Skill: Career Tailor Finalize

Goal

Run the artifact and commit half of the pipeline:

•Build per-job resume artifacts from trackers
•Enforce resume quality/validity guardrails
•Finalize DB + tracker sync only for successful items

MCP Tools In Scope

•career_tailor
•finalize_resume_batch
•update_tracker_status (fallback/manual correction only)

Do not run ingestion or triage tools in this skill.

Inputs

•Shortlist tracker paths (and job_db_id when available)
•Optional path overrides for templates/applications root

Workflow

•Build one items[] batch from shortlisted trackers.
•Run career_tailor bootstrap pass to materialize per-item workspace files (resume.tex, ai_context.md, resume.pdf attempt).
•Run an LLM fill pass on the materialized resume.tex files to replace placeholder bullets.
•Run career_tailor again for compile/validation on edited files.
•Use only second-pass career_tailor.successful_items for finalize_resume_batch.
•Keep failed items in shortlist/reviewed with explicit reasons.
•Use update_tracker_status only for targeted repair actions.

LLM Fill Pass (Required Between Two `career_tailor` Passes)

•Target files: data/applications/<slug>/resume/resume.tex
•Context files: data/templates/full_resume.md and each tracker's Job Description
•Edit scope: bullet text only (Project Experience + Work Experience)
•Must replace all placeholders like WORK-BULLET-POINT-*, PROJECT-AI-*, PROJECT-BE-*
•Never change macros/sections/header/education/skills

Use this execution prompt for each resume file:

text

You are filling LaTeX resume bullets.
Inputs:
- full resume facts: data/templates/full_resume.md
- target job description: from tracker markdown
- target tex file: data/applications/<slug>/resume/resume.tex

Rules:
1) Replace placeholder bullet tokens only with truthful content grounded in the full resume.
2) Keep every bullet in \\resumeItem{...} format.
3) Do not add new sections or macros.
4) Prefer impact + metric + stack phrasing.
5) No fabrication.

Output:
- Apply direct edits to resume.tex.
- Ensure zero remaining placeholder tokens matching:
  WORK-BULLET-POINT-|PROJECT-AI-|PROJECT-BE-

Preflight check before second career_tailor pass:

bash

files="$(find data/applications -type f -path '*/resume/resume.tex')"
if [ -z "$files" ]; then
  echo "No resume.tex files yet. Run first-pass career_tailor bootstrap first."
else
  echo "$files" | xargs rg -n "WORK-BULLET-POINT-|PROJECT-AI-|PROJECT-BE-"
fi

Expected:

•On first-time runs before bootstrap: informational message above.
•After bootstrap: no matches.

Tailoring Rules (Spirit Preserved)

•Source of truth content: data/templates/full_resume.md + tracker JD.
•Keep LaTeX structure intact; edit bullet text only.
•Focus edits on Project Experience and Work Experience.
•Prefer impact + metric + stack; no fabrication.
•Keep one-page resume target where possible.

LaTeX Safety

•Keep \\resumeItem{...} macro shape unchanged.
•Escape special characters when needed: \\ % & _ # $ ~ ^ { }.
•Use math mode for complexity notation (example: $O(n^2)$ ).

Guardrails (Hard)

•Never mark Resume Written/resume_written without valid artifacts.
•If resume.pdf missing/zero-byte or placeholders remain in resume.tex, do not finalize.
•Continue batch on item-level failures and return structured errors.

Manual Build Fallback (from legacy tex-build)

Only when explicit manual compile is needed: