Free · private · collaborative
The social contract is product architecture, not marketing decoration.
Product ownerCareerVector Commitments
Purpose
Collect the obligations created specifically by CareerVector's private, collaborative, AI-assisted, permanently-free product promise. The shared Operating Stack still applies.
Each resolved item is an Operating Obligation record governed by Operating Obligation Model; this page is the product-specific source and index, not a second register.
Commitments
| Commitment | Architectural consequence |
|---|---|
| Permanently free | No applicant subscription, inference margin, paywall, or surprise provider charge |
| Private workspace | Candidate content and activity remain product-local and are not monetized |
| User agency | Explicit AI preferences, overrides, consent, and revocation remain authoritative |
| Honest AI | Route choice, fallback, exhaustion, uncertainty, and limitations are explained briefly |
| BYOK | Keys remain user-controlled and isolated from shared telemetry and other workspaces |
| Local AI | No model download before consent; readiness and background limits are represented truthfully |
| Contribution | Scraping participation is explicit and separated from private workspace identity |
| Accessibility | Core career work must not depend on a particular device, GPU, browser, or ability |
| Collaboration | Link-based collaboration and actor provenance remain understandable and recoverable |
Invariants
- Smart Routing optimizes within the social contract; it does not silently choose the contract.
- A lack of free AI capacity produces an honest fallback, not a hidden charge.
- Users without capable local hardware still receive a viable product path.
- Sponsored job discovery, if introduced, does not reveal or monetize private workspace state.
Decisions still required
- Scarcity and fairness policy for Included AI.
- Provider privacy disclosures and consent presentation.
- Support, export, retention, and account-continuity expectations.
- The boundary between helpful job promotion and imperceptible monetization.
Completion evidence
Each commitment needs a product test, operator signal, failure behavior, and plain-language user explanation. A policy claim without an enforceable or observable consequence is not done.