Cover Me
AI cover letters and ATS-tailored resumes, generated from any job posting in seconds.
Cover Me is an open-source Chrome extension that reads job descriptions and, using your stored resume, generates tailored cover letters and ATS-optimized resumes — complete with a match score and gap analysis. Bring your own API key for unlimited use, with your resume going only to your AI provider — or use the hosted tier for a no-configuration experience.
How it works
- Open any job posting (LinkedIn, Indeed, Lever, Workday, and more)
- Click the Cover Me extension icon
- Hit Generate Cover Letter — or Tailor Resume to Job
- Edit, copy, or download as PDF
The extension reads the job description from the page and combines it with your resume. Generate Cover Letter produces a tailored, human-sounding letter — no generic templates, no "I am excited to apply." Tailor Resume to Job rewrites your resume's wording and skills to match the posting's ATS keywords (without fabricating experience), shows a match score out of 100 with a gap analysis, and exports a clean PDF. Optional toggles let you compact to one page, trim irrelevant bullets, or add a tailored summary.
Tiers
| BYOK (Free) | Hosted Free | Hosted Pro |
|---|
| Price | Free | Free | $15/month or $35/3 months |
| API key required | Yes (yours) | No | No |
| Generations | Unlimited | 10 to start, then 5/week | Up to 25/day |
| Resume storage | Local only | Encrypted cloud | Encrypted cloud |
| Application board (job title, company, link, stage) | None | On your account | On your account |
| Letters + tailored resumes | Kept in your browser | Kept in your browser | Synced across devices |
| Privacy | Resume goes only to your AI provider | Resume encrypted at rest | Resume encrypted at rest |
Installation
Chrome Web Store
Install Cover Me — add it to Chrome in one click.
Load unpacked (development build)
- Clone the repo and follow the Development setup below
- Run
pnpm run build
- Open
chrome://extensions
- Enable Developer Mode (toggle, top right)
- Click Load unpacked and select the
extension/dist/ folder
Getting started (BYOK)
1. Get an API key
Cover Me supports two AI providers:
Claude (Anthropic) — recommended
- Go to console.anthropic.com
- Create an API key
- Claude Sonnet is used for letter generation — a few cents per letter
OpenAI
- Go to platform.openai.com
- Create an API key under API Keys
- GPT-6.1 Sol writes letters and tailors resumes (about the same per-letter cost as Claude Sonnet); GPT-6 Luna parses your resume
2. Upload your resume
- Click the extension icon → Resume tab
- Upload a Word file (.docx) to keep your own design, or a PDF or TXT file for the Cover Me layout
- The extension extracts the text client-side. A Word file is kept in your browser so tailored resumes can be written into it (Pro also keeps it in the account, encrypted, for the dashboard); a PDF or TXT file is never stored or transmitted
3. Generate
- Navigate to any job posting
- Click the extension icon
- Click Generate Cover Letter, or Tailor Resume to Job to produce an ATS-optimized resume with a match score
- Edit the result inline, then copy or download as PDF
If the extension can't detect the job description automatically, use "Paste it manually" to enter the details yourself.
Supported job boards
| Platform | Support |
|---|
| LinkedIn | Dedicated scraper |
| Indeed | Dedicated scraper |
| Lever | Dedicated scraper |
| Workday | Dedicated scraper |
| BambooHR | Dedicated scraper |
| Terminal | Dedicated scraper |
| Greenhouse | Generic scraper (JSON-LD + ATS selectors) |
| Ashby | Generic scraper |
| Workable | Generic scraper |
| Any careers page | Generic scraper (heuristic fallback) |
The generic scraper tries three strategies in order: JSON-LD structured data, known ATS CSS selectors, then a heuristic that finds the largest heading and text block on the page. If all else fails, use the manual paste option.
Privacy & security
Your resume is sensitive — here is exactly how it is handled:
- Text is extracted client-side on upload using pdf.js / mammoth.js. The raw file is never stored.
- In BYOK mode, extracted resume text is stored in
chrome.storage.local on your device. It's sent only to the AI provider whose key you use.
- API calls go directly from the extension to Anthropic or OpenAI using your key. Cover Me's servers never see your resume, letters, or key.
- From 1.3.0, once you agree (a notice in the popup, or Settings), the extension sends the address and a copy of the job page you clicked on (most scripts, images, form fields and embedded data removed in the browser; the posting's JSON-LD is kept) to the
scrape Edge Function, in every mode. It returns the title, company and description and keeps no copy. Until you agree, or if it can't be reached, the extension reads the page itself.
- Your API key is encrypted at rest using the Web Crypto API (AES-GCM) before being written to
chrome.storage.local. It is decrypted only at call time and immediately discarded from memory.
- No analytics, no telemetry, no third-party SDKs in the extension.
Permissions used:
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