{ "schema": "aiblocks-page/1", "id": "academic-cv-builder", "type": "skill", "name": "Academic CV builder", "summary": "Build an academic CV for a faculty, postdoc or research job. Share your degrees, papers, grants and teaching. Get a draft in the right order.", "headline": "Academic CV builder", "subhead": "Share your degrees, publications, research, grants and teaching record. It orders the sections for your target academic role and formats each part. You get a CV draft, field-specific layout notes and a checklist of missing details to confirm.", "job": { "id": "find-a-job", "name": "Prepare job applications" }, "level": "beginner", "thinking": "medium", "tested": true, "updated": "2026-10-28", "first_published": "2026-10-25", "inputs": [ { "type": "document", "required": true, "label": "Document", "what": "a finished document, such as a Word file, a PDF or a page of notes" }, { "type": "resume", "required": false, "label": "Resume", "what": "a person's resume or CV, as pasted text or a file" }, { "type": "job_description", "required": false, "label": "Job description", "what": "a job or role in writing: title, team, duties, level and what good work looks like, as a job post or plain notes" } ], "outputs": [ { "type": "document", "required": true, "label": "Document", "what": "a finished document, such as a Word file, a PDF or a page of notes" }, { "type": "resume", "required": true, "label": "Resume", "what": "a person's resume or CV, as pasted text or a file" } ], "you_give": [ "Your degrees, publications, grants and teaching history.", "The academic role and field you are applying to." ], "you_get": [ "A structured academic CV draft.", "Notes on section order and field conventions.", "A list of missing or unconfirmed details." ], "use_when": [], "skip_when": [ "You are applying for an industry job or a non-academic role: use a standard resume builder, because this skill is made for academic CVs.", "You need a cover letter or research statement: write those with your AI as a separate task, since this skill only builds the CV.", "You want a one or two page resume: use a standard resume builder, because an academic CV lists your full record and runs longer." ], "output_sample": { "input": [ "Your degrees, with dates, advisors and thesis titles", "Your publications, with DOIs if you have them", "Your grants, with amounts and your role", "Your teaching, mentoring and service history", "The academic role and field you are applying for" ], "output": [ { "name": "Recommended Section Order", "contains": "The order of CV sections that suits your role type and field, such as research, teaching or admin." }, { "name": "Section Content", "contains": "Your education, positions, publications, presentations, grants, teaching, mentoring, service and awards, formatted in the style of your field." }, { "name": "Formatting Notes", "contains": "Field-specific habits to follow, such as author order, numbered lists and how to mark your own name." }, { "name": "Things to Add/Update", "contains": "A checklist of missing or unconfirmed details for you to fill in or check." } ] }, "how_to_use": [ "Gather your details first: degrees with dates and advisors, a publication list with DOIs, grants with amounts and your role, and the job advert.", "Open Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini and paste the skill instructions. No code, files or paid tools are needed.", "Paste your details, and tell your AI the role and field you are applying for.", "Answer any questions your AI asks about missing details.", "Check the draft against the job advert. Confirm every item on the missing-details checklist.", "Replace any sample names, grants and dates before you send the CV.", "Next, paste the confirmed draft into your application. Ask your AI for a cover letter or research statement as a separate task." ], "checks": [], "next": [ { "name": "Resume version organizer", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/resume-version-organizer", "why": "Resume version organizer" }, { "name": "Resume parsing checker", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-engineering-ats-validator-architect", "why": "Resume parsing checker" }, { "name": "Creative resume layout planner", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/creative-resume-layout-planner", "why": "Creative resume layout planner" }, { "name": "Applicant shortlist builder", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/applicant-shortlist-builder", "why": "Applicant shortlist builder" }, { "name": "Product manager resume reviewer", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/product-manager-resume-reviewer", "why": "Product manager resume reviewer" } ], "source": { "by": "Daniel (San) Ávila", "repo": "davila7/claude-code-templates", "url": "https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/7d85535533914ff0880945570a94fcbec4adc042/cli-tool/components/skills/career/academic-cv-builder", "licence": "MIT", "original_name": "academic-cv-builder", "commit": "7d85535533914ff0880945570a94fcbec4adc042" }, "credits": [ { "title": "academic-cv-builder skill", "by": "Daniel (San) Ávila", "url": "https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/7d85535533914ff0880945570a94fcbec4adc042/cli-tool/components/skills/career/academic-cv-builder", "used": "Copied under the MIT licence. We gave it a plain name. We added Before you start and After this sections that link to other AI Blocks steps. We refreshed those generated sections from the catalogue inputs and next-step links." } ], "files": [ "LICENSE" ], "links": { "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/academic-cv-builder", "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/academic-cv-builder.md", "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/academic-cv-builder.json", "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/academic-cv-builder/SKILL.md", "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/academic-cv-builder.zip", "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/academic-cv-builder", "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/skill/academic-cv-builder", "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp" } }