diff --git a/orchestrator/package-lock.json b/orchestrator/package-lock.json
index 8437329..54b9f66 100644
--- a/orchestrator/package-lock.json
+++ b/orchestrator/package-lock.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
         "@types/better-sqlite3": "^7.6.8",
         "@types/cors": "^2.8.17",
         "@types/express": "^4.17.21",
+        "@types/jsdom": "^27.0.0",
         "@types/node": "^22.10.1",
         "@types/react": "^18.3.12",
         "@types/react-dom": "^18.3.1",
@@ -3467,6 +3468,17 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/@types/jsdom": {
+      "version": "27.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/jsdom/-/jsdom-27.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NZyFl/PViwKzdEkQg96gtnB8wm+1ljhdDay9ahn4hgb+SfVtPCbm3TlmDUFXTA+MGN3CijicnMhG18SI5H3rFw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@types/node": "*",
+        "@types/tough-cookie": "*",
+        "parse5": "^7.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@types/mdast": {
       "version": "4.0.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/mdast/-/mdast-4.0.4.tgz",
@@ -3579,6 +3591,12 @@
         "@types/node": "*"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@types/tough-cookie": {
+      "version": "4.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/tough-cookie/-/tough-cookie-4.0.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/Ad8+nIOV7Rl++6f1BdKxFSMgmoqEoYbHRpPcx3JEfv8VRsQe9Z4mCXeJBzxs7mbHY/XOZZuXlRNfhpVPbs6ZA==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "node_modules/@types/unist": {
       "version": "3.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/unist/-/unist-3.0.3.tgz",
diff --git a/orchestrator/package.json b/orchestrator/package.json
index f2e2c95..cb2d9e8 100644
--- a/orchestrator/package.json
+++ b/orchestrator/package.json
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     "@types/better-sqlite3": "^7.6.8",
     "@types/cors": "^2.8.17",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.21",
+    "@types/jsdom": "^27.0.0",
     "@types/node": "^22.10.1",
     "@types/react": "^18.3.12",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.3.1",
diff --git a/orchestrator/src/client/api/client.ts b/orchestrator/src/client/api/client.ts
index 46b8cbd..e570fb2 100644
--- a/orchestrator/src/client/api/client.ts
+++ b/orchestrator/src/client/api/client.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import type {
   CreateJobInput,
   ManualJobDraft,
   ManualJobInferenceResponse,
+  ManualJobFetchResponse,
   VisaSponsorSearchResponse,
   VisaSponsorStatusResponse,
   VisaSponsor,
@@ -39,7 +40,16 @@ async function fetchApi<T>(
     },
   });
 
-  const data: ApiResponse<T> = await response.json();
+  const text = await response.text();
+
+  let data: ApiResponse<T>;
+  try {
+    data = JSON.parse(text);
+  } catch {
+    // If the response is not JSON, it's likely an HTML error page
+    console.error('API returned non-JSON response:', text.substring(0, 500));
+    throw new Error(`Server error (${response.status}): Expected JSON but received HTML. Is the backend server running?`);
+  }
 
   if (!data.success) {
     throw new Error(data.error || 'API request failed');
@@ -149,6 +159,15 @@ export async function importUkVisaJobs(input: {
 }
 
 // Manual Job Import API
+export async function fetchJobFromUrl(input: {
+  url: string;
+}): Promise<ManualJobFetchResponse> {
+  return fetchApi<ManualJobFetchResponse>('/manual-jobs/fetch', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    body: JSON.stringify(input),
+  });
+}
+
 export async function inferManualJob(input: {
   jobDescription: string;
 }): Promise<ManualJobInferenceResponse> {
diff --git a/orchestrator/src/client/components/ManualImportSheet.test.tsx b/orchestrator/src/client/components/ManualImportSheet.test.tsx
index a2f2967..8eddd81 100644
--- a/orchestrator/src/client/components/ManualImportSheet.test.tsx
+++ b/orchestrator/src/client/components/ManualImportSheet.test.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import * as api from "../api";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
 
 vi.mock("../api", () => ({
+  fetchJobFromUrl: vi.fn(),
   inferManualJob: vi.fn(),
   importManualJob: vi.fn(),
 }));
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ describe("ManualImportSheet", () => {
     );
 
     fireEvent.change(
-      screen.getByPlaceholderText("Paste the full job description here..."),
+      screen.getByPlaceholderText("Paste the full job description here, or enter a URL above to fetch it..."),
       { target: { value: rawDescription } }
     );
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /analyze jd/i }));
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ describe("ManualImportSheet", () => {
     );
 
     fireEvent.change(
-      screen.getByPlaceholderText("Paste the full job description here..."),
+      screen.getByPlaceholderText("Paste the full job description here, or enter a URL above to fetch it..."),
       { target: { value: rawDescription } }
     );
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /analyze jd/i }));
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ describe("ManualImportSheet", () => {
     );
 
     fireEvent.change(
-      screen.getByPlaceholderText("Paste the full job description here..."),
+      screen.getByPlaceholderText("Paste the full job description here, or enter a URL above to fetch it..."),
       { target: { value: rawDescription } }
     );
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /analyze jd/i }));
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ describe("ManualImportSheet", () => {
     );
 
     fireEvent.change(
-      screen.getByPlaceholderText("Paste the full job description here..."),
+      screen.getByPlaceholderText("Paste the full job description here, or enter a URL above to fetch it..."),
       { target: { value: "Backend Engineer role." } }
     );
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /analyze jd/i }));
@@ -165,4 +166,137 @@ describe("ManualImportSheet", () => {
     expect(onOpenChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /import job/i })).toBeEnabled();
   });
+
+  describe("URL fetch functionality", () => {
+    it("shows Paste button when URL field is empty, Fetch when URL is entered", async () => {
+      render(
+        <ManualImportSheet open onOpenChange={vi.fn()} onImported={vi.fn()} />
+      );
+
+      // Initially should show Paste button
+      expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /paste/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+      // Enter a URL
+      fireEvent.change(
+        screen.getByPlaceholderText("https://example.com/job-posting"),
+        { target: { value: "https://example.com/job" } }
+      );
+
+      // Should now show Fetch button
+      expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /fetch/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it("fetches URL and proceeds to review on successful fetch", async () => {
+      vi.mocked(api.fetchJobFromUrl).mockResolvedValue({
+        content: "Software Engineer role at Acme Corp",
+        url: "https://example.com/job",
+      });
+      vi.mocked(api.inferManualJob).mockResolvedValue({
+        job: {
+          title: "Software Engineer",
+          employer: "Acme Corp",
+          location: "Remote",
+          jobDescription: "Great opportunity to join our team.",
+        },
+      });
+
+      render(
+        <ManualImportSheet open onOpenChange={vi.fn()} onImported={vi.fn()} />
+      );
+
+      // Enter a URL
+      fireEvent.change(
+        screen.getByPlaceholderText("https://example.com/job-posting"),
+        { target: { value: "https://example.com/job" } }
+      );
+
+      // Click Fetch
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /fetch/i }));
+
+      // Should show loading state then review
+      await screen.findByPlaceholderText("e.g. Junior Backend Engineer");
+
+      expect(api.fetchJobFromUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        url: "https://example.com/job",
+      });
+      expect(api.inferManualJob).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        jobDescription: "Software Engineer role at Acme Corp",
+      });
+
+      // Check inferred values are shown
+      expect(screen.getByPlaceholderText("e.g. Junior Backend Engineer")).toHaveValue("Software Engineer");
+      expect(screen.getByPlaceholderText("e.g. Acme Labs")).toHaveValue("Acme Corp");
+    });
+
+    it("preserves fetched URL in the job URL field", async () => {
+      vi.mocked(api.fetchJobFromUrl).mockResolvedValue({
+        content: "Job description content",
+        url: "https://example.com/job",
+      });
+      vi.mocked(api.inferManualJob).mockResolvedValue({
+        job: {
+          title: "Engineer",
+          employer: "Company",
+        },
+      });
+
+      render(
+        <ManualImportSheet open onOpenChange={vi.fn()} onImported={vi.fn()} />
+      );
+
+      fireEvent.change(
+        screen.getByPlaceholderText("https://example.com/job-posting"),
+        { target: { value: "https://example.com/job" } }
+      );
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /fetch/i }));
+
+      await screen.findByPlaceholderText("e.g. Junior Backend Engineer");
+
+      // Check the job URL field has the fetched URL (first https://... input is Job URL)
+      const urlInputs = screen.getAllByPlaceholderText("https://...");
+      expect(urlInputs[0]).toHaveValue("https://example.com/job");
+    });
+
+    it("shows error and returns to paste step when fetch fails", async () => {
+      vi.mocked(api.fetchJobFromUrl).mockRejectedValue(new Error("Failed to fetch URL"));
+
+      render(
+        <ManualImportSheet open onOpenChange={vi.fn()} onImported={vi.fn()} />
+      );
+
+      fireEvent.change(
+        screen.getByPlaceholderText("https://example.com/job-posting"),
+        { target: { value: "https://example.com/bad-url" } }
+      );
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /fetch/i }));
+
+      await screen.findByText("Failed to fetch URL");
+
+      // Should still be on paste step
+      expect(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Paste the full job description here, or enter a URL above to fetch it...")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it("shows error when inference fails after fetch", async () => {
+      vi.mocked(api.fetchJobFromUrl).mockResolvedValue({
+        content: "Job content",
+        url: "https://example.com/job",
+      });
+      vi.mocked(api.inferManualJob).mockRejectedValue(new Error("Inference failed"));
+
+      render(
+        <ManualImportSheet open onOpenChange={vi.fn()} onImported={vi.fn()} />
+      );
+
+      fireEvent.change(
+        screen.getByPlaceholderText("https://example.com/job-posting"),
+        { target: { value: "https://example.com/job" } }
+      );
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /fetch/i }));
+
+      await screen.findByText("Inference failed");
+
+      // Should be back on paste step
+      expect(screen.getByPlaceholderText("Paste the full job description here, or enter a URL above to fetch it...")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/orchestrator/src/client/components/ManualImportSheet.tsx b/orchestrator/src/client/components/ManualImportSheet.tsx
index a582f5a..2ac029f 100644
--- a/orchestrator/src/client/components/ManualImportSheet.tsx
+++ b/orchestrator/src/client/components/ManualImportSheet.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 
 import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
-import { ArrowLeft, FileText, Loader2, Sparkles } from "lucide-react";
+import { ArrowLeft, ClipboardPaste, FileText, Link, Loader2, Sparkles } from "lucide-react";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
 
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ export const ManualImportSheet: React.FC<ManualImportSheetProps> = ({
 }) => {
   const [step, setStep] = useState<ManualImportStep>("paste");
   const [rawDescription, setRawDescription] = useState("");
+  const [fetchUrl, setFetchUrl] = useState("");
+  const [isFetching, setIsFetching] = useState(false);
   const [draft, setDraft] = useState<ManualJobDraftState>(emptyDraft);
   const [warning, setWarning] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
@@ -121,6 +123,8 @@ export const ManualImportSheet: React.FC<ManualImportSheetProps> = ({
     if (!open) {
       setStep("paste");
       setRawDescription("");
+      setFetchUrl("");
+      setIsFetching(false);
       setDraft(emptyDraft);
       setWarning(null);
       setError(null);
@@ -132,6 +136,7 @@ export const ManualImportSheet: React.FC<ManualImportSheetProps> = ({
   const stepLabel = ["Paste JD", "Infer details", "Review & import"][stepIndex];
 
   const canAnalyze = rawDescription.trim().length > 0 && step !== "loading";
+  const canFetch = fetchUrl.trim().length > 0 && !isFetching && step === "paste";
   const canImport = useMemo(() => {
     if (step !== "review") return false;
     return (
@@ -141,6 +146,43 @@ export const ManualImportSheet: React.FC<ManualImportSheetProps> = ({
     );
   }, [draft, step]);
 
+  const handleFetch = async () => {
+    if (!fetchUrl.trim()) return;
+
+    try {
+      setError(null);
+      setWarning(null);
+      setIsFetching(true);
+
+      // Fetch the URL content
+      const fetchResponse = await api.fetchJobFromUrl({ url: fetchUrl.trim() });
+      const fetchedContent = fetchResponse.content;
+      const fetchedUrl = fetchResponse.url;
+
+      setIsFetching(false);
+
+      // Automatically proceed to analysis
+      setStep("loading");
+      const inferResponse = await api.inferManualJob({ jobDescription: fetchedContent });
+      // Don't pass raw HTML as job description - let user fill it in or use inferred data
+      const normalized = normalizeDraft(inferResponse.job);
+
+      // Preserve the fetched URL
+      if (!normalized.jobUrl) {
+        normalized.jobUrl = fetchedUrl;
+      }
+
+      setDraft(normalized);
+      setWarning(inferResponse.warning ?? null);
+      setStep("review");
+    } catch (err) {
+      const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Failed to fetch URL";
+      setError(message);
+      setIsFetching(false);
+      setStep("paste");
+    }
+  };
+
   const handleAnalyze = async () => {
     if (!rawDescription.trim()) {
       setError("Paste a job description to continue.");
@@ -152,7 +194,12 @@ export const ManualImportSheet: React.FC<ManualImportSheetProps> = ({
       setWarning(null);
       setStep("loading");
       const response = await api.inferManualJob({ jobDescription: rawDescription });
-      setDraft(normalizeDraft(response.job, rawDescription.trim()));
+      const normalized = normalizeDraft(response.job, rawDescription.trim());
+      // Preserve the fetched URL if we fetched from a URL
+      if (draft.jobUrl && !normalized.jobUrl) {
+        normalized.jobUrl = draft.jobUrl;
+      }
+      setDraft(normalized);
       setWarning(response.warning ?? null);
       setStep("review");
     } catch (err) {
@@ -217,6 +264,53 @@ export const ManualImportSheet: React.FC<ManualImportSheetProps> = ({
           <div className="mt-4 flex-1 overflow-y-auto pr-1">
             {step === "paste" && (
               <div className="space-y-4">
+                <div className="space-y-2">
+                  <label className="text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
+                    Job URL (optional)
+                  </label>
+                  <div className="flex gap-2">
+                    <Input
+                      value={fetchUrl}
+                      onChange={(event) => setFetchUrl(event.target.value)}
+                      placeholder="https://example.com/job-posting"
+                      className="flex-1"
+                      onKeyDown={(event) => {
+                        if (event.key === "Enter" && canFetch) {
+                          event.preventDefault();
+                          handleFetch();
+                        }
+                      }}
+                    />
+                    <Button
+                      type="button"
+                      variant="secondary"
+                      disabled={isFetching}
+                      className="gap-2 shrink-0"
+                      onClick={async () => {
+                        if (fetchUrl.trim()) {
+                          handleFetch();
+                        } else {
+                          try {
+                            const text = await navigator.clipboard.readText();
+                            if (text) setFetchUrl(text.trim());
+                          } catch {
+                            // Clipboard access denied
+                          }
+                        }
+                      }}
+                    >
+                      {isFetching ? (
+                        <Loader2 className="h-4 w-4 animate-spin" />
+                      ) : fetchUrl.trim() ? (
+                        <Link className="h-4 w-4" />
+                      ) : (
+                        <ClipboardPaste className="h-4 w-4" />
+                      )}
+                      {isFetching ? "Fetching..." : fetchUrl.trim() ? "Fetch" : "Paste"}
+                    </Button>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+
                 <div className="space-y-2">
                   <label className="text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
                     Job description
@@ -224,8 +318,8 @@ export const ManualImportSheet: React.FC<ManualImportSheetProps> = ({
                   <Textarea
                     value={rawDescription}
                     onChange={(event) => setRawDescription(event.target.value)}
-                    placeholder="Paste the full job description here..."
-                    className="min-h-[220px] font-mono text-sm leading-relaxed"
+                    placeholder="Paste the full job description here, or enter a URL above to fetch it..."
+                    className="min-h-[200px] font-mono text-sm leading-relaxed"
                   />
                 </div>
 
@@ -236,12 +330,16 @@ export const ManualImportSheet: React.FC<ManualImportSheetProps> = ({
                 )}
 
                 <Button
-                  onClick={handleAnalyze}
-                  disabled={!canAnalyze}
+                  onClick={fetchUrl.trim() ? handleFetch : handleAnalyze}
+                  disabled={isFetching || (!canFetch && !canAnalyze)}
                   className="w-full h-10 gap-2"
                 >
-                  <Sparkles className="h-4 w-4" />
-                  Analyze JD
+                  {isFetching ? (
+                    <Loader2 className="h-4 w-4 animate-spin" />
+                  ) : (
+                    <Sparkles className="h-4 w-4" />
+                  )}
+                  {isFetching ? "Fetching..." : "Analyze JD"}
                 </Button>
               </div>
             )}
diff --git a/orchestrator/src/server/api/routes/manual-jobs.test.ts b/orchestrator/src/server/api/routes/manual-jobs.test.ts
index c0f2eff..d58bc23 100644
--- a/orchestrator/src/server/api/routes/manual-jobs.test.ts
+++ b/orchestrator/src/server/api/routes/manual-jobs.test.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,28 @@ describe.sequential('Manual jobs API routes', () => {
     await stopServer({ server, closeDb, tempDir });
   });
 
+  describe('POST /api/manual-jobs/fetch', () => {
+    it('rejects invalid URLs', async () => {
+      const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/manual-jobs/fetch`, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ url: 'not-a-valid-url' }),
+      });
+
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects empty payload', async () => {
+      const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/manual-jobs/fetch`, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({}),
+      });
+
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+  });
+
   it('infers manual jobs and rejects empty payloads', async () => {
     const badRes = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/manual-jobs/infer`, {
       method: 'POST',
diff --git a/orchestrator/src/server/api/routes/manual-jobs.ts b/orchestrator/src/server/api/routes/manual-jobs.ts
index 2a2cb11..d536edc 100644
--- a/orchestrator/src/server/api/routes/manual-jobs.ts
+++ b/orchestrator/src/server/api/routes/manual-jobs.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 import { Router, Request, Response } from 'express';
 import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
 import { z } from 'zod';
+import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
 import * as jobsRepo from '../../repositories/jobs.js';
 import { inferManualJobDetails } from '../../services/manualJob.js';
 import { scoreJobSuitability } from '../../services/scorer.js';
 import { getProfile } from '../../services/profile.js';
-import type { ApiResponse, ManualJobInferenceResponse } from '../../../shared/types.js';
+import type { ApiResponse, ManualJobInferenceResponse, ManualJobFetchResponse } from '../../../shared/types.js';
 
 export const manualJobsRouter = Router();
 
+const manualJobFetchSchema = z.object({
+  url: z.string().trim().url().max(2000),
+});
+
 const manualJobInferenceSchema = z.object({
-  jobDescription: z.string().trim().min(1).max(40000),
+  jobDescription: z.string().trim().min(1).max(60000),
 });
 
 const manualJobImportSchema = z.object({
@@ -38,6 +43,110 @@ const cleanOptional = (value?: string | null) => {
   return trimmed.length > 0 ? trimmed : undefined;
 };
 
+/**
+ * POST /api/manual-jobs/fetch - Fetch and extract job content from a URL
+ */
+manualJobsRouter.post('/fetch', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  try {
+    const input = manualJobFetchSchema.parse(req.body ?? {});
+
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 15000);
+
+    const response = await fetch(input.url, {
+      signal: controller.signal,
+      headers: {
+        'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36',
+        'Accept': 'text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8',
+      },
+    });
+    clearTimeout(timeout);
+
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      return res.status(400).json({
+        success: false,
+        error: `Failed to fetch URL: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`,
+      });
+    }
+
+    const html = await response.text();
+    const dom = new JSDOM(html);
+    const document = dom.window.document;
+
+    // Extract page title (often contains job title)
+    const pageTitle = document.querySelector('title')?.textContent?.trim() || '';
+
+    // Extract meta description
+    const metaDescription = document.querySelector('meta[name="description"]')?.getAttribute('content')?.trim() || '';
+
+    // Extract Open Graph data
+    const ogTitle = document.querySelector('meta[property="og:title"]')?.getAttribute('content')?.trim() || '';
+    const ogDescription = document.querySelector('meta[property="og:description"]')?.getAttribute('content')?.trim() || '';
+    const ogSiteName = document.querySelector('meta[property="og:site-name"]')?.getAttribute('content')?.trim() || '';
+
+    // Remove non-content elements
+    const elementsToRemove = document.querySelectorAll(
+      'script, style, nav, header, footer, aside, iframe, noscript, ' +
+      '[role="navigation"], [role="banner"], [role="contentinfo"], ' +
+      '.nav, .navbar, .header, .footer, .sidebar, .menu, .cookie, .popup, .modal, .ad, .advertisement'
+    );
+    elementsToRemove.forEach((el) => el.remove());
+
+    // Try to find the main job content area
+    const mainContent =
+      document.querySelector(
+        'main, [role="main"], article, ' +
+        '.job-description, .job-details, .job-content, .vacancy-description, ' +
+        '#job-description, #job-details, #job-content, ' +
+        '[class*="job-desc"], [class*="jobDesc"], [class*="vacancy"], [class*="posting"]'
+      ) || document.body;
+
+    // Get text content
+    let textContent = mainContent?.textContent || '';
+
+    // Clean up whitespace
+    textContent = textContent
+      .replace(/[\t ]+/g, ' ')
+      .replace(/\n\s*\n/g, '\n\n')
+      .replace(/\n{3,}/g, '\n\n')
+      .trim();
+
+    // Build enriched content with extracted metadata
+    let enrichedContent = '';
+    if (pageTitle) enrichedContent += `Page Title: ${pageTitle}\n`;
+    if (ogTitle && ogTitle !== pageTitle) enrichedContent += `Job Title: ${ogTitle}\n`;
+    if (ogSiteName) enrichedContent += `Company/Site: ${ogSiteName}\n`;
+    if (ogDescription) enrichedContent += `Summary: ${ogDescription}\n`;
+    if (metaDescription && metaDescription !== ogDescription) enrichedContent += `Description: ${metaDescription}\n`;
+    if (enrichedContent) enrichedContent += '\n---\n\n';
+    enrichedContent += textContent;
+
+    // Limit to reasonable size
+    if (enrichedContent.length > 50000) {
+      enrichedContent = enrichedContent.substring(0, 50000);
+    }
+
+    const result: ApiResponse<ManualJobFetchResponse> = {
+      success: true,
+      data: {
+        content: enrichedContent,
+        url: input.url,
+      },
+    };
+
+    res.json(result);
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error instanceof z.ZodError) {
+      return res.status(400).json({ success: false, error: error.message });
+    }
+    if (error instanceof Error && error.name === 'AbortError') {
+      return res.status(408).json({ success: false, error: 'Request timed out' });
+    }
+    const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error';
+    res.status(500).json({ success: false, error: message });
+  }
+});
+
 /**
  * POST /api/manual-jobs/infer - Infer job details from a pasted description
  */
diff --git a/orchestrator/src/server/services/manualJob.ts b/orchestrator/src/server/services/manualJob.ts
index a4dc149..8cc0ee1 100644
--- a/orchestrator/src/server/services/manualJob.ts
+++ b/orchestrator/src/server/services/manualJob.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ interface ManualJobApiResponse {
   disciplines: string;
   degreeRequired: string;
   starting: string;
+  jobDescription: string;
 }
 
 /** JSON schema for manual job extraction response */
@@ -47,8 +48,9 @@ const MANUAL_JOB_SCHEMA: JsonSchemaDefinition = {
       disciplines: { type: 'string', description: 'Required disciplines or fields' },
       degreeRequired: { type: 'string', description: 'Required degree or education' },
       starting: { type: 'string', description: 'Start date information' },
+      jobDescription: { type: 'string', description: 'Clean text job description with responsibilities and requirements' },
     },
-    required: ['title', 'employer', 'location', 'salary', 'deadline', 'jobUrl', 'applicationLink', 'jobType', 'jobLevel', 'jobFunction', 'disciplines', 'degreeRequired', 'starting'],
+    required: ['title', 'employer', 'location', 'salary', 'deadline', 'jobUrl', 'applicationLink', 'jobType', 'jobLevel', 'jobFunction', 'disciplines', 'degreeRequired', 'starting', 'jobDescription'],
     additionalProperties: false,
   },
 };
@@ -84,26 +86,28 @@ export async function inferManualJobDetails(jobDescription: string): Promise<Man
 
 function buildInferencePrompt(jd: string): string {
   return `
-You are extracting structured data from a job description.
+You are extracting structured data from a job posting.
+The input may be raw HTML from a job listing page or plain text - extract the relevant job information either way.
 Return JSON only with the keys listed below. Use empty string if unknown.
-Do not guess or invent data.
+Do not guess or invent data. Ignore navigation, headers, footers, and other non-job content.
 
 Keys:
-- title
-- employer
-- location
-- salary
-- deadline
-- jobUrl (the listing URL, if present)
+- title (job title)
+- employer (company name)
+- location (job location)
+- salary (salary/compensation info)
+- deadline (application deadline)
+- jobUrl (the listing URL, if present in the content)
 - applicationLink (the apply URL, if present)
-- jobType
-- jobLevel
-- jobFunction
-- disciplines
-- degreeRequired
-- starting
+- jobType (full-time, part-time, contract, etc.)
+- jobLevel (entry, mid, senior, etc.)
+- jobFunction (engineering, marketing, etc.)
+- disciplines (required fields/disciplines)
+- degreeRequired (required education)
+- starting (start date)
+- jobDescription (clean plain text of the job description including responsibilities and requirements - extract this from the HTML/content)
 
-JOB DESCRIPTION:
+JOB POSTING CONTENT:
 ${jd}
 
 OUTPUT FORMAT (JSON ONLY):
@@ -120,7 +124,8 @@ OUTPUT FORMAT (JSON ONLY):
   "jobFunction": "",
   "disciplines": "",
   "degreeRequired": "",
-  "starting": ""
+  "starting": "",
+  "jobDescription": ""
 }
 `.trim();
 }
@@ -142,6 +147,7 @@ function normalizeDraft(parsed: ManualJobApiResponse): ManualJobDraft {
   if (parsed.disciplines?.trim()) out.disciplines = parsed.disciplines.trim();
   if (parsed.degreeRequired?.trim()) out.degreeRequired = parsed.degreeRequired.trim();
   if (parsed.starting?.trim()) out.starting = parsed.starting.trim();
+  if (parsed.jobDescription?.trim()) out.jobDescription = parsed.jobDescription.trim();
 
   return out;
 }
diff --git a/orchestrator/src/shared/types.ts b/orchestrator/src/shared/types.ts
index a9f4d22..679ec68 100644
--- a/orchestrator/src/shared/types.ts
+++ b/orchestrator/src/shared/types.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ export interface ManualJobInferenceResponse {
   warning?: string | null;
 }
 
+export interface ManualJobFetchResponse {
+  content: string;
+  url: string;
+}
+
 export interface UpdateJobInput {
   status?: JobStatus;
   jobDescription?: string;