# resume-ats-optimizer

Reads your resume the way screening software does: pulls keywords from the job post, flags layout that breaks parsing, and scores the match.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code · 75 installs
- Author: davila7
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/career/resume-ats-optimizer
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/resume-ats-optimizer

## What it does

The skill kicks in when you ask it to check a resume against an ATS, work out why applications get no reply, or compare your text with a job description. It extracts keywords from the posting, sorts them into hard skills, soft skills and industry terms, then checks your resume for each one: exact phrase, synonym, or nothing at all.

You get a report with a match score, calculated as matched keywords divided by total required keywords, times 100. Formatting problems are listed separately: tables, columns, contact details in the header, text baked into images, non-standard fonts. The skill also suggests where to place missing terms — summary, skills section, or experience bullets — and advises keeping critical keywords at 2–4 mentions and important ones at 1–2.

The target is 80% or higher. A score of 65% means the summary and skills list need rewriting before you send anything. Fixing layout is cheaper than another rejection, so run the check first.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **claude-code-templates**
```bash
npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill career/resume-ats-optimizer
```

2. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill resume-ats-optimizer -a claude-code
```

3. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/resume-ats-optimizer/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/resume-ats-optimizer/

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/resume-ats-optimizer/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/resume-ats-optimizer/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates resume-ats-optimizer
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/resume-ats-optimizer/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates --path cli-tool/components/skills/career/resume-ats-optimizer
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/resume-ats-optimizer/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/career/resume-ats-optimizer

## When to use it
- figure out why applications get no response
- pull the required keywords out of a job description
- score a resume against a posting
- spot layout that breaks ATS parsers
- decide where to place missing keywords

## Example prompts
- check my resume for ATS compatibility and list the missing keywords
- compare my resume with this job posting and give me the match score
- why isn't my resume getting past automated screening?

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