Score job postings against your fit from LinkedIn
Part 2/2: Building the Claude Skill, Finding the Workarounds, and Choosing Your Approach. Task: The author built a Claude Skill using a JSON profile and scoring prompt to analyze job postings. After discovering the Chrome Extension does not automatically use Skills, they created a Shortcut that fetches the profile from a GitHub Gist. The workflow involves opening a LinkedIn job page, activating the Shortcut via '/' in the extension, and having Claude extract content and score fit against the profile.; tools: Claude in Chrome. Human role: The original post does not say how a person stayed involved.; limitations: The Chrome Extension does not natively support Claude Skills, requiring a workaround via Shortcuts. Users must manually host their profile JSON (e.g., on GitHub Gist) for the Shortcut to access it. The author highlights that updating preferences requires editing the Gist, and the two systems (Skill and Shortcut) are independent, risking version drift..
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Overview
Part 2/2: Building the Claude Skill, Finding the Workarounds, and Choosing Your Approach
Workflow
The author built a Claude Skill using a JSON profile and scoring prompt to analyze job postings. After discovering the Chrome Extension does not automatically use Skills, they created a Shortcut that fetches the profile from a GitHub Gist. The workflow involves opening a LinkedIn job page, activating the Shortcut via '/' in the extension, and having Claude extract content and score fit against the profile.
Reported result
The Shortcut successfully analyzed a LinkedIn posting directly from the browser, producing a 22% match score and a 'Skip' recommendation. It automatically flagged a location mismatch between the job's on-site requirement and the user's remote preference. The author notes that maintaining separate Skill and Shortcut systems creates synchronization overhead.
Human role
The original post does not say how a person stayed involved.
Limitations
The Chrome Extension does not natively support Claude Skills, requiring a workaround via Shortcuts. Users must manually host their profile JSON (e.g., on GitHub Gist) for the Shortcut to access it. The author highlights that updating preferences requires editing the Gist, and the two systems (Skill and Shortcut) are independent, risking version drift.
Try it
I want to set up a job analysis workflow using Claude in Chrome. First, create a JSON file named 'profile.json' containing my skills, strengths, non-negotiables, and location preferences. Upload this file to a public GitHub Gist and copy the raw URL. Next, create a new Shortcut in the Claude Chrome Extension named 'job-analyzer'. In the prompt field, instruct Claude to fetch the profile from my Gist URL, then analyze the current LinkedIn job page against it using a weighted scoring framework (Skills 25%, Strengths 25%, Interest 20%, Culture 20%, Autonomy 10%). Require output format: Overall Match %, Recommendation (Apply/Consider/Skip), and specific red flags like location mismatches. Before running on real jobs, test this Shortcut on one sample LinkedIn URL. Show me the full analysis result. Do not proceed to batch analysis until I confirm the output format and accuracy are correct. If the Gist URL is missing or invalid, stop and ask me to provide it.
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