Reads a job post for a job seeker and says in plain words what the job is, which requirements are firm and which are wishes, what the post leaves out (pay, location, hours, team), which phrases are worth a question, and what to ask the recruiter. It quotes the post for everything and never guesses about the employer.
npx mdskills install proskillpacks/job-post-decoderRelated
Paste a job post. It says in plain words what the job is, sorts the requirements into firm, wish and unclear with quotes, lists what the post leaves out (pay, location, hours, team), points out phrases worth a question, and gives you six to eight questions for the recruiter. If you add your background, it says where the fit is strong or weak and what to lead with. It never says anything about the employer beyond the post.
Any assistant that reads the open SKILL.md format works.
job-post-decoder folder into .agents/skills/ in your project (or ~/.agents/skills/ for everywhere). Or run npx skills add proskillpacks/skills. Or use your tool's own skills folder.No install: open prompt.md, copy it into ChatGPT or any chatbot and paste your material where marked.
Any assistant that reads SKILL.md (Claude, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and others) and any chatbot via prompt.md. Tested on Claude Sonnet.
Before: Reading a long ad twice and still not knowing what the role is or whether to apply.
After (skill output, from a real test run): Test run on a real public job post for a senior product marketing role. It noticed the post was cut off mid-sentence, said the post gave no firm requirements list, listed pay, location, hours and how to apply as missing, quoted five phrases with a question for each (for example "high-performance culture"), and told a marketing coordinator that this looked like a hard first step and an associate-level role might be a better one. It invented no experience.
1 run on a real public job post (Claude Sonnet).
Made by Pro Skill Packs. MIT licensed: use it, change it, share it.
More skills: https://proskillpacks.github.io/ . Pairs with the paid Resume Bullet Rewriter and Interview Scorecard Builder.
Install via CLI
npx mdskills install proskillpacks/job-post-decoderJob Post Decoder is a free, open-source AI agent skill. Reads a job post for a job seeker and says in plain words what the job is, which requirements are firm and which are wishes, what the post leaves out (pay, location, hours, team), which phrases are worth a question, and what to ask the recruiter. It quotes the post for everything and never guesses about the employer.
Install Job Post Decoder with a single command:
npx mdskills install proskillpacks/job-post-decoderThis downloads the skill files into your project and your AI agent picks them up automatically.
Job Post Decoder works with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Vscode Copilot, Windsurf, Continue Dev, Codex, Gemini Cli, Amp, Roo Code, Goose, Opencode, Trae, Qodo, Command Code, Chatgpt. Skills use the open SKILL.md format which is compatible with any AI coding agent that reads markdown instructions.