Yes — you can go from zero to an automated filter in about five minutes. Pick your keywords, set your client-quality floors and budget, choose a delivery channel, and start it. This guide walks through each step. The catch: setup is five minutes, but writing a good filter — the right keywords and floors — is the part that actually determines what you see.
Setup is quick; a good filter is not. The tool does what you tell it, so the quality of your keywords and floors is the quality of your leads.
Most people spend the five minutes on setup and zero minutes on tuning. The freelancers who win spend the five minutes on tuning — because the filter only finds what you tell it to find.
Yes — you can go from zero to an automated filter in about five minutes. Pick your keywords, set your client-quality floors and budget, choose a delivery channel, and start it. This guide walks through each step. The catch: setup is five minutes, but writing a good filter — the right keywords and floors — is the part that actually determines what you see.
Setup is quick; a good filter is not. The tool does what you tell it, so the quality of your keywords and floors is the quality of your leads.
Most people spend the five minutes on setup and zero minutes on tuning. The freelancers who win spend the five minutes on tuning — because the filter only finds what you tell it to find.
Click 'New Filter' and give it a descriptive name like 'High-Ticket Copywriting'.
Enter keywords to include/exclude. Set strict budget minimums.
Enable 'Persona Matching' to have AI read the job description for you.
Paste the webhook URL you want jobs pushed to (Discord, Slack or your own endpoint) and hit Start.
Once logged in, click the big + New Filter button.
The most important part is the Keyword Logic.
This is where FreelanceFilter shines over Upwork's native search.
Toggle the AI Analysis switch.
Select the "Expert Strategy" persona. This tells our AI to read the full job description and assess if the client is looking for a partner or a grunt.
Learn more about how this works in our AI vs. Keywords guide.
Where do you want the leads? Delivery is by webhook — you paste one URL, and every match is pushed to it.
To see matches the moment a check finds them, we highly recommend setting up a webhook. Read our Discord Setup Guide for a 2-minute tutorial.
Scout is manual search only — it runs no scheduled monitors at all, and gives you 30 manual searches a month. Signal runs up to 3 monitors at once, First Responder up to 8.
Send high-volume filters to a dedicated Discord or Slack channel rather than one you read all day. You can also tighten the filter, widen the check interval, or set a daily active window so a filter only runs during the hours you work.
Yes. You can pause, edit, and restart a filter at any time without losing its history.
No. FreelanceFilter is 100% safe because it does NOT require your Upwork login credentials. We search public feeds on your behalf.