Application tracker board. An agent skill from extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager.

MITAuto-check passedBusiness, Finance & HR

Install Board

skills CLI
$ npx skills add extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager --skill board -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager board --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/board .claude/skills/board && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
board
GitHub stars
111
Token cost
~559 tokens
SKILL.md length
234 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
7
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Application tracker board. An agent skill from extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager.

  • Works in 3 steps: Read applications.md. If it's missing or… → Render a board grouped by status, in… → Surface what's actionable
  • Reports progress (e.g
  • SKILL.md covers Show, Update and Rules
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Board is an agent skill from extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager. Application tracker board. Read ~/.dear-hiring-manager/applications.md and render a status board (grouped by blocked/skipped/filled/submitted/rejected/interview/offer with counts and a response-rate summary), and update an application's status + date when the user reports progress (e.g. "mark Transcend as interview"). Use for /board or whenever the user wants to see or update their job-application pipeline.

Its SKILL.md is about 560 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Business, Finance & HR, covering Job search and resumes. The repository describes itself as: A Claude Code plugin that fills your job applications from your profile, drafts the cover letter, and leaves Submit to you. Locally. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Reports progress (e.g
  • Whenever the user wants to see
  • Update their job-application pipeline

Example prompts

  • “s status + date when the user reports progress (e.g.”
  • “/board”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read applications.md. If it's missing or has no rows, say so and point to
  2. Render a board grouped by status, in pipeline order
  3. Surface what's actionable

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ff6c26b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Board loads about 559 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 104 tokens; SKILL.md has 234 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~104
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~559

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager at commit ff6c26b, republished under its MIT licence (© extrasmall0). 234 words, ~559 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/board/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
board
description
Application tracker board. Read ~/.dear-hiring-manager/applications.md and render a status board (grouped by blocked/skipped/filled/submitted/rejected/interview/offer with counts and a response-rate summary), and update an application's status + date when the user reports progress (e.g. "mark Transcend as interview"). Use for /board or whenever the user wants to see or update their job-application pipeline.

Tracker board

Read and maintain the application pipeline in ~/.dear-hiring-manager/applications.md (the flat-file tracker). Two jobs: show the board and update a status.

Show

  1. Read applications.md. If it's missing or has no rows, say so and point to /dear-hiring-manager:apply or :batch.
  2. Render a board grouped by status, in pipeline order: blocked → skipped → filled → submitted → rejected → interview → offer.
    • A count per column header.
    • One line per application under its status: company — role (fit N · applied <date> · N flags).
    • A one-line summary: totals, and response rate = (interview + offer) / (submitted + rejected + interview + offer) — i.e. responses over everything ever submitted (status is single-valued, so an advanced app has left the submitted bucket). Show n/a when that denominator is 0.
  3. Surface what's actionable:
    • blocked apps (CAPTCHA / unreadable form) → need your manual action; list them first.
    • filled apps not yet submitted → parked, awaiting the human's Submit.
    • submitted apps with no status change in >14 days → consider a follow-up.

Update

When the user reports progress (e.g. "Transcend → interview", "Airbnb rejected"):

  1. Find the matching row in applications.md by company/role.
  2. Set its status and append a dated note in the flags/notes column (e.g. interview 2026-07-20). Never delete history — append.
  3. Re-render the board.

Rules

  • Flat-file only; applications.md is the single source of truth, human-readable Markdown.
  • Status lifecycle: in-progress → blocked | skipped | filled → submitted → rejected | interview | offer.
  • Never fabricate a status — only reflect what the human reports or what apply/batch recorded.

© extrasmall0, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/board of extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ff6c26b

Compare with similar skills

Board next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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freehire Tech Job SearchMadsLorentzen/ai-job-search45k—~2.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
LinkedIn Job SearchMadsLorentzen/ai-job-search45k—~1.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Job Posting ScraperMadsLorentzen/ai-job-search45k1 repos~5.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Board

What does Board do?

Application tracker board. An agent skill from extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager. Board is an agent skill from extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager. Application tracker board.

When should I use Board?

Board fits situations like: reports progress (e.g; whenever the user wants to see; update their job-application pipeline.

How do I install Board in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager --skill board -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/board in extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager) into .claude/skills/board in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Board in Codex?

Run `npx skills add extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager --skill board -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/board in extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager) into .agents/skills/board in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Board in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager --skill board -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/board, .gemini/skills/board, .github/skills/board and .opencode/skills/board in your project.

What does Board need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Board is instructions for the agent only.

Does Board access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Board safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Board use?

Board is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Board use?

About 559 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Board?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Board: Reactive Resume Builder (reactive-resume/reactive-resume, 44k stars), Career-Ops Job Search Center (career-ops-hq/career-ops, 74k stars), freehire Tech Job Search (MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search, 45k stars) and LinkedIn Job Search (MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search, 45k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Board?

extrasmall0 (a GitHub user) maintains it in extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager, which has 111 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 15, 2026.

Source: extrasmall0/dear-hiring-manager on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.