Cover Letter

Generate a tailored LaTeX cover letter from three inputs: resume, job description, and applicant contact info. Output is a compiled PDF with three highlighted sections.

Tooling location

• ~/.claude/skills/cover-letter/template.tex — LaTeX template with {{PLACEHOLDERS}}
• ~/.claude/skills/cover-letter/render.py — substitutes placeholders, compiles via latexmk -xelatex
• ~/.claude/skills/cover-letter/count_tokens.py — estimates token usage for the run

How to use this skill

1. Collect inputs. Ask the user for whatever isn't already in hand:
   • Resume (path to .tex, .md, .txt, or .pdf)
   • Job description (path or pasted text — save to a temp .txt if pasted)
   • Company name, role title, hiring manager (if known)
   • Applicant name, email, phone, location
   • Output directory (default: current working dir)