Two additions to 05-cv-templates.md so the /apply workflow follows the
same patterns as cv/main_example.tex:
1. Add the three \renewcommand* lines to the documented preamble so
downstream CVs inherit the color1 overrides for firstname, lastname,
and section headings. Includes a short paragraph explaining the
reason and a note for users who prefer regular-weight firstname.
2. Add a "Spacing inside itemize lists" subsection that calls out the
inter-item \vspace anti-pattern with a wrong/right example and
explicitly preserves the two related patterns that DO render fine
(post-section spacer, inter-cventry \vspace{3pt}).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Two fixes for the moderncv banking + lualatex + MiKTeX combination that
the README documents as the recommended setup:
1. **Color overrides for names and section headings.** Default banking on
modern MiKTeX renders firstname, lastname, and \section headings in
black, which clashes with the rest of the blue accent scheme (links,
bullets, contact icons). Add three \renewcommand* lines that force
firstnamestyle, lastnamestyle, and sectionstyle to use \color{color1}.
Both names render bold in matching blue, and every \section heading
renders blue with the standard horizontal underline. No effect for
users on a setup where the defaults already render blue.
2. **Remove \vspace{1pt} between \item entries in itemize lists.** This
pattern (used 21 times in the template) intermittently produces an
oversized gap before a single item: every adjacent pair has the same
separator in the source, but LaTeX renders one of them noticeably
wider because the inter-item \vspace creates a paragraph break that
interacts with the list's internal \itemsep. Removing the inter-item
\vspace lets itemize use its native uniform spacing, which renders
consistently. \vspace{1pt} immediately after \section{...} (between
header and first item) and \vspace{3pt} between top-level \cventry
blocks are kept - those are different patterns and render fine.
Also updated the file's compile-comment from "pdflatex" to "lualatex"
to match the README.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The original bullet ("Token-efficient. Reviewer receives drafts inline
rather than re-reading files. Verification runs once, at the end.") is
technically true for the reviewer-dispatch path but invites readers to
infer that the overall workflow uses fewer tokens than master. That is
not actually defensible: the new Step 5 (compile-and-inspect) spends
tokens on Read'ing both PDFs and on layout-fix iteration cycles, which
typically offsets the savings from inline draft passing and scoped
reviewer reads. End-to-end the workflow is roughly token-neutral, with
the variance dominated by how many layout fixes the CV needs.
Reframes the bullet as "Token-efficient reviewer dispatch" (which is
accurate and verifiable from the prompt structure) and adds an explicit
note that Step 5 spends some of those savings on PDF rendering. The
trade is real - tokens for fewer broken PDFs reaching the user - and
worth surfacing honestly rather than overclaiming.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Brings 02-behavioral-profile.md back into the reviewer's reading list (it
was dropped in the earlier token-efficiency refactor). The reviewer now
reads four files: 01 (candidate profile), 02 (behavioral profile), 03
(writing style), 04 (job evaluation). The LaTeX template files (05, 06)
remain excluded, since those govern structural/LaTeX concerns the drafter
already applied.
The behavioral profile is there to let the reviewer cross-check whether
the cover letter's voice matches the candidate's natural register -
something 03-writing-style.md does not encode (03 has the universal rules
like "no em-dashes, no cliches"; 02 has the per-person register like
"Collaborator PI should not be given a combative solo-hero tone").
Also cross-references 02 explicitly in the Part B "Tone and style issues"
category so the reviewer actually uses it during critique rather than
just skimming it.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Audit of master vs the branch found three real coverage gaps in the
reviewer prompt and drafter's revise step. This commit restores them
without giving up the Part A (JSON edits) + Part B (narrative) structure.
1. Action-oriented reframing is restored as a Part B narrative category.
The previous refactor folded reframing into Part A edit rationales, but
structural weakness (e.g. "the whole opening paragraph is passive") does
not fit a clean find-and-replace and needs prose critique to surface.
2. Tone and style phrasing is strengthened from "anything that conflicts
with 03-writing-style.md" back to the master's proactive "check
against... flag issues with tone, formality, or voice", with explicit
examples (cliches, hedging, over-humility, inconsistent register).
3. Step 4 revise guidance is expanded from "Apply Part A... Apply Part B
using judgment" (which could be read as a free-for-all) to an
enumerated sub-list under Part B covering every category the reviewer
returns: missed keywords, company angles, action-oriented reframing,
tone/style. Keeps the architectural change (Part A/B split) but
restores the master's explicit "apply every kind of fix" discipline.
Also adds a small instruction to the reviewer: produce each Part B
category even if the finding is "no issues" - silence on a category can
be mistaken for skipping it.
One remaining judgment call left unchanged in this commit: the reviewer
no longer reads 02-behavioral-profile.md. The refactor excluded it on the
reasoning that 03-writing-style.md carries the voice/tone rules. This is
a conscious trade-off; if voice-matching starts slipping in practice,
restoring 02 to the reviewer's reading list is a one-line fix.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Updates README.md and SETUP.md to reflect the new /apply workflow
additions shipped in the previous commit:
- Bumps the /apply step list from 6 to 7, adding "Compile and inspect"
between Revise and Present
- Adds a "What makes this workflow different" subsection highlighting the
PDF verification loop, relevance-weighted CV cutting, drafter-reviewer
separation, and token-efficient dispatching
- Updates prerequisites note to call out lualatex (CV) and xelatex (cover
letter) explicitly, with the reason each engine is required
- Updates SETUP.md's LaTeX section to match (pdflatex -> lualatex for the
CV, with the MiKTeX fontawesome5 caveat)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds a new Step 5 to the /apply workflow that compiles the CV (lualatex)
and cover letter (xelatex) and visually inspects the resulting PDFs before
presenting them to the user. This catches page-break failures that .tex
review cannot detect: orphaned cventry titles, cover letters spilling to
a second page, and bullet fonts not matching body text.
Also introduces relevance-weighted cutting as the rule for shrinking an
overflowing CV: score each candidate line by (a) relevance to the posting,
(b) uniqueness in the document, and (c) load-bearing role in the cover
letter, then cut the lowest-total-score line first, regardless of section.
This replaces the old static "cut oldest section first" heuristic, which
was wrong whenever a relevant older-role bullet competed with an
irrelevant recent-role bullet.
Bundled with the earlier pending token-efficiency improvements to the
/apply workflow (inline draft passing to the reviewer, scoped reviewer
file reads, single end-of-workflow verification pass).
Changes:
- .claude/commands/apply.md: new Step 5 (Compile & Inspect PDFs), renumber
old Step 5 to Step 6, update token-efficiency rules at top to reference
Step 6 for the verification checklist
- .claude/skills/job-application-assistant/05-cv-templates.md: switch
recommended compile engine from pdflatex to lualatex (pdflatex fails on
modern MiKTeX with fontawesome5 font-expansion errors), add
"Compile-and-Inspect Loop" section with needspace/enlargethispage
patterns, add "Relevance-weighted cutting" section
- .claude/skills/job-application-assistant/06-cover-letter-templates.md:
add compile command, add "Compile-and-Inspect Loop", document the
"\lettercontent{} + itemize" pitfall and the required font-matching
Raleway-Medium wrapper fix
- CLAUDE.md: add "Compiled PDF verification (MANDATORY)" checklist items
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
