What do I need to use Job Application?

Job description; Current CV / resume; The specific thing that excites them about this role; Any particular strengths to emphasise (optional); Any gaps they're worried about (optional).

Is Job Application free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Job Application

Q: How do I know the Job Application output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: JD analysis completed before writing (not skipped); ATS keywords are integrated naturally (not stuffed); Cover letter opens with something specific (not a generic opener); Paragraph 2 includes at least one quantified achievement.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-07-08 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-business

Tailors a CV and cover letter to a specific job description. Use when asked to write a cover letter, tailor a CV or resume, optimise for ATS, match a job description, or prepare a job application. Produces an ATS-optimised tailored CV summary and a personalised cover letter aligned to the role's requirements.

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft View SKILL.md ↗

🗣 Say this to your agent

“Help me apply for this job: [paste JD]”“Tailor my CV for this role: [paste JD + CV]”“Write a cover letter for [role] at [company]”“Optimise my application for ATS for this job description”

What to give it

▸Job description — paste in full

▸Current CV / resume — paste or describe key experience, roles, and skills

▸The specific thing that excites them about this role — used in the cover letter — must be genuine

▸Any particular strengths to emphasise (optional) — optional

▸Any gaps they're worried about (optional) — optional — helps address them proactively

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓JD analysis completed before writing (not skipped)

✓ATS keywords are integrated naturally (not stuffed)

✓Cover letter opens with something specific (not a generic opener)

✓Paragraph 2 includes at least one quantified achievement

✓Cover letter is 250–350 words

✓Gaps are either addressed or strategically omitted

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Do not fabricate or embellish experience — only use real achievements from the provided CV

Do not use the same cover letter template for every role — every letter must reference specific details of the job description

Do not address selection criteria that aren't in the JD — match keywords the employer actually used

Do not omit ATS optimisation — ensure role-specific keywords from the JD appear naturally in the CV summary

Do not write a cover letter that re-summarises the CV — it must add context and motivation, not repeat bullet points

📚 Ships with

references/six-second-scan.md — how the ATS parser and the 6-second human scan actually read an application, and the 20-minute tailoring budget

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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💬 Discussion

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