Use cover-letter

Write a cover letter for one job from the person's resume and the posting

Write a cover letter for one job from the person's resume and the posting: under a page, opening on the strongest evidence for the role, two or three specifics matched to what the employer asked for, and no enthusiasm, company facts or experience the person didn't supply. A script lists every figure and name in the letter that their own material doesn't contain. Works for any occupation and level.

Reach for it when the user says "write a cover letter for this job", "draft a covering letter", "write the cover note for my application", or needs an application email to go with a resume.

Install it

npx skilldrop-cli install cover-letter                 # Claude Code, your user folder
npx skilldrop-cli install cover-letter --project       # Claude Code, this repo
npx skilldrop-cli install cover-letter --ide cursor    # or kiro, codex, antigravity, copilot

It is part of the Job applications pack: --pack career installs it with its neighbours.

It ships scripts, so it needs Python 3 (standard library only, nothing to install). What they may touch is declared in its manifest.

Ask for it

Say it the way you would to a colleague. Requests like these route to it:

• "Write a cover letter for this job"
• "Draft a covering letter to go with my CV for this posting"
• "I need a short cover note for this application email"
• "Write a supporting statement for this role, I'm changing careers"

Requests like these belong to a different skill, so it shouldn't answer them:

• "Tailor my resume for this posting"
• "Is this job a good fit for me?"
• "Clean the AI tells out of this cover letter I already wrote"

If another skill answers instead, ask for this one by name: "use cover-letter".

Check what you get

A good result:

• Every claim about the person is in their resume or their own words.
• Every claim about the employer is in the posting or was supplied by the person.
• The first two sentences name the job and give real evidence.
• 200 to 350 words, and within any limit the posting sets.
• It can be sent as it is: no placeholders, brackets or notes.

Use something else when

• Checking whether the job is worth applying for. Use job-fit-analysis.
• Rewriting the resume itself. Use resume-tailor.
• Removing machine artifacts from a letter that is already written. Use output-hygiene.

Where a loop runs it

• Stage letter of the apply loop

Next

• SKILL.md, the instructions the agent reads
• Its page on the site
• Related: job-fit-analysis, output-hygiene, resume-tailor

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