SmartEAI – AI-Powered Internship & Job Application Assistant

SmartEAI is an AI-powered internship and job application assistant built using the MERN stack and Gemini AI. It helps users analyze resumes against job descriptions through ATS-aware matching and intelligently improves resumes, cover letters, and cold emails using ethical AI workflows. The platform provides a modern, user-controlled editing experience with secure authentication and multi-format document support.

🚀 Check out - https://smart-eai.vercel.app

Local setup

• Client env: copy client/.env.example to client/.env.
• Server env: copy server/.env.example to server/.env.
• Install dependencies in each app and start both services.

Deploy frontend on Vercel

1. Import this repository in Vercel.
2. Set Root Directory to client.
3. Keep build settings:

• Build command: npm run build
• Output directory: dist

4. Add environment variables in Vercel project settings:

• VITE_API_BASE=https://<your-render-service>.onrender.com
• VITE_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=<your-google-web-client-id>

5. Redeploy.

client/vercel.json is included to rewrite all SPA routes to index.html.

Deploy backend on Render

Option A: Blueprint (recommended)

1. In Render, create a new Blueprint from this repo.
2. Render will pick up render.yaml and create service smarteai-server.
3. Set secret env vars when prompted:

• MONGODB_URI
• JWT_SECRET
• GEMINI_API_KEY
• GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID
• CORS_ORIGIN (your Vercel URL, comma-separated if multiple)

Option B: Manual Web Service

• Root Directory: server
• Build Command: npm install
• Start Command: npm start
• Health Check Path: /health

Google OAuth setup

• Add your Google web client ID to Vercel (VITE_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID) and Render (GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID).
• Optional: use GOOGLE_CLIENT_IDS on server with comma-separated IDs for multi-env setups.
• In Google Cloud Console, add Authorized JavaScript origins:
  • local: http://localhost:5173
  • production: https://<your-vercel-domain>

Environment templates

• client/.env.example
• server/.env.example

Copy these files and set real values per environment.