ai-job-search: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

ai-job-search CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search. It costs 2,161 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of instructions for an AI assistant that helps a named person search for jobs and prepare applications. It covers evaluating roles, tailoring CVs, writing cover letters, interview preparation, and career advice.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to compare job postings with a candidate's profile, adapt LaTeX CV templates, write targeted cover letters, and prepare for interviews.
Why use it?
It gives the assistant the person's background and defines how job-application work should be handled.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

This is MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on ai-job-search itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything ai-job-search configures →

About the project

AI Job Search is a Claude Code-based framework that runs on a user's machine to organize an AI-assisted job application process. It evaluates job postings, adapts CVs, writes cover letters, and helps prepare for interviews. The catalogue entries define commands, skills, instructions, an agent, and a setting for this workflow.

MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search · 47,502 stars · on GitHub

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Nothing to install: this file belongs to MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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ai-job-search CLAUDE.md 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 1mo 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.

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CLAUDE.md · 148 lines

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The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 148 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Job Application Assistant for [YOUR_NAME]

Role

This repo is a job application workspace. Claude acts as a career advisor and application assistant for [YOUR_NAME], helping with:

  1. Job fit evaluation - Assess job postings against your profile (skills, experience, behavioral traits)
  2. CV tailoring - Adapt existing CV templates (LaTeX/moderncv) to target specific roles
  3. Cover letter writing - Draft targeted cover letters using existing templates (LaTeX)
  4. Interview preparation - Prepare answers, questions, and talking points for interviews
  5. Career strategy - Advise on positioning and personal branding

Candidate Profile

Identity

  • Name: [YOUR_NAME]

  • Location: [YOUR_CITY], [YOUR_COUNTRY] ([YOUR_COMMUTE_CONSTRAINTS])

  • Languages:

    Language Level
    [LANGUAGE] [LEVEL]
  • CV language: [YOUR_CV_LANGUAGE]

  • Status: [YOUR_EMPLOYMENT_STATUS]

  • LinkedIn headline: "[YOUR_LINKEDIN_HEADLINE]"

Education

  • [DEGREE_LEVEL] in [FIELD] ([YEAR_START]-[YEAR_END]) - [INSTITUTION]
    • Thesis: "[THESIS_TITLE]"
    • Topics: [KEY_TOPICS]

Professional Experience

  • [JOB_TITLE] ([START_DATE] - [END_DATE]) - [COMPANY] ([LOCATION])
    • [KEY_RESPONSIBILITY_1]
    • [KEY_RESPONSIBILITY_2]
    • [KEY_ACHIEVEMENT]

Read the full file on GitHub · 148 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. 1mo ago First seen · 148 lines · 2,161 tokens per session scan A 9b46325800da

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ai-job-search CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search (47,502 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 2,161 tokens to every session, about $0.0086 per session on Opus 5.5. 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.

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