career.json

Start small. Keep building.

Start your
career notebook.

Choose the Desktop download or the terminal setup below. Both help you save one achievement in a local folder and find it again.

Desktop download ↓ · Terminal setup ↓

Start here if you’re not technical →

Start with Claude Desktop

Your career folder, ready to open.

For Mac users with Claude Desktop and a paid plan that includes Code. Claude checks for Python 3.9+ and guides you if it is missing. This route needs no Git, make or separate CLI installation. Native Windows is not supported by the career tools.

Download My Career folder ↓

Open the ZIP, move My Career to Documents, then open START-HERE.html inside it. Keep an existing career folder instead of replacing it.

Follow the plain-language guide →

Your first message to Claude

In Claude Desktop, choose Code → Local → Select folder and open My Career. Send:

Help me start my career notebook.

Claude handles the tools. You review one achievement, save it, and find it again. A typed account is enough to start.

Once your folder is open

Build my career pack

Bring an old resume, project notes or your own account. Create a reusable record of your work.

No target job requiredFor a specific opportunity

Create a resume

Bring a job description or describe a role. Use your career evidence to choose what matters to the reader.

Your target is saved if you need to build a pack first

Alternative setup

Prefer the terminal?

You need a signed-in Claude Code CLI, Git, Python 3.9+, make, and macOS or Linux. Install and authenticate the CLI →

Model-assisted work consumes tokens. Cost and time depend on your material and configured service.

Follow the complete first-session guide →

Terminal
git clone https://github.com/rkovar/career-json.git
cd career-json
make start

Already in Claude Code? Say:
“Walk me through the career-pack wizard.”

Bring what you have ready

Old resumesLinkedIn PDFProject notesPerformance reviewsTalks & publicationsYour own account

PDF sources need Poppler, or a working Swift/PDFKit toolchain on macOS. Text, Markdown and DOCX work without a PDF extractor. Source setup →

Start with text or your own account if PDF tools are unavailable. Reading your full record as Markdown needs only Python; resume PDF export also needs Chrome/Chromium and a PDF extractor. Files and export requirements →

If you also develop the tool, create a separate personal workspace for your career information.