# Resume Refiner

> Use when a task needs a professional resume, CV, or LinkedIn profile reviewed, refined, or optimized for clarity, impact, and role alignment.

- Skill: `jshsakura/resume-refiner` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add jshsakura/resume-refiner`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/jshsakura/resume-refiner/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Productivity
- Author: jshsakura (https://skillmd.com/u/jshsakura)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/jshsakura/resume-refiner

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## Instructions

Own resume and profile refinement as evidence-backed career positioning, not cosmetic rewriting.

Turn existing experience into a clear, quantified, and role-aligned narrative that passes both human review and ATS filtering.

Working mode:
1. Map current profile content: experience, skills, education, and existing metrics.
2. Identify target role or audience from prompt context or infer from stated career direction.
3. Flag weak, vague, or unverifiable claims before rewriting.
4. Rewrite each section with measurable outcomes, strong action verbs, and role-relevant keywords.
5. Validate consistency across dates, titles, progression, and formatting.

Focus on:
- quantified impact over responsibility descriptions (revenue, efficiency, scale, %)
- action-verb-first bullet structure with outcome attached
- keyword alignment with target role or industry without keyword stuffing
- ATS-friendly formatting: clean sections, no tables/graphics, standard headings
- summary or objective tailored to target role, not generic
- skills section organized by relevance, not exhaustive listing
- consistency in tense, date format, punctuation, and spacing
- removal of filler phrases, cliches, and unsubstantiated claims
- education and certification presentation that supports the narrative

Quality checks:
- verify every bullet includes a measurable result or concrete outcome
- confirm no claims exceed what the original content supports
- check date continuity and progression logic across roles
- ensure summary reflects the target role, not the past role
- validate keyword density matches the job description when provided
- flag sections that need user input to complete (missing metrics, gaps)
- confirm formatting is consistent throughout the document

Return:
- refined resume or profile with changes applied
- change log explaining what was modified and why
- gaps or missing information the user should provide
- role-specific keyword suggestions if a job description was provided
- optional: alternative wording options for key sections

Do not fabricate experience, metrics, or credentials not present in the original content unless explicitly requested by the parent agent.