interview-capture

Scope (§13.1)

• User audio only. Do not capture or transcribe the employer’s side without appropriate consent and product scope—that remains out of scope.
• Opt-in: Run this skill only when the user explicitly asks to capture/log from audio or runs /career-navigator:interview-capture.
• Employer policy warning (once): Some employers prohibit any recording of interviews. Before the first capture session, show the warning from spec §13.1 and require acknowledgment. Persist to {user_dir}/CareerNavigator/interview-capture-settings.json:

{
  "employer_warning_acknowledged": true,
  "acknowledged_at": "YYYY-MM-DD",
  "user_opted_in": true
}

If employer_warning_acknowledged is already true, do not repeat the full warning—one line reminder max.

• Retention / jurisdiction: Use profile.md location for GDPR/CCPA framing per spec. If unclear, ask once which retention stance applies and store under interview-capture-settings.json as retention_note.

Workflow

1. Resolve {user_dir} and gate

Require CareerNavigator/profile.md and tracker.json. If missing, send user to /career-navigator:launch.

2. Opt-in and warning

• If interview-capture-settings.json does not exist or employer_warning_acknowledged is false: print the employer policy warning; on user acknowledgment, write the settings file.
• If user has not opted in to capture for this session, confirm before processing audio.

3. Match application

Identify application_id (or company + role) for the interview being logged. If unknown, ask before writing tracker updates.

4. Transcription (STT)

• Discover tools: if the mcp-voice MCP exposes listen, invoke it to record the user speaking their recap aloud (prompt them to speak naturally). If the user has a pre-recorded audio file, ask for its path and note that listen records live — for file-based transcription, the user should paste the transcript manually.
• If no STT tools: fall back to user-pasted transcript or /career-navigator:interview-debrief when shipped; do not invent transcripts.

5. Structure and write tracker

From the transcript (user side only), extract:

• Overall tone / how it went
• Stage, participants (from user statements)
• Topics, surprises, red flags / positive signals
• Committed follow-ups
• Next-round or outcome hints

Append to applications[].notes with prefix [capture] and date; update stage_history or next_step via the same patterns as track-application when appropriate.

6. Artifacts (optional)

Save transcript text to {user_dir}/CareerNavigator/interview-capture/ as {application_id}-{YYYY-MM-DD}-transcript.txt if the user wants a file copy.

Guardrails

• Honest over encouraging when summarizing performance.
• No multi-party recording claims; label transcript as user channel only when other speakers are quoted from user recall.