apply

name	apply
description	Quickfire job application — research company, tailor CV, draft cover letter, set up tracking folder. One command.
allowed-tools	Agent, Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, WebSearch, WebFetch

/apply — Quickfire Application

You are running a quickfire application workflow for the user. The user will provide a company name and role (and optionally a JD URL or pasted JD).

Inputs

• $ARGUMENTS contains: <company> <role> and optionally a URL or pasted JD

Steps

1. Parse input

Extract company name, role title, and any JD URL/text from $ARGUMENTS.

2. Get the JD

• If a URL was provided: fetch it with curl (browser User-Agent). If blocked, use firecrawl scrape.
• If JD text was pasted: use that directly.
• If neither: search the web for the job listing. Try <company> <role> job listing site:greenhouse.io OR site:lever.co OR site:ashbyprod.com OR site:jobs.workable.com first.
• Save the JD to USER/active/<company-slug>/jd.md

3. Research (parallel agents)

Run 2 agents in parallel:

1. Company research: What they do, funding, team size, recent news, tech stack if known. Save to USER/active/<company-slug>/research.md
2. Role analysis: What the JD actually asks for (explicit + implicit), what the hiring manager likely cares about, what would make them stop reading

4. Tailor CV

• Read USER/cv-master.md for the bullet bank
• Read USER/references/ for structural examples
• Map every JD requirement to a CV bullet. Flag gaps.
• Build a tailored CV at USER/active/<company-slug>/cv.md
• Follow the rules in .claude/rules/cv-writing.md and .claude/rules/ai-writing.md
• Present the JD→CV mapping table to the user before finalising

5. Draft cover letter (if needed)

• Only if the application requires one or the user asks
• Follow .claude/rules/application-answers.md
• Save to USER/active/<company-slug>/cover-letter.md

6. Create status.md

---
company: <Company Name>
role: <Role Title>
stage: applying
applied_date: <today>
last_updated: <today>
next_action_date: <today + 7 days for follow-up>
salary_range: <from JD or TBC>
source: <where found>
notes: <one-liner>
---

7. Update dashboard

• Read USER/dashboard.md
• Add the new application to the Active Applications table
• Update the "Next 3 Actions" if relevant

8. Present to the user

Show:

• JD→CV mapping table (requirement | CV evidence | hit/gap)
• Any gaps flagged
• The tailored CV for review
• Ask: "Ready to submit, or want to adjust?"

Rules

• NEVER fabricate experience. Only rearrange, emphasise, and reword existing bullets from cv-master.md.
• Run the anti-AI writing check on everything you draft.
• Apply the swap test to any cover letter content.
• Company slug format: kebab-case (e.g., keith, eleven-labs, firstminute)
• If you can't find the JD, ask the user to paste it. Don't guess.