Question 1

Is this allowed by Upwork's Terms of Service?

Accepted Answer

Yes — we never log in as you, never auto-bid, never run anything in your browser. Upwatcher reads public job postings on its own infrastructure and pushes a draft you submit yourself, the way Upwork expects.

Question 2

Does it work for fixed-price jobs?

Accepted Answer

Yes — fixed and hourly. The fit score and the proposal drafts work the same way for both. The only difference is which payment fields the brief carries.

Question 3

What does the LLM see from my profile?

Accepted Answer

Only what you paste into the profile editor — your skills, your rate band, sample portfolio descriptions. No Upwork session, no inbox, no client history. The LLM never touches your account.

Question 4

How is this different from an auto-bidder?

Accepted Answer

Auto-bidders log in as you and click Apply on every brief they find. That's a TOS violation by construction and gets accounts flagged. Upwatcher only surfaces jobs and drafts replies — you stay in the loop, your account stays clean.

Question 5

What if my niche is too small or too broad?

Accepted Answer

Watchers dedupe per posting URL, so you can run several niche searches in parallel without spammed alerts. If a niche is broad, narrow it down with the same filters you'd use on the Upwork search page — the URL we read carries them as-is.