How to use the Application Answers agent skill

What is an agent skill and what does this one do?

An agent skill is a folder containing a SKILL.md file. The file tells a compatible AI agent when to use the skill and how to carry out a particular kind of task. This one is named application-answers and is licensed MIT.

Once installed, the agent helps you write answers to questions such as why you want a role, describing an achievement, or responding to selection criteria. It uses only the facts you supply, keeps answers within the stated word or character limits, and flags anything that needs your confirmation.

• Drafts short answers to application form questions
• Writes supporting statements and selection-criteria responses
• Counts words or characters against the limit you give
• Flags facts that need your confirmation
• Does not submit forms, sign declarations or fill in optional demographic or sensitive fields

Install the Application Answers skill

Download the ZIP file for the skill from this page and unzip it. The skill is delivered as SKILL.md. Put the unzipped folder in one of these locations, depending on how you want to use it:

For a personal setup available across projects, place it in ~/.claude/skills/. For a single project, place it in that project's .claude/skills/ folder. In the Claude apps, you can instead upload the skill under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.

• Personal: ~/.claude/skills/
• Single project: .claude/skills/ inside the project folder
• Claude apps: Settings → Capabilities → Skills, then upload

Trigger the skill with natural requests

You do not need a special command. Describe the question you are stuck on and include the details the skill needs: the exact question, any instructions, the word or character limit, the target role, and your resume or achievement notes. The skill reuses facts you have already supplied, so you can give them once in the conversation.

Ask for one question at a time when the answers are long, so each draft can be checked against its limit.

• Give the exact question text, not a paraphrase
• State the limit, for example "250 words maximum" or "500 characters including spaces"
• Paste the resume or notes for the relevant role
• Say whether the application allows AI help; if it forbids it, the skill will not draft that response

Examples of useful requests

The skill handles different question types differently. A motivation question needs a reason you actually hold; if you have not given one, the skill asks rather than inventing enthusiasm. An achievement question needs context, your own action, the result and its relevance. A years-of-experience question counts only confirmed periods without double-counting overlap or rounding up.

Example: a form asks how many years of professional Python experience you have, and you have one year at work plus two years of study. Where only a number is accepted, the draft is "1 year". Where an explanation is allowed, it is "One year professionally, plus two years of study". The skill does not answer "3 years professionally".

• "Draft a 150-word answer to: Why do you want to join this team? Here is my CV and the job advert."
• "Answer this selection criterion with one example from my notes, under 400 words."
• "Describe a time I led a project. Limit 1,000 characters. Use only the facts in my notes."

What the skill needs and how it works

The skill lists no required tools or packages. It does not run scripts and does not use the network. Everything it produces comes from the conversation and the files you give it.

When you ask it to save answers into a connected account, it is designed to inspect the current record and show you the exact destination and content before any authorised write. It also keeps personal data out of research queries and unapproved external services.

• Requirements: none listed
• Runs scripts: no
• Uses network: no
• Files: SKILL.md

Safety notes and limits

The skill will decline to fabricate or inflate a claim. It offers the strongest truthful version instead and maintains that boundary if pressed. Facts that need confirmation are kept outside the copy-ready answer.

The skill is not for submitting applications, making legal eligibility decisions, or helping with restricted assessments. For work authorisation, clearance and other legal declarations, it asks you for your own confirmed answer and does not infer it from citizenship, residence or resume history. If an application forbids AI assistance or requires an unaided personal statement, the skill will not draft, rewrite, outline or choose content for that response; it explains the restriction and can only suggest asking the employer what help is allowed.

Always check the final text yourself. The skill counts against the limit you supply, but it cannot confirm that a portal accepted the answer.

• Never submit the form yourself based on unverified output
• Do not rely on it for legal declarations; answer those personally
• Check the word or character counting basis if the portal may count differently