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resume-builder

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Build one-page, ATS-safe resumes and matching cover letters as PDFs in a clean "Slate" style (single column, centered name, small-caps section titles, IBM Plex Sans, 11pt minimum) from structured JSON. Use when a tailored resume or cover letter is needed for a job, or when base resume variants are being created.

25 other projects use a version of this.

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siddqamar/resume-builder-skilltheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
HeisenbergUwU/resume-builder-skilltheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
HaroonArshad-53/skills-for-everyonetheir own version, first seen Oct 17, 2026
barryallen16/ats-resume-creation-skilltheir own version, first seen Oct 15, 2026
aadilmallick/claude-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 15, 2026
Chasen-Liao/resume-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 1, 2026

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Jichengyuuuuu/resume-builder-skill★ 160same name
StoneLL1/resume-builder★ 127same name
Exploration-labs/Nates-Substack-Skills★ 55same name
cosen1024/resume-builder-skill★ 43same name
Chasen-Liao/resume-skills★ 36same name
aiunlocked1412/claude-skill-unlock★ 18same name
jackjin1997/ClawForge★ 12same name
toddward/claude-skills-playground★ 12same name
phanghonghao/THU-Awesome-Skills★ 8same name
HeisenbergUwU/resume-builder-skill★ 6same name
15 more not listed
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository4 other files it gives its agents.
- job-fact-checkSkill
- job-form-answersSkill
- job-outreachSkill
- job-pipelineSkill

The file

We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent

2 rules. 0 are common, 0 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.

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Common
Most of the 16 edited versions we read keep these.
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Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific:
Every line comes from the candidate's facts file.
line 11
Very specific:
Look at the page (on macOS: qlmanage -t -s 1100 -o /tmp file.pdf, then open the PNG): no orphan lines, dates aligned, no highlighted …
line 30

“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 16 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.

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Files

SKILL.md

Resume and cover letter builder

Output: a one-page PDF resume and an optional one-page cover letter with the same letterhead. Single column, no tables, icons or photos, real text in the PDF, so applicant tracking systems parse it cleanly.

Content rules

Every line comes from the candidate's facts file. Run job-fact-check before calling anything final.
Body text never below 11pt. If a page overflows, cut or tighten wording; do not shrink type.
Bullets: action verb + what + how + result. Prefer concrete verbs (built, designed, defined, coordinated) over vague ones ("responsible for", "led").
Give a one-line descriptor only to employers a reader is unlikely to know.
Letter size for US employers, A4 elsewhere.
Cover letters: 250–380 words; opening (role + strongest fit), two proof paragraphs mapped to the JD's main needs, a specific why-this-company paragraph, a short close with availability. No "I am writing to apply", no "dream job".

Build

python3 skills/resume-builder/scripts/build_resume.py content.json out/resume.html
bash skills/resume-builder/scripts/render_pdf.sh out/resume.html "out/<First>_<Last>_Resume.pdf"

python3 skills/resume-builder/scripts/build_cover_letter.py letter.json out/letter.html
bash skills/resume-builder/scripts/render_pdf.sh out/letter.html "out/<First>_<Last>_Cover_Letter.pdf"

See examples/ at the repository root for content files. render_pdf.sh fails if the PDF is not exactly one page.

Check before delivering

render_pdf.sh reports one page.
Look at the page (on macOS: qlmanage -t -s 1100 -o /tmp file.pdf, then open the PNG): no orphan lines, dates aligned, no highlighted placeholders left in a letter.
job-fact-check passes.
File names are clean: <First>_<Last>_Resume.pdf and <First>_<Last>_Cover_Letter.pdf. No page size, variant or company name in submitted file names.

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