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Mahashwetha (@mahashwetha) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

New Job by mahashwetha — Agent Skill

Name: New Job
Author: Mahashwetha

New Job

This skill should be used when the user wants to add a new company or job to their Excel tracker (List.xlsx). Triggers on phrases like "add [company] to tracker", "I applied to [company]", "track [company]", "save [company] for later", "add [company] [role]", "new application at [company]".

Mahashwetha Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

Add New Job to Tracker

Add a new row to List.xlsx (the job application tracker at the path in config.py → TRACKER_FILE).

Column layout

A: Company name
B: Role title
C: Role link (job posting URL)
D: Status
E: HR contact (leave empty)
F: Comments (leave empty)

Status values

Default (applied): done
Save for later / not yet applied: In progress

If the user doesn't specify, use done.

Steps

Ask the user for any missing info: company name (required), role title, job URL. If they provided it already, skip asking.
Open List.xlsx using openpyxl. Handle PermissionError by working from a temp copy.
Use the first sheet (wb.active at load time — read it before any writes to avoid sheet-shift bugs).
Append the new row at the bottom: Company, Role, URL, Status, empty, empty.
Save the file.
Confirm to the user: company name, role, status, and which row it was added to.

Things to check

If the company already exists in the tracker, mention it and ask if they still want to add a new row (they may have a different role).
Leave columns E and F empty — HR contacts are managed separately via the update-hr workflow.

Frequently asked questions