decode

decode is a command for coding agents from noamseg/interview-coach-skill. It costs 0 tokens per session (4,270 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A job-description analysis command that examines how a role is written and what its wording reveals. A job description is the advert that lists a position's duties, requirements, and preferred qualifications.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps review one or more job descriptions, identify repeated priorities, interpret responsibilities and requirements, and guide application or interview preparation.
Why use it?
It helps separate important screening criteria from general company language and spot the skills and themes the employer is likely looking for.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/noamseg/interview-coach-skill/decode
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/noamseg/interview-coach-skill

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A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 4,270 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00000 $0.04270
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.02135
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00854
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00427

Measured 4d ago against content hash a1fdbb547c02, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

decode scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 4d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

references/commands/decode.md · 320 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 320 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

decode — JD Analysis + Batch Triage

How JDs Actually Work (Reference Knowledge)

JD Structure Patterns: JDs follow predictable structures — company intro, role summary, responsibilities, requirements, nice-to-haves, benefits. But the signal isn't in the structure, it's in the language.

Signal Density by Section:

  • Requirements = screening criteria (ATS + recruiter first pass). What gets you through the door.
  • Responsibilities = what the role actually does. Often more honest than requirements.
  • Nice-to-haves = the ideal candidate profile. What "Strong Hire" looks like beyond baseline.
  • Company intro = culture signals and positioning. How the company wants to be perceived.
  • Benefits = comp philosophy signals. Equity-heavy = startup. Benefits-heavy = mature org.

The 6 Decoding Lenses (adapted from prep.md's JD Parsing Guide — decode makes these the main event):

  1. Repetition frequency — Count how often key themes appear. If "cross-functional collaboration" appears 3 times, it is a primary evaluation criterion. Most repeated = most important, regardless of where it appears.
  2. Order and emphasis — What's listed first in responsibilities/requirements? First = highest priority. The first 3 bullets typically reflect the top 3 evaluation criteria.
  3. Required vs. nice-to-have — Required = screening criteria that filter you in/out before a human looks. Nice-to-have = what differentiates "Hire" from "Strong Hire." Many candidates skip nice-to-haves — this is a mistake.
  4. Verb choices — "Own" vs. "support" vs. "contribute to" signal autonomy and scope. "Own end-to-end" is a fundamentally different job from "contribute to team efforts." "Drive" vs. "execute" signals strategy vs. implementation.
  5. Between-the-lines signals — Euphemisms decoded. "Fast-paced environment" = likely understaffed or rapid change. "Comfortable with ambiguity" = undefined role or early-stage. "Stakeholder management" = political environment. "Wear many hats" = no clear role boundaries. These are interpretations, not facts — confidence-label accordingly.
  6. What's missing — Absence is information. A PM JD that doesn't mention data/analytics signals team maturity (or lack of PM influence on data). An engineering JD that doesn't mention testing may indicate culture. A senior role with no mention of mentoring signals an IC-heavy org.

Read the full file on GitHub · 320 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 4d ago First seen · 320 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A a1fdbb547c02

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decode is a command published in the GitHub repository noamseg/interview-coach-skill (2,092 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 4,270 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.