pocket-resume

PocketResume

AI-powered Chrome extension that generates tailored resumes and cover letters from any job description. Paste your master profile once — PocketResume rewrites it for every application.

Features

• 4 Resume Layouts — Professional, FAANG, Deedy (double-sided, dense two-column), Academic CV
• 4 AI Providers — Google Gemini (gemini-2.5-flash), OpenAI (gpt-4o-mini), Anthropic (claude-3-5-haiku), OpenRouter
• Cover Letters — Optional, single-page cover letter generated alongside your resume
• PDF Export — Clean, print-ready PDFs via jsPDF for every layout
• Refine Resume — AI polishes your master resume with change summary + warnings, side-by-side review before applying
• Extract JSON — Converts freeform resume text into structured JSON profile
• Multi-Profile — Save up to 3 master profiles and switch between them
• Cloud Sync — Optional Clerk + Convex cloud sync across devices
• Privacy First — API keys and profile data stored locally (cloud sync optional)

Installation

Not on the Chrome Web Store — load unpacked:

git clone https://github.com/Isaac-1555/pocket-resume.git
cd pocket-resume
npm install

1. Open chrome://extensions
2. Enable Developer mode
3. Click Load unpacked → select the PocketResume directory

Setup

1. Click the extension icon → gear icon (Settings)
2. Select AI provider → paste API key → “Set as Active Provider”
3. Paste your master resume into the profile text area → Save
4. (Optional) Enable Cover Letter toggle
5. (Optional) Configure cloud sync — see Configuration

Usage

1. Navigate to any job posting (LinkedIn, Indeed, company pages)
2. Click PocketResume icon → choose resume style
3. Click Generate Resume
4. PDF downloads automatically

Configuration

PocketResume works out of the box for resume generation. Cloud sync is optional and requires your own Clerk + Convex credentials.

Local-only mode (default)

No setup needed. API keys stay in chrome.storage.local. No data leaves your browser except requests to your chosen AI provider.

Cloud sync mode (optional)

To enable cross-device sync:

1. Copy .env.example to .env.local
2. Fill in your own values from Clerk and Convex:
   • CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY — Clerk publishable key
   • CLERK_FRONTEND_API_URL — Clerk Frontend API URL (e.g. https://your-app-12.clerk.accounts.dev)
   • CONVEX_URL — Convex deployment URL
   • CONVEX_DEPLOYMENT — local Convex deployment name
3. Run npm run build:clerk to bundle src/cloud-sync.js → cloud-sync.js with your env vars injected
4. For Convex backend work: npx convex dev from the repo root

.env.local is gitignored. Never commit cloud-sync.js (it’s a build artifact) or convex/_generated/ (regenerated by the Convex CLI).

Tech Stack

• Runtime: Vanilla HTML/CSS/JS, Manifest V3
• PDF: jsPDF (vendored)
• AI: Gemini, GPT-4o-mini, Claude 3.5 Haiku, OpenRouter
• Cloud (optional): Clerk auth, Convex realtime DB
• Build: esbuild (only for cloud-sync.js bundle); no bundler for app code

Development

# Install deps
npm ci

# Rebuild cloud-sync.js after editing src/cloud-sync.js
npm run build:clerk

# Update vendored jsPDF
npm install jspdf@latest
cp node_modules/jspdf/dist/jspdf.umd.min.js libs/jspdf.umd.min.js

Edit source files directly, reload the extension in chrome://extensions.

Debug targets:

• Service Worker: extension card → “Service Worker” (Inspect)
• Popup: right-click popup → Inspect
• Content Script: target page’s DevTools

For the full architecture map, file layout, and prompt/JSON schema reference, see AGENTS.md.

Contributing

Contributions welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for the workflow, CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md for community rules, and open an issue for bugs or features.

Security

Report vulnerabilities privately via GitHub Security Advisories. See SECURITY.md.

Acknowledgments

• jsPDF — PDF generation
• Clerk — auth (optional)
• Convex — backend (optional)
• AI providers: Google Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter

License

MIT © 2026 Isaac Daniel

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