job-application

skillcreatorai/ai-agent-skills · updated Apr 8, 2026

$npx skills add https://github.com/skillcreatorai/ai-agent-skills --skill job-application
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summary

Generate cover letters and job applications that sound like you, not a template.

skill.md

Job Application Assistant

Generate cover letters and job applications that sound like you, not a template.

Your CV/Resume

[Your name]
[Your title/headline]

EXPERIENCE
- [Job 1]
- [Job 2]

SKILLS
- [Skill 1]
- [Skill 2]

EDUCATION
- [Degree, School, Year]

[Add your full CV here]

Cover Letter Examples You Like

Example 1

[Paste a cover letter you're proud of]

Example 2 (optional)

[Another example if you have one]

Your Voice & Preferences

Tone

  • Professional but not stiff
  • Confident without bragging
  • Specific about achievements, not generic

Things to Emphasize

  • [What makes you unique]
  • [Key achievements to highlight]
  • [Skills you want to lead with]

Things to Avoid

  • Generic phrases like "I'm a hard worker"
  • Repeating the job description back
  • Being too formal or robotic

How to Use

  1. Paste the job description
  2. Say: "Write a cover letter for this"

Or be more specific:

  • "Write a cover letter emphasizing my backend experience"
  • "Make it shorter, 3 paragraphs max"
  • "Tailor this for a startup vs enterprise"

Output Format

When writing cover letters:

  • Keep it under 400 words unless asked otherwise
  • Lead with why you're interested in THIS role
  • Connect your experience to their specific needs
  • End with a clear call to action
  • Match the tone to the company (startup = casual, enterprise = formal)

Additional Context

  • LinkedIn: [your URL]
  • Portfolio: [your URL]
  • Specific industries you're targeting: [e.g., fintech, healthtech]
  • Role types: [e.g., senior backend, staff engineer]

Discussion

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Ratings

4.626 reviews
  • Ganesh Mohane· Dec 28, 2024

    job-application has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.

  • Amina Abbas· Dec 12, 2024

    job-application reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.

  • Ishan Shah· Dec 8, 2024

    Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: job-application is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.

  • Tariq Sharma· Dec 4, 2024

    We added job-application from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.

  • Jin Taylor· Nov 27, 2024

    Registry listing for job-application matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.

  • Aanya Diallo· Nov 23, 2024

    job-application fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.

  • Rahul Santra· Nov 19, 2024

    Keeps context tight: job-application is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.

  • Sakshi Patil· Nov 3, 2024

    job-application reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.

  • Chaitanya Patil· Oct 22, 2024

    job-application is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.

  • Tariq Abebe· Oct 18, 2024

    Useful defaults in job-application — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.

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