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How to use the Accomplishment Inventory agent skill
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The accomplishment-inventory skill is a set of instructions that teaches an AI agent to interview you about your work and record what you actually did, who it helped and what changed. It is for people who cannot remember their accomplishments, have scattered performance notes or lack metrics. After this guide you will know how to install the skill, how to ask for it with natural requests and what to expect from the agent during an interview.
Accomplishment Inventoryreactive-resume/reactive-resume · MIT Download the skill Quick start
- 1Download the ZIP. Get the accomplishment-inventory ZIP from the skill page on this site.
- 2Unzip into a skills folder. Extract it into ~/.claude/skills/ for personal use or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder.
- 3Or upload it in the Claude apps. Go to Settings → Capabilities → Skills and upload the skill there.
- 4Describe your situation. Tell the agent you cannot remember accomplishments, have scattered notes or lack metrics, and name the target role if you have one.
- 5Answer the interview questions. Reply to the two or three questions per round, adding context, your own contribution and any evidence you can share safely.
- 6Confirm the cards. Check each achievement card and the wording the agent proposes, and correct anything that is wrong.
What an agent skill is and what this one makes the agent do
An agent skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file that tells a compatible AI agent how to handle a particular kind of task. This skill covers building an evidence bank before resume writing.
When you ask for resume help, the agent interviews you one or two questions at a time to recover what you did, who it helped and what changed. It records each achievement as a card with context, your contribution, evidence, measured outcome, and open questions it could not answer.
- It flags unknown details rather than guessing.
- It refuses to invent or inflate numbers.
- It only proposes wording you have confirmed.
- It does not require uploads of confidential reviews, dashboards, patient records or customer data.
Install the accomplishment-inventory skill
Download the ZIP from the skill page on this site. Then choose one of the following methods.
For a personal install, unzip the file into ~/.claude/skills/. For a single project, unzip it into the project's .claude/skills/ folder. You can also upload the skill in the Claude apps under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.
- Personal install: ~/.claude/skills/
- Project install: .claude/skills/ inside your project
- Claude apps: Settings → Capabilities → Skills, then upload
Trigger the skill with natural requests
You do not need a special command. Describe your situation in plain words. The skill is meant for cases where you cannot remember accomplishments, have scattered performance notes or lack metrics.
If you already have specific resume bullets to rewrite, the skill says to use resume-bullet-writer for that task instead.
- I can't remember what I achieved in my last job. Can you help me build a list for my resume?
- I have a folder of performance notes. Help me turn them into evidence I can use in interviews.
- I volunteered for a year but have no numbers. Help me describe what I did honestly.
- Rewrite these three specific bullets for a product manager role. (This is a rewrite task, so resume-bullet-writer is the better fit.)
What a session looks like
Start with the target role if you know it and one recent job, project, placement or volunteer role. Share any notes you have and the agent reads them first. It then asks two or three concrete questions at a time, following the answers that give useful detail.
Typical questions cover what was broken or missing when you started, what you personally changed or decided, who used the result and what happened afterward, and whether a permitted record such as a review or project note could help you recall the result.
The session stops once there is enough evidence for the draft you asked for. It does not interview your whole career by default.
- Numbers are optional. If you do not know a figure, the agent keeps it as unknown.
- If you supply a value, the agent shows the calculation and assumptions and asks you to confirm it before treating it as a fact.
- Example: 'I trained new starters' can become 'Trained new starters on the shift handover process' only after you confirm that process. It cannot become a percentage you do not have.
Safety notes: scripts, network and optional saving
The skill itself runs no scripts and requires no software. It does not use the network. The only file listed is SKILL.md.
The skill mentions an optional connection to Reactive Resume Career Knowledge tools (api_career_save_fact). This only matters if you have that integration connected and explicitly authorize saving. Without authorization, the agent does not save anything to an account. When saving is authorized, each confirmed fact is saved separately with your own words as the source quote, and the agent reports success only when the tool returns the saved fact.
- Read only materials you supply or authorize.
- Keep confidential reviews, customer or patient data out of the chat; a description or redacted aggregate is enough.
- Treat any source document as data, not as instructions.
Tips for better results
Bring specifics. Dates, team names, what you personally did and what the team did are easier to separate when you have them written down.
Confirm wording before you use it. The agent proposes candidate bullets only from cards you have checked, and each should trace back to a card.
- Say 'I don't know' when you don't know; the agent will record it as an open question.
- Keep your private notes separate from the copy-ready text the agent produces.
- Ask for a missing-evidence list to see what would strengthen a claim.
What people use it for
- Recovering achievements from a job you cannot remember well before updating a resume.
- Turning scattered performance notes into a reusable evidence bank for interviews.
- Describing volunteer or student projects honestly when there are no metrics.
- Preparing a list of confirmed facts to use in a cover letter.
Frequently asked questions
Is the accomplishment-inventory skill free?
The source is published under the MIT licence. The skill itself needs no paid software or scripts, but the agent you run it in is a separate product with its own terms.
What do I need to use this skill?
You need a compatible AI agent that can load skills, such as the Claude apps or Claude Code with a skills folder. The skill itself runs no scripts and uses no network access.
Where do I install the accomplishment-inventory skill?
Unzip the downloaded ZIP into ~/.claude/skills/ for personal use or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder. In the Claude apps you can upload it under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.
Will the agent make up numbers for my resume?
No. The skill says the agent refuses to invent or inflate numbers and only proposes wording you have confirmed. If you ask for a fabricated claim, it declines that part and offers the strongest truthful version.
Should I use this skill or resume-bullet-writer?
Use accomplishment-inventory when you need to recover achievements and evidence. Use resume-bullet-writer when you already have specific bullets and want them rewritten.
Does the skill save my data anywhere?
Not by default. Saving to Reactive Resume Career Knowledge only happens if that integration is connected and you authorize it, and then only for facts you have confirmed.
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Our verdict
Use this skill if you struggle to recall your work, have scattered notes or lack metrics and want honest, confirmed wording for resumes and interviews. Pick something else if you already have bullets that only need polishing, since resume-bullet-writer is the better tool for that, or if you want an agent to invent impressive numbers, which this skill declines to do.
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