You’ve created an account, installed the extension and synced your profile. Now let’s send your very first AI-generated proposal. End-to-end it takes under 30 seconds.

Step 1 – Find a job

  1. Open Upwork’s job search: upwork.com/nx/search/jobs.
  2. Filter by your category and skills.
  3. Click on any job listing to open the details page.

Step 2 – Check Fit (optional but smart)

On the job details page the floating Upwex AI widget shows two action cards:

  • Check Fit – runs an AI analysis of the job and prints Match Score, Red Flags, Client Info and tips. The button changes to View Results if you’ve already analyzed this job.

  • Quick Apply – the one-click shortcut: Upwex generates the cover letter, answers screening questions and submits the proposal for you. With Quick Apply you can skip Steps 3-5 entirely.

If the Match Score is low or there are serious red flags, consider skipping the job and saving connects.

Step 3 – Open the proposal form

Click Upwork’s Apply Now button on the job page. You’ll land on Upwork’s proposal form, where the Upwex Cover Letter widget appears.

Step 4 – Generate the cover letter

The Cover Letter widget opens with three action cards:

  • Cover Letter – opens the prompt editor so you can pick a template and generate.
  • Autocomplete – fills every field (cover letter + screening answers) without submitting.
  • Auto Bid – fills every field and submits the proposal in one click.

For your first proposal, click Cover Letter → tweak the prompt if needed → click Generate. Within a few seconds Upwex inserts the generated text directly into Upwork’s cover letter field.

Step 5 – Review and submit

The widget switches to a success card. From here you can:

  • Read the inserted text inside the Upwork textarea and freely edit it before submitting
  • Click Regenerate in the widget to replace it with an alternative version
  • For each screening question, click ▶ to generate an answer or ↻ to regenerate it
  • Click Upwork’s Submit Proposal button to send

That’s it!

Each cover letter generation costs 1 AI Credit; each screening answer costs another credit. Flex includes 50 AI Credits per seat per month – see Understanding AI Credits for the full breakdown.