PurSuit

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  this is the profile screen where the app suggests you a career.

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  this is our Ask AI feature where you ask clarifying questions about any video or posts you just watched

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  this is the detailed career page screen

Inspiration

Almost everyone we knew, including us, looks things up through short-form videos and swiping, not long articles. Since we have already learned new hobbies, news, and skills from vertical feeds, we asked, “What careers could I potentially pursue?” We wanted to build something that felt native to that habit but still catered towards real programs, people, and next steps in life. PurSuit is that bet: a For You pipeline where each card is a career story you can question yourself in.

What it does

PurSuit is a TikTok-style home feed of career spotlight posts and videos. Users scroll, like, save, and scroll again until a career seems interesting. They could then ask clarifying questions to Claude Sonnet for fast discovery while answering “Can I be in this career?”, instead of opening twenty search tabs.

How we built it

We used TypeScript, React Native, and Expo to develop this mobile application, and the FYP pipeline was backed by Supabase. We used Cursor and Claude Opus 4.7 for early drafts of our architecture and reviewed and polished our software with our team.

Challenges we ran into

An annoying challenge we ran into was that it gave recommendations upon first opening. We fixed this by having our MVP use session-only memory so that it could recommend a career to you from a clean slate.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We shipped a Supabase-backed feed that was essentially a duplicate of TikTok. There is also a huge use case for this product as it genuinely can help guide people who are struggling to find a career for themselves.

What we learned

Shipping fast with Cursor still meant we had to double down on testing and fact-checking. Prompt engineering will never be a one-and-done process in developing software.

What's next for PurSuit

We would spend the next week on harm reduction and legibility.

Built With

• claude
• expo.io
• react-native
• supabase
• typescript