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resume-tailor

Customize resume for specific job postings while maintaining truthfulness

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

27%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

This skill is well-intentioned with useful before/after examples and a comprehensive checklist, but it is severely over-verbose—explaining concepts Claude inherently understands (what tailoring means, the difference between lying and highlighting). The content would benefit enormously from being cut by 60-70% and split into a concise overview with references to supporting files for scenarios and templates.

Suggestions

Cut the 'Tailoring Philosophy,' 'Truth vs. Tailoring Line,' and 'Common Tailoring Scenarios' sections entirely or move them to a separate SCENARIOS.md file—Claude already understands these concepts and they consume significant tokens.

Add a validation/feedback step after tailoring: e.g., 'Re-compare tailored resume against JD requirements and verify keyword coverage before presenting final output.'

Split the monolithic content into at least 2-3 files: keep SKILL.md as a concise overview (~50 lines) with the core process and output format, then reference separate files for examples (EXAMPLES.md), scenarios (SCENARIOS.md), and templates (TEMPLATES.md).

Remove explanatory framing like 'Think of your full experience as a library' and 'This is your elevator pitch' — these add no value for Claude and waste tokens.

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Conciseness

Extremely verbose at ~300+ lines. Explains obvious concepts like 'Think of your full experience as a library of achievements' and 'This is your elevator pitch.' Much of the content (tailoring philosophy, common scenarios, truth vs tailoring line) describes concepts Claude already understands. The skill could be reduced to ~30% of its current size without losing actionable value.

1 / 3

Actionability

Provides concrete before/after examples for summaries, skills reordering, and bullet adjustments, plus a useful output format template. However, this is an instruction-only skill with no executable code or tool usage—it's mostly strategic advice and examples rather than precise, step-by-step executable guidance. The tailoring plan template and output format are helpful but the scenarios section is more advisory than actionable.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The 3-step tailoring process (Analyze → Audit → Adjust) provides a clear sequence, and the checklist at the end is useful. However, there are no validation checkpoints or feedback loops—no step to verify keyword match percentage, no instruction to re-check against the JD after modifications, and the dependency on 'job-description-analyzer' is mentioned but not clearly integrated into the workflow.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Monolithic wall of text with no references to external files despite the content clearly warranting separation (e.g., common scenarios, keyword rules, version management could each be separate files). References the 'Job Description Analyzer' skill but doesn't link to it. Everything is inlined in one massive document with no bundle files to support it.

1 / 3

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Description

32%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description identifies a clear domain (resume customization for job postings) and includes a notable constraint (truthfulness), but it lacks specific concrete actions, natural trigger term variations, and an explicit 'Use when...' clause. It reads more like a tagline than a functional skill description that would help Claude reliably select it from a large skill library.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause with trigger terms like 'tailor resume', 'customize CV', 'job application', 'job description', 'ATS', or 'match resume to posting'.

List specific concrete actions such as 'adjusts bullet points to match job requirements, incorporates relevant keywords, reorders sections to highlight matching experience, and suggests skills alignment'.

Include common term variations like 'CV', 'job description', 'job application', and 'career' to improve trigger term coverage.

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Specificity

Names the domain (resume customization) and one key constraint (maintaining truthfulness), but doesn't list specific concrete actions like tailoring bullet points, adjusting keywords, reordering sections, or matching skills to job requirements.

2 / 3

Completeness

Describes what it does (customize resume for job postings) but has no explicit 'Use when...' clause or equivalent trigger guidance, which per the rubric should cap completeness at 2, and the 'what' itself is also quite thin, bringing it to 1.

1 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes 'resume' and 'job postings' which are natural terms users would say, but misses common variations like 'CV', 'job application', 'tailor resume', 'job description', 'cover letter', or 'ATS optimization'.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The combination of 'resume' + 'job postings' + 'truthfulness' is fairly specific, but could overlap with general resume writing, career advice, or job application skills without clearer boundaries.

2 / 3

Total

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12

Passed

Validation

100%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation11 / 11 Passed

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