Rebound — your comeback, engineered 🥊

Knocked down. Not out.

A Claude Code plugin that turns a job description into a tailored, honest, ATS-safe résumé (Word + PDF) in one command — then remembers who you are so the next one takes seconds. Built for job seekers, and especially for anyone rebounding after a layoff.

Rebound is honesty-first: it makes you look as strong as you truthfully are, so the resume that gets you the interview is the same one you can defend in it.

⭐ If Rebound helps you — or you believe laid-off engineers deserve better tools — please star the repo. Every star helps another job-seeker find it, and brings in contributors who make it better.

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What it does

Command	What it does
/rebound:start	Onboards you: reads your base résumé, builds a private profile (skills, differentiators, and — optionally — your work authorization & timeline).
/rebound:tailor <JD or URL>	Curates a résumé for one role → .docx + text-based .pdf in a folder you choose (or <Name>_resumes). Handles Workday/board JSON, flags gaps, keeps it truthful.
/rebound:profile	View / update your profile, including the private situation.
/rebound:track add|update ...	Records an application in your local datastore (~/.rebound/data/tracker.json).
/rebound:dashboard	Launches the local React dashboard to visualize progress.
/rebound:match <URLs>	Scores role fit (50–90%+) and ranks where to spend effort. (crawling discovery on the roadmap)
/rebound:rise	A supportive, practical check-in that respects your runway. (momentum tracking on the roadmap)

📊 Local dashboard

A React dashboard (in dashboard/) visualizes your search — stat cards, a pipeline funnel, momentum-over-time bars, fit-score distribution, and a per-company table showing the exact résumé curated for each role. Claude Code writes ~/.rebound/data/tracker.json; the dashboard reads it live on localhost. All analytics stay on your machine.

Screenshot shows bundled demo data. Your real numbers stay local in ~/.rebound/.

cd dashboard && npm install && npm run dev     # → http://localhost:5273

Principles baked in

• Base résumé is the source of truth — re-word and re-order, never fabricate.
• Primary over secondary — relevant secondary skills support, they don't headline over your real strengths.
• Fast-learner framing — a required-but-unused stack is neutralized by genuine adaptability, never a false claim.
• ATS-safe output — single column, real text, verified text-layer PDF.
• Your situation is private — sponsorship/timeline data is stored locally only and never leaves your machine or enters a résumé.

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Install

# In Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/snehag01/rebound     # GitHub repo (or a local path to your clone)
/plugin install rebound

# First run:
/rebound:start

One-time dependency (the exporter installs it for you, or run it yourself):

python3 -m pip install --target="$HOME/.rebound/pylibs" python-docx

PDF conversion uses LibreOffice (brew install --cask libreoffice) or Microsoft Word if present.

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Layout

rebound/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   ├── plugin.json          # manifest
│   └── marketplace.json     # installable marketplace entry
├── commands/                # /rebound:start · tailor · profile · match · rise
├── skills/
│   ├── resume-tailoring/    # the honesty-first tailoring method
│   ├── resume-export/       # docx + ATS-safe PDF (generic JSON → files)
│   │   └── scripts/         # build_resume.py, to_pdf.py
│   └── profile-memory/      # profile schema + private "situation" handling
└── README.md

Data lives in ~/.rebound/ (profile.json, profile.md, pylibs/).

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Roadmap

Versioned snapshots live in roadmap/ (dated mmddyyyy; latest = current). Highlights:

• Role discovery — crawl career sites/boards for fresh roles, pre-scored by fit % (≥50/60/70/80/90), sponsorship-aware.
• Application tracking — statuses, follow-ups, per-role résumé versions.
• Interview prep & momentum — reps, streaks, gentle check-ins tied to your timeline.
• Situation-aware strategy — sponsorship filters and urgency triage for sponsorship-dependent and thin-runway searches.

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🤝 Contributing — we'd love your help

Rebound is early and open to contributors of all levels. Whether you write code, docs, or just have ideas from your own job search, there's a place for you.

• 🌱 New here? Start with a good first issue — each one is self-contained with context and pointers.
• 🙌 Want something meatier? See help wanted (dashboard analytics, cross-platform PDF export, the /rebound:match engine).
• 💡 Have an idea or hit a bug? Open an issue — lived experience of the job hunt is exactly the perspective this project needs.
• 📖 Read CONTRIBUTING.md for setup and the guiding principles (honesty-first, privacy-first).

Comment on an issue to claim it — no PR is too small, and first-time contributors are genuinely welcome. 🥊

If you can't contribute code, the single most helpful thing is to ⭐ star the repo so more job-seekers (and contributors) discover it.

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Rebound is supportive software, not a substitute for professional or legal advice. Immigration timelines and mental health both deserve real experts when it counts.