# CV Forge

An MCP server that reads a job posting and produces a matching CV, cover letter and application email. PDF is the default output.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 30
- Author: thechandanbhagat
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/thechandanbhagat/cv-forge
- Updated: 2025-12-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/cv-forge

## What it does

CV Forge runs as a stdio MCP server and hands the agent tools for one job application. `parse_job_requirements` pulls skills, requirements, an email address and the hiring manager's name out of the posting. `generate_cv_data` builds the tailored CV text from your profile. `generate_cv` writes the file as PDF, HTML or Markdown, PDF unless you say otherwise.

Your profile goes in as a structured object: personal details, summary, experience with achievements, education, skills, projects. Because the shape is fixed, keep the profile in a file once and reuse it instead of retyping it for the agent at every attempt.

Install with `npm install -g cv-forge`, then register the server in your client's config. In Claude Desktop that's `claude_desktop_config.json` with `cv-forge` as the command. Environment variables such as `DEFAULT_OUTPUT_PATH` and `PDF_BASE_FONT_SIZE` control the output folder and typography. Skip `DEFAULT_OUTPUT_PATH` and every call has to pass a directory itself.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add cv-forge -- npx -y cv-forge
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add cv-forge -- npx -y cv-forge
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cv-forge": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "cv-forge"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "cv-forge": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "cv-forge"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add cv-forge npx -y cv-forge
```

## When to use it
- pull requirements and key skills out of a job description
- tailor a CV to one vacancy from an existing profile
- draft a cover letter for that application
- write an application email using the address found in the posting
- export the CV as a PDF with custom margins

## Example prompts
- Parse this job posting and pull out the requirements, skills and email address
- Generate a CV for this job from my profile and save it as PDF in `D:/CV`
- Build the full package for this posting: CV, cover letter and application email

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