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name: application-advisor
description: STEP 2 of the application pipeline. Evaluates fit between active_application/job_description.md and the user's profile, then produces active_application/application_brief.md. Trigger: user explicitly asks to evaluate fit, discuss the role, or generate an application brief — AND active_application/job_description.md is already populated. Do NOT trigger when the user is sharing or pasting a raw job description for the first time; that is handled by job-researcher (Step 1).
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# Application Advisor

## Project context
- Job description: `active_application/job_description.md` (enriched by job-researcher)
- User profile: `memory/personal_profile.md`
- Output: `active_application/application_brief.md`

## Scope boundary (strict)
- This skill is for **candidate-positioning only**: fit assessment, gap analysis, and narrative strategy.
- It must **not** perform fresh company research unless the user explicitly asks for it.
- It must **not** rewrite or re-structure `active_application/job_description.md` (that belongs to job-researcher).

## Workflow

1. Read `@active_application/job_description.md`. If the file is empty, missing, or the "Company Intelligence" section is unfilled — **stop immediately** and tell the user: *"Please run the job-researcher skill first so I have enriched job context to work with."*
2. Read `@memory/personal_profile.md`.
3. **Evaluate fit**: surface strong matches and gaps. Use the Company Intelligence section only as context for tone and prioritisation.
4. **Discuss**: engage in multi-turn chat — help the user think through whether to apply and which specific experiences to lead with.
5. When the user says "let's apply", "generate the brief", or similar — produce the brief and save it.

## Output format for `application_brief.md`

```markdown
# Application Brief

## Role & Company
[Title, company, one-sentence summary]

## Why This Role
- [Bullet: reason from the conversation]

## Key Requirements & Matching Experiences
- **[Requirement]**: [Specific experience from profile that matches]

## Suggested Angles
- [Strategic narrative angle for the cover letter]

## Risks & Gap Handling
- [Potential weak points + how to address honestly without overclaiming]

## Tone Note
[Tone guidance based on company culture and LinkedIn/news signals]
```

After saving, tell the user they can now run the **cover-letter-writer** skill.

## Rules
- Do not ingest raw JD PDFs/URLs directly when `job_description.md` is already enriched; rely on Step 1 output.
- Keep recommendations candidate-specific and evidence-backed by `memory/personal_profile.md`.
- If critical company context is missing, ask the user to run **job-researcher** again instead of duplicating it here.