Thejesh Reddy
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None of the board CLIs set a fetch timeout, and the retry loops react only to HTTP status codes, not to a connection that is accepted then never responds (black-holed TCP, hung TLS, stalled proxy) - so await fetch(...) never settles and the command hangs with no output and no exit. freehire's helper even documented a fast-degrade contract its try/catch didn't deliver on a mid-flight stall. Adds signal: AbortSignal.timeout(15000) to every fetch across all six CLIs, with network-free tests asserting the signal is present on each request wrapper. By @thejesh23. Verified: 8 timeout tests pass locally with fetch stubbed (no network), and would fail on the pre-fix code. Closes #196
freehire-cli
CLI for searching the freehire.dev job aggregator across many markets (tech-focused), via its public JSON API.
Data source: freehire.dev REST API (/api/v1/jobs/search, /api/v1/jobs/facets, /api/v1/jobs/{slug}).
Authentication: None required — reads are public (only tracking mutations need a key, and those are out of scope here).
Dependencies: None (plain bun + fetch). bun install is optional and only pulls dev type defs.
Hosted-service dependency. This skill talks to freehire.dev, a personal project maintained on a best-effort basis with no formal SLA. If the API is unreachable the CLI exits non-zero with a clear error rather than hanging, so an outage degrades gracefully instead of breaking the caller. Point
FREEHIRE_API_URLat a self-hosted freehire backend to swap the source.
Installation
cd .agents/skills/freehire-search/cli
bun install # optional — only installs TypeScript dev types
The CLI runs without any install because it has zero runtime dependencies.
Self-hosting / base URL
The base URL defaults to https://freehire.dev and is overridable with an env var:
FREEHIRE_API_URL=http://localhost:8080 bun run src/cli.ts search -q "go"
The freehire backend is MIT-licensed and stands up with one command via Docker
Compose (make up → API on :8080, same /api/v1/... paths).
Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
search |
Search jobs by keyword and facet filters |
detail |
Fetch full detail for a single job by its slug |
search accepts --format json|table|plain (default json); detail accepts --format json|plain.
All errors are written to stderr as { "error": "...", "code": "..." } with exit code 1.
Quick examples
# Senior backend roles, table view
bun run src/cli.ts search -q "backend engineer" --seniority senior --limit 10 --format table
# Remote React roles in the EU
bun run src/cli.ts search -q "react" --remote remote --region eu --format table
# DevOps roles in Germany posted in the last 14 days
bun run src/cli.ts search --category devops --country DE --jobage 14 --format table
# Full detail for one job (slug from a search result's id)
bun run src/cli.ts detail golang-zensar-2bxu6dxm --format plain
See ../SKILL.md for the full flag reference and the hosted-dependency note.
Search flags
| Flag | Alias | Description |
|---|---|---|
--query |
-q |
Keywords (title / skill / role). Full-text; optional. |
--jobage |
Posted within N days (posted_within_days). |
|
--page |
1-indexed page. Default 1. | |
--limit |
-n |
Results per page (API limit). Default 25. |
--region |
Macro-region(s), comma = OR (e.g. eu,us). |
|
--country |
ISO-3166 alpha-2 code(s). | |
--city |
City name(s). | |
--seniority |
Seniority level(s). | |
--category |
Role category(ies). | |
--skill |
Canonical skill(s). | |
--company |
Company slug. | |
--remote |
remote | hybrid | onsite (work_mode). |
|
--facet |
Any other facet as key=value (repeatable). |
|
--format |
json | table | plain. |
Facet values come from freehire's controlled vocabularies. Discover the live
values (with counts) for a market at
/api/v1/jobs/facets, or narrow it,
e.g. https://freehire.dev/api/v1/jobs/facets?q=react.