application-advisor

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name: application-advisor description: STEP 2 of the application pipeline. Evaluates fit between active_application/job_description.md and the user's profile, then produces active_application/application_brief.md. Trigger: user explicitly asks to evaluate fit, discuss the role, or generate an application brief — AND active_application/job_description.md is already populated. Do NOT trigger when the user is sharing or pasting a raw job description for the first time; that is handled by job-researcher (Step 1).

Application Advisor

Project context

• Job description: active_application/job_description.md (enriched by job-researcher)
• User profile: memory/personal_profile.md
• Output: active_application/application_brief.md

Scope boundary (strict)

• This skill is for candidate-positioning only: fit assessment, gap analysis, and narrative strategy.
• It must not perform fresh company research unless the user explicitly asks for it.
• It must not rewrite or re-structure active_application/job_description.md (that belongs to job-researcher).

Workflow

1. Read @active_application/job_description.md. If the file is empty, missing, or the "Company Intelligence" section is unfilled — stop immediately and tell the user: "Please run the job-researcher skill first so I have enriched job context to work with."
2. Read @memory/personal_profile.md.
3. Evaluate fit: surface strong matches and gaps. Use the Company Intelligence section only as context for tone and prioritisation.
4. Discuss: engage in multi-turn chat — help the user think through whether to apply and which specific experiences to lead with.
5. When the user says "let's apply", "generate the brief", or similar — produce the brief and save it.

Output format for application_brief.md

# Application Brief

## Role & Company
[Title, company, one-sentence summary]

## Why This Role
- [Bullet: reason from the conversation]

## Key Requirements & Matching Experiences
- **[Requirement]**: [Specific experience from profile that matches]

## Suggested Angles
- [Strategic narrative angle for the cover letter]

## Risks & Gap Handling
- [Potential weak points + how to address honestly without overclaiming]

## Tone Note
[Tone guidance based on company culture and LinkedIn/news signals]

After saving, tell the user they can now run the cover-letter-writer skill.

Rules

• Do not ingest raw JD PDFs/URLs directly when job_description.md is already enriched; rely on Step 1 output.
• Keep recommendations candidate-specific and evidence-backed by memory/personal_profile.md.
• If critical company context is missing, ask the user to run job-researcher again instead of duplicating it here.