If you’ve ever worked in recruitment or managed a growing team, you know the "Resume Black Hole." You receive dozens, maybe hundreds, of PDFs, and suddenly your afternoon is gone—spent squinting at different layouts just to find a candidate's name or their years of experience.
What if you could build a tool that "reads" those PDFs for you and instantly turns a messy document into a clean, organized database?
Usually, building something like this would require a team of developers and weeks of work. But today, we’re using Momen.
What is Momen?
Momen is a no-code web app builder that allows you to build fully functional, scalable applications just by dragging, dropping, and connecting logic. Unlike simple website builders, Momen gives you a real database and the ability to integrate powerful AI "agents" directly into your workflow. It’s the perfect playground for turning an "I wish I had a tool that..." idea into a reality in a single afternoon.
Today, we’re going to use Momen to build an AI Resume Parser.
The Goal: Turning Text into Data
This isn't just about saving time; it’s about making your data useful. Once a resume is "parsed" (which is just a fancy word for "broken down into parts"), you can:
- Filter Instantly: Search for everyone with more than 5 years of experience without opening a single PDF.
- Skill Mapping: Automatically group candidates who know "Python" or "Project Management."
- Recruitment Dashboards: Build a live view of your candidate pipeline that updates the moment a file is uploaded.
Other Scenarios: This same logic works for Invoice Processing (extracting totals and dates), Contract Analysis (finding expiration dates), or even Medical Form Digitization.
The Logic: How it Works
Before we dive in, here is the high-level "brain" of the app we are building:
- The Upload: A user selects a file. We store it temporarily in a Page Variable (think of this as a digital clipboard).
- The Hand-off: A button click triggers an Actionflow (Momen’s automation engine).
- The Analysis: The Actionflow hands the file to an AI Agent trained to look for names, skills, and dates.
- The Storage: The AI returns the info, and Momen saves it neatly into your Database.
Step-by-Step Tutorial
Ready to build? You can follow the technical details in the or watch the .
- Setup Your Database 🗄️
In Momen, create a table called candidate. You’ll need a few specific columns:
- Resume: (File type) to keep the original PDF.
- Full Name: (Text)
- Core Skills: (Text)
- Years of Experience: (Number)
- Train Your AI Recruiter 🧠
Go to the AI tab and create an agent named agent_resume_parser.
- Input: Set this to "File."
- Prompt Template: Set up the agent's role, goals and constraints.
- The "Structured" Secret: This is the most important part. Instead of the AI just "chatting" with you, we use Structured Output. We define the fields we want (Name, Skills, Experience). This ensures the AI fills out your database like a form.
- Build the Workflow (Actionflow) 🔄
Create an Actionflow called AI Resume Parser. It follows three steps:
- Save the File: Create the initial record in your database.
- Call the AI: Pass that file to your AI Agent for analysis.
- Update the Record: Take the "answers" from the AI and update the record with the candidate's actual details.
- Design the UI 🖱️
On the canvas, drag and drop a Button. To hold the file before the AI processes it, create a Page Variable called resume. Set the button to first Upload File and then Run Actionflow.
See the Magic in Action
Click Preview, upload a sample resume, and wait a few seconds.
Now, head over to your Database tab. Instead of just seeing a "Resume.pdf" file, you’ll see the candidate’s name, their top skills, and exactly how many years they’ve been in the industry—all filled out automatically.
Ready to try?
- 🚀 Explore the project here
- 📖 More detail in Momen doc
Go Beyond: Build Exactly What You Need
The beauty of Momen is that you aren't stuck with a "Resume Parser." Because you own the logic, you can expand this to fit your exact business needs:
- Add an "Auto-Reject" feature: Have the AI automatically flag candidates who don't meet a specific skill requirement.
- Connect to Email: Use an Actionflow to automatically send a "Thank you" email the moment the AI finishes parsing.
- Build a Full Portal: Add a login for your team to rate and comment on the parsed candidates.
With AI and no-code, the only limit is how you decide to connect the dots. What's the next manual task you want to get off your plate?
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