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Job Hunter

v1.0.0

Assist with finding, evaluating, and applying to jobs using multi-source searches, fit scoring, application support, interview prep, and status tracking.

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bysharbel@sharbelayy
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Purpose & Capability
Name/description, SKILL.md, reference docs, and the three scripts are coherent: they focus on searching job boards, scoring fit, salary research, and generating application assets. The included scripts and templates are proportional to a job-hunter assistant. One capability (calling the Brave search API) is plausible for multi-source searching, but the skill metadata does not declare the associated credential.
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Instruction Scope
SKILL.md instructs the agent to run local scripts and use web_search/web_fetch to query third-party job sites — expected for this purpose. However, the search script also reads BRAVE_API_KEY from the environment and will call https://api.search.brave.com when present; that environment dependency and outbound network calls are not declared in the skill metadata. The SKILL.md does not warn the user that an API key may be used or that network requests will be made to the Brave API.
Install Mechanism
Instruction-only skill with no install spec. No external archives or installers are fetched by the platform when installing the skill itself. The scripts require common tools (python3, curl) but those are expected and not installed by the skill.
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Credentials
Declared requirements list no environment variables, but scripts reference an environment variable (BRAVE_API_KEY) to enable the Brave API search path. This is an undeclared credential requirement. Supplying such a token would expose it to the script and any tool that executes it; the skill does not request or document other credentials, which is inconsistent with the code.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill does not request permanent presence (always: false) and has no install-time hooks or config writes in the manifest. It performs network calls at runtime if executed, but it does not request elevated agent privileges or attempt to modify other skills/configs.
What to consider before installing
This skill appears to implement a legitimate job-search assistant, but note these concerns before installing or running it: - The search script conditionally uses a BRAVE_API_KEY environment variable to call the Brave Search API, but the skill metadata does not declare this requirement. If you provide a Brave API key, the script will send queries and receive results from api.search.brave.com. - If you are security-conscious, do not place sensitive credentials (cloud credentials, company tokens, or personal API keys unrelated to Brave) in the same environment where this skill runs. Treat BRAVE_API_KEY like a secret: only provide it if you understand and trust the endpoint. - Consider running the included scripts manually in a sandboxed environment first (with a dummy BRAVE_API_KEY or without it) to inspect the network traffic and outputs. The skill will fall back to producing search queries for manual use if no BRAVE_API_KEY is present. - Ask the skill author to update the manifest to declare required env vars (BRAVE_API_KEY) and to document where network requests go and what data is transmitted. Also request explicit documentation about what the skill will send to external services and whether any logs or outputs could contain user profile data. - If you want to be extra cautious, disable autonomous invocation for this skill (or restrict when it can run) and only invoke it manually after reviewing inputs/outputs.

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License

MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.

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