resume-ats-pdf-optimizer

What problem does it solve?

It helps you tailor a resume PDF to a specific job description by performing ATS-focused gap analysis and applying minimal, layout-preserving improvements so your content and keyword coverage better match what recruiters’ systems parse.

Core Features & Use Cases

• ATS scorecard (0–100): Produces a heuristic compatibility score broken into keyword coverage, experience evidence alignment, skills alignment, and parse safety.
• Gap analysis: Identifies missing exact JD keywords, weak or unsupported evidence in experience bullets, and section-level parsing/formatting risks.
• Minimal edit planning + PDF update: Generates a prioritized edit plan and produces an updated PDF using layout-preserving methods (text patching first, overlay fallback, DOCX fallback only when appropriate).
• Verification-oriented output: Reports baseline vs updated score, edited areas/lines, and integrity checks like page count and parseability.

Use this when you want to improve ATS compatibility, find missing JD terms, or update a resume PDF without changing its typography or overall structure.

Quick Start

Use the resume-ats-pdf-optimizer skill to score the attached resume PDF against the provided job description and return an updated, minimal-change ATS-optimized PDF plus a ranked gap report.