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Academic CV Writer

Writes accurate academic CVs with exact publication status, authorship, funding and teaching records.

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Repository
reactive-resume/reactive-resume
Stars
45,192
Licence
MIT
Files
1 file

What it does

Once installed, the agent drafts an academic CV for research, postdoctoral, faculty or teaching roles instead of a short industry resume. It organizes degrees, appointments, publications, grants, teaching, mentoring and service, keeping distinctions such as published versus under review, or pending versus awarded funding, clearly separate. It refuses to invent or inflate claims and flags unverified details for the user to check.

Great for

  • Early-career researchers preparing a postdoc or faculty application
  • Academics updating a CV for a grant, promotion or teaching post
  • Anyone who needs an accurate publication list with correct status labels

Skip it if

  • Industry job applications, where a standard role resume is more appropriate (the skill itself says to use a different skill)
  • Final submission to a specific institution without checking its own formatting rules, since the skill does not guarantee compliance
  • Situations needing the agent to independently verify publications or identities, because it does not search for the candidate by default

Try asking

  • “Turn my publication list and notes into an academic CV for a postdoc application, grouped by published, under review and in preparation.”
  • “Update my CV with a preprint posted in May and a manuscript submitted in June, keeping the status accurate.”
  • “Reorganize my teaching and mentoring history for a teaching-focused faculty application.”
  • “Draft a Selected publications section from my list, labelled as selected rather than comprehensive.”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Academic CV WriterInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    academic-cv.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip academic-cv.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip academic-cv.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Provide your own CV, publication list and notes; the skill is designed to use only your evidence, not example figures.
  • State the application's instructions, discipline, country and whether research, teaching or service is the priority, so the structure fits.
  • Check every DOI, grant number and status label yourself, since the skill marks unchecked details as unverified rather than confirming them.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from reactive-resume/reactive-resume under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-11-02. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.