Cv Builder

claude-office-skills/cv-builder

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/claude-office-skills/skills --skill cv-builder

The instruction itself

9 sections, as written by the author

CV Builder Skill

Overview

This skill enables creation of professional CVs/resumes from structured YAML using rendercv. Define your experience once, generate beautiful PDFs in multiple themes.

How to Use

Provide your CV information (experience, education, skills)
Choose a template/theme
I'll generate YAML and render to PDF

Example prompts:

"Create a CV from my experience"
"Generate a resume in the classic theme"
"Update my CV with new job experience"
"Build a technical resume highlighting projects"

Domain Knowledge

YAML Structure

cv:
  name: John Doe
  location: San Francisco, CA
  email: [email protected]
  phone: "+1-555-555-5555"
  website: https://johndoe.com
  social_networks:
    - network: LinkedIn
      username: johndoe
    - network: GitHub
      username: johndoe
  
  sections:
    summary:
      - "Senior software engineer with 10+ years experience..."
    
    experience:
      - company: Tech Corp
        position: Senior Engineer
        location: San Francisco, CA
        start_date: 2020-01
        end_date: present
        highlights:
          - "Led team of 5 engineers"
          - "Increased performance by 40%"
    
    education:
      - institution: MIT
        area: Computer Science
        degree: BS
        start_date: 2008
        end_date: 2012
    
    skills:
      - label: Languages
        details: Python, JavaScript, Go
      - label: Frameworks
        details: React, Django, FastAPI

Themes

Available themes: classic, sb2nov, moderncv, engineeringresumes

design:
  theme: classic
  font: Source Sans 3
  font_size: 10pt
  page_size: letterpaper
  color: '#004f90'

CLI Usage

# Install
pip install rendercv

# Create new CV
rendercv new "John Doe"

# Render to PDF
rendercv render cv.yaml

# Output: rendercv_output/John_Doe_CV.pdf

Example

cv:
  name: Sarah Chen
  location: New York, NY
  email: [email protected]
  phone: "+1-555-123-4567"
  website: https://sarahchen.dev
  social_networks:
    - network: LinkedIn
      username: sarahchen
    - network: GitHub
      username: sarahchen

  sections:
    summary:
      - "Full-stack developer with 8 years of experience building scalable web applications. Passionate about clean code and user experience."

    experience:
      - company: Startup Inc
        position: Lead Developer
        location: New York, NY
        start_date: 2021-03
        end_date: present
        highlights:
          - "Architected microservices handling 1M+ requests/day"
          - "Mentored 4 junior developers"
          - "Reduced deployment time by 60% with CI/CD"

      - company: Big Tech Co
        position: Software Engineer
        location: San Francisco, CA
        start_date: 2018-06
        end_date: 2021-02
        highlights:
          - "Built real-time analytics dashboard"
          - "Optimized database queries, 3x faster"

    education:
      - institution: Stanford University
        area: Computer Science
        degree: MS
        start_date: 2016
        end_date: 2018

    skills:
      - label: Languages
        details: Python, TypeScript, Go, SQL
      - label: Technologies
        details: React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker
      - label: Practices
        details: Agile, TDD, Code Review, CI/CD

design:
  theme: sb2nov
  font_size: 10pt

Resources

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take claude-office-skills/cv-builder from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

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Install what it needs

The instructions reference pip. Without those the skill loads but fails at the first command.