🚀 CURIXO - AI-Powered Career Platform

Welcome to the CURIXO monorepo. This project is an AI-powered career platform designed to help users build job-winning resumes, analyze them against Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), and prepare for interviews.

The repository is structured into two main parts: a Backend API and a Frontend client application.

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✨ Key Features

• 🤖 AI-Powered Resume Builder: Create a professional, tailored resume from scratch with AI assistance.
• 📊 ATS Resume Analysis: Upload your resume to get an instant ATS score and AI-driven feedback for improvement.
• 🎙️ AI Interview Preparation: Practice for interviews with AI-generated questions and receive detailed performance reports.
• 📄 PDF Generation: Download your generated or improved resumes as pixel-perfect PDFs directly from the server.
• 🔐 Secure Authentication: Robust user authentication using JWT with a secure, cookie-based refresh token strategy and CSRF protection.

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📂 Project Structure

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├── Backend/      # Node.js, Express, MongoDB REST API
└── Frontend/     # React, Vite, Tailwind CSS Client

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Backend

The Backend is a robust RESTful API built with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB. It handles all business logic, including user authentication, AI integrations with Google Gemini, database management, and PDF generation.

• Tech Stack: Node.js, Express, Mongoose, JWT, Zod, Puppeteer, Gemini AI.
• For detailed setup and API documentation, see the Backend README.

Quick Start (Backend)

# Navigate to the backend directory
cd Backend

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Set up environment variables (copy .env.example to .env)
cp .env.example .env

# Start the server
npm start

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Frontend

The Frontend is a modern, responsive single-page application (SPA) built with React and Vite. It provides a rich user interface for all of the platform's features, including the resume builder, ATS checker, and interview prep tools.

• Tech Stack: React, Vite, Tailwind CSS, React Router, Axios, Framer Motion.
• For detailed setup and component information, see the Frontend README.

Quick Start (Frontend)

# Navigate to the frontend directory
cd Frontend

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Set up environment variables (copy .env.example to .env)
cp .env.example .env

# Start the development server
npm run dev

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🏁 Full Stack Quick Start

To run the entire application locally:

1. Start the Backend: Follow the backend quick start steps in one terminal. The API will be running on http://localhost:3000 by default.
2. Start the Frontend: Follow the frontend quick start steps in a second terminal. The client will be available at http://localhost:5173.
3. Open the App: Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:5173.