claude-resume-kit/.agents/skills/edit-resume/SKILL.md

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edit-resume	Edit an existing resume or cover letter from critique or user feedback. Use to make evidence-safe content, hierarchy, format, or readability changes while preserving canonical claims, revalidating role fit, compiling LaTeX, and recording the edit.

Edit a Resume or Cover Letter

Startup

1. Read shared_ops.md and resume_builder/canonical/claims.json completely.
2. Run the system validator.
3. Read the session, real JD, target .tex, critique/feedback, selected profile rules and relevant experience files.
4. Check historical_outputs.json. A package marked unsafe must be regenerated from canonical sources rather than lightly polished.
5. If the package was already submitted, preserve it as history. Create a clearly named new version only when the user requests a reusable corrected document.

Diagnose

Classify requested changes as:

• Truth/provenance correction.
• Fit/framing correction.
• Information hierarchy or readability.
• Content selection.
• Mechanical/LaTeX.
• Blocked because evidence is absent.

Do not treat whitespace, equal bullet lengths or an exact character target as defects. Do not add filler. A critique cannot authorize an unsupported claim.

Present a concise edit plan and wait for explicit confirmation unless the user already approved specific edits.

Execute

• Source every work claim from canonical IDs and experience files.
• Keep employer/title/date hierarchy conventional.
• Preserve natural bullet lengths and verified ownership scope.
• Remove unsupported skills rather than replacing them with synonyms.
• Update a cover letter only when its session decision is YES or the user explicitly requests it.
• If edits reveal a hard fit gate, update the Evidence Fit classification; writing improvements cannot remove the gate.

Verify

Run the validator on every edited document, compile, inspect the PDF, and verify extracted text order. Compare before/after for:

• validator failures;
• page count;
• employer/title/date visibility;
• bullet count and relevance;
• duplicated sections;
• readability at normal size.

Update the session Edit History, Document Quality, status and next action. Mark the critique stale after material edits. Present results and wait for approval.