Tailor Resume - Reuse or Create
Choose or produce a resume for a specific job. You decide reuse vs create; the user does not pre-select.
Setup
Follow ../../shared/setup.md. The profile response includes resumes (every base with label, hasData, variantCount, isPrimary).
Step 1: Build the JD object
Detect the argument shape:
- Starts with
{→ parse as digest JSON. No navigation, no snapshot. - Starts with
http→browser_navigate, thenbrowser_snapshotthe posting body (per../../shared/browser-tips.md) and build the digest (../../shared/digest-schema.md) from it. - Otherwise → pasted JD text; parse the same fields manually.
From the digest (title, requirements[], responsibilities[], techStack[], yearsExperience, descriptionExcerpt), assemble:
title,domain(fintech/healthtech/devtools/…),standouts(clearance, on-call, on-site, …).roleFamily∈frontend | backend | fullstack | mobile | data | ml | devops | qa | other- matchtitle+descriptionExcerptagainst: frontend (frontend,ui,react,vue,angular), backend (backend,api,services), fullstack (full-stack), mobile (ios,android,react native,flutter), data (data engineer/scientist,analytics,etl), ml (ml,ai engineer,mlops), devops (devops,sre,platform,infrastructure), qa (qa,sdet,test engineer).seniority∈junior | mid | senior | staff | lead- from title (junior/entry→ junior;senior/sr.→ senior;staff→ staff;lead/principal→ lead; else mid). Cross-checkyearsExperience: 0-2 junior, 3-5 mid, 6-9 senior, 10+ staff/lead.keywords- top 10 required-tech terms fromtechStack∪ extracted fromrequirements. Lowercase, deduped, must-have ranked above nice-to-have.responsibilityTerms- top 5 verbs/nouns fromresponsibilities(design,mentor,migrate,on-call, …).
Step 2: Pick the Base
Campaign choice wins. If --base <resumeId> was passed (the campaign's selected resume) and
that resume has hasData or a sourceFilename, use it as BASE_ID (skip scoring). Else primary
wins: if primaryResumeId is set and that resume has hasData or a sourceFilename,
use it as BASE_ID (skip scoring; Step 3 extracts content if missing). Otherwise score each
resumes entry (max 10):
| Signal | Points | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Exact role-family | +4 | label maps to JD.roleFamily. |
| Adjacent family | +2 | frontend↔fullstack, backend↔fullstack, ml↔data, devops↔backend. Not both. |
hasData: true | +1 | Enables content scoring; cheaper to tailor. |
isPrimary: true | +1 | |
| JD keyword coverage | +0..+3 | If hasData, fetch base; round(3 × matched/10) over skills + projects + summary. |
| Recency | +1 | updatedAt within 90 days. |
Highest wins. Tie-break: primary → most recent → lowest id. If no candidate has hasData AND no sourceFilename, stop:
No usable base resume. Upload a PDF at <$JOBPILOT_WEB/resumes>, or fill a resume's editor manually, then re-run.
Let BASE_ID be the chosen id.
Step 3: Extract Structure if Missing
curl -fsS -H "authorization: Bearer $JOBPILOT_API_TOKEN" "$JOBPILOT_API/api/resumes/$BASE_ID"
If content is null, delegate to extract-resume so the logic stays in one place:
Run the
extract-resumeskill for$BASE_IDand wait for it to finish.
Refetch the base row afterward - Step 5 needs the saved content. If extract-resume stops because there's no sourceFilename, surface the same message and stop.
Skip this step when hasData: true.
Step 4: Decide Reuse vs Create
curl -fsS -H "authorization: Bearer $JOBPILOT_API_TOKEN" "$JOBPILOT_API/api/resumes/$BASE_ID/variants"
For each variant, fetch GET /api/resumes/variants/<id> and compute reuseScore (0-100). Variants failing the role-family gate (different family AND not adjacent) score 0.
| Component | Max | Calculation |
|---|---|---|
| Keyword coverage | 40 | 40 × matched/10 of JD.keywords across skills + project keywords + summary + bullets. |
| Title similarity | 15 | 15 × Jaccard token overlap of JD.title vs variant.label, stripping engineer/senior/the/at/-. |
| Responsibility cover | 15 | 15 × matched/5 of JD.responsibilityTerms in summary + bullets. |
| Seniority alignment | 15 | Exact 15; one step off (mid↔senior, senior↔staff) 8; further 0. |
| Domain match | 5 | JD.domain appears in summary or any bullet. |
| Recency | 10 | ≤30d 10; ≤90d 7; ≤180d 4; else 0. |
Pick the highest scorer:
- ≥75 → reuse.
- 60-74 → reuse, echo a one-line caveat naming the weakest component.
- <60 or no variant passes the gate → Step 5.
On reuse:
Reusing variant {id}: {label} (score {n}/100). $JOBPILOT_API/api/resumes/variants/{id}/pdf
Stop.
Step 5: Create a New Variant
The server does all structural rewriting (skill ordering, bullet ranking) deterministically. You write only:
summary- ≤3 sentences targeting this role, written the way the candidate would write it. Plain, specific; mirror 2-3 JD keywords naturally where the resume genuinely supports them. No clichés, no "passionate"/"results-driven" filler, no three-item trait lists, no "X rather than Y" framing. No fabrication of experience, scope, or numbers.emphasizedTech- 4-8 lowercase tech terms fromJD.keywordsto surface first in skill groups.jobKeywords- optional, ~10 terms; defaults toemphasizedTech. Ranks experience/project bullets.label-"{Company} - {Title}"(short).jobUrl- when the argument was a URL or digest carried one.applicationId- when the JD URL matches an existing Application (GET /api/applied/check?url=…→.match.application.id).diffNotes- 1-3 sentences on what was emphasized and why.
Optional - reword recent bullets
You may rephrase bullets on the top 1-2 roles to match the JD's wording. Omit when reordering alone suffices (the safe default).
bulletRewrites-[{ entryIndex, bullets: [{ original, tailored }] }]. Copyoriginalverbatim fromexperience[entryIndex].bullets; rephrasetailoredto lead with the JD-relevant outcome. Add no number, date, employer, tech, or scope not already in that bullet - it must hold up in an interview.rewordTopN- optional, default2; allowedentryIndexis0..rewordTopN-1.
Server-enforced: 422 on a new number, an unknown original, or out-of-window entryIndex; non-blocking flags for tech terms absent from the resume. On 422, read details, fix the text, resend - never drop the guardrail.
curl -fsS -H "authorization: Bearer $JOBPILOT_API_TOKEN" -X POST "$JOBPILOT_API/api/resumes/$BASE_ID/tailor" \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d "$(jq -n --arg summary "<2-3 sentence tailored summary>" \
--arg label "<Company> - <Title>" \
--arg jobUrl "<job-url-or-empty>" \
--argjson tech '["typescript","react","next.js","aws