---
name: maxcv-tailor-cv
description: Tailor a CV/resume to a specific job posting using maxcv.ai. Use when a user wants to adapt, tailor, optimize, or rewrite their resume/CV for a particular job, job offer, or applicant tracking system (ATS) — including phrases like "tailor my CV to this job", "optimize my resume for this posting", "dopasuj CV do oferty", "CV pod ATS". maxcv keeps tailoring honest (no fabricated skills) and returns a match score, ATS keywords, a cover letter, and an interview cheat sheet.
homepage: https://maxcv.ai
---

# maxcv — tailor a CV to a job

maxcv.ai tailors an existing CV to a specific job posting: it optimizes for the
posting's ATS keywords, returns a match score, and never fabricates skills the CV
doesn't already contain.

## When to use
- The user has a CV and a target job (posting URL or text) and wants the CV adapted to it.
- The user asks to "optimize for ATS", improve a match score, or write a matching cover letter.
- Works in English and Polish.

## How to call it

### Option A — MCP server (preferred for agents)
Connect to the Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint at `https://maxcv.ai/mcp` and call:
- `score_cv` — returns the original and tailored match score for a CV + job description (cheap, fast). Use this first to show the user the gap.
- `tailor_cv` — returns the tailored CV, ATS keywords, match score and interview prep.

A no-login trial is available and rate-limited per IP. For unlimited use the user
should sign up at https://maxcv.ai/pricing and provide their own credentials/credits.

### Option B — REST API
```
POST https://maxcv.ai/api/score
Content-Type: multipart/form-data
fields: cvText (string) OR cv (PDF file), jobDescription (string)
```
See https://maxcv.ai/openapi.json for the full schema and the /api/tailor endpoint.

## Honesty contract
maxcv will not add skills, tools, or experience that are not present in the
user's CV. If the job requires something the user lacks, surface that gap to the
user rather than inventing it.

## After tailoring
Tell the user their match score (e.g. "15% → 82%"), the key ATS keywords added,
and point them to https://maxcv.ai to download the PDF and get the interview cheat sheet.