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    "slug": "01-mcp-server-job-applications",
    "title": "An MCP server can apply to a job for you. Here's the architecture.",
    "description": "Model Context Protocol servers + Claude Desktop combine into an agent that lints your CV, drafts cover letters, and queues applications. Working spec, ~50 lines of config.",
    "tldr": "An MCP-capable agent (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline) plus an open-source ATS-linting server gives you a job-application pipeline. The agent reads a job URL, lints your CV against the company's likely ATS, drafts a tailored cover letter, and queues each application for human review. Setup time is under five minutes.",
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      "job-search",
      "agents",
      "claude"
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      "cv-mirror-mcp",
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  "author": {
    "name": "The Forge",
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    "Vantage AI",
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      "text": "Anthropic's Model Context Protocol is an open spec released in late 2024 that lets any compliant AI agent call external tools through a standardised stdio transport.",
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      "text": "Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Cline all support MCP servers via JSON config files.",
      "source": "https://github.com/punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers",
      "date": "2026-04-15",
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    },
    {
      "text": "The cv-mirror-mcp engine simulates how 5 real Applicant Tracking Systems (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Taleo, iCIMS) parse CVs, with vendor rules citing public sources.",
      "source": "https://github.com/goofypluto999/cv-mirror-mcp",
      "date": "2026-04-28",
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      "text": "Workday parses PDFs in document-stream order, which causes multi-column CV layouts to interleave content unexpectedly.",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applicant_tracking_system",
      "date": "2026-04-01",
      "confidence": "medium"
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      "text": "Reddit accounts for approximately 46.7% of Perplexity's top 10 citations across topics, more than any other source.",
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