Human Job Seeker Skills

A complete job-search writing toolkit for AI coding assistants. Every document is written in a natural human voice — no AI patterns, no templates, no hollow phrases.

Skills

| Skill | What it does | |-------|-------------| | human-resume-writer | Rewrite resume to pass ATS bots AND human hiring managers | | cover-letter-writer | 4-paragraph cover letter with a specific hook — not a template | | recruiter-cold-email | Cold email to recruiters, under 150 words, with subject line | | hiring-manager-cold-email | Direct email to the decision-maker, under 80 words | | job-application-email | Short email sending a resume directly to a contact | | interview-prep | Personalized prep guide — likely questions, STAR answer frameworks, weak spots, questions to ask | | interview-followup-email | Thank-you notes, status check-ins, withdrawal emails | | referral-request-writer | Referral asks calibrated by relationship strength | | linkedin-connection-writer | 300-char connection notes + first follow-up message | | linkedin-inmail-writer | Cold LinkedIn InMail to recruiters, hiring managers, job posters | | salary-negotiation-writer | Counter offers, equity asks, competing offers, graceful declines |

Editing skills

All 11 skills live in their own top-level directories (e.g. human-resume-writer/SKILL.md). That's the single source of truth — edit there, and the change is reflected everywhere automatically.

Every agent-specific directory (.claude/skills/, .cursor/skills/, etc.) contains symlinks back to the canonical files, so there's nothing to keep in sync manually.

human-resume-writer/SKILL.md          ← edit here
    ↑
.claude/skills/human-resume-writer/SKILL.md  (symlink)
.cursor/skills/human-resume-writer/SKILL.md  (symlink)
.windsurf/skills/human-resume-writer/SKILL.md (symlink)
... and so on for all 8 agent dirs

If you're on Windows or an environment where symlinks don't work, run the fallback sync script after editing:

./sync-skills.sh

Supported Platforms

| Platform | Install path | |----------|-------------| | Claude Code | ~/.claude/skills/<skill-name>/ | | Cursor | ~/.cursor/skills/<skill-name>/ | | Windsurf | ~/.windsurf/skills/<skill-name>/ | | Gemini CLI | ~/.gemini/skills/<skill-name>/ | | OpenCode | ~/.config/opencode/skills/<skill-name>/ | | Codex | ~/.codex/skills/<skill-name>/ | | Amp / Augment / Antigravity | ~/.agents/skills/<skill-name>/ | | Generic agents | ~/.agent/skills/<skill-name>/ |

Installation

Install all 11 skills (pick your platform)

Claude Code:

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
for skill in human-resume-writer cover-letter-writer recruiter-cold-email hiring-manager-cold-email job-application-email interview-prep interview-followup-email referral-request-writer linkedin-connection-writer linkedin-inmail-writer salary-negotiation-writer; do
  mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/$skill
  cp $skill/SKILL.md ~/.claude/skills/$skill/
done

Cursor:

mkdir -p ~/.cursor/skills
for skill in human-resume-writer cover-letter-writer recruiter-cold-email hiring-manager-cold-email job-application-email interview-prep interview-followup-email referral-request-writer linkedin-connection-writer linkedin-inmail-writer salary-negotiation-writer; do
  mkdir -p ~/.cursor/skills/$skill
  cp $skill/SKILL.md ~/.cursor/skills/$skill/
done

Windsurf:

mkdir -p ~/.windsurf/skills
for skill in human-resume-writer cover-letter-writer recruiter-cold-email hiring-manager-cold-email job-application-email interview-prep interview-followup-email referral-request-writer linkedin-connection-writer linkedin-inmail-writer salary-negotiation-writer; do
  mkdir -p ~/.windsurf/skills/$skill
  cp $skill/SKILL.md ~/.windsurf/skills/$skill/
done

Gemini CLI:

mkdir -p ~/.gemini/skills
for skill in human-resume-writer cover-letter-writer recruiter-cold-email hiring-manager-cold-email job-application-email interview-prep interview-followup-email referral-request-writer linkedin-connection-writer linkedin-inmail-writer salary-negotiation-writer; do
  mkdir -p ~/.gemini/skills/$skill
  cp $skill/SKILL.md ~/.gemini/skills/$skill/
done

Install a single skill

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/human-resume-writer
cp human-resume-writer/SKILL.md ~/.claude/skills/human-resume-writer/

Usage

Once installed, invoke by skill name:

/human-resume-writer
Paste your resume here...

/cover-letter-writer
Here's the job description: [paste JD]
Here's my background: [paste resume or summary]

/recruiter-cold-email
I want to email the recruiter at Acme Corp...

/interview-prep
Here's my resume: [paste] — I have an interview at Acme for Senior PM on Thursday

/salary-negotiation-writer
I received an offer for $120K, I want $140K...

What These Skills Never Do

• Write "passionate about", "results-driven", "leveraged synergies"
• Open emails with "I hope this finds you well"
• Use "I am writing to express my interest in..."
• Close with "I would be deeply honored to be considered"
• Produce text that sounds like it came from a language model

The Human Voice Principle

Every skill checks for AI-writing patterns — the hollow phrases, the inflated vocabulary, the template openers that signal "a machine wrote this." Each skill's anti-pattern list is tuned to its context: negotiation emails need different treatment than LinkedIn notes.

The resume skill also locks ATS-critical keywords before humanizing, so you never accidentally remove the terms that get you past the automated filter.

License

MIT