
open-career-skills
Eight Claude Code skills for the job hunt that refuse to invent facts about you.
About
open-career-skills is a set of eight Claude Code skills — CV optimizer, STAR story bank, 360Brew LinkedIn planner, cover letters, mock interviews, job search, git evidence miner, and ATS detective — built on one hard rule: no skill may fabricate user facts, ever. The CV optimizer asks for real figures instead of inventing metrics; the evidence miner grounds claims in work artifacts like git history. It ships as a ready-to-run career workspace with file-based memory (profile, story bank, content calendar, trackers) that you fork and keep private, or you can install individual skills standalone. The LinkedIn planner is notably well-grounded, built around 360Brew, LinkedIn's published ranking model. With 25 stars and an MIT license from the JobMentis team, it is a credible open-source companion to their hosted product — the repo is upfront that the paid tier adds scale, statefulness, and live voice interviews.
What it can do
- CV optimizer with ATS checks
- STAR story bank builder
- LinkedIn content planner (360Brew-grounded)
- Cover letter generator
- Mock interview simulator
- Job search workflows
- Git evidence miner for grounding claims
- ATS detective for application tracking
Setup
- Fork the repo on GitHub (keep your fork private if you plan to push personal data).
- Clone it: git clone https://github.com/squerne/open-career-skills.git
- Use the workspace as-is, or copy individual skill folders into your agent's skills directory.
- Fill in profile/ and story-bank/, then run the /apply pipeline.
Prerequisites
Claude Code (SKILL.md versions target Claude Code/Desktop; prompts/ versions work with any capable chat model); a private fork for personal data.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: 25 GitHub stars verified via API; MIT license confirmed; 8-skill scope and no-fabrication rule documented in README; Install command verbatim; JobMentis team backing adds credibility.
★ 25 GitHub stars
Sources
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