Resume Tailor Skill — AI skill for Claude Code

resume-tailor

A Claude skill for tailoring resumes, cover letters, and interview prep to any job posting, in any field, in under 10 minutes per application.

**Made with AI, for AI.** Built in a Claude session, designed to be loaded into a Claude session.

What this is

Most AI-generated resumes and cover letters have a distinctive smell: buzzwords, generic openers, em-dashes everywhere, every sentence starting with "I am excited." Recruiters pattern-match that smell and toss the application.

This skill is an opinionated rule set and workflow that makes Claude produce application materials that don't have that smell. It's field-agnostic (SWE, cyber, AI, data, IT, ops, government — all covered) and built around a simple philosophy:

• Evidence over adjectives.
• Signal over length.
• Tailored, never templated.

What's in the skill

resume-tailor/
├── SKILL.md                          # Main skill entry point
├── README.md                         # You are here
├── LICENSE                           # MIT
├── references/
│   ├── voice_and_style.md            # Tone, formatting, banned phrases
│   ├── resume_template.md            # Field-agnostic resume structure
│   ├── cover_letter_template.md      # 3-paragraph letter template
│   ├── interview_prep_template.md    # Behavioral + technical bank
│   ├── job_posting_analysis.md       # Structured JD decomposition
│   └── tailoring_workflow.md         # Per-application process
└── examples/
    ├── before_after_bullets.md       # Same project, 4 different roles
    └── cover_letter_annotated.md     # Full letter with annotations

How to use it

Option 1: Load into Claude as a skill

Drop the `resume-tailor/` folder into your Claude Skills directory. Then say something like:

"Tailor my resume for this posting: [paste JD]"

Claude will invoke the skill and follow the workflow.

Option 2: Use as a prompt template

Paste the contents of `SKILL.md` (or specific reference files) int