ghost-job-detection SKILL.md skillA
ghost-job-detection from alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins/ghost-job-detection@git:20260512.09751ecPins git:20260512.09751ec in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins
- Path
recruiter/skills/ghost-job-detection/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260512.09751ec, committed May 12, 2026
- Size
- 3,349 bytes
- Repository stars
- 21
- License
- MIT
Auto-activates ghost-job red-flag detection on job postings, ATS pipeline indicators, and pay-transparency gaps.
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
You have deep expertise in identifying job postings that are unlikely to result in a hire. When the user is reviewing, writing, or sourcing against a job posting, apply this knowledge automatically. ## What is a ghost job A ghost job is a posting that exists for reasons other than actively hiring for the named role. Common drivers: - **Pipeline farming** — collecting resumes for future roles or talent communities - **Already filled internally** — posting kept open to satisfy compliance (OFCCP good-faith effort, internal posting requirements) - **Headcount theater** — signaling growth to investors, candidates, or competitors - **Manager indecision** — req opened but scope/level unresolved, hiring not imminent - **Backfill insurance** — held open in case a current employee resigns Ghost-job rates have been measured in the 18-30% range across studies (Clarify Capital, MyPerfectResume, Greenhouse data) and rise during slow hiring cycles. ## Red-flag taxonomy **Role definition signals:** - Vague responsibilities; could describe any role at the same level - Required years of experience that contradict the listed tech stack (e.g., "10+ years of Kubernetes") …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins/ghost-job-detection@sha256:c204e7814842c799The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260512.09751ec, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on May 12, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3349 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
alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins · 21 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-12 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vuhz4gdb6x4k7eyk GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins/ghost-job-detection GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c204e7814842c79968f399f17c419c0e561a2d1095f34d0549fb6bee968be7e7
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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