tailor-resume

Tailor Resume

A targeted resume version for one application. The master resume is the truth; this is a view of it that emphasises what the JD wants.

No fabrication. If the user lacks a JD must-have, leave it out — don't invent.

Inputs

$ARGUMENTS:

• Required (one of):
  • --jd=<file-path> — JD as markdown/text.
  • --jd-url=<url> — fetched and parsed.
  • --opportunity=<slug> — pulls JD from crm/opportunities.md row.
• Required: --company=<slug> and --role=<slug> for the output filename.
• Optional: --master=<path> — override default master resume location.
• Optional: --style=<concise|standard|detailed> — default standard.

Examples

/career:tailor-resume --opportunity=globex-ml-eng --company=globex --role=ml-eng
/career:tailor-resume --jd=~/Downloads/jd.md --company=acme --role=staff-pm

Procedure

1. Load inputs

• Master resume — search order: ${WORKING_FOLDER}/resume/master.md, ${WORKING_FOLDER}/user-context/resume.md, ${WORKING_FOLDER}/resume.md. Bail if none found.
• ground-truth.md — for the user's stated direction, hard constraints, and recent emphasis.
• The JD.

2. Analyse the JD

Extract:

• must-have skills.
• nice-to-haves.
• keywords (technologies, methodologies).
• tone (formal / casual / hands-on).
• seniority signals (years, scope, team size).

Surface any must-haves the user lacks per ground-truth — those are gaps, not bullets to fabricate.

3. Rewrite

Pass over the master resume:

• Reorder sections so the most JD-relevant role is up top.
• Surface bullets that match must-haves; demote unrelated bullets.
• Mirror keywords in bullet phrasing — but only when truthful (don't claim "Rust" if the underlying work was Go).
• Compress sections that are tangential to the JD.
• Cut sections older than 10 years unless they cover a JD must-have.

--style=concise → 1-page target; aggressive cuts. --style=standard → 2-page target; default. --style=detailed → 3+ pages; only for academic/research roles.

4. Write

${WORKING_FOLDER}/resume/variants/<company>-<role>.md. Top of file:

<!--
Tailored: {{date}}
Source: master.md (mtime {{...}})
JD: {{path/url/opportunity}}

## Tailoring choices
- emphasised: {{which roles / bullets surfaced}}
- mirrored: {{which JD keywords picked up}}
- cut: {{sections compressed/removed}}
- gaps surfaced (not on resume): {{must-haves the user lacks}}
-->

# {{user-name}}

…

5. Print summary

variant: resume/variants/<company>-<role>.md
length: <pages estimate>
gaps surfaced: <N>
recommend: <e.g. "address gap on `mlops production` before applying", or "ready to ship">

Guardrails

• Never invent experience. Add to the gaps list instead.
• Don't change facts (titles, dates, employers). Bullet phrasing is rewritable; the underlying truth is not.
• The JD's tone is a hint, not a mandate — preserve the user's voice.
• Tailoring choices block at the top of the file is mandatory so the user can review.

Failure modes

• Master resume not found → bail with where to put it.
• JD too short or generic → produce a variant but warn that tailoring is shallow.
• ground-truth absent → still produces a variant, but won't surface gaps; recommend onboarding.