claude-engineering-resume

A Claude Code skill that reviews, critiques, and improves engineering resumes following the r/EngineeringResumes wiki guidelines.

Works for all engineering disciplines — software, mechanical, civil, electrical, manufacturing, and more. Primarily aligned with US/Canada resume standards.

Features

• Review & critique any resume against the full r/EngineeringResumes wiki ruleset
• Rewrite bullet points using STAR/XYZ/CAR with strong action verbs
• Generate a .docx file with proper wiki-compliant formatting (Calibri 10.5pt, 0.5" margins, en-dash dates, right-aligned, no trailing periods)
• Auto-update the wiki guidelines via update-wiki.py
• Covers all disciplines: software, mechanical, civil, electrical, manufacturing

Install

git clone https://github.com/Gabrcodes/claude-engineering-resume ~/.claude/skills/engineering-resume

The skill is available immediately in your next Claude Code session.

Dependencies

pip install python-docx

Usage

Type /engineering-resume followed by what you want:

/engineering-resume review my resume
[paste resume text]

/engineering-resume improve these bullet points:
[paste bullets]

/engineering-resume I'm a new grad SWE, help me write my resume from scratch

/engineering-resume tailor my resume to this job description:
[paste JD]

What it covers

• Formatting — layout, fonts, margins, dates, spacing
• Section ordering — by career stage (student, new grad, senior, career changer)
• Contact information — what to include and what to omit
• Work experience — STAR/XYZ/CAR bullet methods, action verbs, quantifying impact
• Skills section — what belongs, capitalization, common typos (SolidWorks, JavaScript, etc.)
• Education — GPA rules, degree formatting, what to exclude
• Projects — real vs. tutorial projects, portfolio links
• Sample bullet points — mechanical, software, civil, electrical, manufacturing examples

Updating

The skill includes an update script that fetches the latest wiki content from Reddit's JSON API:

python ~/.claude/skills/engineering-resume/update-wiki.py

This saves raw wiki markdown to wiki-raw/. Review changes there and update SKILL.md as needed.

Source

Guidelines sourced from the r/EngineeringResumes wiki.