CV Builder Skill

Three Claude Code skills for building, tailoring, and exporting CVs/resumes.

Skills

cv-create

Create a CV from scratch or review an existing one. Covers format selection (chronological, functional, hybrid), accomplishment writing using STAR and XYZ frameworks, and ATS optimization.

cv-tailor

Tailor your CV for a specific job description. Parses the JD, maps requirements against your experience, surfaces undocumented skills through conversation, and generates a tailored version. Never fabricates experience – only selects, reorders, and reframes what's real.

cv-pdf

Generate a professional, ATS-compatible PDF from your markdown CV using Python's reportlab. Clean typography, proper spacing, one-page fit.

Install

git clone https://github.com/daniel-spaghetti/cv-builder-skill.git
cd cv-builder-skill
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

This copies the skills to ~/.claude/skills/. Restart Claude Code to activate.

Or install manually – copy the skills/ folders into ~/.claude/skills/ or your project's .claude/skills/.

Dependencies

For PDF generation only:

pip install reportlab

Usage

Create a CV

"Help me create a resume. I'm a product manager with 5 years of experience."

Tailor for a job

"Tailor my CV for this role: [paste job description]"

Point Claude to your CV file if it doesn't find it automatically.

Generate PDF

"Generate a PDF from my CV"

Full workflow

1. "Review my CV" → cv-create improves it
2. "Tailor it for this JD: [paste]" → cv-tailor customizes it
3. "Make a PDF" → cv-pdf exports it

File Structure

cv-builder-skill/
├── skills/
│   ├── cv-create/
│   │   └── SKILL.md
│   ├── cv-tailor/
│   │   ├── SKILL.md
│   │   ├── branching-questions.md
│   │   └── matching-strategies.md
│   └── cv-pdf/
│       └── SKILL.md
├── examples/
│   └── sample-cv.md
├── install.sh
├── LICENSE
└── README.md

Credits

Experience discovery patterns adapted from varunr89/resume-tailoring-skill (MIT).

License

MIT