Claude prompts that tailor a resume from a pasted job post
Rewrite bullets from the posting and facts you will stand behind. Claude must not invent employers, titles or results you did not supply.
In short: This page contains 30 copy-paste ready prompts, organized into 6 categories with a description and pro tip for each. The first 5 prompts are free instantly, no signup needed. Drafted with AI writing assistance and checked against our editorial policy.
Job Post Mapping
5 promptsRequirement map from the posting
1/30✨ What it does
Maps each quoted requirement from the pasted posting to evidence in your facts, or a gap. Empty evidence stays tagged, and no extra employer or tool is added.
Map this job posting to a table I can tailor against. Posting: [PASTE JOB POST]. My facts: [PASTE MY FACTS]. Columns Requirement quoted, Must or nice, Evidence in my facts, and Gap. Quote the posting. If a requirement has no evidence, write [VERIFY] in Evidence. Do not invent an employer, a title, a tool or a result to fill a gap.
Pro tip: Paste the full posting, including the boring requirements at the bottom.
Must-have versus nice-to-have split
2/30✨ What it does
Splits the pasted posting into quoted must-haves, nice-to-haves and vague lines. Vague lines stay tagged instead of being promoted into hard rules.
Split the posting into must-haves and nice-to-haves using only its words. Posting: [PASTE JOB POST]. Return two lists of quoted phrases, then a third list of lines too vague to sort. If a line is vague, write [VERIFY] beside it. Do not invent a seniority rule, a clearance or a degree the posting never stated.
Pro tip: Repeated phrases and required language are must-haves. Once-mentioned tools are often nice.
Keyword harvest from the posting
3/30✨ What it does
Harvests posting words you can actually support, with the bullet you would touch. Unsupported keywords stay tagged and unused.
Harvest words from this posting I might reuse in bullets I already earned. Posting: [PASTE JOB POST]. Facts I can support: [PASTE MY FACTS]. Return a table with columns Posting word, Times it appears, I can support yes or no, and Bullet I would touch. If I cannot support a word, write [VERIFY] and leave Bullet blank. Never invent a tool, a method or an employer so a keyword looks earned.
Pro tip: Count only content words. Skip apply now and equal opportunity lines.
Team and product names to echo
4/30✨ What it does
Lists team, product, customer and method names from the posting and marks echo or skip against your facts. Unexpanded acronyms are tagged.
List names this posting uses for teams, products, customers or methods. Posting: [PASTE JOB POST]. For each name say Echo in a bullet if I have proof in [PASTE MY FACTS], or skip. If a name is an acronym with no expansion, write [VERIFY]. Do not invent a product family or an internal team the posting did not write.
Pro tip: Echo a name only when you have done that kind of work, not because it sounds close.
Posting versus my current resume
5/30✨ What it does
Compares posting themes to the closest lines on your current resume and marks tailor, move or leave. Missing closest lines are tagged, not filled with a new job.
Compare the posting to my current resume and list the mismatches. Posting: [PASTE JOB POST]. Resume: [PASTE RESUME]. Output a table with columns Posting theme, Resume line that is closest, Mismatch in 15 words, and Tailor, move or leave. If no resume line is close, write [VERIFY] under Resume line. Do not invent a job, a company or a date to close a mismatch.
Pro tip: Paste the resume as a recruiter would see it, not your longer working notes.
Bullet Rewrites
5 promptsRewrite one bullet for this posting
6/30✨ What it does
Rewrites one bullet into three 18 to 28 word versions aimed at pasted posting lines, then picks one. Missing numbers stay tagged, and no new employer appears.
Rewrite this one bullet so it speaks to the posting, using only my facts. Bullet: [PASTE ONE BULLET]. Posting lines it should answer: [PASTE POSTING LINES]. Facts I will stand behind: [PASTE FACTS]. Return three versions of 18 to 28 words, then pick one and say why in 25 words. If a number is missing, write [VERIFY] instead of a figure. Do not invent a team size, a revenue figure or an employer.
Pro tip: Keep the original verb if it is true. Swapping lead for owned is how bullets go false.
Lead with the posting's verb
7/30✨ What it does
Opens four rewrites with verbs from the posting that your facts support, and skips the rest. Scopes you did not do stay out of the line.
Start this bullet with a verb the posting uses, but only if my facts support it. Posting verbs: [PASTE VERBS FROM THE POST]. Facts: [PASTE FACTS]. Current bullet: [PASTE ONE BULLET]. Give four rewrites, each opening with a different supported verb. If a verb is not in my facts, skip it and write [VERIFY] beside that verb. Never invent a scope such as hired, owned or launched that I did not do.
Pro tip: A posting that says own the roadmap is not permission to say you owned one.
Cut a bullet that does not help
8/30✨ What it does
Decides Keep, Cut or Move for one bullet against the pasted posting, with a rewrite only when Keep is earned. It will not invent a second job to park a weak line.
Decide whether this bullet should stay for [TARGET TITLE]. Bullet: [PASTE ONE BULLET]. Posting: [PASTE JOB POST]. Return Keep, Cut or Move, a 40 word reason, and if Keep, one rewrite of 18 to 28 words from [PASTE FACTS]. If the bullet names an employer or a tool I did not list in my facts, write [VERIFY]. Do not invent a second job to move the bullet onto.
Pro tip: Cut is allowed. A tailored resume is shorter than a complete one.
Quantify only from my numbers
9/30✨ What it does
Adds scale to one bullet only from numbers you can defend, and offers a no-number version when the figures do not fit. Undated numbers are unused.
Add scale to this bullet using only numbers I supply. Bullet: [PASTE ONE BULLET]. Numbers I can defend: [PASTE NUMBERS]. Posting theme: [PASTE THEME]. Return two rewrites that include a number, and one rewrite with no number if the figures do not fit. If a number is missing a unit or a date, write [VERIFY] beside it and do not use it. Inventing a percentage, a dollar outcome or a headcount is forbidden.
Pro tip: A unit such as weekly tickets is more honest than a round percentage you cannot source.
Bullet set for one role block
10/30✨ What it does
Tailors 3 to 5 bullets under one existing role header, ordered for this posting, without changing employer, title or dates. Missing dates are tagged, not guessed.
Tailor the bullets under one role so they match this posting. Role header I already had: [PASTE ROLE HEADER]. Current bullets: [PASTE BULLETS]. Posting: [PASTE JOB POST]. Facts: [PASTE FACTS]. Return 3 to 5 bullets, 18 to 28 words each, in strongest-for-this-post order. Keep the employer, title and dates exactly as in the header. If the header is missing a date, write [VERIFY]. Do not invent a promotion, a second title or a company.
Pro tip: The first bullet should answer the posting's first must-have if you truly have it.
Skills Alignment
5 promptsSkills line from posting plus facts
11/30✨ What it does
Builds a 12 to 18 item skills line from skills you have, posting-first, and names unsupported posting skills at the end. No certification is added.
Build a skills line I can paste under the header. Posting: [PASTE JOB POST]. Skills I actually have: [PASTE SKILLS I HAVE]. Return 12 to 18 items, comma separated, posting-first then other true skills. If a posting skill is not in my list, omit it and write [VERIFY] at the end naming it as unsupported. Do not invent a language, a platform or a certification.
Pro tip: Order is a signal. Put the two skills the posting repeats at the front.
Tool stack that I can defend
12/30✨ What it does
Keeps posting tools you have used, with the last year, and says whether they belong in skills, bullets or neither. Missing years are tagged.
From this posting's tools, keep only the ones I have used. Posting tools: [PASTE TOOLS FROM THE POST]. Tools I have used, with last year: [PASTE MY TOOLS]. Return a table with columns Tool, On posting yes or no, Last year I used it, and Show in skills, bullets or neither. If a year is missing, write [VERIFY]. Never invent a tool, a version or a year.
Pro tip: A tool from five years ago may belong in neither if the posting wants current use.
Method words I actually practice
13/30✨ What it does
Matches posting method words to methods you practice and the proof bullet you already have. Methods without a proof bullet stay tagged and off the skills line.
Match method words in the posting to methods I practice. Posting: [PASTE JOB POST]. Methods I practice: [PASTE METHODS]. Output a table with columns Posting phrase, My phrase if different, Where I will use it, and Proof bullet I already have. If I have no proof bullet, write [VERIFY] and do not add the method to skills. Do not invent a framework or a ritual I do not run.
Pro tip: If you cannot point to a bullet, the method is a wish, not a skill.
Soft skill evidence check
14/30✨ What it does
Turns a soft-skill phrase from the posting into three evidence lines from your facts, or refuses if there is no evidence. No stakeholder is invented to look collaborative.
The posting asks for [SOFT SKILL PHRASE]. Find evidence in my facts, not adjectives. Facts: [PASTE FACTS]. Return three evidence lines of 18 to 28 words that show the skill through work. If the facts have no evidence, write [VERIFY] and refuse to draft a line. Do not invent a stakeholder, a conflict or an employer to demonstrate the skill.
Pro tip: Evidence is a situation and an action. The word leadership in a skills list is not evidence.
Skills to hide for this posting
15/30✨ What it does
Sorts your full skills list into Show, Hide and Park for later against this posting. Missing required skills are tagged, and no weekend project is invented to cover a gap.
Tell me which of my skills to hide for this posting so the page stays on theme. Posting: [PASTE JOB POST]. Full skills I have: [PASTE SKILLS I HAVE]. Return Show, Hide, and Park for later, each with a 12 word reason. If a skill is a deal-breaker they require and I lack it, write [VERIFY] rather than inventing a course or a weekend project.
Pro tip: Hide is not lying. It is leaving off a true skill that would pull the reader sideways.
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Summary Tailoring
5 promptsSummary from posting plus facts
16/30✨ What it does
Writes two 50 to 70 word summaries from your facts and the posting's themes, with and without a target title. Blank years are omitted, not guessed.
Write a 50 to 70 word summary for [TARGET TITLE] using only my facts and the posting's themes. Posting themes: [PASTE THEMES]. Facts: [PASTE FACTS]. Years I will claim: [YEARS I WILL CLAIM]. If years are blank, write [VERIFY] and omit a year count. Do not invent an employer, a stack or a result. Return two versions, one with a target title and one without.
Pro tip: The summary should sound like the posting's problems, not like a career obituary.
Summary that names the posting problem
17/30✨ What it does
Rewrites your summary so the first sentence names the posting's problem, but only when your facts support that claim. Otherwise it stops and tags the gap.
Rewrite my summary so the first sentence names the problem the posting is hiring to solve. Posting problem in their words: [PASTE PROBLEM LINES]. My summary: [PASTE SUMMARY]. Facts: [PASTE FACTS]. Keep it 50 to 70 words. If I cannot honestly claim that problem, write [VERIFY] at the top and stop. Never invent a domain or an employer to make the problem look like my last job.
Pro tip: Quote a short problem phrase from the posting, then put your proof in sentence two.
Headline under my name
18/30✨ What it does
Writes six 6 to 10 word headlines from supported posting words and your facts, with no extra company names. Unclaimed seniority stays tagged.
Write six headlines of 6 to 10 words for the line under my name. Target title: [TARGET TITLE]. Facts: [PASTE FACTS]. Posting words I can support: [PASTE SUPPORTED WORDS]. Each headline must include one supported word and no company I did not list. If the target title is not a title I have held or a title I am openly seeking, write [VERIFY] beside that option. Do not invent a seniority such as principal if I did not claim it.
Pro tip: A headline is not a sentence. Cut I am a and keep the nouns you can defend.
Summary versus bullets overlap
19/30✨ What it does
Finds overlap between your tailored summary and bullets, then rewrites the summary so the strongest numbers stay in the bullets. Unsourced summary numbers are tagged.
Check that my tailored summary does not steal the only proof in the bullets. Summary: [PASTE SUMMARY]. Bullets: [PASTE BULLETS]. Return Overlap phrases, Unique to summary, Unique to bullets, and a 70 word summary rewrite that leaves the strongest numbers in the bullets. If a number appears only in the summary and not in [PASTE FACTS], write [VERIFY]. Do not invent a fresh metric to fill the summary.
Pro tip: The summary can name a theme. The number should live once, in a bullet.
Third person to first person pass
20/30✨ What it does
Switches a summary between first and third person without adding names, employers or numbers. Lines that would need a new fact are tagged.
Convert this summary to first person, or the other way, without adding facts. Summary: [PASTE SUMMARY]. Voice I need: [FIRST OR THIRD]. Keep names, employers and numbers exactly. If a name or employer is not in the summary and not in [PASTE FACTS], do not add it. Write [VERIFY] on any line that would need a new fact. Inventing a we or a company to sound bigger is off limits.
Pro tip: Match the voice the rest of the resume already uses, including the header.
Gap Handling
5 promptsHonest line for a missing must-have
21/30✨ What it does
Drafts omit, cover-note or adjacent-work options for a must-have you lack, using only adjacent facts you have. Empty adjacent facts leave omit as the only option.
The posting requires [MISSING MUST HAVE]. I do not have it. Adjacent facts I do have: [PASTE ADJACENT FACTS]. Draft three honest options: omit, address in a cover note, or show adjacent work in a bullet without claiming the must-have. Each option 40 words. If adjacent facts are empty, write [VERIFY] and keep only omit. Do not invent a course, a side project or an employer to cover the gap.
Pro tip: Adjacent work must stay adjacent. Used a cousin tool is not the same as the required one.
Date gap that stays a date gap
22/30✨ What it does
Proposes leave, one-line explainer or ignore for a dated gap, with wording from what you actually did. It will not invent freelance clients or travel.
I have a gap between [GAP START] and [GAP END]. What I actually did: [PASTE WHAT I DID]. Posting: [PASTE JOB POST]. Propose whether to leave the dates, add a one-line explainer, or ignore it on this tailored version. Give sample wording of 18 words or fewer that uses only [PASTE WHAT I DID]. If I did nothing I am willing to name, write [VERIFY] and recommend leave the dates. Never invent freelance clients, travel or care work I did not describe.
Pro tip: A one-line explainer belongs in the resume only if you will say it on a call.
Title mismatch without a fake title
23/30✨ What it does
Keeps your real title in the header and uses a clarifying line plus the first bullet to show overlap with the target title. Bracketed fake titles are not added.
My title was [MY TITLE]. The posting wants [TARGET TITLE]. Facts that show overlap: [PASTE FACTS]. Draft a header that keeps [MY TITLE] exactly, plus a 20 word clarifying line if needed. Then rewrite the first bullet to show overlap. If overlap facts are thin, write [VERIFY] and do not add a parenthetical fake title. Inventing a second title in brackets is forbidden.
Pro tip: Recruiters search titles. Lying in brackets is still lying.
Short tenure note
24/30✨ What it does
Gives three ways to handle a short tenure using only the reason you will stand behind. A blank reason defaults to saying nothing, and contracts and layoffs are not invented.
I stayed [MONTHS IN ROLE] months in [PASTE ROLE HEADER]. Reason I will stand behind: [REASON]. Posting: [PASTE JOB POST]. Give three ways to handle it: say nothing, add a 15 word clause, or move the role lower. Sample wording must use only my reason. If the reason is blank, write [VERIFY] and prefer say nothing. Do not invent a contract, a layoff or a relocation I did not name.
Pro tip: If you will not say the reason on a screen, do not print it.
Overqualification trim
25/30✨ What it does
Lists bullets to drop and words to soften so a senior resume still fits the target title, without hiding required skills you have or deleting an employer. Keep dates and company names exactly as they were.
Trim this resume so I still look like a fit for [TARGET TITLE], not a mismatch on seniority. Resume: [PASTE RESUME]. Posting: [PASTE JOB POST]. Facts I must keep: [PASTE MUST KEEP FACTS]. List bullets to drop, words to soften, and words I must not soften because they are true. If a trim would hide a required posting skill I have, write [VERIFY]. Do not invent a junior title or delete an employer.
Pro tip: Soften scope words such as org-wide. Keep the employer names and dates honest.
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Final Pass
5 promptsATS keyword pass from the posting
26/30✨ What it does
Checks the tailored resume against posting keywords as Present, Missing or Unsupported against your facts. Forgotten facts are tagged, and tools you did not use are not added.
Run an ATS-style keyword pass using only the posting and my tailored resume. Posting: [PASTE JOB POST]. Resume: [PASTE TAILORED RESUME]. Return Present, Missing and Unsupported. Unsupported means the posting has it and the resume lacks proof in [PASTE FACTS]. Write [VERIFY] beside Missing items I might actually have but forgot to paste. Do not invent a keyword hit by adding a tool I did not use.
Pro tip: Paste the tailored version, not the master resume, or the pass is lying to you.
Length and scan pass
27/30✨ What it does
Counts words from the paste, flags long bullets, and names three least relevant cuts against your limit. Inconsistent dates are tagged, and no extra role is invented.
Judge this tailored resume for length and scan for [TARGET TITLE]. Resume: [PASTE TAILORED RESUME]. Limit I want: [PAGE LIMIT OR WORD LIMIT]. Return word count as counted from the paste, bullets over 28 words, and three cuts that remove the least posting-relevant lines. If a date or employer is inconsistent inside the paste, write [VERIFY]. Do not invent a second page rule or a missing role to justify a cut.
Pro tip: Set a word limit you can see on one screen. Page talk without a paste is guesswork.
Consistency pass on names and dates
28/30✨ What it does
Quotes clashes on names, titles, employers and dates between the tailored resume and your source of truth, and prefers the facts. Missing end dates are not filled.
Check this tailored resume for name, title, employer and date consistency. Resume: [PASTE TAILORED RESUME]. Source of truth: [PASTE FACTS]. List each clash with both strings quoted. If the resume and the facts disagree, mark Use facts and write [VERIFY] on the resume string. Never invent a missing end date, a location or an employer to make the file look complete.
Pro tip: The source of truth is your records, not the version you tailored last night.
Read-aloud pass for false claims
29/30✨ What it does
Flags tailored lines you might not defend aloud, marked Defend, rewrite or cut against your facts. Lines missing from the facts are cut, not rescued with a story.
I will read this resume aloud on a screen. Flag any line I might not be able to defend. Resume: [PASTE TAILORED RESUME]. Facts: [PASTE FACTS]. Return a table with columns Line quoted, Risk such as scale, title, we versus I, or tool, and Defend, rewrite or cut. If a line is not in the facts, write [VERIFY] and mark cut. Do not invent a defence, a document or an employer to save a line.
Pro tip: Read it out loud once. If you hedge, the line is already too strong.
Handoff note into a cover letter
30/30✨ What it does
Writes a 120 word handoff into a cover letter: bullets not to repeat, one honest gap, and unused true facts. Gaps that need a new employer are omitted.
Write a 120 word handoff I can paste into a cover letter prompt. Posting: [PASTE JOB POST]. Tailored resume: [PASTE TAILORED RESUME]. Facts still unused: [PASTE UNUSED FACTS]. List the two bullets the letter should not repeat, the one gap the letter may address honestly, and the unused facts that are still true. If a gap would need a new employer or result, write [VERIFY] and omit it. Do not invent a hiring manager or a requisition number.
Pro tip: The letter should add context, not paste the first two bullets in paragraph form.
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