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+"""``indeed.scrape`` I/O contracts.
+
+A lean, agent-friendly surface over ``IndeedScrapeInput``
+(``app/proprietary/platforms/indeed_jobs``). The executor maps this to the full
+scraper input; the scraper's ``IndeedItem`` is reused verbatim as the output
+element.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, model_validator
+
+from app.proprietary.platforms.indeed_jobs import IndeedItem
+from app.proprietary.platforms.indeed_jobs.schemas import (
+    IndeedJobType,
+    IndeedLevel,
+    IndeedRemote,
+    IndeedSort,
+)
+
+MAX_INDEED_SOURCES = 20
+"""Per-call cap on urls + search_queries: bounds a synchronous request's fan-out."""
+
+MAX_INDEED_ITEMS = 100
+"""Hard ceiling on jobs returned per call, regardless of the per-query caps."""
+
+
+class ScrapeInput(BaseModel):
+    urls: list[str] = Field(
+        default_factory=list,
+        max_length=MAX_INDEED_SOURCES,
+        description=(
+            "Indeed URLs to scrape: a search page (/jobs?q=&l=) or a company "
+            "jobs page (/cmp/<slug>/jobs). Provide these OR search_queries "
+            "(at least one source is required)."
+        ),
+    )
+    search_queries: list[str] = Field(
+        default_factory=list,
+        max_length=MAX_INDEED_SOURCES,
+        description=(
+            "Job search terms; each returns up to max_items_per_query results, "
+            "shaped by country/location/job_type/etc."
+        ),
+    )
+    country: str = Field(
+        default="us",
+        description="Country code selecting the Indeed domain, e.g. 'us', 'gb', 'de'.",
+    )
+    location: str | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Where to search, e.g. 'Remote', 'New York, NY'.",
+    )
+    radius: int | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Search radius in miles/km around location.",
+    )
+    job_type: IndeedJobType | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Employment type filter: fulltime, parttime, contract, etc.",
+    )
+    level: IndeedLevel | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Experience level filter: entry_level, mid_level, senior_level.",
+    )
+    remote: IndeedRemote | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Work model filter: remote or hybrid.",
+    )
+    from_days: int | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Only return jobs posted within the last N days.",
+    )
+    sort: IndeedSort = Field(
+        default="relevance",
+        description="Result ordering: relevance or date.",
+    )
+    max_items: int = Field(
+        default=25,
+        ge=1,
+        le=MAX_INDEED_ITEMS,
+        description="Max total jobs to return across all sources.",
+    )
+    max_items_per_query: int = Field(
+        default=25,
+        ge=0,
+        description="Max jobs to pull per search/company target.",
+    )
+
+    @model_validator(mode="after")
+    def _require_a_source(self) -> ScrapeInput:
+        if not self.urls and not self.search_queries:
+            raise ValueError("Provide at least one of 'urls' or 'search_queries'.")
+        return self
+
+    @property
+    def estimated_units(self) -> int:
+        """Worst-case billable jobs for the pre-flight gate: ``max_items`` is a
+        hard cross-source ceiling (le=100), so no call can exceed it."""
+        return self.max_items
+
+
+class ScrapeOutput(BaseModel):
+    items: list[IndeedItem] = Field(
+        default_factory=list,
+        description="One item per job posting, in emission order.",
+    )
+
+    @property
+    def billable_units(self) -> int:
+        """One returned job = one billable unit."""
+        return len(self.items)