> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://hiair.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Applying from the CLI

> How queued applications actually get filled and submitted

Applying anywhere in Hiair — a single match in Copilot, or a batch from Autopilot — queues the application. Your paired computer is what actually fills it out.

## Queue it, then it runs

Once an application is queued, it's picked up one of two ways:

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Login worker">
    If you've run `hiair service install`, the worker is already listening. Queued applications start filling automatically — no terminal needed.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="hiair apply">
    If the worker isn't running (or you're not on macOS), run it yourself:

    ```bash theme={null}
    hiair apply
    ```

    It claims whatever's queued and fills it in Chrome, printing progress as it goes.
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## Several at once

Both the worker and `hiair apply` fill up to **4 applications in parallel** by default, each in its own tab of the same HiAir Chrome window — so a batch queued from Autopilot finishes in a fraction of the time. Raise or lower that with `--parallel`:

```bash theme={null}
hiair apply --parallel 6   # max 8
hiair apply --parallel 1   # one at a time
```

The server hands out one application per company at a time, so parallelism is across different companies, not multiple applications to the same one.

## When it needs you

If a form asks something your profile can't answer, shows a captcha, sends a verification code, or wants you to sign in, that tab pauses **with the page still open**. You'll get a desktop notification, and the terminal (or the [device console](/cli/commands#device-console)) tells you what's needed. Then either:

* fix it in the browser and press **Enter** in the terminal,
* press **a** and type the answer in the terminal — the agent types it into the form, or
* press **s** if you already clicked Submit yourself.

You can also answer from the Hiair website — the worker notices and carries on. Other queued applications in different tabs keep working while one is paused.

<Note>
  If nothing happens for about 45 minutes, the run falls back to "Needs you" in your [application tracker](/features/application-tracker) and the page closes.
</Note>

## Stopping a run

Closing a single tab stops that application; closing the whole HiAir Chrome window stops everything in flight. A stopped application shows as stopped in your tracker and its credit comes back. Ctrl-C in a foreground `hiair apply` does the same for whatever it was running.