# Tags and tag rules

> Tag candidates by hand, give a role its own tags, and add or remove tags automatically with rules.

Add tags to a candidate from **Manage tags** on their profile. A role’s tags reach everyone added to it, and **Tag rules** in **Settings → Hiring** add and remove tags by themselves when someone is added or reaches a stage.

*Candidates · Last updated 2026-11-11*

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## Tag a candidate

On their profile, open **Manage tags** to add or remove tags. When AI is on, **Suggest skills** offers tags for the skills on their resume, for you to accept or ignore.

## A role’s tags

On a role’s page, set its tags: “Everyone added to this role gets these tags.”

## Tag rules

Admins write rules in **Settings → Hiring → Tag rules** with **Add rule**. Each rule says when it runs, for whom, and what it changes:

| Part | Choices |
| --- | --- |
| **When** | A candidate **is added**, or **enters a stage** |
| **For** | A role, a client or department, **Who came in** (Applied, Sourced, Referred, ATS import, Juicebox, Browser extension), or **Location contains** |
| **Then** | **Then add** tags, **And remove** tags |

For example: when a candidate is added to Brand Designer and came in from Juicebox, add *design* and remove *cold*. Rules don’t use AI.

> **Note:** Rules and role tags refuse tags that describe who someone is (their age, background or the like): tags are for skills, sources and status.

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Source: https://openats.ai/docs/candidates/tags-and-tag-rules
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