The job search AGENTS.md (free sample)
by PaperChaseWebb
The rules file from Job Search Setup: truth rules that keep every claim to your master resume, and hard nos on applying, sending messages or logging in to job sites.
- Price
- Free
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Setup
- 5 min
- Format
- .md file
job-search-agents-md-free-sample.md · 3 KB · direct download, no signup
What you end up with
A working piece of the full pack you can use today.
What you get
- The job search AGENTS.md
- A manual check without the script
Who it is for
Job seekers who want an agent's speed on tailoring without it adding claims they cannot back up or applying in their name.
Works with
Solid chips: the agent is named in this listing's own tools list. Dashed chip: Plain Markdown, so it also pastes into other agents such as Grok Bot, Hermes, OpenClaw or Muse. We list those as compatible by format only, not as tested.
Tools needed
Cost to run: Free.
Time to result: About five minutes
Sample prompts, free to use
Draft jobs/[slug]/tailored.md from master-resume.md for this posting. Do not add anything not in master-resume.md. Then run python3 tailor_check.py . and fix every finding.
From the pack.
Free preview of the file
# Free sample: the job search AGENTS.md The rules file from Job Search Setup for Cursor or Claude Code. Save it as AGENTS.md in a folder with your master-resume.md, and add a CLAUDE.md containing the single line `@AGENTS.md` if you use Claude Code. It lets your agent draft fit checks, tailored resumes and cover letters, and stops it from adding claims you cannot back up, applying for you or sending anything. ````markdown # AGENTS.md: job search workspace ## What this folder is My job search. master-resume.md is the only source of truth about my work history. tracker.csv lists every job. Each job has a folder jobs/<slug>/ with posting.md (the posting text I pasted), tailored.md, cover.md and notes.md. ## What you do here - Read a posting and tell me how well I fit, using only master-resume.md. - Draft a tailored resume and a cover letter for one job at a time. - Keep tracker.csv up to date when I tell you what happened. - Prepare interview notes from the posting and my resume. ## Truth rules - Every claim in tailored.md and cover.md must come from master-resume.md. You may reorder, shorten and reword. You may not add a number, skill, title, employer, date or degree that is not there. - If the posting asks for something I do not have, say so in notes.md. Do not paper over it. - Where you need a fact I have not given you, write [ASK: what you need]. ## Never - Never submit an application, fill a job site form or click Apply. - Never send, post or schedule a message, email,
Test record
- Date
- Oct 30, 2026
- What was run
- The full setup's checker tested 2026-10-30 on a made-up resume.
- Result
- See the sample's caveat.
- Not run
- The file inside an agent.
Copied from this item's dated test notes. What was not run stays in.
Worth knowing
- On 2026-10-30: The full setup's checker tested 2026-10-30 on a made-up resume. Not run: The file inside an agent.
Questions
What is in the full pack?
Turn a folder into a job search workspace: an AGENTS.md with truth rules and hard nos, a master resume as the only source, a tracker, one folder per job, six prompts for fit checks, tailoring, cover letters and interview prep, and tailor_check.py, ten read-only checks that flag numbers, skills or roles in a tailored resume that are not in your master resume. $19.
Details
Version 1.0 · Updated Oct 30, 2026 · Markdown version of this page
License: Personal and commercial use. Download terms
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