Placed Resume Builder

This skill should be used when the user wants to "build a resume", "create a resume", "update my resume", "export resume as PDF", "change resume template", "...

Build and manage professional resumes via the Placed API. No MCP server required — all calls are made directly with curl.

API Key

Load the key from ~/.config/placed/credentials, falling back to the environment:

if [ -z "$PLACED_API_KEY" ] && [ -f "$HOME/.config/placed/credentials" ]; then
  source "$HOME/.config/placed/credentials"
fi

If PLACED_API_KEY is still not set, ask the user:

"Please provide your Placed API key (get it at https://placed.exidian.tech/settings/api)"

Then save it for future sessions:

mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/placed"
echo "export PLACED_API_KEY=<key_provided_by_user>" > "$HOME/.config/placed/credentials"
export PLACED_API_KEY=<key_provided_by_user>

How to Call the API

placed_call() {
  local tool=$1
  local args=${2:-'{}'}
  curl -s -X POST https://placed.exidian.tech/api/mcp \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $PLACED_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":1,\"method\":\"tools/call\",\"params\":{\"name\":\"$tool\",\"arguments\":$args}}" \
    | python3 -c "import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d['result']['content'][0]['text'])"
}

Available Tools

Tool	Description
list_resumes	List all resumes
create_resume	Create a new resume
get_resume	Get resume by ID (or most recent if no ID)
update_resume	Update any resume section
get_resume_schema	See all available fields and formats
list_resume_templates	Browse available templates
get_template_preview	Preview a specific template
change_resume_template	Switch resume template
get_resume_pdf_url	Get PDF download URL (expires 15 min)
get_resume_docx_url	Get Word document download URL
export_resume_json	Export resume as JSON
export_resume_markdown	Export resume as Markdown

Usage Examples

List all resumes:

placed_call "list_resumes"

Create a resume:

placed_call "create_resume" '{"title":"Senior Engineer Resume","target_role":"Staff Engineer"}'

Update resume sections:

placed_call "update_resume" '{
  "resume_id": "res_abc123",
  "summary": "Principal SRE with 10+ years...",
  "skills": [{"name":"Infrastructure","keywords":["Kubernetes","Terraform","AWS"]}]
}'

Get PDF download URL:

placed_call "get_resume_pdf_url" '{"resume_id":"res_abc123"}'

Change template:

# First list templates
placed_call "list_resume_templates"
# Then apply one
placed_call "change_resume_template" '{"resume_id":"res_abc123","template_id":"onyx"}'

Export as Markdown:

placed_call "export_resume_markdown" '{"resume_id":"res_abc123"}'

Resume Sections

All sections are optional and can be updated independently via update_resume:

• basics — name, email, phone, headline, location
• summary — professional overview
• experience — work history with company, position, date, bullets
• education — degrees, institutions, dates
• skills — skill groups with keywords
• languages — language proficiencies
• certifications — professional certs with issuer and date
• awards — honors and recognition
• projects — personal/professional projects
• publications — articles, papers, books
• references — professional references
• volunteer — volunteer experience
• interests — hobbies and interests
• profiles — LinkedIn, GitHub, portfolio links

Tips

• Call get_resume_schema to see exact field formats before updating
• Quantify achievements with metrics (numbers, percentages, dollars)
• Use action verbs at the start of bullet points
• Mirror job description language for better ATS matching
• Use placed-resume-optimizer skill to check ATS compatibility after building