apply
Assisted job-application filler. Given a job posting URL, open it in a browser via Playwright, extract the JD and company, score resume-to-JD fit, fill every form field from the user's profile and answer memory, flag anything uncertain, and STOP before Submit for human review. After the human submits, capture their edits back into answer memory. Use for /apply or whenever the user wants help applying to a specific job.
npx skills add extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager --skill apply --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Apply (assisted, human owns Submit) Fill one job application from a URL. **You never click Submit.** You fill, flag, and hand back a browser tab parked at the Submit button for the human to review, edit, and send. Data lives in `~/.dear-hiring-manager/`: `profile.md`, `answers.md`, `applications.md`, `resume.*`. ## Preconditions - If `~/.dear-hiring-manager/profile.md` is missing, stop and tell the user to run `/dear-hiring-manager:onboard` first. ## Procedure 1. **Open the posting.** Use the Playwright MCP tools to navigate to the URL. Take a page snapshot (accessibility tree / DOM) — do not rely on vision unless the DOM is unusable. **If the URL redirects to the board root or an error page (e.g. `?error=true`, only a job list / "Back to jobs", no job title or application form), the posting is closed or expired — stop and tell the user; do not proceed.** 2. **Extract JD + company.** Pull role title, company, location, and the job description. Detect the ATS from the URL/DOM (greenhouse, lever, ashby, workday, other). Append a row to `applications.md` (create from `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/templates/applications.template.md` if missing) with `status=in-progress` (fit is filled in th
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What does the apply skill do?
Assisted job-application filler. Given a job posting URL, open it in a browser via Playwright, extract the JD and company, score resume-to-JD fit, fill every form field from the user's profile and answer memory, flag anything uncertain, and STOP before Submit for human review. After the human submits, capture their edits back into answer memory. Use for /apply or whenever the user wants help applying to a specific job.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager --skill apply --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager, a repository with 106 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.