# AGENTS.md — Build guide for Novoresume ## Project scope Create a compact resume with explicit one-page constraints, then expand into a multi-page variant without losing career evidence. Catalogue verdict: yes. The core loop is small enough for a capable coding agent to produce a useful local version in one sitting. For Novoresume, create one-page and multi-page resumes from structured evidence with layout constraints. The hard boundary is templates, content guidance, design polish, and reliable pdf rendering, plus data, distribution, and coaching. Use the implementation prompt below to define the deliverable. Complete each phase's acceptance checks before extending the scope. ## Working agreement - Inspect the repository and its existing instructions before choosing paths, dependencies or commands. Keep one coherent stack and explain changes to the proposed architecture. - Plan a vertical slice that accepts a real input and produces the useful output described below. Persist only the state the prompt calls for; respect memory-only and upstream-managed workflows. Use fixtures only when they are clearly labelled. - After scaffolding, document the actual install, development, check and build commands in README and keep them synchronized with the package or project manifest. Do not report commands as successful unless they ran. - Work in small steps. At handoff, list implemented flows, checks actually performed, remaining blockers, and any credentials or provider setup the owner must supply. - Do not publish, spend money, contact customers, delete source data or run irreversible migrations without the project owner's authorization. ## Prerequisites - Runtime and tools: TypeScript, React, SVG or Canvas and IndexedDB with a versioned JSON project format. - Before starting: A browser with IndexedDB, licensed example assets and fonts, and an agreed output size. ## Stack and architecture - TypeScript, React, SVG or Canvas and IndexedDB with a versioned JSON project format - Data design: Store CareerRecord, Section, LayoutConstraint, Variant and FactReference; the one-page version can omit selected sections only after user review, never silently drop text. - Setup: A browser with IndexedDB, licensed example assets and fonts, and an agreed output size ## Security and data integrity - Maintain one document model for preview, undo and export. Use stable element IDs; save after completed gestures, handle storage quota errors and provide explicit file backups. - Use accessible selectable text and a simple export format. Do not imply layout scores predict hiring or add unsupported qualifications to satisfy a job description. - Keep secrets outside client bundles and exported projects; document what leaves the device and make retention/deletion controls visible. ## Agent implementation rules - Project rule — domain: Store CareerRecord, Section, LayoutConstraint, Variant and FactReference; the one-page version can omit selected sections only after user review, never silently drop text. - Project rule — scope and recovery: Use accessible selectable text and a simple export format. Do not imply layout scores predict hiring or add unsupported qualifications to satisfy a job description. - Project rule — acceptance: Add enough experience to overflow a one-page template; present trimming choices and a two-page alternative while retaining the full structured record. - Project rule — delivery: document real setup commands and permissions; do not claim a build, accuracy level, performance result or security certification that has not been demonstrated. ## Optional agent skills and references - Recommended skill: [vercel-composition-patterns](https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/blob/main/skills/composition-patterns/SKILL.md) — separate document tools, property inspectors and export controls into explicit reusable React components. Follow the maintainer's installation instructions and match its requirements to the chosen runtime. - Recommended skill: [web-design-guidelines](https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/blob/main/skills/web-design-guidelines/SKILL.md) — review keyboard access, focus, validation, error recovery and the readable work/review interface or HTML report. Follow the maintainer's installation instructions and match its requirements to the chosen runtime. Read the linked SKILL.md and its dependencies before adding a skill. Select only the skills matching this project's runtime and task; their documentation does not supply API access, credentials or approval to perform external actions. Pin the reviewed revision where the tool supports it. Follow the chosen agent's documented project-level installation mechanism. ## Distribution ideas These are optional planning notes. Obtain the owner's approval before publishing or contacting anyone. - Demonstrate this working slice using synthetic or explicitly authorized non-sensitive examples: Create a compact resume with explicit one-page constraints, then expand into a multi-page variant without losing career evidence. - Share a synthetic example export and the acceptance walkthrough; keep real customer, health, financial and source data private: Add enough experience to overflow a one-page template; present trimming choices and a two-page alternative while retaining the full structured record. - State the limits before asking someone to replace their existing tool: Use accessible selectable text and a simple export format. Do not imply layout scores predict hiring or add unsupported qualifications to satisfy a job description. ## Engineering roadmap 1. Phase 1 — Pin the working slice and create its example input: Create a compact resume with explicit one-page constraints, then expand into a multi-page variant without losing career evidence. Confirm setup: A browser with IndexedDB, licensed example assets and fonts, and an agreed output size. 2. Phase 2 — Implement persistence and write-time invariants before decorating the UI: Store CareerRecord, Section, LayoutConstraint, Variant and FactReference; the one-page version can omit selected sections only after user review, never silently drop text. 3. Phase 3 — Connect the working view to real saved state. Maintain one document model for preview, undo and export. Use stable element IDs; save after completed gestures, handle storage quota errors and provide explicit file backups. 4. Phase 4 — Expose the app-specific limits and recovery path in context: Use accessible selectable text and a simple export format. Do not imply layout scores predict hiring or add unsupported qualifications to satisfy a job description. 5. Phase 5 — Walk through this concrete acceptance case and preserve its exported evidence: Add enough experience to overflow a one-page template; present trimming choices and a two-page alternative while retaining the full structured record. Finish the README and backup/restore instructions; report unfinished capabilities explicitly. ## Paid-product capabilities outside this build - templates, content guidance, design polish, and reliable PDF rendering - proprietary recruiter data - job-board distribution - human coaching - automated application networks ## Implementation prompt Build the following focused alternative to Novoresume. Implement the focused workflow below first; the verdict is not evidence of a completed or production-certified build. WORKING SLICE Create a compact resume with explicit one-page constraints, then expand into a multi-page variant without losing career evidence. SETUP AND ARCHITECTURE Use TypeScript, React, SVG or Canvas and IndexedDB with a versioned JSON project format. Prerequisites: A browser with IndexedDB, licensed example assets and fonts, and an agreed output size. Before integrating anything, record actual versions and permissions, plus model files or provider limits only where used, in the README; make unavailable dependencies visible rather than simulating success. DOMAIN MODEL AND INVARIANTS Store CareerRecord, Section, LayoutConstraint, Variant and FactReference; the one-page version can omit selected sections only after user review, never silently drop text. IMPLEMENTATION CONTRACT Maintain one document model for preview, undo and export. Use stable element IDs; save after completed gestures, handle storage quota errors and provide explicit file backups. Provide an input/setup view, the main work view, and a review/export view appropriate to this workflow. Preserve the last saved state if a job or save fails. Include empty, loading, permission-denied, partial and retryable-error states. Log identifiers and error categories without secret values or unnecessary private content. APP-SPECIFIC BOUNDARY AND RECOVERY Use accessible selectable text and a simple export format. Do not imply layout scores predict hiring or add unsupported qualifications to satisfy a job description. ACCEPTANCE SCENARIO Add enough experience to overflow a one-page template; present trimming choices and a two-page alternative while retaining the full structured record. Also reopen the app after an interrupted operation, confirm the saved record/export remains inspectable, and document the recovery action. These are implementation acceptance requirements, not a claim that this guide has been tested. DELIVERY Deliver a runnable repository with migrations or project-format versioning, a non-sensitive example, environment/permission setup, the exact manual acceptance steps, and a backup/export-and-restore walkthrough. Implement the working slice before optional integrations; list any deferred paid-product capabilities honestly. Do not add capabilities outside the working slice just to resemble the original product. PROJECT RULES FOR AGENTS.md Keep the domain invariants above executable at the write boundary. Propose scope changes before adding providers or permissions. Never fabricate source evidence, publish results, identity matches or successful delivery. Preserve user originals and require an explicit confirmation for destructive changes or external publication. ## Completion evidence Demonstrate the prompt's acceptance scenarios against the scoped workflow. Include setup from a clean checkout and failure recovery. Check persistence across restart and export/restore only for the state the prompt says to store; for memory-only tools, confirm that temporary content is discarded as specified. Record actual results and remaining limitations. A detailed plan alone does not establish a working replacement.