Career-Ops + GitResume: Version-Control Your AI Job Search

You used AI to generate 20 tailored resumes.

Fast forward three weeks, and you’ve lost track of:

• Which version you sent to which company
• What keywords you changed each time
• Which version actually got you an interview

That’s exactly where the Career-Ops × GitResume combo comes in.

What is Career-Ops

Career-Ops is an open-source AI job search system built on Claude Code. Paste a job listing URL and the AI evaluates fit, analyzes ATS keywords, and generates a tailored resume — all from the terminal. It’s been getting a lot of traction in the developer community lately.

Career-Ops creator Santiago used it to evaluate 740+ job listings, generate 100+ tailored resumes, and land a Head of Applied AI offer.

But after using it a few times you notice a real problem: every tailored resume is just an isolated local file.

The result?

• No version history — what you changed and why is lost
• No way to compare results — you don’t know which keyword strategy worked better
• No way to build on past applications — every application starts from scratch

AI output is great, but managing it is painful

• Career-Ops handles “writing and optimizing”: analyzing JDs, optimizing keywords, tailoring content.
• GitResume handles “version management and builds”: version control, auto-building PDFs, hosting.

One is an AI pipeline, the other is a version control system. If you’re not familiar with the Resume as Code concept, check out this introduction.

Together:

Career-Ops: Analyze JD → Optimize keywords → Tailor resume content
                              ↓
GitResume:  Version control → Auto-build PDF → Download or deploy to gitresume.co

GitResume Edition

We forked Career-Ops to natively integrate with GitResume.

GitHub: gitresume-co/career-ops

• Original: Analyze JD → Generate HTML → Playwright converts to PDF → Saved locally
• GitResume Edition: Analyze JD → Generate resume.yaml → Push to branch → GitResume auto-builds PDF

It’s not just about the file format — it’s about treating every job application as a traceable commit.

Quick Start

1. Clone and open

git clone https://github.com/gitresume-co/career-ops.git
cd career-ops
npm install
claude

Claude Code will automatically start onboarding, guiding you through CV and Profile setup.

2. Set up GitResume

During onboarding or anytime with /career-ops gitresume.

Already have a GitResume repo? Tell the AI your repo name and you’re done.

Don’t have one yet? The AI will walk you through it:

1. Create a repo from resume-template
2. AI automatically pushes your resume.yaml
3. Go to gitresume.co/start to sign in and connect the repo

The whole thing takes about a minute.

3. Paste a job listing, run the pipeline

Just paste a job listing URL. Career-Ops will:

1. Evaluate the listing - 10 weighted dimensions, A-F grade
2. Generate a report - fit analysis, salary research, interview prep
3. Generate a tailored resume.yaml - optimized keywords, reordered experience
4. Push to your GitResume repo - creates an apply/company-name branch
5. GitResume auto-builds - grab your PDF, the build happens in the background

Each application gets its own branch. Your public resume (main branch) stays untouched.

Actual GitResume Dashboard: each branch builds separately, main is marked as Deployed

Set up your GitResume →

Use git diff to build your job search strategy

git diff main..apply/acme-corp -- resume.yaml

This isn’t just diffing files — you’ll start to see:

• Which keywords got you interviews
• Which experience ordering worked better
• Which types of roles you probably shouldn’t apply to

In practice, you’ll tailor resumes differently by role type:

• Backend / distributed systems → emphasize microservices, scalability
• Tech lead or senior roles → emphasize system design, team leadership
• DevOps / platform → emphasize CI/CD, infra experience

After a couple of weeks, you can look back and compare which strategies are worth reusing. That’s the real value of version control.

Why use both

	Career-Ops only	GitResume only	Combined
AI job analysis	✅	❌	✅
ATS keyword optimization	✅	❌	✅
Version control	❌	✅	✅
Compare different versions	❌	✅	✅
Auto-build PDF	❌	✅	✅
Download PDF or deploy to gitresume.co	❌	✅	✅
Accumulate job search strategy	❌	❌	✅

Career-Ops customizes each application. GitResume maintains your single source of truth.

Git your resume →

Further Reading

• What is Resume as Code? — Introduction to Resume as Code
• Getting Started — Set up your first Resume as Code repo
• GitResume Edition Career-Ops — The integrated fork
• Original Career-Ops — By Santiago