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feat(ats): extract PDF text with pypdf before Poppler (#369)

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* feat(ats): extract PDF text with pypdf before Poppler

Lead the ATS text-layer check with pypdf (BSD, optional pip install). Fall back to pdftotext -layout -enc UTF-8. No cache directory, no installer, no AGPL pymupdf. Windows users without Poppler still get a mechanical parseability check; visual review remains the last resort.

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@@ -141,15 +141,17 @@ Copy-Item cover_letters\cover.cls, cover_letters\OpenFonts -Destination $SmokeDi
Push-Location $SmokeDir; xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode -halt-on-error cover_smoke.tex; Pop-Location
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### Optional: pdftotext (for the ATS check)
### Optional: ATS text extraction (pypdf, then pdftotext)
`/apply` runs an ATS parseability check on the compiled CV: it extracts the PDF's text layer and verifies contact details, reading order, and keyword coverage the way an applicant-tracking system sees them. This uses `pdftotext` from [poppler](https://poppler.freedesktop.org/), which is not part of TeX distributions:
`/apply` runs an ATS parseability check on the compiled CV: it extracts the PDF's text layer and verifies contact details, reading order, and keyword coverage the way an applicant-tracking system sees them.
The default extractor is **pypdf** (BSD, `pip install pypdf`). Poppler `pdftotext` remains an optional fallback:
- **macOS:** `brew install poppler`
- **Debian/Ubuntu:** `sudo apt install poppler-utils`
- **Windows:** `choco install poppler`
If `pdftotext` is missing, `/apply` skips the mechanical check with a warning and falls back to a visual keyword review — everything else works normally.
If a command still uses `pdftotext -layout`, it must pass `-enc UTF-8` as well. If **neither** extractor is available, `/apply` skips the mechanical check with a warning and falls back to a visual keyword review — everything else works normally.
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