Is the Job Application Assistant skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from suraj-davariya/ai-job-search. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Job Application Assistant SkillProof Score?

8.4/10 — installs cleanly 3/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install Job Application Assistant?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Job Application Assistant with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Job Application Assistant

Structured fit-scoring, scam-check, CV/cover-letter, and interview-prep framework — built for its own CareerForge repo, not portable alone.

by suraj-davariya · suraj-davariya/ai-job-search

Works with setup

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Works with setup
Score: 8.4/10
Tested: Jul 15, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · a3a0172

Ran a real before/after fit check on a synthetic posting with scam-ish red flags (personal Gmail contact, no company site, hybrid-Berlin vs. remote-only candidate): the baseline free-text review said 'decent fit, apply if willing to relocate' and never questioned the posting; the skill's structured framework flagged the personal-email/no-website signals as a Caution/Suspicious legitimacy gate before drafting anything and correctly force-overrode the fit verdict to 'Poor Fit' via the location dealbreaker rule the freeform baseline had glossed over — but the same run exposed that the skill's own salary-lookup script and LaTeX CV/cover-letter templates live at the parent repo's root, not inside the skill folder that gets installed.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 3/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 8/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What Job Application Assistant does

Runs a 4-step job-application pipeline: weighted fit scoring against a candidate profile, a separate posting-legitimacy/scam gate, tailored CV and cover-letter drafting under a strict no-fabrication writing-style guide, and STAR-based interview prep. Triggers on applying to a job, evaluating a posting, writing a CV/cover letter, or interview prep, but the CV/cover-letter and salary-benchmark steps depend on LaTeX templates, fonts, and scripts that live outside this skill folder, at the parent CareerForge repo's root.

How to install Job Application Assistant

git clone https://github.com/suraj-davariya/ai-job-search.git
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r ai-job-search/.claude/skills/job-application-assistant ~/.claude/skills/job-application-assistant
# Fit-eval and interview-prep work with this alone (fail-open on missing data). CV/cover-letter PDF generation additionally needs: ai-job-search/cv/ (cfcv.cls, main_example.tex), ai-job-search/cover_letters/ (cfcl.cls, main_example.tex, OpenFonts/), ai-job-search/trust-safety/scam-patterns.json, ai-job-search/salary_lookup.py, the /setup·/expand·/reset commands from ai-job-search/.claude/commands/, and a LaTeX distribution (lualatex + xelatex, e.g. `brew install --cask mactex`) — none of which ship inside the skill folder.

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Job Application Assistant

/job-application-assistant Structured fit-scoring, scam-check, CV/cover-letter, and interview-prep framework — built for its own CareerForge repo, not portable alone.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

check if this job posting looks legit before I apply to it
score how well I fit this job against my candidate profile
prep me for a STAR-format interview for this role

Frequently asked questions

Is the Job Application Assistant skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from suraj-davariya/ai-job-search. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Job Application Assistant work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 15, 2026. Verdict: Works with setup. Ran a real before/after fit check on a synthetic posting with scam-ish red flags (personal Gmail contact, no company site, hybrid-Berlin vs. remote-only candidate): the baseline free-text review said 'decent fit, apply if willing to relocate' and never questioned the posting; the skill's structured framework flagged the personal-email/no-website signals as a Caution/Suspicious legitimacy gate before drafting anything and correctly force-overrode the fit verdict to 'Poor Fit' via the location dealbreaker rule the freeform baseline had glossed over — but the same run exposed that the skill's own salary-lookup script and LaTeX CV/cover-letter templates live at the parent repo's root, not inside the skill folder that gets installed.
What is the Job Application Assistant SkillProof Score?: 8.4/10 — installs cleanly 3/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install Job Application Assistant?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Job Application Assistant with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.