tracker into a path
+// relative to careerOpsPath. Links are normally relative to the tracker
+// file's own directory (see merge-tracker.mjs link normalization, #760);
+// legacy trackers may still carry root-relative links, so fall back to the
+// raw link when the tracker-relative resolution does not exist on disk.
+func resolveReportPath(careerOpsPath, trackerPath, link string) string {
+	resolved := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(trackerPath), link)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(resolved); err != nil {
+		legacy := filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, link)
+		if _, err2 := os.Stat(legacy); err2 == nil {
+			resolved = legacy
+		}
+	}
+	if rel, err := filepath.Rel(careerOpsPath, resolved); err == nil {
+		return rel
+	}
+	return link
+}
+
+// ParseApplications reads applications.md and returns parsed applications.
+// It tries both {path}/applications.md and {path}/data/applications.md for compatibility.
+func ParseApplications(careerOpsPath string) []model.CareerApplication {
+	filePath := filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, "applications.md")
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Fallback: try data/ subdirectory
+		filePath = filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, "data", "applications.md")
+		content, err = os.ReadFile(filePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	lines := strings.Split(string(content), "\n")
+	apps := make([]model.CareerApplication, 0)
+	num := 0
+
+	// Map columns by header name rather than fixed position, so a customized or
+	// reordered tracker (e.g. an inserted Location column) does not desync the
+	// reader. Falls back to the legacy fixed layout when no header is present.
+	// This matches the Node tracker tooling, which became header-aware in #954.
+	cols := resolveTrackerColumns(lines)
+
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "# ") || strings.HasPrefix(line, "|---") || strings.HasPrefix(line, "| #") {
+			continue
+		}
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(line, "|") {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		fields := splitTrackerRow(line)
+		if len(fields) < 8 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		at := func(name string) string {
+			if idx, ok := cols[name]; ok && idx >= 0 && idx < len(fields) {
+				return fields[idx]
+			}
+			return ""
+		}
+
+		num++
+		trackerNumber := num
+		if parsedNumber, err := strconv.Atoi(at("num")); err == nil {
+			trackerNumber = parsedNumber
+		}
+		app := model.CareerApplication{
+			Number:  trackerNumber,
+			Date:    at("date"),
+			Company: at("company"),
+			Role:    at("role"),
+			Status:  at("status"),
+			HasPDF:  strings.Contains(at("pdf"), "\u2705"),
+		}
+
+		// Parse score from the Score column.
+		app.ScoreRaw = at("score")
+		if sm := reScoreValue.FindStringSubmatch(at("score")); sm != nil {
+			app.Score, _ = strconv.ParseFloat(sm[1], 64)
+		}
+
+		// Parse report link. Tracker links are written relative to the
+		// tracker file itself (e.g. ../reports/... when the tracker lives in
+		// data/), so resolve against the tracker's directory and normalize
+		// back to a careerOpsPath-relative path, which is what every
+		// consumer joins against. Legacy root-relative links are kept as a
+		// fallback when the resolved file does not exist.
+		if rm := reReportLink.FindStringSubmatch(at("report")); rm != nil {
+			app.ReportNumber = rm[1]
+			app.ReportPath = resolveReportPath(careerOpsPath, filePath, rm[2])
+		}
+
+		// Notes column, when present.
+		app.Notes = at("notes")
+
+		// Lift location / work mode / pay / last-contact out of the notes free-text
+		deriveNoteFields(&app)
+
+		apps = append(apps, app)
+	}
+
+	// Enrich with job URLs using 5-tier strategy:
+	// 1. **URL:** field in report header (newest reports)
+	// 2. **Batch ID:** in report -> batch-input.tsv URL lookup
+	// 3. report_num -> batch-state completed mapping (legacy)
+	// 4. scan-history.tsv (pipeline scan entries matched by company+role)
+	// 5. company name fallback from batch-input.tsv
+	batchURLs := loadBatchInputURLs(careerOpsPath)
+	reportNumURLs := loadJobURLs(careerOpsPath)
+
+	for i := range apps {
+		if apps[i].ReportPath == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		fullReport := filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, apps[i].ReportPath)
+		reportContent, err := os.ReadFile(fullReport)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		header := string(reportContent)
+		// Only scan the header (first 1000 bytes) for speed
+		if len(header) > 1000 {
+			header = header[:1000]
+		}
+
+		// Strategy 1: **URL:** in report
+		if m := reReportURL.FindStringSubmatch(header); m != nil {
+			apps[i].JobURL = m[1]
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Strategy 2: **Batch ID:** -> batch-input.tsv
+		if m := reBatchID.FindStringSubmatch(header); m != nil {
+			if url, ok := batchURLs[m[1]]; ok {
+				apps[i].JobURL = url
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Strategy 3: report_num -> batch-state completed mapping
+		if reportNumURLs != nil {
+			if url, ok := reportNumURLs[apps[i].ReportNumber]; ok {
+				apps[i].JobURL = url
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Strategy 4: scan-history.tsv (pipeline scan entries matched by company+role)
+	enrichFromScanHistory(careerOpsPath, apps)
+
+	// Strategy 5: company name fallback from batch-input.tsv
+	enrichAppURLsByCompany(careerOpsPath, apps)
+
+	return apps
+}
+
+// loadBatchInputURLs reads batch-input.tsv and returns a map of batch ID -> job URL.
+func loadBatchInputURLs(careerOpsPath string) map[string]string {
+	inputPath := filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, "batch", "batch-input.tsv")
+	inputData, err := os.ReadFile(inputPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	result := make(map[string]string)
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(inputData), "\n") {
+		fields := strings.Split(line, "\t")
+		if len(fields) < 4 || fields[0] == "id" {
+			continue
+		}
+		id := fields[0]
+		notes := fields[3]
+		// Extract real job URL from notes: "Title @ Company | Match% | https://actual-url"
+		if idx := strings.LastIndex(notes, "| "); idx >= 0 {
+			u := strings.TrimSpace(notes[idx+2:])
+			if strings.HasPrefix(u, "http") {
+				result[id] = u
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		// Fallback: use JackJill URL
+		if strings.HasPrefix(fields[1], "http") {
+			result[id] = fields[1]
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+// batchEntry holds parsed data from batch-input.tsv.
+type batchEntry struct {
+	id      string
+	url     string
+	company string
+	role    string
+}
+
+// loadJobURLs reads batch TSV files and returns a map of report_num -> job URL.
+// Uses two strategies: (1) report_num mapping for completed jobs, (2) company name
+// matching as fallback for failed/missing jobs.
+func loadJobURLs(careerOpsPath string) map[string]string {
+	// Read batch-input.tsv: id \t url \t source \t notes
+	inputPath := filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, "batch", "batch-input.tsv")
+	inputData, err := os.ReadFile(inputPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Parse batch-input: extract job URL, company, and role from notes
+	entries := make(map[string]batchEntry) // keyed by id
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(inputData), "\n") {
+		fields := strings.Split(line, "\t")
+		if len(fields) < 4 || fields[0] == "id" {
+			continue
+		}
+		e := batchEntry{id: fields[0]}
+		notes := fields[3]
+
+		// Extract URL from notes: "Title @ Company | Match% | https://actual-url"
+		if idx := strings.LastIndex(notes, "| "); idx >= 0 {
+			u := strings.TrimSpace(notes[idx+2:])
+			if strings.HasPrefix(u, "http") {
+				e.url = u
+			}
+		}
+		// Fallback: use JackJill URL from field 1
+		if e.url == "" && strings.HasPrefix(fields[1], "http") {
+			e.url = fields[1]
+		}
+
+		// Extract company and role: "Role @ Company | Match% | URL"
+		notesPart := notes
+		if pipeIdx := strings.Index(notesPart, " | "); pipeIdx >= 0 {
+			notesPart = notesPart[:pipeIdx]
+		}
+		if atIdx := strings.LastIndex(notesPart, " @ "); atIdx >= 0 {
+			e.role = strings.TrimSpace(notesPart[:atIdx])
+			e.company = strings.TrimSpace(notesPart[atIdx+3:])
+		}
+
+		if e.url != "" {
+			entries[fields[0]] = e
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Read batch-state.tsv: id \t url \t status \t ... \t report_num \t ...
+	statePath := filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, "batch", "batch-state.tsv")
+	stateData, err := os.ReadFile(statePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Strategy 1: map report_num -> URL only for COMPLETED jobs
+	reportToURL := make(map[string]string)
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(stateData), "\n") {
+		fields := strings.Split(line, "\t")
+		if len(fields) < 6 || fields[0] == "id" {
+			continue
+		}
+		id := fields[0]
+		status := fields[2]
+		reportNum := fields[5]
+		if status != "completed" || reportNum == "" || reportNum == "-" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if e, ok := entries[id]; ok {
+			reportToURL[reportNum] = e.url
+			if len(reportNum) < 3 {
+				reportToURL[fmt.Sprintf("%03s", reportNum)] = e.url
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return reportToURL
+}
+
+// enrichFromScanHistory fills JobURL from scan-history.tsv by matching company name.
+func enrichFromScanHistory(careerOpsPath string, apps []model.CareerApplication) {
+	scanPath := filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, "scan-history.tsv")
+	scanData, err := os.ReadFile(scanPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Build company -> URL index from scan-history
+	type scanEntry struct {
+		url     string
+		company string
+		title   string
+	}
+	byCompany := make(map[string][]scanEntry)
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(scanData), "\n") {
+		fields := strings.Split(line, "\t")
+		if len(fields) < 5 || fields[0] == "url" {
+			continue
+		}
+		url := fields[0]
+		company := fields[4]
+		title := fields[3]
+		if url == "" || !strings.HasPrefix(url, "http") {
+			continue
+		}
+		key := normalizeCompany(company)
+		byCompany[key] = append(byCompany[key], scanEntry{url: url, company: company, title: title})
+	}
+
+	for i := range apps {
+		if apps[i].JobURL != "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		key := normalizeCompany(apps[i].Company)
+		matches := byCompany[key]
+		if len(matches) == 1 {
+			apps[i].JobURL = matches[0].url
+		} else if len(matches) > 1 {
+			// Multiple entries: pick best role match
+			appRole := strings.ToLower(apps[i].Role)
+			best := matches[0].url
+			bestScore := 0
+			for _, m := range matches {
+				score := 0
+				mTitle := strings.ToLower(m.title)
+				for _, word := range strings.Fields(appRole) {
+					if len(word) > 2 && strings.Contains(mTitle, word) {
+						score++
+					}
+				}
+				if score > bestScore {
+					bestScore = score
+					best = m.url
+				}
+			}
+			apps[i].JobURL = best
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// normalizeCompany strips common suffixes and lowercases a company name.
+func normalizeCompany(name string) string {
+	s := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(name))
+	for _, suffix := range []string{" inc.", " inc", " llc", " ltd", " corp", " corporation", " technologies", " technology", " group", " co."} {
+		s = strings.TrimSuffix(s, suffix)
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(s)
+}
+
+// enrichAppURLsByCompany fills in JobURL for apps that didn't get one via report_num mapping.
+// It matches by company name from batch-input.tsv notes.
+func enrichAppURLsByCompany(careerOpsPath string, apps []model.CareerApplication) {
+	inputPath := filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, "batch", "batch-input.tsv")
+	inputData, err := os.ReadFile(inputPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Build company -> []entry index
+	type entry struct {
+		role string
+		url  string
+	}
+	byCompany := make(map[string][]entry)
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(inputData), "\n") {
+		fields := strings.Split(line, "\t")
+		if len(fields) < 4 || fields[0] == "id" {
+			continue
+		}
+		notes := fields[3]
+		var url string
+		if idx := strings.LastIndex(notes, "| "); idx >= 0 {
+			u := strings.TrimSpace(notes[idx+2:])
+			if strings.HasPrefix(u, "http") {
+				url = u
+			}
+		}
+		if url == "" && strings.HasPrefix(fields[1], "http") {
+			url = fields[1]
+		}
+		if url == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		notesPart := notes
+		if pipeIdx := strings.Index(notesPart, " | "); pipeIdx >= 0 {
+			notesPart = notesPart[:pipeIdx]
+		}
+		if atIdx := strings.LastIndex(notesPart, " @ "); atIdx >= 0 {
+			role := strings.TrimSpace(notesPart[:atIdx])
+			company := strings.TrimSpace(notesPart[atIdx+3:])
+			key := normalizeCompany(company)
+			byCompany[key] = append(byCompany[key], entry{role: role, url: url})
+		}
+	}
+
+	for i := range apps {
+		if apps[i].JobURL != "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		key := normalizeCompany(apps[i].Company)
+		matches := byCompany[key]
+		if len(matches) == 1 {
+			apps[i].JobURL = matches[0].url
+		} else if len(matches) > 1 {
+			// Multiple entries for same company: pick best role match
+			appRole := strings.ToLower(apps[i].Role)
+			best := matches[0].url
+			bestScore := 0
+			for _, m := range matches {
+				score := 0
+				mRole := strings.ToLower(m.role)
+				// Count matching words
+				for _, word := range strings.Fields(appRole) {
+					if len(word) > 2 && strings.Contains(mRole, word) {
+						score++
+					}
+				}
+				if score > bestScore {
+					bestScore = score
+					best = m.url
+				}
+			}
+			apps[i].JobURL = best
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// ComputeMetrics calculates aggregate metrics from applications.
+func ComputeMetrics(apps []model.CareerApplication) model.PipelineMetrics {
+	m := model.PipelineMetrics{
+		Total:    len(apps),
+		ByStatus: make(map[string]int),
+	}
+
+	var totalScore float64
+	var scored int
+
+	for _, app := range apps {
+		status := NormalizeStatus(app.Status)
+		m.ByStatus[status]++
+
+		if app.Score > 0 {
+			totalScore += app.Score
+			scored++
+			if app.Score > m.TopScore {
+				m.TopScore = app.Score
+			}
+		}
+		if app.HasPDF {
+			m.WithPDF++
+		}
+		if status != "skip" && status != "rejected" && status != "discarded" {
+			m.Actionable++
+		}
+	}
+
+	if scored > 0 {
+		m.AvgScore = totalScore / float64(scored)
+	}
+
+	return m
+}
+
+// NormalizeStatus normalizes raw status text to a canonical form.
+// Aliases match states.yml -- keep in sync with career-ops/states.yml
+func NormalizeStatus(raw string) string {
+	// Strip markdown bold and trailing dates
+	s := strings.ReplaceAll(raw, "**", "")
+	s = strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(s))
+	// Strip trailing date (e.g., "aplicado 2026-03-12")
+	if idx := strings.Index(s, " 202"); idx > 0 {
+		s = strings.TrimSpace(s[:idx])
+	}
+
+	switch {
+	// Most restrictive first — accepts both English and Spanish
+	case strings.Contains(s, "no aplicar") || strings.Contains(s, "no_aplicar") || s == "skip" || strings.Contains(s, "geo blocker"):
+		return "skip"
+	case strings.Contains(s, "interview") || strings.Contains(s, "entrevista"):
+		return "interview"
+	case s == "offer" || strings.Contains(s, "oferta"):
+		return "offer"
+	case strings.Contains(s, "responded") || strings.Contains(s, "respondido"):
+		return "responded"
+	case strings.Contains(s, "applied") || strings.Contains(s, "aplicado") || s == "enviada" || s == "aplicada" || s == "sent":
+		return "applied"
+	case strings.Contains(s, "rejected") || strings.Contains(s, "rechazado") || s == "rechazada":
+		return "rejected"
+	case strings.Contains(s, "discarded") || strings.Contains(s, "descartado") || s == "descartada" || s == "cerrada" || s == "cancelada" ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(s, "duplicado") || strings.HasPrefix(s, "dup"):
+		return "discarded"
+	case strings.Contains(s, "evaluated") || strings.Contains(s, "evaluada") || s == "condicional" || s == "hold" || s == "monitor" || s == "evaluar" || s == "verificar":
+		return "evaluated"
+	default:
+		return s
+	}
+}
+
+// LoadReportSummary extracts key fields from a report file.
+func LoadReportSummary(careerOpsPath, reportPath string) (archetype, tldr, remote, comp string) {
+	fullPath := filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, reportPath)
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(fullPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	text := string(content)
+
+	if m := reArchetype.FindStringSubmatch(text); m != nil {
+		archetype = cleanTableCell(m[1])
+	} else if m := reArchetypeColon.FindStringSubmatch(text); m != nil {
+		archetype = cleanTableCell(m[1])
+	} else if m := reArchetypeYAML.FindStringSubmatch(text); m != nil {
+		archetype = strings.TrimSpace(m[1])
+	}
+
+	// Try table-format TL;DR first (most reports), then colon format
+	if m := reTlDr.FindStringSubmatch(text); m != nil {
+		tldr = cleanTableCell(m[1])
+	} else if m := reTlDrColon.FindStringSubmatch(text); m != nil {
+		tldr = cleanTableCell(m[1])
+	}
+
+	if m := reRemote.FindStringSubmatch(text); m != nil {
+		remote = cleanTableCell(m[1])
+	}
+
+	if m := reComp.FindStringSubmatch(text); m != nil {
+		comp = cleanTableCell(m[1])
+	}
+
+	// Truncate long fields
+	if len(tldr) > 120 {
+		tldr = tldr[:117] + "..."
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+// splitTrackerRow splits a tracker table line into trimmed cell values, using
+// the same delimiter logic as ParseApplications: a mixed "| " + tab-separated
+// body, or a pure pipe-delimited row. Field 0 is the first real column (num), so
+// the returned indices match the legacy layout (Status is field 5).
+func splitTrackerRow(line string) []string {
+	line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+	var fields []string
+	if strings.Contains(line, "\t") {
+		// Mixed format: starts with "| " then tab-separated.
+		line = strings.TrimPrefix(line, "|")
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		for _, p := range strings.Split(line, "\t") {
+			fields = append(fields, strings.TrimSpace(strings.Trim(p, "|")))
+		}
+	} else {
+		// Pure pipe format.
+		line = strings.Trim(line, "|")
+		for _, p := range strings.Split(line, "|") {
+			fields = append(fields, strings.TrimSpace(p))
+		}
+	}
+	return fields
+}
+
+// trackerHeaderAliases maps a lowercased header cell to a canonical field name.
+// Mirrors HEADER_ALIASES in tracker-parse.mjs (including the Spanish aliases) so
+// the Go data layer tolerates the same customized layouts as the Node tracker
+// tooling after #954.
+var trackerHeaderAliases = map[string]string{
+	"#": "num", "num": "num", "date": "date",
+	"company": "company", "empresa": "company",
+	"role": "role", "puesto": "role",
+	"location": "location", "score": "score", "status": "status",
+	"pdf": "pdf", "report": "report", "notes": "notes",
+}
+
+// legacyTrackerColumns is the original fixed layout in splitTrackerRow field
+// space (num=0 … notes=8), used when no recognizable header row is present.
+var legacyTrackerColumns = map[string]int{
+	"num": 0, "date": 1, "company": 2, "role": 3, "score": 4,
+	"status": 5, "pdf": 6, "report": 7, "notes": 8,
+}
+
+// detectTrackerColumns scans for the table header row and maps canonical field
+// names to column indices in splitTrackerRow field space. It returns nil unless
+// the essential columns are all present, so a stray pipe line cannot yield a
+// bogus mapping and the caller falls back to legacyTrackerColumns. Mirrors
+// detectColumns in tracker-parse.mjs (#954).
+func detectTrackerColumns(lines []string) map[string]int {
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(strings.TrimSpace(line), "|") {
+			continue
+		}
+		cells := splitTrackerRow(line)
+		m := make(map[string]int)
+		for i, c := range cells {
+			if name, ok := trackerHeaderAliases[strings.ToLower(c)]; ok {
+				if _, seen := m[name]; !seen {
+					m[name] = i
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		complete := true
+		for _, k := range []string{"num", "company", "role", "score", "status"} {
+			if _, ok := m[k]; !ok {
+				complete = false
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if complete {
+			return m
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// resolveTrackerColumns returns the header-detected column map, falling back to
+// the legacy fixed layout when no header row is found.
+func resolveTrackerColumns(lines []string) map[string]int {
+	if m := detectTrackerColumns(lines); m != nil {
+		return m
+	}
+	return legacyTrackerColumns
+}
+
+// UpdateApplicationStatus updates the status of an application in applications.md.
+func UpdateApplicationStatus(careerOpsPath string, app model.CareerApplication, newStatus string) error {
+	filePath := filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, "applications.md")
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		filePath = filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, "data", "applications.md")
+		content, err = os.ReadFile(filePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	lines := strings.Split(string(content), "\n")
+	found := false
+
+	// Locate the Status column by header name so a customized layout (e.g. an
+	// inserted Location column) is written to the right cell. Falls back to the
+	// legacy fixed index when no header is present.
+	statusIdx := resolveTrackerColumns(lines)["status"]
+
+	for i, line := range lines {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(strings.TrimSpace(line), "|") {
+			continue
+		}
+		// Match by report number
+		if app.ReportNumber != "" && strings.Contains(line, fmt.Sprintf("[%s]", app.ReportNumber)) {
+			// Replace the status field
+			lines[i] = replaceStatusInLine(line, app.Status, newStatus, statusIdx)
+			found = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !found {
+		return fmt.Errorf("application not found: report %s", app.ReportNumber)
+	}
+
+	return os.WriteFile(filePath, []byte(strings.Join(lines, "\n")), 0644)
+}
+
+// replaceStatusInLine rewrites only the Status cell of a tracker row, leaving
+// every other cell untouched. The previous implementation used
+// strings.Replace(line, oldStatus, …, 1), which replaces the first occurrence of
+// the status text anywhere in the row — so a status word appearing as a
+// substring of an earlier cell (e.g. Company "Applied Materials") was rewritten
+// instead of the Status cell, corrupting that cell while the status appeared to
+// stay unchanged (#1180). Matching is whole-cell (never a substring) and, as the
+// old comment claimed but the code did not, case-insensitive.
+//
+// statusField is the Status column index in splitTrackerRow field space (5 in
+// the legacy layout), resolved from the table header so a customized layout
+// (e.g. an inserted Location column) targets the right cell.
+func replaceStatusInLine(line, oldStatus, newStatus string, statusField int) string {
+	want := strings.TrimSpace(oldStatus)
+
+	// Mixed "| " + tab-separated format (mirrors ParseApplications). The body is
+	// tab-split, so cell index equals the field index.
+	if strings.Contains(line, "\t") {
+		prefix, body, found := strings.Cut(line, "|")
+		if !found {
+			return line
+		}
+		cells := strings.Split(body, "\t")
+		if idx := statusCellIndex(cells, statusField, want); idx >= 0 {
+			cells[idx] = spliceCellValue(cells[idx], newStatus)
+			return prefix + "|" + strings.Join(cells, "\t")
+		}
+		return line
+	}
+
+	// Pure pipe format. strings.Split keeps the segments between pipes; content
+	// cell N is segment N+1 (segment 0 is the empty text before the leading
+	// pipe), so the Status field maps to segment statusField+1.
+	segments := strings.Split(line, "|")
+	if idx := statusCellIndex(segments, statusField+1, want); idx >= 0 {
+		segments[idx] = spliceCellValue(segments[idx], newStatus)
+		return strings.Join(segments, "|")
+	}
+	return line
+}
+
+// statusCellIndex returns the index of the Status cell. It prefers the canonical
+// column (canonicalIdx, matching ParseApplications) and verifies it by value; if
+// that doesn't match — e.g. a custom tracker layout — it falls back to the first
+// cell that equals want exactly. Matching is whole-cell and case-insensitive,
+// never a substring, so a status word inside an earlier cell is never hit.
+// Returns -1 when nothing matches, so the caller leaves the row untouched rather
+// than corrupt a guess.
+func statusCellIndex(cells []string, canonicalIdx int, want string) int {
+	if canonicalIdx < len(cells) && strings.EqualFold(strings.TrimSpace(cells[canonicalIdx]), want) {
+		return canonicalIdx
+	}
+	for i, c := range cells {
+		if strings.EqualFold(strings.TrimSpace(c), want) {
+			return i
+		}
+	}
+	return -1
+}
+
+// spliceCellValue swaps a cell's inner value while preserving its surrounding
+// whitespace, so "| Applied |" becomes "| Interview |" rather than "|Interview|".
+func spliceCellValue(cell, newVal string) string {
+	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(cell)
+	if trimmed == "" {
+		return cell
+	}
+	start := strings.Index(cell, trimmed)
+	return cell[:start] + newVal + cell[start+len(trimmed):]
+}
+
+// cleanTableCell removes trailing pipes and whitespace from a table cell value.
+func cleanTableCell(s string) string {
+	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+	s = strings.TrimRight(s, "|")
+	return strings.TrimSpace(s)
+}
+
+// StatusPriority returns the sort priority for a status (lower = higher priority).
+func StatusPriority(status string) int {
+	switch NormalizeStatus(status) {
+	case "interview":
+		return 0
+	case "offer":
+		return 1
+	case "responded":
+		return 2
+	case "applied":
+		return 3
+	case "evaluated":
+		return 4
+	case "skip":
+		return 5
+	case "rejected":
+		return 6
+	case "discarded":
+		return 7
+	default:
+		return 8
+	}
+}
+
+// ComputeProgressMetrics computes progress-oriented analytics from applications.
+func ComputeProgressMetrics(apps []model.CareerApplication) model.ProgressMetrics {
+	pm := model.ProgressMetrics{}
+
+	// Count by normalized status
+	statusCounts := make(map[string]int)
+	var totalScore float64
+	var scored int
+
+	for _, app := range apps {
+		norm := NormalizeStatus(app.Status)
+		statusCounts[norm]++
+
+		if app.Score > 0 {
+			totalScore += app.Score
+			scored++
+			if app.Score > pm.TopScore {
+				pm.TopScore = app.Score
+			}
+		}
+
+		if norm == "offer" {
+			pm.TotalOffers++
+		}
+		if norm != "skip" && norm != "rejected" && norm != "discarded" {
+			pm.ActiveApps++
+		}
+	}
+
+	if scored > 0 {
+		pm.AvgScore = totalScore / float64(scored)
+	}
+
+	// Funnel: each stage counts all apps that reached at least that stage.
+	// An app in "interview" has passed through evaluated -> applied -> responded -> interview.
+	total := len(apps)
+	applied := statusCounts["applied"] + statusCounts["responded"] + statusCounts["interview"] + statusCounts["offer"] + statusCounts["rejected"]
+	responded := statusCounts["responded"] + statusCounts["interview"] + statusCounts["offer"]
+	interview := statusCounts["interview"] + statusCounts["offer"]
+	offer := statusCounts["offer"]
+
+	pm.FunnelStages = []model.FunnelStage{
+		{Label: "Evaluated", Count: total, Pct: 100.0},
+		{Label: "Applied", Count: applied, Pct: safePct(applied, total)},
+		{Label: "Responded", Count: responded, Pct: safePct(responded, applied)},
+		{Label: "Interview", Count: interview, Pct: safePct(interview, applied)},
+		{Label: "Offer", Count: offer, Pct: safePct(offer, applied)},
+	}
+
+	// Rates (relative to applied)
+	if applied > 0 {
+		pm.ResponseRate = float64(responded) / float64(applied) * 100
+		pm.InterviewRate = float64(interview) / float64(applied) * 100
+		pm.OfferRate = float64(offer) / float64(applied) * 100
+	}
+
+	// Score distribution
+	buckets := [5]int{} // 0: 4.5-5.0, 1: 4.0-4.4, 2: 3.5-3.9, 3: 3.0-3.4, 4: <3.0
+	for _, app := range apps {
+		if app.Score <= 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		switch {
+		case app.Score >= 4.5:
+			buckets[0]++
+		case app.Score >= 4.0:
+			buckets[1]++
+		case app.Score >= 3.5:
+			buckets[2]++
+		case app.Score >= 3.0:
+			buckets[3]++
+		default:
+			buckets[4]++
+		}
+	}
+	pm.ScoreBuckets = []model.ScoreBucket{
+		{Label: "4.5-5.0", Count: buckets[0]},
+		{Label: "4.0-4.4", Count: buckets[1]},
+		{Label: "3.5-3.9", Count: buckets[2]},
+		{Label: "3.0-3.4", Count: buckets[3]},
+		{Label: "  <3.0", Count: buckets[4]},
+	}
+
+	// Weekly activity: group by ISO week from Date field, show last 8 weeks.
+	weekCounts := make(map[string]int)
+	for _, app := range apps {
+		if app.Date == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		t, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02", app.Date)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		year, week := t.ISOWeek()
+		key := fmt.Sprintf("%d-W%02d", year, week)
+		weekCounts[key]++
+	}
+
+	// Sort weeks and take last 8
+	var weeks []string
+	for w := range weekCounts {
+		weeks = append(weeks, w)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(weeks)
+	if len(weeks) > 8 {
+		weeks = weeks[len(weeks)-8:]
+	}
+
+	for _, w := range weeks {
+		pm.WeeklyActivity = append(pm.WeeklyActivity, model.WeekActivity{
+			Week:  w,
+			Count: weekCounts[w],
+		})
+	}
+
+	return pm
+}
+
+// safePct returns the percentage of part/whole, or 0 if whole is 0.
+func safePct(part, whole int) float64 {
+	if whole == 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return float64(part) / float64(whole) * 100
+}

dashboard/internal/data/career_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+package data
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// Regression for #1180: a status word appearing as a substring of an earlier
+// cell (Company "Applied Materials" contains "Applied") must not be rewritten;
+// only the Status column changes.
+func TestUpdateApplicationStatusOnlyRewritesStatusColumn(t *testing.T) {
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+	dataDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "data")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dataDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create data dir: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	applications := `# Applications Tracker
+
+| # | Date | Company | Role | Score | Status | PDF | Report | Notes |
+|---|------|---------|------|-------|--------|-----|--------|-------|
+| 7 | 2026-06-23 | Applied Materials | Staff Android Engineer | 4.2/5 | Applied | ✅ | [7](reports/007.md) | substring trap |
+`
+	path := filepath.Join(dataDir, "applications.md")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(applications), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to write tracker: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	apps := ParseApplications(tempDir)
+	if len(apps) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 parsed application, got %d", len(apps))
+	}
+
+	if err := UpdateApplicationStatus(tempDir, apps[0], "Interview"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("UpdateApplicationStatus: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	got, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read back: %v", err)
+	}
+	out := string(got)
+
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "| Applied Materials |") {
+		t.Errorf("Company cell was corrupted, file now:\n%s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "| Interview |") {
+		t.Errorf("Status cell was not updated to Interview, file now:\n%s", out)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(out, "Interview Materials") {
+		t.Errorf("status word was replaced inside the Company cell, file now:\n%s", out)
+	}
+
+	reparsed := ParseApplications(tempDir)
+	if reparsed[0].Company != "Applied Materials" {
+		t.Errorf("company = %q, want \"Applied Materials\"", reparsed[0].Company)
+	}
+	if reparsed[0].Status != "Interview" {
+		t.Errorf("status = %q, want \"Interview\"", reparsed[0].Status)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseApplicationsUsesTrackerNumberColumn(t *testing.T) {
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+	dataDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "data")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dataDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create data dir: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	applications := `# Applications Tracker
+
+| # | Date | Company | Role | Score | Status | PDF | Report | Notes |
+|---|------|---------|------|-------|--------|-----|--------|-------|
+| 140 | 2026-04-16 | Arize AI | AI Engineer, Instrumentation | 4.7/5 | Evaluated | ✅ | [140](reports/140-arize-ai-engineer-instrumentation-2026-04-16.md) | Strong fit |
+| 143 | 2026-04-16 | Arize AI | AI Sales Engineer, US | 4.1/5 | Evaluated | ❌ | [143](reports/143-arize-ai-sales-engineer-us-2026-04-16.md) | Good fit |
+`
+
+	applicationsPath := filepath.Join(dataDir, "applications.md")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(applicationsPath, []byte(applications), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to write applications tracker: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	apps := ParseApplications(tempDir)
+	if len(apps) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 parsed applications, got %d", len(apps))
+	}
+
+	if apps[0].Number != 140 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected first application number to be 140, got %d", apps[0].Number)
+	}
+	if apps[1].Number != 143 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected second application number to be 143, got %d", apps[1].Number)
+	}
+	if apps[0].ReportNumber != "140" || apps[1].ReportNumber != "143" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected report numbers to stay aligned with tracker IDs, got %q and %q", apps[0].ReportNumber, apps[1].ReportNumber)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseApplicationsResolvesTrackerRelativeReportLinks(t *testing.T) {
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+	dataDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "data")
+	reportsDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "reports")
+	for _, dir := range []string{dataDir, reportsDir} {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("failed to create dir %s: %v", dir, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Tracker links are written relative to the tracker file itself
+	// (merge-tracker.mjs normalization): ../reports/... when the tracker
+	// lives under data/. Legacy trackers may still carry root-relative
+	// links; both must resolve to the same on-disk report.
+	applications := `# Applications Tracker
+
+| # | Date | Company | Role | Score | Status | PDF | Report | Notes |
+|---|------|---------|------|-------|--------|-----|--------|-------|
+| 1 | 2026-06-03 | Acme | Engineer | 4.0/5 | Evaluated | ✅ | [1](../reports/001-acme-2026-06-03.md) | Tracker-relative link |
+| 2 | 2026-06-03 | Legacy Co | Engineer | 3.0/5 | Evaluated | ❌ | [2](reports/002-legacy-2026-06-03.md) | Legacy root-relative link |
+`
+
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dataDir, "applications.md"), []byte(applications), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to write applications tracker: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, name := range []string{"001-acme-2026-06-03.md", "002-legacy-2026-06-03.md"} {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(reportsDir, name), []byte("# Report\n"), 0o644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("failed to write report %s: %v", name, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	apps := ParseApplications(tempDir)
+	if len(apps) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 parsed applications, got %d", len(apps))
+	}
+
+	wantFirst := filepath.Join("reports", "001-acme-2026-06-03.md")
+	if apps[0].ReportPath != wantFirst {
+		t.Fatalf("expected tracker-relative link to resolve to %q, got %q", wantFirst, apps[0].ReportPath)
+	}
+	wantSecond := filepath.Join("reports", "002-legacy-2026-06-03.md")
+	if apps[1].ReportPath != wantSecond {
+		t.Fatalf("expected legacy root-relative link to resolve to %q, got %q", wantSecond, apps[1].ReportPath)
+	}
+
+	// Every consumer joins ReportPath against careerOpsPath — both rows
+	// must point at files that exist.
+	for i, app := range apps {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(tempDir, app.ReportPath)); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("row %d: resolved report path %q does not exist: %v", i, app.ReportPath, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// writeTracker writes applications.md under data/ and returns the temp root and
+// the tracker path.
+func writeTracker(t *testing.T, body string) (string, string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+	dataDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "data")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dataDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("mkdir: %v", err)
+	}
+	path := filepath.Join(dataDir, "applications.md")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(body), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write tracker: %v", err)
+	}
+	return tempDir, path
+}
+
+const insertedColumnTracker = `# Applications Tracker
+
+| # | Date | Company | Role | Location | Score | Status | PDF | Report | Notes |
+|---|------|---------|------|----------|-------|--------|-----|--------|-------|
+| 1 | 2026-06-01 | Acme | VP Marketing | Remote | 4.5/5 | Applied | ✅ | [1](reports/001.md) | hot lead |
+`
+
+// A tracker with a Location column inserted before Score (the customized layout
+// the Node tracker tooling supports since #954) must not desync the Go reader.
+// Without header-aware mapping, Status reads the Score cell and the report link
+// reads the PDF cell, so ReportNumber comes back empty.
+func TestParseApplicationsMapsColumnsByHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	tempDir, _ := writeTracker(t, insertedColumnTracker)
+
+	apps := ParseApplications(tempDir)
+	if len(apps) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 application, got %d", len(apps))
+	}
+	a := apps[0]
+	if a.Company != "Acme" {
+		t.Errorf("Company = %q, want \"Acme\"", a.Company)
+	}
+	if a.Role != "VP Marketing" {
+		t.Errorf("Role = %q, want \"VP Marketing\"", a.Role)
+	}
+	if a.Status != "Applied" {
+		t.Errorf("Status = %q, want \"Applied\"", a.Status)
+	}
+	if a.ScoreRaw != "4.5/5" {
+		t.Errorf("ScoreRaw = %q, want \"4.5/5\"", a.ScoreRaw)
+	}
+	if !a.HasPDF {
+		t.Errorf("HasPDF = false, want true")
+	}
+	if a.ReportNumber != "1" {
+		t.Errorf("ReportNumber = %q, want \"1\"", a.ReportNumber)
+	}
+}
+
+// End-to-end status update on the inserted-column layout: parse, update, and
+// re-parse. Only the Status cell may change; every other cell stays intact.
+func TestUpdateApplicationStatusInsertedColumn(t *testing.T) {
+	tempDir, path := writeTracker(t, insertedColumnTracker)
+
+	apps := ParseApplications(tempDir)
+	if len(apps) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 application, got %d", len(apps))
+	}
+	if err := UpdateApplicationStatus(tempDir, apps[0], "Interview"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("UpdateApplicationStatus: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	out, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read back: %v", err)
+	}
+	got := string(out)
+	if !strings.Contains(got, "| Interview |") {
+		t.Errorf("Status cell not updated to Interview, file now:\n%s", got)
+	}
+	if strings.Count(got, "Interview") != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("write touched an unintended cell; %d occurrences of Interview:\n%s", strings.Count(got, "Interview"), got)
+	}
+	for _, cell := range []string{"| Acme |", "| VP Marketing |", "| Remote |", "| 4.5/5 |", "| ✅ |"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(got, cell) {
+			t.Errorf("expected intact cell %q missing after write:\n%s", cell, got)
+		}
+	}
+
+	reparsed := ParseApplications(tempDir)
+	if reparsed[0].Status != "Interview" {
+		t.Errorf("reparsed Status = %q, want \"Interview\"", reparsed[0].Status)
+	}
+	if reparsed[0].ScoreRaw != "4.5/5" {
+		t.Errorf("reparsed ScoreRaw = %q, want \"4.5/5\"", reparsed[0].ScoreRaw)
+	}
+}
+
+// resolveTrackerColumns detects the header layout, and falls back to the legacy
+// fixed layout when no recognizable header row is present.
+func TestResolveTrackerColumns(t *testing.T) {
+	header := strings.Split(insertedColumnTracker, "\n")
+	cols := resolveTrackerColumns(header)
+	if cols["status"] != 6 {
+		t.Errorf("status index = %d, want 6 (inserted Location column)", cols["status"])
+	}
+	if cols["score"] != 5 {
+		t.Errorf("score index = %d, want 5", cols["score"])
+	}
+
+	headerless := []string{"| 1 | 2026-06-01 | Acme | VP Marketing | 4.5/5 | Applied | ✅ | [1](reports/001.md) | note |"}
+	fallback := resolveTrackerColumns(headerless)
+	if fallback["status"] != 5 {
+		t.Errorf("fallback status index = %d, want 5 (legacy layout)", fallback["status"])
+	}
+}

dashboard/internal/data/derive.go

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+package data
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/model"
+)
+
+// The tracker's Notes column is free-text, but evaluations write it with stable
+// conventions: work mode ("Remote US", "Charlotte NC (Hybrid)"), a pay range
+// ("$140-210K (POSTED)" / "~$150-220K (est)") and event dates ("Rejected
+// 2026-06-04"). These regexes lift that structure back out so the dashboard can
+// show Location / Pay / Last-contact columns without a tracker schema change.
+var (
+	// Pay amounts across the currencies career-ops users actually see, optionally
+	// a range: "$140-210K", "€130-160K", "£175-225K", "CHF 165-185K",
+	// "$174,986-209,983", "~$124.2-198.7K". payCeiling stays currency-naive (it
+	// reads the numbers), so PayMax sorts by magnitude across currencies.
+	reMoneySpan = regexp.MustCompile(`~?(?:[$€£]|CHF ?|EUR ?|USD ?|GBP ?)\d[\d,]*(?:\.\d+)?[KkMm]?(?:\s*[-–]\s*(?:[$€£])?\d[\d,]*(?:\.\d+)?[KkMm]?)?`)
+	// ISO dates embedded in notes ("Rejected 2026-06-04", "viewed 2026-06-04")
+	reISODate = regexp.MustCompile(`\b20\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}\b`)
+	// "City ST" / "City, ST" with a strict two-letter US state code so prose like
+	// "Sams AI" or "Kerin Colby DONE" can't false-positive.
+	reCityState = regexp.MustCompile(`\b([A-Z][A-Za-z.'-]+(?: [A-Z][A-Za-z.'-]+){0,2}),? (A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL|GA|HI|I[ADLN]|K[SY]|LA|M[ADEINOST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|PA|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AT]|W[AIVY])\b`)
+	// International cities, checked only when no US "City, ST" matches, so
+	// European/other non-US roles still surface a Location. Cities only (not bare
+	// country names) to avoid prose false-positives like "Portugal eligible" or
+	// "remote in Germany", which describe eligibility, not the job's location.
+	reCityIntl = regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)\b(Porto|Lisbon|London|Berlin|Munich|Hamburg|Frankfurt|Cologne|D(?:ü|u)sseldorf|Stuttgart|Z(?:ü|u)rich|Geneva|Lausanne|Basel|Dublin|Cork|Amsterdam|Rotterdam|Eindhoven|Utrecht|Paris|Lyon|Madrid|Barcelona|Valencia|Stockholm|Gothenburg|Malm(?:ö|o)|Copenhagen|Oslo|Helsinki|Milan|Rome|Turin|Vienna|Brussels|Ghent|Antwerp|Luxembourg|Warsaw|Krak(?:ó|o)w|Wroc(?:ł|l)aw|Tallinn|Riga|Vilnius|Prague|Brno|Budapest|Bucharest|Sofia|Athens|Bengaluru|Bangalore|Singapore|Sydney|Toronto|Vancouver|Tel Aviv|S(?:ã|a)o Paulo)\b`)
+	// Individual amounts inside an already-matched span: "140", "210K", "209,983"
+	reMoneyPart = regexp.MustCompile(`(\d[\d,]*(?:\.\d+)?)\s*([KkMm]?)`)
+	// Estimate markers: "(est)", "(est;", "market est)" or "market" as its own
+	// word — but not "(EST/CST" timezones, "interest)" or "marketing".
+	reEstHint = regexp.MustCompile(`\(est[),;. ]|\best\)|\bmarket\b`)
+)
+
+// payCeiling converts a matched pay span to its top dollar amount for sorting:
+// "$140-210K" → 210000, "$174,986-209,983" → 209983, "$170K" → 170000.
+func payCeiling(span string) float64 {
+	top := 0.0
+	for _, p := range reMoneyPart.FindAllStringSubmatch(span, -1) {
+		v, err := strconv.ParseFloat(strings.ReplaceAll(p[1], ",", ""), 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		switch strings.ToLower(p[2]) {
+		case "k":
+			v *= 1_000
+		case "m":
+			v *= 1_000_000
+		}
+		if v > top {
+			top = v
+		}
+	}
+	return top
+}
+
+// deriveNoteFields populates Location, WorkMode, PayRange, PaySource and
+// LastContact from the application's Notes (plus Role for work-mode keywords).
+func deriveNoteFields(app *model.CareerApplication) {
+	lower := strings.ToLower(app.Role + " " + app.Notes)
+
+	// Location: first "City, ST" in the notes, falling back to the role title
+	// (some tracker rows carry the city there, e.g. "... — Charlotte, NC"). When
+	// no US "City, ST" is present, fall back to an international city/country so
+	// European and other non-US roles still show a Location.
+	if m := reCityState.FindStringSubmatch(app.Notes); m != nil {
+		app.Location = m[1] + ", " + m[2]
+	} else if m := reCityState.FindStringSubmatch(app.Role); m != nil {
+		app.Location = m[1] + ", " + m[2]
+	} else if m := reCityIntl.FindString(app.Notes); m != "" {
+		app.Location = m
+	} else if m := reCityIntl.FindString(app.Role); m != "" {
+		app.Location = m
+	}
+
+	// Work mode: hybrid beats remote ("Remote/hybrid" means office days exist);
+	// "remote-first" / "remote + flex" is softer than fully remote;
+	// a bare city+state with no keyword implies fully on-site.
+	switch {
+	case strings.Contains(lower, "hybrid"):
+		app.WorkMode = "Hybrid"
+	case strings.Contains(lower, "remote") &&
+		(strings.Contains(lower, "flex") ||
+			strings.Contains(lower, "remote-first") ||
+			strings.Contains(lower, "remote first")):
+		app.WorkMode = "RemoteFlex"
+	case strings.Contains(lower, "remote"):
+		app.WorkMode = "Remote"
+	case strings.Contains(lower, "onsite") || strings.Contains(lower, "on-site") || strings.Contains(lower, "in-office"):
+		app.WorkMode = "Full"
+	case app.Location != "":
+		app.WorkMode = "Full"
+	}
+
+	// Pay: prefer the first $-range; fall back to the first lone $-amount
+	// (e.g. "$170K min floor") only when no range exists.
+	matches := reMoneySpan.FindAllString(app.Notes, -1)
+	for _, mm := range matches {
+		if strings.ContainsAny(mm, "-–") {
+			app.PayRange = mm
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if app.PayRange == "" && len(matches) > 0 {
+		app.PayRange = matches[0]
+	}
+	app.PayMax = payCeiling(app.PayRange)
+	if app.PayRange != "" {
+		switch {
+		case strings.Contains(lower, "(posted"):
+			app.PaySource = "POSTED"
+		case reEstHint.MatchString(lower):
+			app.PaySource = "est"
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Last contact: the most recent ISO date mentioned anywhere in the notes
+	// (rejections, recruiter views, phone screens), else the applied date.
+	last := app.Date
+	for _, d := range reISODate.FindAllString(app.Notes, -1) {
+		if d > last {
+			last = d
+		}
+	}
+	app.LastContact = last
+}

dashboard/internal/data/derive_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+package data
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/model"
+)
+
+func TestDeriveNoteFields(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		app      model.CareerApplication
+		location string
+		workMode string
+		payRange string
+		paySrc   string
+		last     string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "remote with posted comma range and rejection date",
+			app: model.CareerApplication{
+				Date:  "2026-06-04",
+				Notes: "Remote US (EST/CST). Base $174,986-209,983 + RSUs (POSTED). Rejected 2026-06-05 (not moving forward). Via Greenhouse",
+			},
+			workMode: "Remote",
+			payRange: "$174,986-209,983",
+			paySrc:   "POSTED",
+			last:     "2026-06-05",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "hybrid city state with estimate",
+			app: model.CareerApplication{
+				Date:  "2026-06-03",
+				Notes: "Charlotte NC (Hybrid), via LinkedIn. Comp ~$130-170K (est). Application VIEWED by recruiter 2026-06-04",
+			},
+			location: "Charlotte, NC",
+			workMode: "Hybrid",
+			payRange: "~$130-170K",
+			paySrc:   "est",
+			last:     "2026-06-04",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "bare location implies full onsite, decimal K range",
+			app: model.CareerApplication{
+				Date:  "2026-06-01",
+				Notes: "Austin TX (location mismatch). Salary $124.2-198.7K (POSTED)",
+			},
+			location: "Austin, TX",
+			workMode: "Full",
+			payRange: "$124.2-198.7K",
+			paySrc:   "POSTED",
+			last:     "2026-06-01",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "lone amount fallback when no range, date falls back to applied",
+			app: model.CareerApplication{
+				Date:  "2026-06-02",
+				Notes: "Via LinkedIn (recruiting agency). Sam stated $170K min floor",
+			},
+			workMode: "",
+			payRange: "$170K",
+			last:     "2026-06-02",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "range preferred over earlier lone amount",
+			app: model.CareerApplication{
+				Date:  "2026-05-31",
+				Notes: "Comp $100-175K base + 10% bonus + $300 health credit (recruiter-confirmed). Phone screen DONE 2026-06-03",
+			},
+			payRange: "$100-175K",
+			last:     "2026-06-03",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "city falls back to role title, timezone parens are not an estimate",
+			app: model.CareerApplication{
+				Date:  "2026-05-31",
+				Role:  "Sr Software Engineer, Enterprise Systems — Charlotte, NC",
+				Notes: "Referral via friend. Remote US (EST/CST). Comp $100-175K base (recruiter-confirmed)",
+			},
+			location: "Charlotte, NC",
+			workMode: "Remote",
+			payRange: "$100-175K",
+			paySrc:   "",
+			last:     "2026-05-31",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "marketing role and interest prose are not estimate markers",
+			app: model.CareerApplication{
+				Date:  "2026-06-01",
+				Role:  "Product Marketing Manager",
+				Notes: "Strong fit (AI-augmented interest). Salary $140-180K. Via Lever",
+			},
+			payRange: "$140-180K",
+			paySrc:   "",
+			last:     "2026-06-01",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "no false-positive city from prose",
+			app: model.CareerApplication{
+				Date:  "2026-06-01",
+				Notes: "Strong fit for Sams AI-augmented edge. Rejected by recruiter Nadia Kong",
+			},
+			location: "",
+			workMode: "",
+			last:     "2026-06-01",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "remote EU with EUR estimate range",
+			app: model.CareerApplication{
+				Date:  "2026-06-10",
+				Notes: "Remote EU (Portugal eligible). Comp ~€130-170K (est). Applied 2026-06-10",
+			},
+			location: "",
+			workMode: "Remote",
+			payRange: "~€130-170K",
+			paySrc:   "est",
+			last:     "2026-06-10",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "international city hybrid with EUR posted",
+			app: model.CareerApplication{
+				Date:  "2026-06-09",
+				Notes: "Berlin (Hybrid). Base €90-110K (POSTED). Via Greenhouse",
+			},
+			location: "Berlin",
+			workMode: "Hybrid",
+			payRange: "€90-110K",
+			paySrc:   "POSTED",
+			last:     "2026-06-09",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "CHF range, bare intl city implies onsite",
+			app: model.CareerApplication{
+				Date:  "2026-06-08",
+				Notes: "Zurich. CHF 165-185K. Check Point-backed",
+			},
+			location: "Zurich",
+			workMode: "Full",
+			payRange: "CHF 165-185K",
+			paySrc:   "",
+			last:     "2026-06-08",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "GBP posted range, London",
+			app: model.CareerApplication{
+				Date:  "2026-06-07",
+				Notes: "London. £175-225K (POSTED). 30+ teams",
+			},
+			location: "London",
+			workMode: "Full",
+			payRange: "£175-225K",
+			paySrc:   "POSTED",
+			last:     "2026-06-07",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Portugal home market, city from role title",
+			app: model.CareerApplication{
+				Date:  "2026-06-06",
+				Role:  "Senior Engineering Manager — Porto",
+				Notes: "Onsite. Comp €60-90K (est, below floor)",
+			},
+			location: "Porto",
+			workMode: "Full",
+			payRange: "€60-90K",
+			paySrc:   "est",
+			last:     "2026-06-06",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			deriveNoteFields(&tc.app)
+			if want := payCeiling(tc.payRange); tc.app.PayMax != want {
+				t.Errorf("PayMax = %v, want %v", tc.app.PayMax, want)
+			}
+			if tc.app.Location != tc.location {
+				t.Errorf("Location = %q, want %q", tc.app.Location, tc.location)
+			}
+			if tc.app.WorkMode != tc.workMode {
+				t.Errorf("WorkMode = %q, want %q", tc.app.WorkMode, tc.workMode)
+			}
+			if tc.app.PayRange != tc.payRange {
+				t.Errorf("PayRange = %q, want %q", tc.app.PayRange, tc.payRange)
+			}
+			if tc.app.PaySource != tc.paySrc {
+				t.Errorf("PaySource = %q, want %q", tc.app.PaySource, tc.paySrc)
+			}
+			if tc.app.LastContact != tc.last {
+				t.Errorf("LastContact = %q, want %q", tc.app.LastContact, tc.last)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPayCeiling(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]float64{
+		"$140-210K":        210_000,
+		"$174,986-209,983": 209_983,
+		"~$124.2-198.7K":   198_700,
+		"$170K":            170_000,
+		"$95-159K":         159_000,
+		"€130-170K":        170_000,
+		"£175-225K":        225_000,
+		"CHF 165-185K":     185_000,
+		"":                 0,
+	}
+	for span, want := range cases {
+		if got := payCeiling(span); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("payCeiling(%q) = %v, want %v", span, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}

dashboard/internal/data/pdf.go

@@ -0,0 +1,296 @@
+package data
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/model"
+)
+
+// PDFManifestEntry is one row of data/pdf-index.tsv, written by
+// generate-pdf.mjs each time a PDF is produced. ReportNumber may be empty
+// for PDFs generated without --report; those rows still help the glob
+// matcher via their recorded paths.
+type PDFManifestEntry struct {
+	ReportNumber string
+	PDFPath      string // relative to the career-ops root
+	HTMLPath     string // relative to the career-ops root, "" if unknown
+	Format       string // "letter" or "a4"
+	Date         string // YYYY-MM-DD generation date
+}
+
+// PDFManifest indexes manifest entries by normalized report number (leading
+// zeros stripped, so "008" and "8" collide deliberately). Rows without a
+// report number are not indexed (the glob path covers them).
+type PDFManifest map[string]PDFManifestEntry
+
+// isSafeRepoRelativePath returns true iff p is a non-empty, non-absolute path
+// with no ".." traversal components. Used to reject crafted TSV rows before
+// they reach dashboard open/regenerate flows.
+func isSafeRepoRelativePath(p string) bool {
+	p = filepath.Clean(filepath.FromSlash(strings.TrimSpace(p)))
+	if p == "." || p == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	if filepath.IsAbs(p) {
+		return false
+	}
+	if p == ".." || strings.HasPrefix(p, ".."+string(filepath.Separator)) {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// normalizeReportKey strips leading zeros so the zero-padded report-link
+// form ("008") and the unpadded tracker-# form ("8") key identically.
+func normalizeReportKey(s string) string {
+	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+	trimmed := strings.TrimLeft(s, "0")
+	if trimmed == "" && s != "" {
+		return "0"
+	}
+	return trimmed
+}
+
+// Lookup finds the manifest entry for an application, trying the report-link
+// number first (the NNN in reports/NNN-….md) and falling back to the tracker
+// # column. The two usually agree but are scrambled in real trackers, and
+// callers passing --report may have used either — tolerate both.
+func (m PDFManifest) Lookup(app model.CareerApplication) (PDFManifestEntry, bool) {
+	if key := normalizeReportKey(app.ReportNumber); key != "" {
+		if entry, ok := m[key]; ok {
+			return entry, true
+		}
+	}
+	if app.Number > 0 {
+		if entry, ok := m[strconv.Itoa(app.Number)]; ok {
+			return entry, true
+		}
+	}
+	return PDFManifestEntry{}, false
+}
+
+// LoadPDFEntriesByPath reads data/pdf-index.tsv and returns all entries indexed
+// by their relative PDF path. Unlike LoadPDFManifest, this includes rows that
+// were generated without a --report flag. Later rows in the file win.
+func LoadPDFEntriesByPath(careerOpsPath string) map[string]PDFManifestEntry {
+	byPath := make(map[string]PDFManifestEntry)
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, "data", "pdf-index.tsv"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return byPath
+	}
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(raw), "\n") {
+		line = strings.TrimRight(line, "\r")
+		if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+			continue
+		}
+		fields := strings.Split(line, "\t")
+		if len(fields) < 2 {
+			continue
+		}
+		entry := PDFManifestEntry{
+			ReportNumber: strings.TrimSpace(fields[0]),
+			PDFPath:      strings.TrimSpace(fields[1]),
+		}
+		if entry.PDFPath == "" || !isSafeRepoRelativePath(entry.PDFPath) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if len(fields) > 2 {
+			entry.HTMLPath = strings.TrimSpace(fields[2])
+			if entry.HTMLPath != "" && !isSafeRepoRelativePath(entry.HTMLPath) {
+				entry.HTMLPath = ""
+			}
+		}
+		if len(fields) > 3 {
+			entry.Format = strings.TrimSpace(fields[3])
+		}
+		if len(fields) > 4 {
+			entry.Date = strings.TrimSpace(fields[4])
+		}
+		byPath[entry.PDFPath] = entry
+	}
+	return byPath
+}
+
+// LoadPDFManifest reads data/pdf-index.tsv under careerOpsPath. A missing
+// file is not an error — the manifest is optional and absent until the
+// first generate-pdf.mjs run that writes it. Later rows win over earlier
+// ones for the same report number, so regenerated PDFs supersede stale
+// entries without any compaction step.
+func LoadPDFManifest(careerOpsPath string) PDFManifest {
+	manifest := make(PDFManifest)
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, "data", "pdf-index.tsv"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return manifest
+	}
+
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(raw), "\n") {
+		line = strings.TrimRight(line, "\r")
+		if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+			continue
+		}
+		fields := strings.Split(line, "\t")
+		if len(fields) < 2 {
+			continue
+		}
+		entry := PDFManifestEntry{
+			ReportNumber: strings.TrimSpace(fields[0]),
+			PDFPath:      strings.TrimSpace(fields[1]),
+		}
+		if len(fields) > 2 {
+			entry.HTMLPath = strings.TrimSpace(fields[2])
+			if entry.HTMLPath != "" && !isSafeRepoRelativePath(entry.HTMLPath) {
+				entry.HTMLPath = ""
+			}
+		}
+		if len(fields) > 3 {
+			entry.Format = strings.TrimSpace(fields[3])
+		}
+		if len(fields) > 4 {
+			entry.Date = strings.TrimSpace(fields[4])
+		}
+		if entry.ReportNumber == "" || entry.PDFPath == "" || !isSafeRepoRelativePath(entry.PDFPath) {
+			continue
+		}
+		manifest[normalizeReportKey(entry.ReportNumber)] = entry
+	}
+	return manifest
+}
+
+// rePDFDate extracts the trailing YYYY-MM-DD stamp from generated CV
+// filenames (cv-{candidate}-{slug}-{date}.pdf).
+var rePDFDate = regexp.MustCompile(`(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})\.pdf$`)
+
+// ResolvePDFs returns candidate PDF paths (relative to careerOpsPath) for an
+// application, best match first.
+//
+// Precedence:
+//  1. Manifest entry for the application's report number, when the file
+//     still exists. This is exact — generate-pdf.mjs recorded the linkage.
+//  2. Filename match: output/cv-*.pdf whose name contains the kebab-cased
+//     company. This covers every PDF generated before the manifest existed.
+//     Multiple matches are all returned (newest first) so the caller can
+//     offer a picker instead of guessing — one company can have several
+//     role-variant CVs from the same day.
+func ResolvePDFs(careerOpsPath string, app model.CareerApplication, manifest PDFManifest) []string {
+	if entry, ok := manifest.Lookup(app); ok {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, filepath.FromSlash(entry.PDFPath))); err == nil {
+			return []string{entry.PDFPath}
+		}
+	}
+
+	slug := kebabCase(app.Company)
+	if slug == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	globbed, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, "output", "cv-*.pdf"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var matches []string
+	for _, p := range globbed {
+		base := strings.ToLower(filepath.Base(p))
+		if matchesCompanySlug(base, slug) {
+			if rel, err := filepath.Rel(careerOpsPath, p); err == nil {
+				matches = append(matches, filepath.ToSlash(rel))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	sortPDFsNewestFirst(careerOpsPath, matches)
+	return matches
+}
+
+// matchesCompanySlug reports whether a generated CV filename refers to the
+// company. Short slugs (< 3 runes) require a full "-slug-" segment so a
+// company like "X" can't match every file; longer slugs use substring
+// containment, which tolerates role-variant suffixes (cv-…-anthropic-staff-
+// ui-….pdf matches "anthropic").
+func matchesCompanySlug(base, slug string) bool {
+	if len([]rune(slug)) < 3 {
+		return strings.Contains(base, "-"+slug+"-")
+	}
+	return strings.Contains(base, slug)
+}
+
+// sortPDFsNewestFirst orders candidate paths by the date stamp embedded in
+// the filename (descending), falling back to file mtime when the stamp is
+// missing or equal. A regenerated CV from today therefore outranks last
+// week's, and same-day variants get a stable mtime ordering.
+func sortPDFsNewestFirst(careerOpsPath string, paths []string) {
+	dateOf := func(p string) string {
+		if m := rePDFDate.FindStringSubmatch(p); m != nil {
+			return m[1]
+		}
+		return ""
+	}
+	mtimeOf := func(p string) int64 {
+		info, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, filepath.FromSlash(p)))
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0
+		}
+		return info.ModTime().UnixNano()
+	}
+	sort.SliceStable(paths, func(i, j int) bool {
+		di, dj := dateOf(paths[i]), dateOf(paths[j])
+		if di != dj {
+			return di > dj
+		}
+		return mtimeOf(paths[i]) > mtimeOf(paths[j])
+	})
+}
+
+// kebabCase lowercases s and collapses every non-alphanumeric run into a
+// single hyphen: "Monarch Money" → "monarch-money".
+func kebabCase(s string) string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+	lastHyphen := true // suppress leading hyphen
+	for _, r := range strings.ToLower(s) {
+		isAlnum := (r >= 'a' && r <= 'z') || (r >= '0' && r <= '9')
+		if isAlnum {
+			b.WriteRune(r)
+			lastHyphen = false
+		} else if !lastHyphen {
+			b.WriteByte('-')
+			lastHyphen = true
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.TrimRight(b.String(), "-")
+}
+
+// ResolveHTML returns the newest output/cv-*{companySlug}*.html for app and
+// a companion PDF path derived from it (same base, .pdf extension). Returns
+// ("","") when no matching HTML file is found. Used by the D handler to allow
+// PDF generation for entries that have a tailored CV HTML but no prior PDF.
+func ResolveHTML(careerOpsPath string, app model.CareerApplication) (htmlPath, pdfPath string) {
+	slug := kebabCase(app.Company)
+	if slug == "" {
+		return "", ""
+	}
+	globbed, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, "output", "cv-*.html"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", ""
+	}
+	var matches []string
+	for _, p := range globbed {
+		base := strings.ToLower(filepath.Base(p))
+		if matchesCompanySlug(base, slug) {
+			if rel, err := filepath.Rel(careerOpsPath, p); err == nil {
+				matches = append(matches, filepath.ToSlash(rel))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if len(matches) == 0 {
+		return "", ""
+	}
+	sortPDFsNewestFirst(careerOpsPath, matches)
+	relHTML := matches[0]
+	relPDF := strings.TrimSuffix(relHTML, ".html") + ".pdf"
+	return relHTML, relPDF
+}

dashboard/internal/data/pdf_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+package data
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/model"
+)
+
+func writeFixture(t *testing.T, root, rel string, content string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	full := filepath.Join(root, filepath.FromSlash(rel))
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(full), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("mkdir for %s: %v", rel, err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(full, []byte(content), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write %s: %v", rel, err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoadPDFManifestLaterRowsWin(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	writeFixture(t, root, "data/pdf-index.tsv",
+		"# report\tpdf\thtml\tformat\tdate\n"+
+			"008\toutput/cv-old.pdf\toutput/cv-old.html\tletter\t2026-06-01\n"+
+			"008\toutput/cv-new.pdf\toutput/cv-new.html\tletter\t2026-06-05\n"+
+			"\toutput/cv-orphan.pdf\t\tletter\t2026-06-05\n")
+
+	manifest := LoadPDFManifest(root)
+	if len(manifest) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 indexed entry (orphan rows skipped), got %d", len(manifest))
+	}
+	entry, ok := manifest["8"] // indexed under the normalized (unpadded) key
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("expected entry for report 008 under normalized key")
+	}
+	if entry.PDFPath != "output/cv-new.pdf" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected later row to win, got %q", entry.PDFPath)
+	}
+	if entry.HTMLPath != "output/cv-new.html" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected html path parsed, got %q", entry.HTMLPath)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoadPDFManifestMissingFile(t *testing.T) {
+	manifest := LoadPDFManifest(t.TempDir())
+	if len(manifest) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected empty manifest for missing file, got %d entries", len(manifest))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolvePDFsPrefersManifest(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	writeFixture(t, root, "output/cv-jane-doe-acme-2026-06-01.pdf", "pdf")
+	writeFixture(t, root, "output/cv-jane-doe-acme-exact-2026-06-05.pdf", "pdf")
+	writeFixture(t, root, "data/pdf-index.tsv",
+		"012\toutput/cv-jane-doe-acme-exact-2026-06-05.pdf\toutput/cv.html\tletter\t2026-06-05\n")
+
+	app := model.CareerApplication{Company: "Acme", ReportNumber: "012"}
+	got := ResolvePDFs(root, app, LoadPDFManifest(root))
+	if len(got) != 1 || got[0] != "output/cv-jane-doe-acme-exact-2026-06-05.pdf" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected single exact manifest match, got %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolvePDFsManifestEntryWithMissingFileFallsBackToGlob(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	writeFixture(t, root, "output/cv-jane-doe-acme-2026-06-01.pdf", "pdf")
+	writeFixture(t, root, "data/pdf-index.tsv",
+		"012\toutput/cv-deleted.pdf\toutput/cv.html\tletter\t2026-06-05\n")
+
+	app := model.CareerApplication{Company: "Acme", ReportNumber: "012"}
+	got := ResolvePDFs(root, app, LoadPDFManifest(root))
+	if len(got) != 1 || got[0] != "output/cv-jane-doe-acme-2026-06-01.pdf" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected glob fallback when manifest file is gone, got %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolvePDFsGlobReturnsAllCompanyVariantsNewestFirst(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	writeFixture(t, root, "output/cv-jane-doe-anthropic-2026-06-01.pdf", "pdf")
+	writeFixture(t, root, "output/cv-jane-doe-anthropic-staff-ui-2026-06-05.pdf", "pdf")
+	writeFixture(t, root, "output/cv-jane-doe-netflix-2026-06-05.pdf", "pdf")
+
+	app := model.CareerApplication{Company: "Anthropic", ReportNumber: "099"}
+	got := ResolvePDFs(root, app, LoadPDFManifest(root))
+	if len(got) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 anthropic matches, got %v", got)
+	}
+	if got[0] != "output/cv-jane-doe-anthropic-staff-ui-2026-06-05.pdf" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected newest first, got %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLookupTracksScrambledTrackerNumbers(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	// Real trackers scramble the # column vs the report-link number
+	// (e.g. row #19 links to report 008) and zero-pad the link form.
+	writeFixture(t, root, "data/pdf-index.tsv",
+		"008\toutput/cv-by-link.pdf\toutput/cv.html\tletter\t2026-06-05\n"+
+			"19\toutput/cv-by-tracker.pdf\toutput/cv.html\tletter\t2026-06-05\n")
+	manifest := LoadPDFManifest(root)
+
+	// ReportNumber "008" matches the "008" row despite zero-padding.
+	if entry, ok := manifest.Lookup(model.CareerApplication{Number: 99, ReportNumber: "008"}); !ok || entry.PDFPath != "output/cv-by-link.pdf" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected report-link lookup to win, got %+v (ok=%v)", entry, ok)
+	}
+	// Unpadded "8" finds the padded "008" row too.
+	if entry, ok := manifest.Lookup(model.CareerApplication{ReportNumber: "8"}); !ok || entry.PDFPath != "output/cv-by-link.pdf" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected unpadded report number to match padded row, got %+v (ok=%v)", entry, ok)
+	}
+	// No report link parsed: fall back to the tracker # column.
+	if entry, ok := manifest.Lookup(model.CareerApplication{Number: 19}); !ok || entry.PDFPath != "output/cv-by-tracker.pdf" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected tracker-number fallback, got %+v (ok=%v)", entry, ok)
+	}
+	// Neither matches: miss.
+	if _, ok := manifest.Lookup(model.CareerApplication{Number: 42, ReportNumber: "041"}); ok {
+		t.Fatal("expected lookup miss for unknown numbers")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolvePDFsManifestMatchWithMismatchedNumberAndPaddedKey(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	writePDF := "output/cv-jane-doe-anthropic-staff-ui-2026-06-05.pdf"
+	writeFixture(t, root, writePDF, "pdf")
+	writeFixture(t, root, "output/cv-jane-doe-anthropic-other-2026-06-05.pdf", "pdf")
+	writeFixture(t, root, "data/pdf-index.tsv",
+		"008\t"+writePDF+"\toutput/cv.html\tletter\t2026-06-05\n")
+
+	// Tracker row #19 → report 008: the manifest must still match exactly
+	// instead of falling through to the ambiguous company glob.
+	app := model.CareerApplication{Number: 19, Company: "Anthropic", ReportNumber: "008"}
+	got := ResolvePDFs(root, app, LoadPDFManifest(root))
+	if len(got) != 1 || got[0] != writePDF {
+		t.Fatalf("expected exact manifest match for scrambled numbers, got %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolvePDFsMultiWordCompany(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	writeFixture(t, root, "output/cv-jane-doe-monarch-money-2026-06-05.pdf", "pdf")
+
+	app := model.CareerApplication{Company: "Monarch Money"}
+	got := ResolvePDFs(root, app, LoadPDFManifest(root))
+	if len(got) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected multi-word company to match its kebab slug, got %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolvePDFsNoMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	writeFixture(t, root, "output/cv-jane-doe-acme-2026-06-05.pdf", "pdf")
+
+	app := model.CareerApplication{Company: "Globex"}
+	if got := ResolvePDFs(root, app, LoadPDFManifest(root)); len(got) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no matches for unrelated company, got %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestKebabCase(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]string{
+		"Monarch Money":   "monarch-money",
+		"Anthropic":       "anthropic",
+		"  O'Brien & Co ": "o-brien-co",
+		"X":               "x",
+	}
+	for in, want := range cases {
+		if got := kebabCase(in); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("kebabCase(%q) = %q, want %q", in, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}

dashboard/internal/model/career.go

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package model
+
+// CareerApplication represents a single job application from the tracker.
+type CareerApplication struct {
+	Number       int
+	Date         string
+	Company      string
+	Role         string
+	Status       string
+	Score        float64
+	ScoreRaw     string
+	HasPDF       bool
+	ReportPath   string
+	ReportNumber string
+	Notes        string
+	JobURL       string // URL of the original job posting
+	// Derived from Notes free-text (see data.deriveNoteFields)
+	Location    string  // "City, ST" when a US city+state appears in the notes
+	WorkMode    string  // "Remote" | "Hybrid" | "Full" (onsite), "" when unknown
+	PayRange    string  // first $-range found in the notes, e.g. "$140-210K"
+	PayMax      float64 // top of PayRange in dollars (sort key), 0 when unknown
+	PaySource   string  // "POSTED" when the JD listed it, "est" for estimates, "" unknown
+	LastContact string  // max YYYY-MM-DD found in notes (falls back to applied date)
+	// Enrichment (lazy loaded from report)
+	Archetype    string
+	TlDr         string
+	Remote       string
+	CompEstimate string
+}
+
+// PipelineMetrics holds aggregate stats for the pipeline dashboard.
+type PipelineMetrics struct {
+	Total      int
+	ByStatus   map[string]int
+	AvgScore   float64
+	TopScore   float64
+	WithPDF    int
+	Actionable int
+}
+
+// ProgressMetrics holds job search progress analytics.
+type ProgressMetrics struct {
+	// Funnel
+	FunnelStages []FunnelStage
+
+	// Score distribution
+	ScoreBuckets []ScoreBucket
+
+	// Timeline (weekly activity)
+	WeeklyActivity []WeekActivity
+
+	// Rates
+	ResponseRate  float64 // Responded / Applied
+	InterviewRate float64 // Interview / Applied
+	OfferRate     float64 // Offer / Applied
+
+	// Averages
+	AvgScore    float64
+	TopScore    float64
+	TotalOffers int
+	ActiveApps  int // not skip/rejected/discarded
+}
+
+// FunnelStage represents one stage of the application funnel.
+type FunnelStage struct {
+	Label string
+	Count int
+	Pct   float64 // percentage of total
+}
+
+// ScoreBucket represents a score range and its count.
+type ScoreBucket struct {
+	Label string // e.g., "4.5-5.0", "4.0-4.4", "3.5-3.9", "3.0-3.4", "<3.0"
+	Count int
+}
+
+// WeekActivity represents application activity for a given ISO week.
+type WeekActivity struct {
+	Week  string // e.g., "2026-W14", "2026-W13"
+	Count int
+}

dashboard/internal/theme/catppuccin.go

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package theme
+
+import "github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+
+func newCatppuccinMocha() Theme {
+	return Theme{
+		// Catppuccin Mocha palette
+		Base:    lipgloss.Color("#1e1e2e"),
+		Surface: lipgloss.Color("#313244"),
+		Overlay: lipgloss.Color("#45475a"),
+		Text:    lipgloss.Color("#cdd6f4"),
+		Subtext: lipgloss.Color("#a6adc8"),
+
+		// Accents
+		Blue:   lipgloss.Color("#89b4fa"),
+		Mauve:  lipgloss.Color("#cba6f7"),
+		Green:  lipgloss.Color("#a6e3a1"),
+		Yellow: lipgloss.Color("#f9e2af"),
+		Sky:    lipgloss.Color("#89dceb"),
+		Peach:  lipgloss.Color("#fab387"),
+		Red:    lipgloss.Color("#f38ba8"),
+		Pink:   lipgloss.Color("#f5c2e7"),
+	}
+}

dashboard/internal/theme/catppuccin_latte.go

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package theme
+
+import "github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+
+func newCatppuccinLatte() Theme {
+	return Theme{
+		// Catppuccin Latte palette
+		Base:    lipgloss.Color("#eff1f5"),
+		Surface: lipgloss.Color("#dce0e8"),
+		Overlay: lipgloss.Color("#9ca0b0"),
+		Text:    lipgloss.Color("#4c4f69"),
+		Subtext: lipgloss.Color("#5c5f77"),
+
+		// Accents
+		Blue:   lipgloss.Color("#1e66f5"),
+		Mauve:  lipgloss.Color("#8839ef"),
+		Green:  lipgloss.Color("#40a02b"),
+		Yellow: lipgloss.Color("#df8e1d"),
+		Sky:    lipgloss.Color("#04a5e5"),
+		Peach:  lipgloss.Color("#fe640b"),
+		Red:    lipgloss.Color("#d20f39"),
+		Pink:   lipgloss.Color("#ea76cb"),
+	}
+}

dashboard/internal/theme/theme.go

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+// Package theme provides the visual theme system for the dashboard.
+package theme
+
+import (
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+	"github.com/muesli/termenv"
+)
+
+// Theme holds all color definitions for the pipeline dashboard.
+type Theme struct {
+	// Base colors
+	Base    lipgloss.Color
+	Surface lipgloss.Color
+	Overlay lipgloss.Color
+	Text    lipgloss.Color
+	Subtext lipgloss.Color
+
+	// Accent colors
+	Blue   lipgloss.Color
+	Mauve  lipgloss.Color
+	Green  lipgloss.Color
+	Yellow lipgloss.Color
+	Sky    lipgloss.Color
+	Peach  lipgloss.Color
+	Red    lipgloss.Color
+	Pink   lipgloss.Color
+}
+
+// NewTheme creates a theme by name. Use "auto" or "" to detect from terminal background.
+func NewTheme(name string) Theme {
+	switch name {
+	case "catppuccin-mocha":
+		return newCatppuccinMocha()
+	case "catppuccin-latte":
+		return newCatppuccinLatte()
+	case "auto", "":
+		if termenv.HasDarkBackground() {
+			return newCatppuccinMocha()
+		}
+		return newCatppuccinLatte()
+	default:
+		return newCatppuccinMocha()
+	}
+}

dashboard/internal/ui/screens/pipeline_pdf_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+package screens
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/model"
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/theme"
+)
+
+func keyMsg(s string) tea.KeyMsg {
+	return tea.KeyMsg{Type: tea.KeyRunes, Runes: []rune(s)}
+}
+
+func newPDFTestModel(t *testing.T, careerOpsPath string, apps []model.CareerApplication) PipelineModel {
+	t.Helper()
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(
+		theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"),
+		apps,
+		model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(apps)},
+		careerOpsPath,
+		120,
+		40,
+	)
+	pm.viewMode = "flat"
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+	return pm
+}
+
+func writePDFFixture(t *testing.T, root, rel string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	full := filepath.Join(root, filepath.FromSlash(rel))
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(full), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("mkdir: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(full, []byte("pdf"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPDFKeyFlashesWhenNoPDFExists(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	apps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{Company: "Globex", Role: "Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.0},
+	}
+
+	pm := newPDFTestModel(t, root, apps)
+	updated, cmd := pm.Update(keyMsg("d"))
+
+	if cmd != nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected no command when no PDF matches")
+	}
+	if updated.flash == "" {
+		t.Fatal("expected a flash notice when no PDF matches")
+	}
+	if updated.pdfPicker {
+		t.Fatal("expected no picker when no PDF matches")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPDFKeyOpensSingleMatchDirectly(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	writePDFFixture(t, root, "output/cv-jane-doe-globex-2026-06-05.pdf")
+	apps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{Company: "Globex", Role: "Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.0},
+	}
+
+	pm := newPDFTestModel(t, root, apps)
+	updated, cmd := pm.Update(keyMsg("d"))
+
+	if updated.pdfPicker {
+		t.Fatal("expected no picker for a single match")
+	}
+	if cmd == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an open command for a single match")
+	}
+	msg, ok := cmd().(PipelineOpenPDFMsg)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("expected PipelineOpenPDFMsg, got %T", cmd())
+	}
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(msg.Path, "cv-jane-doe-globex-2026-06-05.pdf") {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected PDF path %q", msg.Path)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPDFKeyOpensNewestForMultipleMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	// Write two PDFs for the same company with distinct dates so ordering is predictable.
+	writePDFFixture(t, root, "output/cv-jane-doe-anthropic-2026-06-05.pdf")
+	writePDFFixture(t, root, "output/cv-jane-doe-anthropic-2026-06-10.pdf")
+	apps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{Company: "Anthropic", Role: "Staff UI Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.6},
+	}
+
+	pm := newPDFTestModel(t, root, apps)
+	updated, cmd := pm.Update(keyMsg("d"))
+
+	// Multiple candidates → open the newest one immediately, no picker.
+	if updated.pdfPicker {
+		t.Fatal("expected no picker — newest match should be opened directly")
+	}
+	if cmd == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an open command for the newest match")
+	}
+	msg, ok := cmd().(PipelineOpenPDFMsg)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("expected PipelineOpenPDFMsg, got %T", cmd())
+	}
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(msg.Path, "cv-jane-doe-anthropic-2026-06-10.pdf") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected newest PDF to be opened, got %q", msg.Path)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRegenerateKeyFlashesWithoutManifestEntry(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	apps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{Company: "Globex", Role: "Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.0, ReportNumber: "001"},
+	}
+
+	pm := newPDFTestModel(t, root, apps)
+	updated, cmd := pm.Update(keyMsg("D"))
+
+	if cmd != nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected no command without a manifest entry")
+	}
+	if updated.flash == "" {
+		t.Fatal("expected a flash notice without a manifest entry")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRegenerateKeyEmitsGenerateMsgFromManifest(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	writePDFFixture(t, root, "output/cv-jane-doe-globex.html")
+	writePDFFixture(t, root, "data/pdf-index.tsv") // placeholder, overwritten below
+	manifest := "001\toutput/cv-jane-doe-globex-2026-06-05.pdf\toutput/cv-jane-doe-globex.html\tletter\t2026-06-05\n"
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(root, "data", "pdf-index.tsv"), []byte(manifest), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write manifest: %v", err)
+	}
+	apps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{Company: "Globex", Role: "Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.0, ReportNumber: "001"},
+	}
+
+	pm := newPDFTestModel(t, root, apps)
+	updated, cmd := pm.Update(keyMsg("D"))
+
+	if cmd == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected a generate command")
+	}
+	if updated.flash == "" {
+		t.Fatal("expected an in-progress flash while regenerating")
+	}
+	msg, ok := cmd().(PipelineGeneratePDFMsg)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("expected PipelineGeneratePDFMsg, got %T", cmd())
+	}
+	if msg.ReportNumber != "001" || msg.HTMLPath != "output/cv-jane-doe-globex.html" || msg.Format != "letter" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected generate request: %+v", msg)
+	}
+
+	// Outcome message updates the flash.
+	done, _ := updated.Update(PipelinePDFGeneratedMsg{Path: "/abs/cv.pdf"})
+	if !strings.Contains(done.flash, "cv.pdf") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected success flash to name the PDF, got %q", done.flash)
+	}
+	failed, _ := updated.Update(PipelinePDFGeneratedMsg{Err: "node not found"})
+	if !strings.Contains(failed.flash, "node not found") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected failure flash to carry the error, got %q", failed.flash)
+	}
+}
+

dashboard/internal/ui/screens/pipeline_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,583 @@
+package screens
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/model"
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/theme"
+)
+
+func tabIndexForFilter(t *testing.T, filter string) int {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	for i, tab := range pipelineTabs {
+		if tab.filter == filter {
+			return i
+		}
+	}
+
+	t.Fatalf("expected pipeline tabs to include filter %q", filter)
+	return -1
+}
+
+func TestWithReloadedDataPreservesStateAndSelection(t *testing.T) {
+	initialApps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{
+			Company:    "Acme",
+			Role:       "Backend Engineer",
+			Status:     "Evaluated",
+			Score:      4.2,
+			ReportPath: "reports/001-acme.md",
+		},
+		{
+			Company:    "Beta",
+			Role:       "Platform Engineer",
+			Status:     "Applied",
+			Score:      4.6,
+			ReportPath: "reports/002-beta.md",
+		},
+	}
+
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(
+		theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"),
+		initialApps,
+		model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(initialApps)},
+		"..",
+		120,
+		40,
+	)
+	pm.sortMode = sortCompany
+	pm.activeTab = 0
+	pm.viewMode = "flat"
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+	pm.cursor = 1
+	pm.reportCache["reports/002-beta.md"] = reportSummary{tldr: "cached"}
+
+	refreshedApps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		initialApps[0],
+		initialApps[1],
+		{
+			Company:    "Gamma",
+			Role:       "AI Engineer",
+			Status:     "Interview",
+			Score:      4.8,
+			ReportPath: "reports/003-gamma.md",
+		},
+	}
+
+	reloaded := pm.WithReloadedData(refreshedApps, model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(refreshedApps)})
+
+	if reloaded.sortMode != sortCompany {
+		t.Fatalf("expected sort mode %q, got %q", sortCompany, reloaded.sortMode)
+	}
+	if reloaded.viewMode != "flat" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected view mode to stay flat, got %q", reloaded.viewMode)
+	}
+	if got := len(reloaded.filtered); got != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 3 filtered apps after refresh, got %d", got)
+	}
+	if app, ok := reloaded.CurrentApp(); !ok || app.ReportPath != "reports/002-beta.md" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected selection to stay on beta app, got %+v (ok=%v)", app, ok)
+	}
+	if reloaded.reportCache["reports/002-beta.md"].tldr != "cached" {
+		t.Fatal("expected cached report summaries to survive refresh")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRenderAppLineIncludesDateColumn(t *testing.T) {
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(
+		theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"),
+		nil,
+		model.PipelineMetrics{},
+		"..",
+		120,
+		40,
+	)
+
+	line := pm.renderAppLine(model.CareerApplication{
+		Number:  42,
+		Date:    "2026-04-13",
+		Company: "Anthropic",
+		Role:    "Forward Deployed Engineer",
+		Status:  "Applied",
+		Score:   4.5,
+	}, false)
+
+	if !strings.Contains(line, "2026-04-13") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected rendered line to include date column, got %q", line)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(line, "#42") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected rendered line to include tracker number marker, got %q", line)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSearchFiltersByCompanyRoleAndNotes(t *testing.T) {
+	apps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{Company: "Stripe", Role: "Backend Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.6, Notes: "payments infra"},
+		{Company: "Anthropic", Role: "AI Safety Engineer", Status: "Applied", Score: 4.8, Notes: "policy work"},
+		{Company: "Acme Corp", Role: "Senior PM, Voice AI", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.2, Notes: "Series B in Madrid"},
+		{Company: "Globex", Role: "Platform Engineer", Status: "Applied", Score: 3.9, Notes: "remote-first"},
+	}
+
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"), apps, model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(apps)}, "..", 120, 40)
+	pm.activeTab = tabIndexForFilter(t, filterAll)
+
+	// Match by company substring (case-insensitive).
+	pm.searchQuery = "stripe"
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+	if len(pm.filtered) != 1 || pm.filtered[0].Company != "Stripe" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 match for 'stripe', got %+v", pm.filtered)
+	}
+
+	// Match by role substring.
+	pm.searchQuery = "voice ai"
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+	if len(pm.filtered) != 1 || pm.filtered[0].Company != "Acme Corp" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 match for 'voice ai', got %+v", pm.filtered)
+	}
+
+	// Match by notes substring.
+	pm.searchQuery = "madrid"
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+	if len(pm.filtered) != 1 || pm.filtered[0].Company != "Acme Corp" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 match for notes 'madrid', got %+v", pm.filtered)
+	}
+
+	// Empty query restores everything.
+	pm.searchQuery = ""
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+	if len(pm.filtered) != len(apps) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected empty query to restore all rows, got %d/%d", len(pm.filtered), len(apps))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSearchComposesWithActiveTab(t *testing.T) {
+	apps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{Company: "Stripe", Role: "Backend Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.6},
+		{Company: "Stripe", Role: "Frontend Engineer", Status: "Applied", Score: 4.5},
+		{Company: "Anthropic", Role: "AI Engineer", Status: "Applied", Score: 4.8},
+	}
+
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"), apps, model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(apps)}, "..", 120, 40)
+	pm.activeTab = tabIndexForFilter(t, filterApplied)
+	pm.searchQuery = "stripe"
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+
+	if len(pm.filtered) != 1 || pm.filtered[0].Role != "Frontend Engineer" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected applied+stripe to leave only Frontend Engineer, got %+v", pm.filtered)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSearchIsCaseInsensitive(t *testing.T) {
+	apps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{Company: "Anthropic", Role: "AI Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.8},
+	}
+
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"), apps, model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(apps)}, "..", 120, 40)
+	for _, q := range []string{"anthropic", "ANTHROPIC", "AnThRoPiC"} {
+		pm.searchQuery = q
+		pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+		if len(pm.filtered) != 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("expected case-insensitive match for %q, got %d rows", q, len(pm.filtered))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSearchEnterCommitsAndEscClearsCommittedQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	apps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{Company: "Stripe", Role: "Backend Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.6},
+		{Company: "Anthropic", Role: "AI Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.8},
+	}
+
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"), apps, model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(apps)}, "..", 120, 40)
+
+	// Open input and type "stripe".
+	pm, _ = pm.Update(tea.KeyMsg{Type: tea.KeyRunes, Runes: []rune{'/'}})
+	if !pm.searchInput {
+		t.Fatal("expected `/` to open search input")
+	}
+	for _, r := range "stripe" {
+		pm, _ = pm.Update(tea.KeyMsg{Type: tea.KeyRunes, Runes: []rune{r}})
+	}
+	if pm.searchQuery != "stripe" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected query to live-update to 'stripe', got %q", pm.searchQuery)
+	}
+	if len(pm.filtered) != 1 || pm.filtered[0].Company != "Stripe" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected live filter to leave only Stripe, got %+v", pm.filtered)
+	}
+
+	// Enter commits — input closes, query stays.
+	pm, _ = pm.Update(tea.KeyMsg{Type: tea.KeyEnter})
+	if pm.searchInput {
+		t.Fatal("expected Enter to close input")
+	}
+	if pm.searchQuery != "stripe" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected Enter to keep committed query, got %q", pm.searchQuery)
+	}
+
+	// Esc on a committed query clears the search and restores the full list.
+	pm, _ = pm.Update(tea.KeyMsg{Type: tea.KeyEsc})
+	if pm.searchQuery != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected Esc to clear committed query, got %q", pm.searchQuery)
+	}
+	if len(pm.filtered) != len(apps) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected Esc to restore full list, got %d/%d", len(pm.filtered), len(apps))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSearchEscInInputCancelsAndClears(t *testing.T) {
+	// Use multiple rows so the test catches a regression where Esc clears the query
+	// but forgets to re-apply the filter — the visible count would stay at 1
+	// otherwise even though the underlying state went stale.
+	apps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{Company: "Stripe", Role: "Backend Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.6},
+		{Company: "Globex", Role: "Platform Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.0},
+		{Company: "Anthropic", Role: "AI Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.8},
+	}
+
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"), apps, model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(apps)}, "..", 120, 40)
+	pm.searchInput = true
+	pm.searchQuery = "stri"
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+	if len(pm.filtered) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("setup expected 1 row matching 'stri', got %d", len(pm.filtered))
+	}
+
+	pm, _ = pm.Update(tea.KeyMsg{Type: tea.KeyEsc})
+	if pm.searchInput {
+		t.Fatal("expected Esc in input mode to close input")
+	}
+	if pm.searchQuery != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected Esc in input mode to clear in-progress query, got %q", pm.searchQuery)
+	}
+	if len(pm.filtered) != len(apps) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected Esc to re-expand filtered list to %d rows, got %d", len(apps), len(pm.filtered))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSearchResetsCursorOnQueryChange(t *testing.T) {
+	apps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{Company: "Acme", Role: "Backend Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.0},
+		{Company: "Beta", Role: "Frontend Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.1},
+		{Company: "Gamma", Role: "AI Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.2},
+	}
+
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"), apps, model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(apps)}, "..", 120, 40)
+	pm.cursor = 2
+
+	pm, _ = pm.Update(tea.KeyMsg{Type: tea.KeyRunes, Runes: []rune{'/'}})
+	pm, _ = pm.Update(tea.KeyMsg{Type: tea.KeyRunes, Runes: []rune{'a'}})
+
+	if pm.cursor != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected cursor to reset to 0 on query change, got %d", pm.cursor)
+	}
+	if pm.scrollOffset != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected scrollOffset to reset to 0 on query change, got %d", pm.scrollOffset)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSearchStatePreservedAcrossReload(t *testing.T) {
+	initial := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{Company: "Stripe", Role: "Backend", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.6},
+		{Company: "Acme", Role: "AI", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.0},
+	}
+
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"), initial, model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(initial)}, "..", 120, 40)
+	pm.searchQuery = "stripe"
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+
+	refreshed := append([]model.CareerApplication{}, initial...)
+	refreshed = append(refreshed, model.CareerApplication{Company: "Globex", Role: "Platform", Status: "Applied", Score: 4.3})
+
+	reloaded := pm.WithReloadedData(refreshed, model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(refreshed)})
+
+	if reloaded.searchQuery != "stripe" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected refresh to preserve search query, got %q", reloaded.searchQuery)
+	}
+	if len(reloaded.filtered) != 1 || reloaded.filtered[0].Company != "Stripe" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected refresh+search to keep filter applied, got %+v", reloaded.filtered)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRejectedAndDiscardedTabsFilterCorrectly(t *testing.T) {
+	apps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{
+			Company:    "Acme",
+			Role:       "Backend Engineer",
+			Status:     "Rejected",
+			Score:      3.4,
+			ReportPath: "reports/001-acme.md",
+		},
+		{
+			Company:    "Beta",
+			Role:       "Platform Engineer",
+			Status:     "Discarded",
+			Score:      2.1,
+			ReportPath: "reports/002-beta.md",
+		},
+		{
+			Company:    "Gamma",
+			Role:       "AI Engineer",
+			Status:     "Applied",
+			Score:      4.6,
+			ReportPath: "reports/003-gamma.md",
+		},
+	}
+
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(
+		theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"),
+		apps,
+		model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(apps)},
+		"..",
+		120,
+		40,
+	)
+
+	pm.activeTab = tabIndexForFilter(t, filterRejected)
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+	if len(pm.filtered) != 1 || pm.filtered[0].Status != "Rejected" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected rejected tab to isolate rejected rows, got %+v", pm.filtered)
+	}
+
+	pm.activeTab = tabIndexForFilter(t, filterDiscarded)
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+	if len(pm.filtered) != 1 || pm.filtered[0].Status != "Discarded" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected discarded tab to isolate discarded rows, got %+v", pm.filtered)
+	}
+}
+
+// Regression: with no committed search query, Esc must NOT close the screen.
+// The help bar advertises only `q quit`, so Esc quitting silently was a bug
+// that surfaced as accidental exits when users hit Esc to "back out" of the UI.
+func TestEscWithoutQueryIsNoOp(t *testing.T) {
+	apps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{Company: "Stripe", Role: "Backend Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.6},
+	}
+
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"), apps, model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(apps)}, "..", 120, 40)
+	if pm.searchQuery != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("setup expected empty search query, got %q", pm.searchQuery)
+	}
+
+	pm, cmd := pm.Update(tea.KeyMsg{Type: tea.KeyEsc})
+	if cmd != nil {
+		// PipelineClosedMsg used to fire here; ensure it doesn't anymore.
+		if msg := cmd(); msg != nil {
+			if _, ok := msg.(PipelineClosedMsg); ok {
+				t.Fatalf("expected Esc with no query to be a no-op, got PipelineClosedMsg")
+			}
+			t.Fatalf("expected Esc with no query to return nil cmd, got %T", msg)
+		}
+	}
+	if pm.searchInput {
+		t.Fatal("Esc with no query should not toggle searchInput")
+	}
+}
+
+// Regression: typing during search input must not synchronously fan out to
+// loadCurrentReport. Reading reports per keystroke caused visible UI lag, so
+// the load is deferred to commit (Enter) / cancel (Esc) instead.
+func TestSearchTypingDoesNotLoadReports(t *testing.T) {
+	apps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{Company: "Stripe", Role: "Backend Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.6, ReportPath: "reports/001-stripe.md"},
+		{Company: "Anthropic", Role: "AI Engineer", Status: "Evaluated", Score: 4.8, ReportPath: "reports/002-anthropic.md"},
+	}
+
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"), apps, model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(apps)}, "..", 120, 40)
+
+	pm, _ = pm.Update(tea.KeyMsg{Type: tea.KeyRunes, Runes: []rune{'/'}})
+	if !pm.searchInput {
+		t.Fatal("expected `/` to open search input")
+	}
+
+	// Typing must not trigger PipelineLoadReportMsg.
+	for _, r := range "stri" {
+		var cmd tea.Cmd
+		pm, cmd = pm.Update(tea.KeyMsg{Type: tea.KeyRunes, Runes: []rune{r}})
+		if cmd != nil {
+			if msg := cmd(); msg != nil {
+				if _, ok := msg.(PipelineLoadReportMsg); ok {
+					t.Fatalf("typing rune %q should not emit PipelineLoadReportMsg", string(r))
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Backspace must not trigger PipelineLoadReportMsg either.
+	pm, cmd := pm.Update(tea.KeyMsg{Type: tea.KeyBackspace})
+	if cmd != nil {
+		if msg := cmd(); msg != nil {
+			if _, ok := msg.(PipelineLoadReportMsg); ok {
+				t.Fatal("Backspace during search input should not emit PipelineLoadReportMsg")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Ctrl+U must not trigger PipelineLoadReportMsg either.
+	pm, cmd = pm.Update(tea.KeyMsg{Type: tea.KeyCtrlU})
+	if cmd != nil {
+		if msg := cmd(); msg != nil {
+			if _, ok := msg.(PipelineLoadReportMsg); ok {
+				t.Fatal("Ctrl+U during search input should not emit PipelineLoadReportMsg")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func previewModelWith(t *testing.T, app model.CareerApplication) PipelineModel {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(
+		theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"),
+		[]model.CareerApplication{app},
+		model.PipelineMetrics{Total: 1},
+		"..",
+		120,
+		40,
+	)
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+	pm.cursor = 0
+	return pm
+}
+
+func TestPreviewKeepsDiscardReasonWhenTlDrIsCached(t *testing.T) {
+	app := model.CareerApplication{
+		Company:    "Acme",
+		Role:       "Backend Engineer",
+		Status:     "Descartado 2026-03-12",
+		Notes:      "took too long to respond",
+		ReportPath: "reports/001-acme.md",
+	}
+	pm := previewModelWith(t, app)
+	pm.reportCache[app.ReportPath] = reportSummary{tldr: "great team, fast pace"}
+
+	preview := pm.renderPreview()
+
+	if !strings.Contains(preview, "great team, fast pace") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected preview to keep the cached TL;DR, got %q", preview)
+	}
+	// Regression for #787: before the Outcome line, a cached TL;DR replaced the
+	// notes entirely and the discard reason disappeared from the preview.
+	if !strings.Contains(preview, "took too long to respond") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected preview to keep the discard reason alongside the TL;DR, got %q", preview)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(preview, "Descartado 2026-03-12") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected preview to show the closing status, got %q", preview)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPreviewOutcomeShownWithoutReportSummary(t *testing.T) {
+	pm := previewModelWith(t, model.CareerApplication{
+		Company: "Beta",
+		Role:    "Platform Engineer",
+		Status:  "SKIP",
+		Notes:   "geo blocker",
+	})
+
+	preview := pm.renderPreview()
+
+	if !strings.Contains(preview, "Outcome:") || !strings.Contains(preview, "geo blocker") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected outcome line with notes for skipped app, got %q", preview)
+	}
+	if strings.Count(preview, "geo blocker") != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected notes to appear exactly once, got %q", preview)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPreviewOutcomeOmittedForActiveApps(t *testing.T) {
+	app := model.CareerApplication{
+		Company:    "Gamma",
+		Role:       "AI Engineer",
+		Status:     "Applied 2026-04-01",
+		Notes:      "warm intro via referral",
+		ReportPath: "reports/003-gamma.md",
+	}
+	pm := previewModelWith(t, app)
+	pm.reportCache[app.ReportPath] = reportSummary{tldr: "strong fit"}
+
+	preview := pm.renderPreview()
+
+	if strings.Contains(preview, "Outcome:") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no outcome line for an active app, got %q", preview)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPreviewOutcomeForStatusWithoutNotes(t *testing.T) {
+	pm := previewModelWith(t, model.CareerApplication{
+		Company: "Delta",
+		Role:    "SRE",
+		Status:  "**Rejected** 2026-05-02",
+	})
+
+	preview := pm.renderPreview()
+
+	if !strings.Contains(preview, "Rejected 2026-05-02") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected outcome to show the bare closing status, got %q", preview)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(preview, "Loading preview...") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected outcome line to replace the loading placeholder, got %q", preview)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWithReloadedDataPreservesCursorWhenAppRemoved(t *testing.T) {
+	initialApps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{
+			Company:    "Acme",
+			Role:       "Backend Engineer",
+			Status:     "Applied",
+			Score:      4.2,
+			ReportPath: "reports/001-acme.md",
+		},
+		{
+			Company:    "Beta",
+			Role:       "Platform Engineer",
+			Status:     "Applied",
+			Score:      4.6,
+			ReportPath: "reports/002-beta.md",
+		},
+		{
+			Company:    "Gamma",
+			Role:       "AI Engineer",
+			Status:     "Applied",
+			Score:      4.8,
+			ReportPath: "reports/003-gamma.md",
+		},
+	}
+
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(
+		theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"),
+		initialApps,
+		model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(initialApps)},
+		"..",
+		120,
+		40,
+	)
+	pm.activeTab = tabIndexForFilter(t, filterApplied)
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+	pm.cursor = 1
+
+	refreshedApps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		initialApps[0],
+		{
+			Company:    "Beta",
+			Role:       "Platform Engineer",
+			Status:     "Rejected", // Changed!
+			Score:      4.6,
+			ReportPath: "reports/002-beta.md",
+		},
+		initialApps[2],
+	}
+
+	reloaded := pm.WithReloadedData(refreshedApps, model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(refreshedApps)})
+
+	if got := len(reloaded.filtered); got != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 filtered apps after refresh, got %d", got)
+	}
+	if reloaded.cursor < 0 || reloaded.cursor >= len(reloaded.filtered) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected cursor to be within [0, %d], got %d", len(reloaded.filtered)-1, reloaded.cursor)
+	}
+}
+

dashboard/internal/ui/screens/progress.go

@@ -0,0 +1,412 @@
+package screens
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/model"
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/theme"
+)
+
+// ProgressClosedMsg is emitted when the progress screen is dismissed.
+type ProgressClosedMsg struct{}
+
+// ProgressModel implements the progress analytics screen.
+type ProgressModel struct {
+	metrics      model.ProgressMetrics
+	scrollOffset int
+	width        int
+	height       int
+	theme        theme.Theme
+}
+
+// NewProgressModel creates a new progress screen.
+func NewProgressModel(t theme.Theme, metrics model.ProgressMetrics, width, height int) ProgressModel {
+	return ProgressModel{
+		metrics: metrics,
+		width:   width,
+		height:  height,
+		theme:   t,
+	}
+}
+
+// Init implements tea.Model.
+func (m ProgressModel) Init() tea.Cmd {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Resize updates dimensions.
+func (m *ProgressModel) Resize(width, height int) {
+	m.width = width
+	m.height = height
+}
+
+// Update handles input for the progress screen.
+func (m ProgressModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (ProgressModel, tea.Cmd) {
+	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case tea.KeyMsg:
+		switch msg.String() {
+		case "q", "esc":
+			return m, func() tea.Msg { return ProgressClosedMsg{} }
+		case "down", "j":
+			m.scrollOffset++
+		case "up", "k":
+			if m.scrollOffset > 0 {
+				m.scrollOffset--
+			}
+		case "pgdown", "ctrl+d":
+			m.scrollOffset += m.height / 2
+		case "pgup", "ctrl+u":
+			m.scrollOffset -= m.height / 2
+			if m.scrollOffset < 0 {
+				m.scrollOffset = 0
+			}
+		}
+	case tea.WindowSizeMsg:
+		m.width = msg.Width
+		m.height = msg.Height
+	}
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+// View renders the progress screen.
+func (m ProgressModel) View() string {
+	header := m.renderHeader()
+	funnel := m.renderFunnel()
+	scores := m.renderScoreDistribution()
+	rates := m.renderRates()
+	weekly := m.renderWeeklyActivity()
+	help := m.renderHelp()
+
+	// Combine panels
+	body := lipgloss.JoinVertical(lipgloss.Left,
+		funnel,
+		"",
+		scores,
+		"",
+		rates,
+		"",
+		weekly,
+	)
+
+	// Apply scroll
+	bodyLines := strings.Split(body, "\n")
+	offset := m.scrollOffset
+	if offset >= len(bodyLines) {
+		offset = len(bodyLines) - 1
+	}
+	if offset < 0 {
+		offset = 0
+	}
+	if offset > 0 {
+		bodyLines = bodyLines[offset:]
+	}
+
+	// Clamp to available height
+	availHeight := m.height - 4 // header + help + padding
+	if availHeight < 3 {
+		availHeight = 3
+	}
+	if len(bodyLines) > availHeight {
+		bodyLines = bodyLines[:availHeight]
+	}
+
+	body = strings.Join(bodyLines, "\n")
+
+	return lipgloss.JoinVertical(lipgloss.Left, header, body, help)
+}
+
+func (m ProgressModel) renderHeader() string {
+	style := lipgloss.NewStyle().
+		Bold(true).
+		Foreground(m.theme.Text).
+		Background(m.theme.Surface).
+		Width(m.width).
+		Padding(0, 2)
+
+	title := lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Mauve).Render("SEARCH PROGRESS")
+
+	right := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Subtext)
+	total := len(m.metrics.FunnelStages)
+	totalCount := 0
+	if total > 0 {
+		totalCount = m.metrics.FunnelStages[0].Count
+	}
+	info := right.Render(fmt.Sprintf("%d evaluated | %.1f avg score", totalCount, m.metrics.AvgScore))
+
+	gap := m.width - lipgloss.Width(title) - lipgloss.Width(info) - 4
+	if gap < 1 {
+		gap = 1
+	}
+
+	return style.Render(title + strings.Repeat(" ", gap) + info)
+}
+
+func (m ProgressModel) renderFunnel() string {
+	padStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Padding(0, 2)
+	sectionTitle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Sky)
+
+	var lines []string
+	lines = append(lines, padStyle.Render(sectionTitle.Render("Pipeline Funnel")))
+
+	if len(m.metrics.FunnelStages) == 0 {
+		dimStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Subtext)
+		lines = append(lines, padStyle.Render(dimStyle.Render("No data")))
+		return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+	}
+
+	// Find max count for bar scaling
+	maxCount := 0
+	for _, s := range m.metrics.FunnelStages {
+		if s.Count > maxCount {
+			maxCount = s.Count
+		}
+	}
+
+	labelW := 10
+	barMaxW := m.width - labelW - 20 // room for label, count, pct
+	if barMaxW < 10 {
+		barMaxW = 10
+	}
+
+	// Colors for funnel stages (gradient from cool to warm)
+	stageColors := []lipgloss.Color{
+		m.theme.Blue,
+		m.theme.Sky,
+		m.theme.Green,
+		m.theme.Yellow,
+		m.theme.Peach,
+	}
+
+	for i, stage := range m.metrics.FunnelStages {
+		barW := 0
+		if maxCount > 0 {
+			barW = stage.Count * barMaxW / maxCount
+		}
+		if barW < 1 && stage.Count > 0 {
+			barW = 1
+		}
+
+		color := m.theme.Text
+		if i < len(stageColors) {
+			color = stageColors[i]
+		}
+
+		barStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(color)
+		labelStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Text).Width(labelW)
+		countStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Subtext)
+
+		bar := barStyle.Render(strings.Repeat("\u2588", barW))
+		label := labelStyle.Render(stage.Label)
+
+		pctStr := ""
+		if i > 0 {
+			pctStr = fmt.Sprintf(" (%.0f%%)", stage.Pct)
+		}
+		count := countStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("  %d%s", stage.Count, pctStr))
+
+		lines = append(lines, padStyle.Render(label+bar+count))
+	}
+
+	return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+}
+
+func (m ProgressModel) renderScoreDistribution() string {
+	padStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Padding(0, 2)
+	sectionTitle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Sky)
+
+	var lines []string
+	lines = append(lines, padStyle.Render(sectionTitle.Render("Score Distribution")))
+
+	if len(m.metrics.ScoreBuckets) == 0 {
+		dimStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Subtext)
+		lines = append(lines, padStyle.Render(dimStyle.Render("No data")))
+		return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+	}
+
+	// Find max count for bar scaling
+	maxCount := 0
+	for _, b := range m.metrics.ScoreBuckets {
+		if b.Count > maxCount {
+			maxCount = b.Count
+		}
+	}
+
+	labelW := 8
+	barMaxW := m.width - labelW - 14
+	if barMaxW < 10 {
+		barMaxW = 10
+	}
+
+	// Colors for score ranges (green to red)
+	bucketColors := []lipgloss.Color{
+		m.theme.Green,
+		m.theme.Green,
+		m.theme.Yellow,
+		m.theme.Peach,
+		m.theme.Red,
+	}
+
+	for i, bucket := range m.metrics.ScoreBuckets {
+		barW := 0
+		if maxCount > 0 {
+			barW = bucket.Count * barMaxW / maxCount
+		}
+		if barW < 1 && bucket.Count > 0 {
+			barW = 1
+		}
+
+		color := m.theme.Text
+		if i < len(bucketColors) {
+			color = bucketColors[i]
+		}
+
+		barStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(color)
+		labelStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Text).Width(labelW)
+		countStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Subtext)
+
+		bar := barStyle.Render(strings.Repeat("\u2588", barW))
+		label := labelStyle.Render(bucket.Label)
+		count := countStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("  %d", bucket.Count))
+
+		lines = append(lines, padStyle.Render(label+bar+count))
+	}
+
+	return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+}
+
+func (m ProgressModel) renderRates() string {
+	padStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Padding(0, 2)
+	sectionTitle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Sky)
+
+	var lines []string
+	lines = append(lines, padStyle.Render(sectionTitle.Render("Conversion Rates")))
+
+	labelStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Text)
+	valueStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true)
+	sepStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Overlay)
+
+	responseColor := m.rateColor(m.metrics.ResponseRate)
+	interviewColor := m.rateColor(m.metrics.InterviewRate)
+	offerColor := m.rateColor(m.metrics.OfferRate)
+
+	sep := sepStyle.Render("  |  ")
+
+	rates := labelStyle.Render("Response Rate: ") +
+		valueStyle.Foreground(responseColor).Render(fmt.Sprintf("%.1f%%", m.metrics.ResponseRate)) +
+		sep +
+		labelStyle.Render("Interview Rate: ") +
+		valueStyle.Foreground(interviewColor).Render(fmt.Sprintf("%.1f%%", m.metrics.InterviewRate)) +
+		sep +
+		labelStyle.Render("Offer Rate: ") +
+		valueStyle.Foreground(offerColor).Render(fmt.Sprintf("%.1f%%", m.metrics.OfferRate))
+
+	lines = append(lines, padStyle.Render(rates))
+
+	// Active summary
+	dimStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Subtext)
+	activeInfo := dimStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf(
+		"%d active applications | %d total offers",
+		m.metrics.ActiveApps, m.metrics.TotalOffers,
+	))
+	lines = append(lines, padStyle.Render(activeInfo))
+
+	return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+}
+
+func (m ProgressModel) renderWeeklyActivity() string {
+	padStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Padding(0, 2)
+	sectionTitle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Sky)
+
+	var lines []string
+	lines = append(lines, padStyle.Render(sectionTitle.Render("Weekly Activity")))
+
+	if len(m.metrics.WeeklyActivity) == 0 {
+		dimStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Subtext)
+		lines = append(lines, padStyle.Render(dimStyle.Render("No data")))
+		return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+	}
+
+	// Find max count for bar scaling
+	maxCount := 0
+	for _, w := range m.metrics.WeeklyActivity {
+		if w.Count > maxCount {
+			maxCount = w.Count
+		}
+	}
+
+	labelW := 10
+	barMaxW := m.width - labelW - 12
+	if barMaxW < 10 {
+		barMaxW = 10
+	}
+
+	for _, week := range m.metrics.WeeklyActivity {
+		barW := 0
+		if maxCount > 0 {
+			barW = week.Count * barMaxW / maxCount
+		}
+		if barW < 1 && week.Count > 0 {
+			barW = 1
+		}
+
+		barStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Blue)
+		labelStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Subtext).Width(labelW)
+		countStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Subtext)
+
+		// Show short week label (e.g., "W14" from "2026-W14")
+		shortWeek := week.Week
+		if idx := strings.Index(shortWeek, "-"); idx >= 0 {
+			shortWeek = shortWeek[idx+1:]
+		}
+
+		bar := barStyle.Render(strings.Repeat("\u2588", barW))
+		label := labelStyle.Render(shortWeek)
+		count := countStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("  %d", week.Count))
+
+		lines = append(lines, padStyle.Render(label+bar+count))
+	}
+
+	return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+}
+
+func (m ProgressModel) renderHelp() string {
+	style := lipgloss.NewStyle().
+		Foreground(m.theme.Subtext).
+		Background(m.theme.Surface).
+		Width(m.width).
+		Padding(0, 1)
+
+	keyStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Text)
+	descStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Subtext)
+
+	brand := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Overlay).Render("career-ops by santifer.io")
+
+	keys := keyStyle.Render("\u2191\u2193") + descStyle.Render(" scroll  ") +
+		keyStyle.Render("PgUp/Dn") + descStyle.Render(" page  ") +
+		keyStyle.Render("Esc") + descStyle.Render(" back")
+
+	gap := m.width - lipgloss.Width(keys) - lipgloss.Width(brand) - 2
+	if gap < 1 {
+		gap = 1
+	}
+
+	return style.Render(keys + strings.Repeat(" ", gap) + brand)
+}
+
+// rateColor returns a color based on the rate value.
+func (m ProgressModel) rateColor(rate float64) lipgloss.Color {
+	switch {
+	case rate >= 30:
+		return m.theme.Green
+	case rate >= 15:
+		return m.theme.Yellow
+	case rate >= 5:
+		return m.theme.Peach
+	default:
+		return m.theme.Red
+	}
+}

dashboard/internal/ui/screens/sort_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package screens
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/model"
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/theme"
+)
+
+func TestSortCycleIncludesNewColumns(t *testing.T) {
+	want := map[string]bool{sortLocation: false, sortPay: false, sortLast: false}
+	for _, s := range sortCycle {
+		if _, ok := want[s]; ok {
+			want[s] = true
+		}
+	}
+	for mode, found := range want {
+		if !found {
+			t.Errorf("sort cycle is missing %q", mode)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSortByPayLocationAndLastContact(t *testing.T) {
+	apps := []model.CareerApplication{
+		{Company: "LowPay", Status: "Applied", PayMax: 150_000, WorkMode: "Full", Location: "Austin, TX", LastContact: "2026-06-01"},
+		{Company: "NoPay", Status: "Applied", PayMax: 0, WorkMode: "", LastContact: ""},
+		{Company: "HighPay", Status: "Applied", PayMax: 250_000, WorkMode: "Hybrid", Location: "Charlotte, NC", LastContact: "2026-06-05"},
+		{Company: "MidPay", Status: "Applied", PayMax: 200_000, WorkMode: "Remote", LastContact: "2026-06-03"},
+	}
+
+	pm := NewPipelineModel(theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"), apps, model.PipelineMetrics{Total: len(apps)}, "..", 120, 40)
+	pm.viewMode = "flat"
+
+	pm.sortMode = sortPay
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+	if pm.filtered[0].Company != "HighPay" || pm.filtered[len(pm.filtered)-1].Company != "NoPay" {
+		t.Fatalf("pay sort: expected HighPay first and NoPay last, got %s..%s",
+			pm.filtered[0].Company, pm.filtered[len(pm.filtered)-1].Company)
+	}
+
+	pm.sortMode = sortLocation
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+	// Remote-first ordering: Remote, Hybrid, Full, unknown.
+	wantOrder := []string{"MidPay", "HighPay", "LowPay", "NoPay"}
+	for i, w := range wantOrder {
+		if pm.filtered[i].Company != w {
+			t.Fatalf("location sort: position %d = %s, want %s", i, pm.filtered[i].Company, w)
+		}
+	}
+
+	pm.sortMode = sortLast
+	pm.applyFilterAndSort()
+	if pm.filtered[0].Company != "HighPay" || pm.filtered[len(pm.filtered)-1].Company != "NoPay" {
+		t.Fatalf("last-contact sort: expected HighPay first and NoPay last, got %s..%s",
+			pm.filtered[0].Company, pm.filtered[len(pm.filtered)-1].Company)
+	}
+}

dashboard/internal/ui/screens/timeago_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package screens
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestFormatTimeAgo(t *testing.T) {
+	today := time.Now().Format("2006-01-02")
+	yesterday := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -1).Format("2006-01-02")
+	threeDaysAgo := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -3).Format("2006-01-02")
+
+	// Day-granular dates never fabricate sub-day hours: same day is "today".
+	if got := formatTimeAgo(today); got != "today" {
+		t.Errorf("today should render as \"today\", got %q", got)
+	}
+	if got := formatTimeAgo(yesterday); got != "yesterday" {
+		t.Errorf("one day ago should render as \"yesterday\", got %q", got)
+	}
+	if got := formatTimeAgo(threeDaysAgo); got != "3d ago" {
+		t.Errorf("three days ago should render as \"3d ago\", got %q", got)
+	}
+
+	// Future dates clamp to "today" instead of going negative.
+	tomorrow := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, 1).Format("2006-01-02")
+	if got := formatTimeAgo(tomorrow); got != "today" {
+		t.Errorf("future date should clamp to \"today\", got %q", got)
+	}
+
+	// Non-dates pass through untouched.
+	if got := formatTimeAgo("—"); got != "—" {
+		t.Errorf("non-date should pass through, got %q", got)
+	}
+}

dashboard/internal/ui/screens/viewer.go

@@ -0,0 +1,801 @@
+package screens
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss/table"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi"
+
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/data"
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/model"
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/theme"
+)
+
+// ViewerClosedMsg is emitted when the viewer is dismissed.
+type ViewerClosedMsg struct{}
+
+// ViewerOpenCoverLetterMsg is emitted when the user requests to open the cover letter PDF.
+type ViewerOpenCoverLetterMsg struct{ Path string }
+
+// ViewerUpdateStatusMsg is emitted when a status update is requested from the viewer.
+type ViewerUpdateStatusMsg struct {
+	App       model.CareerApplication
+	NewStatus string
+}
+
+// ViewerModel implements an integrated file viewer screen.
+type ViewerModel struct {
+	lines           []string
+	renderedLines   []string
+	title           string
+	scrollOffset    int
+	width           int
+	height          int
+	theme           theme.Theme
+	app             model.CareerApplication
+	careerOpsPath   string
+	coverLetterPath string
+	statusPicker    bool
+	statusCursor    int
+}
+
+// NewViewerModel creates a new file viewer for the given path.
+func NewViewerModel(t theme.Theme, careerOpsPath, path, title string, width, height int, app model.CareerApplication) ViewerModel {
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		content = []byte("Error reading file: " + err.Error())
+	}
+
+	var lines []string
+	if len(content) > 0 {
+		lines = strings.Split(string(content), "\n")
+	}
+
+	m := ViewerModel{
+		lines:           lines,
+		title:           title,
+		width:           width,
+		height:          height,
+		theme:           t,
+		app:             app,
+		careerOpsPath:   careerOpsPath,
+		coverLetterPath: parseCoverLetterPath(lines, careerOpsPath),
+	}
+	m.rebuildRender()
+	return m
+}
+
+// parseCoverLetterPath scans the report lines for a "PDF generated: output/..." line
+// inside a "## Cover Letter Draft" section and returns the relative path if the file exists.
+func parseCoverLetterPath(lines []string, careerOpsPath string) string {
+	inCoverSection := false
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		if strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "## Cover Letter Draft") {
+			inCoverSection = true
+			continue
+		}
+		if inCoverSection && strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "## ") {
+			break
+		}
+		if inCoverSection {
+			if m := reCoverLetterPDF.FindStringSubmatch(line); m != nil {
+				relPath := m[1]
+				abs := filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, filepath.FromSlash(relPath))
+				if _, err := os.Stat(abs); err == nil {
+					return relPath
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// rebuildRender recomputes renderedLines from raw lines using the current width.
+func (m *ViewerModel) rebuildRender() {
+	m.renderedLines = m.renderAll()
+	m.clampScrollOffset()
+}
+
+func (m *ViewerModel) clampScrollOffset() {
+	maxScroll := len(m.renderedLines) - m.bodyHeight()
+	if maxScroll < 0 {
+		maxScroll = 0
+	}
+	if m.scrollOffset > maxScroll {
+		m.scrollOffset = maxScroll
+	}
+	if m.scrollOffset < 0 {
+		m.scrollOffset = 0
+	}
+}
+
+func (m ViewerModel) Init() tea.Cmd {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *ViewerModel) Resize(width, height int) {
+	m.width = width
+	m.height = height
+	m.rebuildRender()
+}
+
+func (m ViewerModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (ViewerModel, tea.Cmd) {
+	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case tea.KeyMsg:
+		if m.statusPicker {
+			return m.handleStatusPicker(msg)
+		}
+		switch msg.String() {
+		case "q", "esc":
+			return m, func() tea.Msg { return ViewerClosedMsg{} }
+
+		case "c":
+			m.statusPicker = true
+			m.statusCursor = 0
+			currentNorm := data.NormalizeStatus(m.app.Status)
+			for idx, opt := range statusOptions {
+				if data.NormalizeStatus(opt) == currentNorm {
+					m.statusCursor = idx
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			m.clampScrollOffset()
+			return m, nil
+
+		case "down", "j":
+			maxScroll := len(m.renderedLines) - m.bodyHeight()
+			if maxScroll < 0 {
+				maxScroll = 0
+			}
+			if m.scrollOffset < maxScroll {
+				m.scrollOffset++
+			}
+
+		case "up", "k":
+			if m.scrollOffset > 0 {
+				m.scrollOffset--
+			}
+
+		case "pgdown", "ctrl+d":
+			jump := m.bodyHeight() / 2
+			maxScroll := len(m.renderedLines) - m.bodyHeight()
+			if maxScroll < 0 {
+				maxScroll = 0
+			}
+			m.scrollOffset += jump
+			if m.scrollOffset > maxScroll {
+				m.scrollOffset = maxScroll
+			}
+
+		case "pgup", "ctrl+u":
+			jump := m.bodyHeight() / 2
+			m.scrollOffset -= jump
+			if m.scrollOffset < 0 {
+				m.scrollOffset = 0
+			}
+
+		case "home", "g":
+			m.scrollOffset = 0
+
+		case "end", "G":
+			maxScroll := len(m.renderedLines) - m.bodyHeight()
+			if maxScroll < 0 {
+				maxScroll = 0
+			}
+			m.scrollOffset = maxScroll
+
+		case "L":
+			if m.coverLetterPath != "" {
+				fullPath := filepath.Join(m.careerOpsPath, filepath.FromSlash(m.coverLetterPath))
+				return m, func() tea.Msg { return ViewerOpenCoverLetterMsg{Path: fullPath} }
+			}
+		}
+
+	case tea.WindowSizeMsg:
+		m.width = msg.Width
+		m.height = msg.Height
+		m.rebuildRender()
+	}
+
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+func (m ViewerModel) bodyHeight() int {
+	h := m.height - 4 // header + footer + padding
+	if m.statusPicker {
+		h -= (len(statusOptions) + 1)
+	}
+	if h < 3 {
+		h = 3
+	}
+	return h
+}
+
+func (m ViewerModel) View() string {
+	header := m.renderHeader()
+	body := m.renderBody()
+	if m.statusPicker {
+		body = m.overlayStatusPicker(body)
+	}
+	footer := m.renderFooter()
+
+	return lipgloss.JoinVertical(lipgloss.Left, header, body, footer)
+}
+
+func (m ViewerModel) renderHeader() string {
+	style := lipgloss.NewStyle().
+		Bold(true).
+		Foreground(m.theme.Text).
+		Background(m.theme.Surface).
+		Width(m.width).
+		Padding(0, 2)
+
+	title := lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Blue).Render(m.title)
+
+	right := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Subtext)
+	scroll := right.Render(func() string {
+		if len(m.renderedLines) == 0 {
+			return ""
+		}
+		pct := 0
+		maxScroll := len(m.renderedLines) - m.bodyHeight()
+		if maxScroll > 0 {
+			pct = m.scrollOffset * 100 / maxScroll
+		}
+		if m.scrollOffset == 0 {
+			return "Top"
+		}
+		if m.scrollOffset >= maxScroll {
+			return "End"
+		}
+		return func() string {
+			s := pct
+			return string(rune('0'+s/10%10)) + string(rune('0'+s%10)) + "%"
+		}()
+	}())
+
+	gap := m.width - lipgloss.Width(m.title) - lipgloss.Width(scroll) - 4
+	if gap < 1 {
+		gap = 1
+	}
+
+	return style.Render(title + strings.Repeat(" ", gap) + scroll)
+}
+
+func (m ViewerModel) renderBody() string {
+	bh := m.bodyHeight()
+	padStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Padding(0, 2)
+
+	if len(m.renderedLines) == 0 {
+		emptyStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Subtext)
+		return padStyle.Render(emptyStyle.Render("(empty file)"))
+	}
+
+	end := m.scrollOffset + bh
+	if end > len(m.renderedLines) {
+		end = len(m.renderedLines)
+	}
+	visible := m.renderedLines[m.scrollOffset:end]
+
+	flat := make([]string, bh)
+	copy(flat, visible)
+
+	return padStyle.Render(strings.Join(flat, "\n"))
+}
+
+// renderAll converts every raw markdown line into visual terminal lines.
+func (m ViewerModel) renderAll() []string {
+	var styled []string
+	i := 0
+	for i < len(m.lines) {
+		line := m.lines[i]
+		trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(line)
+
+		if trimmed == "" {
+			styled = append(styled, "")
+			i++
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if isTableLine(line) {
+			tableStart := i
+			for i < len(m.lines) && isTableLine(m.lines[i]) {
+				i++
+			}
+			styled = append(styled, m.renderTableBlock(m.lines[tableStart:i])...)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "```") {
+			i++
+			var codeLines []string
+			for i < len(m.lines) {
+				if strings.TrimSpace(m.lines[i]) == "```" {
+					i++
+					break
+				}
+				codeLines = append(codeLines, m.lines[i])
+				i++
+			}
+			codeStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Background(m.theme.Surface).Foreground(m.theme.Text)
+			w := m.width - 6
+			if w < 10 {
+				w = 10
+			}
+			for _, cl := range codeLines {
+				for _, wl := range strings.Split(ansi.Wrap("  "+cl, w, ""), "\n") {
+					styled = append(styled, codeStyle.Render(wl))
+				}
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if isSpecialBlockLine(trimmed) {
+			styled = append(styled, m.styleLine(line))
+			i++
+			continue
+		}
+
+		start := i
+		for i < len(m.lines) {
+			next := strings.TrimSpace(m.lines[i])
+			if next == "" || isSpecialBlockLine(next) {
+				break
+			}
+			i++
+		}
+		if i > start {
+			paraLines := m.lines[start:i]
+			para := strings.Join(paraLines, " ")
+			w := m.width - 6
+			if w < 10 {
+				w = 10
+			}
+			wrapped := m.wrapParagraph(m.renderInlineElements(para), w)
+			for _, wl := range wrapped {
+				styled = append(styled, wl)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	var flat []string
+	for _, s := range styled {
+		if strings.IndexByte(s, '\n') >= 0 {
+			flat = append(flat, strings.Split(s, "\n")...)
+		} else {
+			flat = append(flat, s)
+		}
+	}
+	return flat
+}
+
+func isTableLine(line string) bool {
+	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(line)
+	return len(trimmed) > 1 && trimmed[0] == '|'
+}
+
+// isTableSeparator checks if a line is a table separator (|---|---|).
+func isTableSeparator(line string) bool {
+	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(line)
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "|") {
+		return false
+	}
+	cleaned := strings.NewReplacer("|", "", "-", "", ":", "", " ", "").Replace(trimmed)
+	return cleaned == ""
+}
+
+// parseTableCells splits a table line into trimmed cells.
+func parseTableCells(line string) []string {
+	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(line)
+	// Remove leading and trailing pipes
+	if len(trimmed) > 0 && trimmed[0] == '|' {
+		trimmed = trimmed[1:]
+	}
+	if len(trimmed) > 0 && trimmed[len(trimmed)-1] == '|' {
+		trimmed = trimmed[:len(trimmed)-1]
+	}
+	parts := strings.Split(trimmed, "|")
+	cells := make([]string, len(parts))
+	for i, p := range parts {
+		cells[i] = strings.TrimSpace(p)
+	}
+	return cells
+}
+
+func detectAlignment(sep string) lipgloss.Position {
+	s := strings.TrimSpace(sep)
+	if strings.HasPrefix(s, ":") && strings.HasSuffix(s, ":") {
+		return lipgloss.Center
+	}
+	if strings.HasSuffix(s, ":") {
+		return lipgloss.Right
+	}
+	return lipgloss.Left
+}
+
+func (m ViewerModel) renderTableBlock(lines []string) []string {
+	if len(lines) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var headers []string
+	var dataRows [][]string
+	var alignments []lipgloss.Position
+
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		if isTableSeparator(line) {
+			if len(alignments) == 0 {
+				for _, cell := range parseTableCells(line) {
+					alignments = append(alignments, detectAlignment(cell))
+				}
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		cells := parseTableCells(line)
+		rendered := make([]string, len(cells))
+		for i, c := range cells {
+			rendered[i] = m.renderInlineElements(c)
+		}
+		if headers == nil {
+			headers = rendered
+		} else {
+			dataRows = append(dataRows, rendered)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(headers) == 0 {
+		var result []string
+		for _, line := range lines {
+			result = append(result, m.styleLine(line))
+		}
+		return result
+	}
+
+	w := m.width - 6
+	if w < 10 {
+		w = 10
+	}
+
+	borderStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Overlay)
+	t := table.New().
+		Width(w).
+		Wrap(true).
+		BorderStyle(borderStyle).
+		BorderTop(true).BorderBottom(true).
+		BorderLeft(true).BorderRight(true).
+		BorderHeader(true).BorderColumn(true)
+
+	t.Headers(headers...)
+	if len(dataRows) > 0 {
+		t.Rows(dataRows...)
+	}
+
+	t.StyleFunc(func(row, col int) lipgloss.Style {
+		st := lipgloss.NewStyle().Padding(0, 1)
+		if row == table.HeaderRow {
+			return st.Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Sky)
+		}
+		if col < len(alignments) {
+			st = st.Align(alignments[col])
+		}
+		return st.Foreground(m.theme.Text)
+	})
+
+	return strings.Split(t.String(), "\n")
+}
+
+var (
+	reBold           = regexp.MustCompile(`\*\*([^*]+)\*\*`)
+	reLink           = regexp.MustCompile(`\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)`)
+	reBareURL        = regexp.MustCompile(`https?://\S*[^\s\)\]\.,;:!?]`)
+	reInlineCode     = regexp.MustCompile("`([^`]+)`")
+	reListNumber     = regexp.MustCompile(`^(\s*\d+\.\s+)(.*)$`)
+	reCoverLetterPDF = regexp.MustCompile(`PDF generated:\s*(output/[^\s]+\.pdf)`)
+	reRelPDFPath     = regexp.MustCompile(`output/cv-[^\s\)\]\.,;:!?"']+\.pdf`)
+)
+
+func isHeadingLine(line string) bool {
+	return strings.HasPrefix(line, "# ") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(line, "## ") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(line, "### ") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(line, "#### ") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(line, "##### ") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(line, "###### ")
+}
+
+func isSpecialBlockLine(line string) bool {
+	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(line)
+	return isHeadingLine(trimmed) ||
+		trimmed == "---" || trimmed == "***" ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "> ") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "|") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "```") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "- ") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "* ") ||
+		reListNumber.MatchString(trimmed) ||
+		(strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "**") && strings.Contains(trimmed, ":**"))
+}
+
+func (m ViewerModel) wrapParagraph(text string, width int) []string {
+	if width <= 0 {
+		return []string{text}
+	}
+	wrapped := ansi.Wrap(text, width, "")
+	return strings.Split(wrapped, "\n")
+}
+
+func (m ViewerModel) renderInlineElements(line string) string {
+	return m.renderInlineElementsAs(line, m.theme.Subtext)
+}
+
+// renderInlineElementsAs walks the raw line once and reapplies baseColor around
+// every plain-text span, so resets emitted by inline tokens (code, bold, link,
+// bare URL) don't leak through to subsequent text.
+func (m ViewerModel) renderInlineElementsAs(line string, baseColor lipgloss.Color) string {
+	baseStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(baseColor)
+	codeStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Background(m.theme.Surface).Foreground(m.theme.Text)
+	boldStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Yellow)
+	linkStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Blue)
+
+	var b strings.Builder
+	rest := line
+	for rest != "" {
+		match := findInlineMatch(rest, codeStyle, boldStyle, linkStyle, m.careerOpsPath)
+		if match == nil {
+			b.WriteString(baseStyle.Render(rest))
+			break
+		}
+		if match.start > 0 {
+			b.WriteString(baseStyle.Render(rest[:match.start]))
+		}
+		b.WriteString(match.rendered)
+		rest = rest[match.end:]
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+type inlineMatch struct {
+	start, end int
+	rendered   string
+}
+
+func findInlineMatch(s string, codeStyle, boldStyle, linkStyle lipgloss.Style, careerOpsPath string) *inlineMatch {
+	var best *inlineMatch
+	consider := func(loc []int, rendered func() string) {
+		if loc == nil || (best != nil && loc[0] >= best.start) {
+			return
+		}
+		best = &inlineMatch{start: loc[0], end: loc[1], rendered: rendered()}
+	}
+
+	if loc := reInlineCode.FindStringIndex(s); loc != nil {
+		consider(loc, func() string { return codeStyle.Render(s[loc[0]+1 : loc[1]-1]) })
+	}
+	if loc := reBold.FindStringIndex(s); loc != nil {
+		consider(loc, func() string { return boldStyle.Render(s[loc[0]+2 : loc[1]-2]) })
+	}
+	if loc := reLink.FindStringIndex(s); loc != nil {
+		consider(loc, func() string {
+			sm := reLink.FindStringSubmatch(s[loc[0]:loc[1]])
+			if len(sm) >= 2 {
+				return linkStyle.Render(sm[1])
+			}
+			return s[loc[0]:loc[1]]
+		})
+	}
+	if loc := reBareURL.FindStringIndex(s); loc != nil {
+		consider(loc, func() string { return linkStyle.Render(s[loc[0]:loc[1]]) })
+	}
+	if loc := reRelPDFPath.FindStringIndex(s); loc != nil {
+		consider(loc, func() string {
+			relPath := s[loc[0]:loc[1]]
+			styled := linkStyle.Render(relPath)
+			if careerOpsPath == "" {
+				return styled
+			}
+			joined := filepath.Join(careerOpsPath, filepath.FromSlash(relPath))
+			absPath, err := filepath.Abs(joined)
+			if err != nil {
+				return styled
+			}
+			forward := filepath.ToSlash(absPath)
+			if !strings.HasPrefix(forward, "/") {
+				forward = "/" + forward // Windows: C:/... → /C:/...
+			}
+			// OSC 8 hyperlink: ESC ] 8 ; ; URL BEL text ESC ] 8 ; ; BEL
+			return "\x1b]8;;" + "file://" + forward + "\x07" + styled + "\x1b]8;;\x07"
+		})
+	}
+	return best
+}
+
+func (m ViewerModel) styleLine(line string) string {
+	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(line)
+	w := m.width - 6
+	if w < 10 {
+		w = 10
+	}
+
+	if strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "# ") && !strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "## ") {
+		content := strings.TrimPrefix(trimmed, "# ")
+		return lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Blue).Width(w).Render("  " + content)
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "## ") && !strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "### ") {
+		content := strings.TrimPrefix(trimmed, "## ")
+		return lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Mauve).Width(w).Render("  " + content)
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "### ") && !strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "#### ") {
+		content := strings.TrimPrefix(trimmed, "### ")
+		return lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Sky).Width(w).Render("  " + content)
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "#### ") && !strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "##### ") {
+		content := strings.TrimPrefix(trimmed, "#### ")
+		return lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Subtext).Width(w).Render("    " + content)
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "##### ") && !strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "###### ") {
+		content := strings.TrimPrefix(trimmed, "##### ")
+		return lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Overlay).Width(w).Render("      " + content)
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "###### ") {
+		content := strings.TrimPrefix(trimmed, "###### ")
+		return lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Overlay).Width(w).Render("        " + content)
+	}
+	if trimmed == "---" || trimmed == "***" {
+		return lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Overlay).Width(w).Render(strings.Repeat("─", w))
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "> ") {
+		content := strings.TrimPrefix(trimmed, "> ")
+		border := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Overlay).Render("▎ ")
+		textStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Subtext).Italic(true)
+		wrapped := strings.Split(ansi.Wrap(textStyle.Render(content), w-2, ""), "\n")
+		result := make([]string, 0, len(wrapped))
+		for i, line := range wrapped {
+			if i == 0 {
+				result = append(result, border+line)
+			} else {
+				result = append(result, strings.Repeat(" ", ansi.StringWidth(border))+line)
+			}
+		}
+		return strings.Join(result, "\n")
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "**") && strings.Contains(trimmed, ":**") {
+		styled := m.renderInlineElements(line)
+		return ansi.Wrap(styled, w, "")
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "- ") || strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "* ") {
+		content := trimmed[2:]
+		marker := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Blue).Render("• ")
+		return m.renderListItem(marker, content, w)
+	}
+	if reListNumber.MatchString(trimmed) {
+		sm := reListNumber.FindStringSubmatch(trimmed)
+		if len(sm) >= 3 {
+			marker := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Blue).Render(sm[1])
+			return m.renderListItem(marker, sm[2], w)
+		}
+	}
+
+	styled := m.renderInlineElementsAs(trimmed, m.theme.Subtext)
+	return ansi.Wrap(styled, w, "")
+}
+
+func (m ViewerModel) renderListItem(marker, content string, width int) string {
+	markerWidth := ansi.StringWidth(marker)
+	textWidth := width - markerWidth
+	if textWidth < 10 {
+		textWidth = 10
+	}
+	styled := m.renderInlineElementsAs(content, m.theme.Text)
+	lines := strings.Split(ansi.Wrap(styled, textWidth, ""), "\n")
+	result := make([]string, 0, len(lines))
+	for i, line := range lines {
+		if i == 0 {
+			result = append(result, marker+line)
+		} else {
+			result = append(result, strings.Repeat(" ", markerWidth)+line)
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.Join(result, "\n")
+}
+
+func (m ViewerModel) renderFooter() string {
+	style := lipgloss.NewStyle().
+		Foreground(m.theme.Subtext).
+		Background(m.theme.Surface).
+		Width(m.width).
+		Padding(0, 1)
+
+	keyStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true).Foreground(m.theme.Text)
+	descStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Subtext)
+
+	if m.statusPicker {
+		return style.Render(
+			keyStyle.Render("↑/↓/j/k") + descStyle.Render(" select  ") +
+				keyStyle.Render("Enter") + descStyle.Render(" confirm  ") +
+				keyStyle.Render("Esc/q") + descStyle.Render(" cancel"))
+	}
+
+	footer := keyStyle.Render("↑↓") + descStyle.Render(" scroll  ") +
+		keyStyle.Render("PgUp/Dn") + descStyle.Render(" page  ") +
+		keyStyle.Render("g/G") + descStyle.Render(" top/end  ") +
+		keyStyle.Render("c") + descStyle.Render(" status  ") +
+		keyStyle.Render("Esc") + descStyle.Render(" back")
+
+	if m.coverLetterPath != "" {
+		footer += "  " + keyStyle.Render("L") + descStyle.Render(" cover letter")
+	}
+
+	return style.Render(footer)
+}
+
+func (m ViewerModel) handleStatusPicker(msg tea.KeyMsg) (ViewerModel, tea.Cmd) {
+	switch msg.String() {
+	case "esc", "q":
+		m.statusPicker = false
+		m.clampScrollOffset()
+		return m, nil
+
+	case "down", "j":
+		m.statusCursor++
+		if m.statusCursor >= len(statusOptions) {
+			m.statusCursor = len(statusOptions) - 1
+		}
+
+	case "up", "k":
+		m.statusCursor--
+		if m.statusCursor < 0 {
+			m.statusCursor = 0
+		}
+
+	case "enter":
+		m.statusPicker = false
+		m.clampScrollOffset()
+		newStatus := statusOptions[m.statusCursor]
+		return m, func() tea.Msg {
+			return ViewerUpdateStatusMsg{
+				App:       m.app,
+				NewStatus: newStatus,
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+func (m ViewerModel) overlayStatusPicker(body string) string {
+	bodyLines := strings.Split(body, "\n")
+
+	pickerWidth := 30
+	padStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Padding(0, 2)
+	borderStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().
+		Foreground(m.theme.Blue).
+		Bold(true)
+
+	var picker []string
+	picker = append(picker, padStyle.Render(borderStyle.Render("Change status:")))
+
+	for i, opt := range statusOptions {
+		style := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(m.theme.Text).Width(pickerWidth)
+		if i == m.statusCursor {
+			style = style.Background(m.theme.Overlay).Bold(true)
+		}
+		prefix := "  "
+		if i == m.statusCursor {
+			prefix = "> "
+		}
+		picker = append(picker, padStyle.Render(style.Render(prefix+opt)))
+	}
+
+	bodyLines = append(bodyLines, picker...)
+	return strings.Join(bodyLines, "\n")
+}
+
+// UpdateAppStatus updates the status of the current application inside the viewer model.
+func (m *ViewerModel) UpdateAppStatus(newStatus string) {
+	m.app.Status = newStatus
+}

dashboard/internal/ui/screens/viewer_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+package screens
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi"
+
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/theme"
+)
+
+func TestViewerRebuildRenderClampsScrollOffset(t *testing.T) {
+	m := ViewerModel{
+		lines:        []string{"short"},
+		scrollOffset: 20,
+		width:        80,
+		height:       20,
+		theme:        theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"),
+	}
+
+	m.rebuildRender()
+
+	maxScroll := len(m.renderedLines) - m.bodyHeight()
+	if maxScroll < 0 {
+		maxScroll = 0
+	}
+	if m.scrollOffset > maxScroll {
+		t.Fatalf("expected scrollOffset <= %d after rebuild, got %d", maxScroll, m.scrollOffset)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRenderInlineElementsLeavesTrailingPunctuationUnstyled(t *testing.T) {
+	match := reBareURL.FindString("Visit https://example.com.")
+
+	if match != "https://example.com" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected URL match without trailing period, got %q", match)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestViewerWrapsFencedCodeLines(t *testing.T) {
+	m := ViewerModel{
+		lines: []string{
+			"```",
+			strings.Repeat("x", 40),
+			"```",
+		},
+		width:  20,
+		height: 20,
+		theme:  theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"),
+	}
+
+	rendered := m.renderAll()
+	maxWidth := m.width - 6
+	if maxWidth < 10 {
+		maxWidth = 10
+	}
+
+	if len(rendered) < 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected fenced code to wrap into multiple lines, got %d", len(rendered))
+	}
+	for _, line := range rendered {
+		if width := ansi.StringWidth(line); width > maxWidth {
+			t.Fatalf("expected fenced code line width <= %d, got %d for %q", maxWidth, width, ansi.Strip(line))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestViewerRendersInlineMarkdownBeforeParagraphWrapping(t *testing.T) {
+	m := ViewerModel{
+		lines: []string{
+			"See [documentation](https://example.com/really-long-path) before continuing.",
+		},
+		width:  30,
+		height: 20,
+		theme:  theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"),
+	}
+
+	rendered := strings.Join(m.renderAll(), "\n")
+	plain := ansi.Strip(rendered)
+
+	if strings.Contains(plain, "[") || strings.Contains(plain, "](") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected rendered paragraph to hide markdown link syntax, got %q", plain)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(plain, "documentation") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected rendered paragraph to keep link text, got %q", plain)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestViewerEmptyContentRendersPlaceholder(t *testing.T) {
+	m := ViewerModel{
+		lines:  nil,
+		width:  40,
+		height: 10,
+		theme:  theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"),
+	}
+	m.rebuildRender()
+
+	if len(m.renderedLines) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected zero rendered lines for empty content, got %d", len(m.renderedLines))
+	}
+
+	body := ansi.Strip(m.renderBody())
+	if !strings.Contains(body, "(empty file)") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected empty placeholder, got %q", body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestViewerInlineRenderingHandlesMixedTokens(t *testing.T) {
+	m := ViewerModel{
+		width:  60,
+		height: 10,
+		theme:  theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"),
+	}
+
+	rendered := m.renderInlineElementsAs(
+		"start `code` mid **bold** then [link](https://example.com) end https://bare.example.com.",
+		m.theme.Subtext,
+	)
+	plain := ansi.Strip(rendered)
+
+	for _, want := range []string{"start ", "code", " mid ", "bold", " then ", "link", " end ", "https://bare.example.com"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(plain, want) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected plain output to contain %q, got %q", want, plain)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, syntax := range []string{"`", "**", "[", "](", "](http"} {
+		if strings.Contains(plain, syntax) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected markdown syntax %q to be hidden, got %q", syntax, plain)
+		}
+	}
+	if strings.HasSuffix(plain, ".") == false {
+		t.Fatalf("expected trailing punctuation outside the bare URL, got %q", plain)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestViewerIndentsWrappedBlockquoteLines(t *testing.T) {
+	m := ViewerModel{
+		width:  24,
+		height: 20,
+		theme:  theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"),
+	}
+
+	rendered := m.styleLine("> " + strings.Repeat("quoted ", 8))
+	lines := strings.Split(ansi.Strip(rendered), "\n")
+
+	if len(lines) < 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected wrapped blockquote to render multiple lines, got %d", len(lines))
+	}
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(lines[0], "▎ ") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected first blockquote line to keep border, got %q", lines[0])
+	}
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(lines[1], "  ") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected wrapped blockquote continuation to align with text, got %q", lines[1])
+	}
+}

dashboard/main.go

@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/data"
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/model"
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/theme"
+	"github.com/santifer/career-ops/dashboard/internal/ui/screens"
+)
+
+type viewState int
+
+const (
+	viewPipeline viewState = iota
+	viewReport
+	viewProgress
+)
+
+type appModel struct {
+	pipeline        screens.PipelineModel
+	viewer          screens.ViewerModel
+	progress        screens.ProgressModel
+	state           viewState
+	careerOpsPath   string
+	theme           theme.Theme
+	progressMetrics model.ProgressMetrics
+}
+
+func (m *appModel) reloadPipelineData() {
+	apps := data.ParseApplications(m.careerOpsPath)
+	metrics := data.ComputeMetrics(apps)
+	m.progressMetrics = data.ComputeProgressMetrics(apps)
+	m.pipeline = m.pipeline.WithReloadedData(apps, metrics)
+}
+
+func (m appModel) Init() tea.Cmd {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m appModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
+	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case tea.WindowSizeMsg:
+		m.pipeline.Resize(msg.Width, msg.Height)
+		if m.state == viewReport {
+			m.viewer.Resize(msg.Width, msg.Height)
+		}
+		if m.state == viewProgress {
+			m.progress.Resize(msg.Width, msg.Height)
+		}
+		pm, cmd := m.pipeline.Update(msg)
+		m.pipeline = pm
+		return m, cmd
+
+	case screens.PipelineClosedMsg:
+		return m, tea.Quit
+
+	case screens.PipelineLoadReportMsg:
+		archetype, tldr, remote, comp := data.LoadReportSummary(msg.CareerOpsPath, msg.ReportPath)
+		m.pipeline.EnrichReport(msg.ReportPath, archetype, tldr, remote, comp)
+		return m, nil
+
+	case screens.PipelineUpdateStatusMsg:
+		err := data.UpdateApplicationStatus(msg.CareerOpsPath, msg.App, msg.NewStatus)
+		if err != nil {
+			// Log the error but still reload data to keep UI consistent
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "WARN: status update failed: %v\n", err)
+		}
+		m.reloadPipelineData()
+		return m, nil
+
+	case screens.PipelineRefreshMsg:
+		m.reloadPipelineData()
+		return m, nil
+
+	case screens.PipelineOpenReportMsg:
+		m.viewer = screens.NewViewerModel(
+			m.theme,
+			m.careerOpsPath,
+			msg.Path, msg.Title,
+			m.pipeline.Width(), m.pipeline.Height(),
+			msg.App,
+		)
+		m.state = viewReport
+		return m, nil
+
+	case screens.ViewerClosedMsg:
+		m.state = viewPipeline
+		return m, nil
+
+	case screens.ViewerOpenCoverLetterMsg:
+		path := msg.Path
+		return m, func() tea.Msg {
+			if err := openWithDefaultApp(path); err != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "WARN: could not open cover letter: %v\n", err)
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
+
+	case screens.ViewerUpdateStatusMsg:
+		err := data.UpdateApplicationStatus(m.careerOpsPath, msg.App, msg.NewStatus)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "WARN: status update failed: %v\n", err)
+		}
+		m.viewer.UpdateAppStatus(msg.NewStatus)
+		m.reloadPipelineData()
+		return m, nil
+
+	case screens.PipelineOpenProgressMsg:
+		m.progress = screens.NewProgressModel(
+			theme.NewTheme("catppuccin-mocha"),
+			m.progressMetrics,
+			m.pipeline.Width(), m.pipeline.Height(),
+		)
+		m.state = viewProgress
+		return m, nil
+
+	case screens.ProgressClosedMsg:
+		m.state = viewPipeline
+		return m, nil
+
+	case screens.PipelineOpenURLMsg:
+		return m, openCmd(msg.URL)
+
+	case screens.PipelineOpenPDFMsg:
+		return m, openCmd(msg.Path)
+
+	case screens.PipelineGeneratePDFMsg:
+		return m, runGeneratePDF(msg)
+
+	default:
+		if m.state == viewReport {
+			vm, cmd := m.viewer.Update(msg)
+			m.viewer = vm
+			return m, cmd
+		}
+		if m.state == viewProgress {
+			pg, cmd := m.progress.Update(msg)
+			m.progress = pg
+			return m, cmd
+		}
+		pm, cmd := m.pipeline.Update(msg)
+		m.pipeline = pm
+		return m, cmd
+	}
+}
+
+// openCmd wraps openWithDefaultApp (OS-specific) as a tea.Cmd. Shared by the
+// job-URL (`o`) and CV-PDF (`d`) actions.
+func openCmd(target string) tea.Cmd {
+	return func() tea.Msg {
+		if err := openWithDefaultApp(target); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "WARN: failed to open %q: %v\n", target, err)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+// runGeneratePDF shells out to node generate-pdf.mjs in the career-ops root,
+// opens the resulting PDF on success, and reports the outcome back to the
+// pipeline screen as a PipelinePDFGeneratedMsg. Runs in a tea.Cmd goroutine,
+// so the UI stays responsive while Chromium renders.
+func runGeneratePDF(msg screens.PipelineGeneratePDFMsg) tea.Cmd {
+	return func() tea.Msg {
+		args := []string{"generate-pdf.mjs", msg.HTMLPath, msg.PDFPath}
+		if msg.Format != "" {
+			args = append(args, "--format="+msg.Format)
+		}
+		if msg.ReportNumber != "" {
+			args = append(args, "--report="+msg.ReportNumber)
+		}
+		cmd := exec.Command("node", args...)
+		cmd.Dir = msg.CareerOpsPath
+		out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		if err != nil {
+			return screens.PipelinePDFGeneratedMsg{Err: summarizeCmdError(err, out)}
+		}
+		pdfAbs := filepath.Join(msg.CareerOpsPath, filepath.FromSlash(msg.PDFPath))
+		if err := openWithDefaultApp(pdfAbs); err != nil {
+			return screens.PipelinePDFGeneratedMsg{Err: fmt.Sprintf("PDF generated but could not open: %v", err)}
+		}
+		return screens.PipelinePDFGeneratedMsg{Path: pdfAbs}
+	}
+}
+
+// summarizeCmdError condenses a failed command into one help-bar-sized line:
+// the last non-empty output line when there is one (generate-pdf.mjs prints
+// its error there), otherwise the exec error itself.
+func summarizeCmdError(err error, out []byte) string {
+	lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(out)), "\n")
+	for i := len(lines) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		if line := strings.TrimSpace(lines[i]); line != "" {
+			return line
+		}
+	}
+	return err.Error()
+}
+
+func (m appModel) View() string {
+	switch m.state {
+	case viewReport:
+		return m.viewer.View()
+	case viewProgress:
+		return m.progress.View()
+	default:
+		return m.pipeline.View()
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	pathFlag := flag.String("path", ".", "Path to career-ops directory")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	careerOpsPath := *pathFlag
+
+	// Load applications
+	apps := data.ParseApplications(careerOpsPath)
+	if apps == nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error: could not find applications.md in %s or %s/data/\n", careerOpsPath, careerOpsPath)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	// Compute metrics
+	metrics := data.ComputeMetrics(apps)
+	progressMetrics := data.ComputeProgressMetrics(apps)
+
+	// Batch-load all report summaries
+	t := theme.NewTheme("auto")
+	pm := screens.NewPipelineModel(t, apps, metrics, careerOpsPath, 120, 40)
+
+	for _, app := range apps {
+		if app.ReportPath == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		archetype, tldr, remote, comp := data.LoadReportSummary(careerOpsPath, app.ReportPath)
+		if archetype != "" || tldr != "" || remote != "" || comp != "" {
+			pm.EnrichReport(app.ReportPath, archetype, tldr, remote, comp)
+		}
+	}
+
+	m := appModel{
+		pipeline:        pm,
+		careerOpsPath:   careerOpsPath,
+		theme:           t,
+		progressMetrics: progressMetrics,
+	}
+
+	p := tea.NewProgram(m, tea.WithAltScreen())
+	if _, err := p.Run(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}

dashboard/open_command_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+//go:build darwin || linux
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestOpenWithDefaultAppUsesPlatformCommand(t *testing.T) {
+	previous := runOpenCommand
+	defer func() { runOpenCommand = previous }()
+
+	var gotName string
+	var gotArgs []string
+	runOpenCommand = func(name string, args ...string) error {
+		gotName = name
+		gotArgs = append([]string(nil), args...)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	target := "https://example.com/jobs?id=1&next=2"
+	if err := openWithDefaultApp(target); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("openWithDefaultApp returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	wantName := "xdg-open"
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		wantName = "open"
+	}
+	if gotName != wantName {
+		t.Fatalf("command name = %q, want %q", gotName, wantName)
+	}
+	if len(gotArgs) != 1 || gotArgs[0] != target {
+		t.Fatalf("command args = %#v, want single target arg %q", gotArgs, target)
+	}
+}

dashboard/open_darwin.go

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build darwin
+
+package main
+
+func openWithDefaultApp(target string) error {
+	return runOpenCommand("open", target)
+}

dashboard/open_linux.go

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build linux
+
+package main
+
+func openWithDefaultApp(target string) error {
+	return runOpenCommand("xdg-open", target)
+}

dashboard/open_unix_command.go

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+//go:build darwin || linux
+
+package main
+
+import "os/exec"
+
+var runOpenCommand = func(name string, args ...string) error {
+	return exec.Command(name, args...).Run()
+}

dashboard/open_unsupported.go

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//go:build !windows && !darwin && !linux
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
+)
+
+func openWithDefaultApp(target string) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("opening URLs is not supported on %s", runtime.GOOS)
+}

dashboard/open_windows.go

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package main
+
+import "golang.org/x/sys/windows"
+
+type shellExecuteFunc func(windows.Handle, *uint16, *uint16, *uint16, *uint16, int32) error
+
+var shellExecute = shellExecuteFunc(windows.ShellExecute)
+
+func openWithDefaultApp(target string) error {
+	verb, err := windows.UTF16PtrFromString("open")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	file, err := windows.UTF16PtrFromString(target)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return shellExecute(0, verb, file, nil, nil, windows.SW_SHOWNORMAL)
+}

dashboard/open_windows_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
+)
+
+func TestOpenWithDefaultAppWindowsUsesShellExecute(t *testing.T) {
+	previous := shellExecute
+	defer func() { shellExecute = previous }()
+
+	var called bool
+	var gotVerb string
+	var gotFile string
+	var gotShowCmd int32
+	shellExecute = func(_ windows.Handle, verb *uint16, file *uint16, _ *uint16, _ *uint16, showCmd int32) error {
+		called = true
+		gotVerb = windows.UTF16PtrToString(verb)
+		gotFile = windows.UTF16PtrToString(file)
+		gotShowCmd = showCmd
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	target := "https://example.com/jobs?id=1&next=calc"
+	if err := openWithDefaultApp(target); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("openWithDefaultApp returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !called {
+		t.Fatal("ShellExecuteW was not called")
+	}
+	if gotVerb != "open" {
+		t.Fatalf("verb = %q, want open", gotVerb)
+	}
+	if gotFile != target {
+		t.Fatalf("file = %q, want exact target %q", gotFile, target)
+	}
+	if gotShowCmd != windows.SW_SHOWNORMAL {
+		t.Fatalf("showCmd = %d, want %d", gotShowCmd, windows.SW_SHOWNORMAL)
+	}
+}