In competitive job markets, a cover letter is crucial to stand out and highlight what you bring to the table. However, consistently writing personalized, high-quality cover letters consumes your valuable time and energy.

With autocoverletter, you can automate the mundane process of writing a tailored cover letter for each job application. Simply upload your resume and a link to the job posting, and you will have a clean, detailed cover letter within seconds.

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/raginggoosedev/auto-cover-letter.git && cd auto-cover-letter/

2. Install dependencies:

   • nodejs and npm for the front-end
   • python and uv for the back-end
   • LaTeX (specifically, XeTeX) for compiling nice-looking PDFs
   • And copy env.example to .env and paste your OpenAI API key

3. Run the back-end:

   • cd backend/
   • uv run -m routes.main
   • (uv package manager will automatically install the dependencies before the first run)

4. Run the front-end:

   • cd frontend/
   • npm install
   • npm run start