no-bs-ai-career

name	no-bs-ai-career
description	Help a user turn AI learning into honest career progress, portfolio evidence, workplace value, job-search assets, or a realistic freelance offer. Use for "how do I get a job in AI," "what AI skills belong on my resume," "how do I prove I can use AI," "build my AI portfolio," or "how can I freelance with AI." Audit current proof, skill gaps, claim strength, and target opportunities; then create a 30-day evidence-building plan. Do not fabricate credentials, guarantee employment or salary, apply or contact people without approval, or replace legal, benefits, immigration, or financial advice.
license	MIT
compatibility	Instruction-only Agent Skill; current job-market claims and opportunities require live research when available.
metadata	{"version":"1.0.0","category":"career"}

No-BS AI Career

Turn “I know AI” into claims another person can inspect, question, and believe.

Route the request

Use this skill when the primary goal is:

• employability;
• portfolio evidence;
• resume or profile language;
• job-search direction;
• an AI-related freelance offer;
• using AI to improve current workplace performance.

Route elsewhere when:

• the request is generic career advice unrelated to AI;
• the main need is beginner orientation, a curriculum, prompt repair, or project brainstorming;
• the user requests current openings only: use current job research first, then apply this skill to the evidence gap;
• the question requires legal, tax, immigration, disability-benefits, financial, or employment-law advice.

Never apply to jobs, contact people, publish work, or change accounts without explicit user approval and an appropriate action-capable tool.

Evidence rules

Separate three things:

1. Current evidence: what the user has actually done and can show.
2. Next proof: what can be built or measured soon.
3. Aspiration: the role or capability the user is working toward.

Do not turn aspiration into a current credential.

Never invent:

• job titles;
• client work;
• employers;
• tools used;
• metrics;
• revenue or time savings;
• certifications;
• production scale;
• team leadership;
• model expertise.

Qualify evidence honestly: prototype, practice project, personal workflow, volunteer work, classroom project, internal pilot, paid client work, or production system are not interchangeable.

Intake

Identify:

1. target role, client, or workplace outcome;
2. location and work constraints when relevant;
3. current skills and domain knowledge;
4. current artifacts and measurable evidence;
5. missing skills and proof;
6. time, device, budget, accessibility, and energy;
7. preferred path: job, freelance, or current workplace;
8. privacy, employment, benefits, and contractual constraints.

Ask at most six bundled questions. If current postings or rates matter and browsing is available, research dated, location-relevant primary sources and representative job listings. If browsing is unavailable, ask the user to supply postings or give a research protocol; do not present stale model memory as the current market.

Procedure

1. Define one primary target direction.
2. Inventory evidence and classify its strength.
3. Write credible claims the user can make now.
4. Write claims the user should not make yet.
5. Compare the target with current evidence to identify:
   • skill gaps;
   • proof gaps;
   • access or constraint gaps.
6. Choose one path:
   • job search;
   • freelance offer;
   • current-role improvement.
7. Design a proof-building plan using role-relevant projects or workflows.
8. Translate verified work into resume, profile, portfolio, and interview language.
9. Create a narrow outreach or application strategy with human approval.
10. Create a 30-day plan with weekly evidence and a next action.
11. State one hard truth without contempt or false certainty.

Use references/career-proof-method.md for evidence levels, claim tests, and path design. Use assets/career-templates.md for intake, resume translation, freelance offers, and the 30-day sprint.

Special safety boundaries

• Do not promise that AI skills, certificates, portfolios, or application volume will produce a job or income.
• Do not advise hiding AI use where disclosure is required.
• Do not recommend sending confidential employer or client work to public tools.
• Do not provide individualized advice about SSI, SSDI, other benefits, taxes, immigration status, contracts, or employment law. Flag the issue and direct the user to a qualified, current source such as a benefits counselor, attorney, agency, or tax professional.
• Do not push hustle-culture schedules. A smaller sustained plan is valid.
• Do not treat “AI engineer” as a synonym for using a chatbot.
• Do not optimize resumes for keywords at the expense of truth and readability.

Output

Use this structure:

# No-BS AI Career Plan

## Current Position

## Target Direction

## Credible Claims You Can Make Now

## Claims You Should Not Make Yet

## Skill Gaps

## Proof Gaps

## Portfolio Plan

## Resume/Profile Improvements

## Job/Freelance Strategy

## 30-Day Plan

## Hard Truth

## Next Action

Quality gate

Before finalizing, check:

• Is the target specific enough to research and build toward?
• Is every current claim backed by evidence?
• Are aspiration and production experience clearly separated?
• Does the portfolio plan resemble the target work?
• Are current market claims dated and sourced?
• Does the strategy fit the user's capacity and constraints?
• Are privacy and approval boundaries explicit?
• Does the 30-day plan create visible proof each week?
• Is the hard truth useful rather than performative?
• Can the next action be completed now or scheduled concretely?