upwork-proposal

upwork-proposal is a skill for Claude Code from suxrobGM/jobpilot. It costs 28 tokens per session (1,595 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A tool for writing a short, tailored proposal for an Upwork job using the job description and the user's résumé.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it with an Upwork job description or proposal record to produce a natural-sounding proposal matched to the requested work.
Why use it?
It turns the posting and work history into a focused application that is quick for a potential client to read.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: argument-hint in frontmatter.

Part of the jobpilot plugin — 20 skills, 2 agents, 1 MCP server shipped together

Good fit Use it with an Upwork job description or proposal record to produce…

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/suxrobgm/jobpilot/upwork-proposal
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 suxrobGM/jobpilot --skill upwork-proposal
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/suxrobGM/jobpilot

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install jobpilot, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 20 skills, 2 agents, 1 MCP server.

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Per session 28 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,595 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 $0.00028 $0.01595
Opus 5 $0.00014 $0.00797
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00319
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00160

Measured 7d ago against content hash af73f7966dd6, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

upwork-proposal scanned grade A with 1 finding 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 7d 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.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

curl -fsS -H "authorization: Bearer $JOBPILOT_API_TOKEN" "$JOBPILOT_API/api/upwork/proposals/$ARG"
plugin/skills/upwork-proposal/SKILL.md · 99 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 99 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Upwork Proposal Generator

Write a concise, winning Upwork proposal that directly addresses the client's needs. Clients skim proposals on mobile, between meetings - if it takes more than ~30 seconds to read, it's gone. Optimize every line for a fast skim.

Setup

Follow ../_shared/setup.md. Then Read the resume at primaryResumeSourceAbsolutePath for full context (identity, skills, experience, projects, research).

Step 1: Resolve the Input

The argument is either a proposal id (an integer, when launched from the JobPilot UI) or a raw job description (manual use). Detect which:

  • Integer id → fetch the draft row and use its stored job details as the JD:

    curl -fsS -H "authorization: Bearer $JOBPILOT_API_TOKEN" "$JOBPILOT_API/api/upwork/proposals/$ARG"
    

    Use jobDescription as the posting, plus jobTitle / clientName / jobUrl for context. Remember the id - you will PATCH the result back to it in Step 7. (A draft launched from an Upwork search recommendation already has these fields filled and source:"search" - same flow, no extra work.)

  • Anything else → treat the argument itself as the job description. There is no row yet; you will POST a new one in Step 7.

Step 2: Analyze the JD

Identify: what the client needs built/fixed, required tech and skills, scope and timeline clues, pain points/challenges, and any specific questions the client asks. Pull out one concrete detail unique to this posting - you'll reference it in the hook so the client can tell the proposal isn't a mass send.

Step 3: Select ONE Matching Case Study

Pick the SINGLE most relevant project from the resume - one that matches their problem, not just their tech stack. One specific, on-point case study beats five generic ones. Don't list everything. If a portfolio/GitHub/live link exists for it, keep that link ready.

Step 4: Write

Order it the way it gets read - them first, you second, never the reverse.

Hook (line 1, bolded): Open with a bold line that names their problem or goal in their words. Upwork renders **text** as bold - use it on this line so it stands out instantly. This is the single most important line; if it reads like "Hello, I'm excited to apply," the proposal is deleted. No "Hi" / "Dear client" / "I'm excited to apply" / "I came across your posting."

Read the full file on GitHub · 99 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. 7d ago First seen · 99 lines · 28 tokens per session scan A af73f7966dd6

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upwork-proposal is a skill published in the GitHub repository suxrobGM/jobpilot (65 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 28 tokens to every session and 1,595 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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