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name: academic-cv
description: "Build or tailor an academic CV for faculty, postdoc, research or fellowship applications: publications, grants, teaching, supervision and service in the order the field expects, with consistent citations. Use when asked to write my academic CV, update my CV for a lectureship, tenure-track or postdoc application, format my publications list, or adapt my academic CV for an industry research role. Produces the full academic CV, a field-appropriate section order, a clean publications list in one citation style, and a two-page summary version when asked."
version: 1.0.0
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# Academic CV

An academic CV is a complete record, not a summary. Hiring committees look for the same things in a fixed order: research, funding, teaching, service. Length is expected; inconsistency is not. This skill builds the record, orders it for the field and the post, and formats every citation the same way.

Part of the pm-cv bundle.

## What This Skill Produces

- **The full academic CV**
- **A section order** for the field and post type, with the reason
- **A publications list** in one citation style, with the person's name in bold
- **A short version** (two pages) for fellowships or industry research roles, when asked

## Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:
- **The post**: lectureship or assistant professor, postdoc, research fellow, industry research, and the institution's country
- **The field**, because conventions differ (author order, conference versus journal weight)
- **The record**: publications, grants, teaching, supervision, talks, service, awards
- **The citation style** the field uses, or permission to choose the common one

## Framework

Typical order (adjust by field and post):
1. Contact and current position
2. Research interests (two lines)
3. Education, with thesis title and supervisor
4. Appointments
5. Publications, split: peer-reviewed journal articles; conference papers; books and chapters; preprints and under review (labelled as such)
6. Grants and funding: funder, title, role, amount, years
7. Awards and fellowships
8. Teaching: courses, level, role, student numbers
9. Supervision: students, level, status
10. Invited talks and conference presentations
11. Service: reviewing, committees, organising
12. Public engagement and impact, where the system values it
13. References, if the country expects them on the CV

Rules:
- Reverse chronological within each section.
- One citation style throughout. The person's name in bold. Equal-contribution marks explained once.
- "Under review" and "in preparation" are labelled honestly and never listed as published.
- For computer science and similar fields, top conferences may outrank journals; put them first.

## Output Format

### Academic CV: [name], [post]
**1. The CV**
**2. Section order and why**
**3. Citation check**: inconsistencies found and fixed
**4. Short version** (if asked)

## Quality Checks
- [ ] Every publication uses the same citation style
- [ ] Unpublished work is labelled as under review or in preparation
- [ ] Grants show the person's role (principal investigator, co-investigator, named researcher)
- [ ] Section order fits the field and post
- [ ] Nothing is listed that the person did not provide

## Anti-Patterns
- **Mixing citation styles.** Committees notice and read it as carelessness.
- **Inflating status.** A submitted paper is not "forthcoming".
- **Hiding teaching** for a teaching-heavy post, or hiding research for a research post.
- **Using the full CV for industry.** Industry research roles want the short version.

## Example Trigger Phrases
- "Update my academic CV for a lectureship application in the UK."
- "Format my publications list properly."
- "I'm applying for a postdoc. Help me order my CV."
- "Turn my academic CV into a two-page version for an industry research role."