resume-formatter

resume-formatter is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills. It costs 15 tokens per session (2,127 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A resume-layout guide focused on clean, readable documents that work for both recruiters and applicant tracking systems (ATS), the software that parses applications.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to organize resume pages, set spacing and margins, choose readable fonts, improve visual hierarchy, and create a scannable ATS-friendly layout.
Why use it?
A resume can look attractive to a person but fail when screening software cannot read its layout. This guide helps balance visual clarity with machine-readable formatting.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to organize resume pages, set spacing and margins, choose readable fonts, improve visual hierarchy, and create a scannable ATS-friendly layout.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/paramchoudhary/resumeskills/resume-formatter
About the project

ResumeSkills is a collection of AI-agent skills for improving resumes, preparing job applications, practicing interviews, and planning career moves. It is intended for job seekers, career changers, and professionals using Claude Code for tasks such as ATS checks, job-description matching, resume tailoring, and salary negotiation. The catalogue entry consists of the project's career-focused skills.

Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills · 2,190 stars · on GitHub

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.

Any agent
npx skills add Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills --skill resume-formatter
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

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.

agentmods badge for resume-formatter

README.md
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Your own site
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Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.

agentmods 80×15 button for resume-formatter

Your own site · 80×15
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Per session 15 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,127 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • Socket pass 23 May 2026
  • Snyk pass 23 May 2026
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
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 5.1 $0.00015 $0.02127
Opus 5 $0.00008 $0.01064
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00425
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00213

Measured 10d ago against content hash 387522dc9a48, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

resume-formatter 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 10d 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.

Origin

Copies of this mod

2 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:

skills/resume-formatter/SKILL.md · 361 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 361 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Resume Formatter

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when the user:

  • Needs help with resume layout and formatting
  • Has a messy or hard-to-read resume
  • Wants to ensure ATS compatibility through formatting
  • Needs a clean, professional design
  • Mentions: "format resume", "resume layout", "resume design", "clean resume", "professional format"

Core Capabilities

  • Structure resumes for optimal readability
  • Ensure ATS compatibility through formatting
  • Create visual hierarchy
  • Optimize white space and margins
  • Select appropriate fonts and sizes
  • Balance aesthetic appeal with functionality

Formatting Fundamentals

The Dual Audience Challenge

Your resume must work for:

  1. ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems) - Robots that parse text
  2. Human Readers - Recruiters who scan quickly

The Solution: Clean, simple formatting that satisfies both.

Document Setup

Page Length

  • Entry Level (0-5 years): 1 page
  • Mid-Level (5-15 years): 1-2 pages
  • Senior/Executive (15+ years): 2 pages (max 3 for executives)

Margins

  • Recommended: 0.5" - 1" all sides
  • Minimum: 0.5" (don't go smaller)
  • Maximum: 1" (don't waste space)

Font Selection

Safe, ATS-Friendly Fonts:

  • Sans-serif: Arial, Calibri, Helvetica, Verdana
  • Serif: Times New Roman, Georgia, Garamond

Font Sizes:

  • Name: 16-20pt
  • Section Headers: 12-14pt
  • Body Text: 10-12pt
  • Minimum readable: 10pt

Spacing

  • Line spacing: 1.0 to 1.15
  • Space after paragraphs: 6-12pt
  • Section spacing: 12-16pt between sections

ATS-Safe Formatting Rules

DO:

  • ✅ Use standard fonts
  • ✅ Use simple bullet points (•, -, *)
  • ✅ Use bold and italic sparingly
  • ✅ Use standard section headers
  • ✅ Save as .docx or text-based .pdf
  • ✅ Put contact info in body (not header)
  • ✅ Use single column layout
  • ✅ Use consistent formatting throughout

DON'T:

  • ❌ Use tables (except simple ones for contact info)
  • ❌ Use text boxes
  • ❌ Use columns (multi-column layouts)
  • ❌ Use headers/footers for important info
  • ❌ Use images or graphics
  • ❌ Use unusual fonts
  • ❌ Use skill bars or progress indicators
  • ❌ Use special characters or emojis
  • ❌ Use color for essential information

Read the full file on GitHub · 361 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. 10d ago First seen · 361 lines · 15 tokens per session scan A 387522dc9a48

Subscribe to this mod's changes

resume-formatter is a skill published in the GitHub repository Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills (2,190 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 15 tokens to every session and 2,127 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 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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