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paramchoudhary · 11K installs

Resume Tailor skill
Runs by itself, new job posting added.

A truthful resume per posting.

Install the Resume Tailor skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/paramchoudhary/resume-tailor.md

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  2. 2Paste into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor
  3. 3It runs by itself

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Resume Tailor

by paramchoudhary · 11K installs

The skill

The resume tailor skill adapts your master resume to one job posting: it rewrites the summary, reorders skills and bullets and adds keywords without inventing anything.

Only when you ask.

The habit

A truthful resume per posting.

↻ Runs by itselfnew job posting added

How the habit works.
You don't have to.

Three questionsWhen does it start? How does it check its work? What does it remember?

One run, step by step.
Then it stops.

Stop ruleOne job posting per run; one retry if the checklist fails, then stop.

  1. 01

    Analyze the posting

    Run the job-description-analyzer skill first to get required skills, keywords and priorities.

  2. 02

    Audit the resume

    Go through each section of the master resume and judge how well it fits this role.

  3. 03

    Rewrite the summary

    Reshape the professional summary so it mirrors the main needs of the posting.

  4. 04

    Reorder skills and experience

    Move the most relevant skills, jobs and bullets to the top and weave keywords in truthfully.

  5. 05

    Write the change report

    Produce the tailored resume changes report with before and after for each section.

  6. 06

    Run the checklist

    Check the quick tailoring checklist, including truthful claims and ATS formatting, then log the version.

What it may do.
Nothing more.

Safe by defaultIt writes only in its own folder and asks you before anything goes out.

Is it for you?
Use it when it fits.

Quick checkRead both lists. If the left one sounds like you, the Resume Tailor skill helps.

Use it when

  • ✓ You apply to a specific job posting
  • ✓ Your resume is too generic
  • ✓ You keep several targeted versions

Skip it when

  • – You have no master resume yet
  • – You want to write a resume from scratch

Questions

Resume Tailor skill, answered.

Will it invent skills to match the job?

No. The skill only reorders and rephrases true experience and never changes numbers.

Do I need another skill first?

Yes. It expects the job description analyzer to run before tailoring.

Does it send the resume anywhere?

No. It writes the tailored changes locally and you submit them yourself.

How do I install the Resume Tailor skill?

Copy the prompt at the top into your agent. It installs the skill from paramchoudhary/resumeskills and sets up the habit. Or run npx skills add paramchoudhary/resumeskills --skill resume-tailor.

Is the Resume Tailor skill free?

Yes. It is published under MIT. Habit is free too.

Resume Tailor. Now as a habit.

Install the Resume Tailor skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/paramchoudhary/resume-tailor.md

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Works in

  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude app

Made by paramchoudhary, published under MIT. Habit links to the original and never changes it. Is this your skill?

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