tailoring SKILL.md skillA

tailoring from starburst1977/apply-kit is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add starburst1977/apply-kit/tailoring@git:20261009.fe40d1a

Pins git:20261009.fe40d1a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
starburst1977/apply-kit
Path
.claude/skills/tailoring/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20261009.fe40d1a, committed Oct 9, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 6, 2026
Size
6,382 bytes
Repository stars
3
License
MIT

Turns a job ad into a tailored CV and cover letter. Reads the ad (pasted text, a link or a file), checks how well it fits the user's profile, writes a CV and letter in the ad's language from confirmed facts only, verifies every number, renders both to PDF and logs the application. Use when the user pastes or links a job ad, names a company or role they want to apply to, or asks for a CV, cover letter, Anschreiben or application, and for later edits to one ("make the letter shorter…

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Tailoring

One job ad in, a tailored CV and cover letter out, built only from `profile/experience.md`.

## Before starting

The onboarding Quick start must be complete (`profile/onboarding.md`); if not, use the
onboarding skill first. Read `profile/experience.md`, `profile/targeting.md`,
`profile/voice.md` (if it exists) and `guide/format.md`.

## Flow

1. **Get the ad.** Pasted text, a link, or a file (PDF, screenshot). Fetch links; Claude Code
   asks the user to allow each fetch, on purpose, because this folder holds their personal
   data. If the page needs a login or comes back empty, ask the user to paste the text. Save
   the ad verbatim to `applications/ads/<Company>.md` with the date and link: ads vanish, and
   the user will want it again before the interview.
2. **Fit check**, per [references/fit-check.md](references/fit-check.md). Show the verdict and
   ask whether to go ahead. Never write for a weak fit or a dealbreaker without a clear yes.
3. **Company research** for the letter's opening: one or two pages of the company's own site.
   Find something specific and true. If nothing turns up, ask what draws the user to them.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add starburst1977/apply-kit/tailoring@sha256:cc1bf11398f5b6a1

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261009.fe40d1a, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

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[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_djaw5faxyinibm77.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_djaw5faxyinibm77)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Oct 6, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026, about one every day.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261009.fe40d1a latest2026-10-09 fe40d1a 6,382 BA view · diff
git:20261009.e0ff2952026-10-09 e0ff295 6,085 BA view · diff
git:20261006.61d50fe2026-10-06 61d50fe 5,806 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (6382 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

starburst1977/apply-kit · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-09 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_djaw5faxyinibm77
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=starburst1977/apply-kit/tailoring
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/cc1bf11398f5b6a1f8950614793e88fe1baf4ca423bdadcbcdc4f543043a9fb2

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

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