Latex Cv

LaTeX CV Generator

Turns any uploaded CV into a single-page, visually polished, ATS-compatible LaTeX CV — packaged as a zip ready to drop into Overleaf.

The output always has:

• Compiler: XeLaTeX (mandatory — the design uses fontspec)
• Design: green accent spine, centered serif name, clickable company URLs
• ATS compliance: section headers use plain \MakeUppercase (no LetterSpace) so ATS extractors read "SUMMARY" not "S U M M A R Y"
• Single page: all spacing is tuned to fit; warn the user if content risks overflow

Read references/base_template.tex for the full LaTeX preamble and command definitions before generating any .tex output. Read references/overleaf_guide.md for the tutorial text to bundle in the zip.

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Step 1 — Parse the CV

Read the uploaded file. Extract these fields:

| Field | Notes | |---|---| | Full name | | | Tagline | 1-line role descriptor in ALL CAPS, parts separated by · | | Location, phone, email, LinkedIn URL | | | Summary | 3–4 sentence prose paragraph | | Skills | Group into categories e.g. Data & Analytics / Systems & Cloud / Engineering / Languages (adapt to the person) | | Work experience | Per role: job title, company, location, work mode, start–end dates, 2–5 bullet points | | Education | Institution, degree, years | | Leadership & Recognition | Title, org, year (compact, one line each) |

If any field is ambiguous or missing, ask the user before proceeding. Do not invent content.

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Step 2 — Collect Company URLs

For each employer, institution, and leadership org, find the correct public website:

• Prefer official corporate/about pages over client-facing homepages
• If a company website is broken or unavailable, use their LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company//
• If unsure, leave the URL as {} and add a % TODO: verify URL comment in the .tex file
• Use web search to look up URLs you don't know

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Step 3 — Handle Logos

Each \jobheader call needs a logo_.png file (lowercase, underscores, no spaces).

If the user provides logos (in a zip or folder): use them as-is, rename to match the convention.

If no logos are provided: generate placeholder PNGs using Python + Pillow:

from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont

def make_placeholder_logo(initials, filename, size=200,
                           bg=(15,110,86), fg=(255,255,255)):
    img = Image.new("RGBA", (size, size), (0,0,0,0))
    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
    draw.ellipse([0, 0, size-1, size-1], fill=bg)
    try:
        font = ImageFont.truetype(
            "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf",
            size // 3)
    except Exception:
        font = ImageFont.load_default()
    bbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), initials, font=font)
    w, h = bbox[2]-bbox[0], bbox[3]-bbox[1]
    draw.text(((size-w)//2, (size-h)//2), initials, fill=fg, font=font)
    img.save(filename)

Run pip install Pillow --break-system-packages if needed. After generating, tell the user which logos are placeholders and suggest they replace them with real ones.

Logo height: use 0.50cm for most logos. Use 0.65cm for logos that appear small due to extra padding in the PNG.

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Step 4 — Generate main.tex

Read references/base_template.tex. It contains the complete LaTeX preamble — colors, fonts, geometry, command definitions. Do not rewrite the preamble; copy it verbatim and fill in only the document body sections marked with % >>.

Critical rules — never break these:

• \cvsection and \sklabel must use \MakeUppercase, never \tracked — this is the ATS fix
• All bullet itemize blocks: {\fontsize{9}{11}\selectfont \begin{itemize} ... \end{itemize}}
• Add \vspace{-3pt} before the first \jobheader after each \cvsection{Work Experience} to close the gap
• Leave % TODO: verify URL comments for any URL you are not confident about
• The \jobheader command takes 6 arguments: logo file, title, company+location, date, url, logo height
• The \recogentry command takes 4 arguments: logo file, title, org+date, url

Bullet writing guide:

• Start every bullet with a strong action verb (Architected, Delivered, Built, Led, Reduced…)
• Include at least one hard number per bullet where possible (%, ×, counts, time savings)
• Keep bullets to 1–2 rendered lines max

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Step 5 — Assemble and Deliver the Zip

mkdir -p /tmp/cv_latex_output
# Copy main.tex and all logo_*.png files into /tmp/cv_latex_output/
# Copy the overleaf tutorial:
cp references/overleaf_guide.md /tmp/cv_latex_output/OVERLEAF_SETUP.md
cd /tmp/cv_latex_output && zip -r /tmp/cv_overleaf.zip .

Save the zip to the workspace outputs folder, then present it with present_files.

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Design Constants (do not change)

| Token | Value | |---|---| | Accent green | #0F6E56 | | Accent light green | #1D9E75 | | Body font | TeX Gyre Heros (via fontspec) | | Name font | TeX Gyre Pagella (via \namefont) | | Name size | 25pt / 27pt leading | | Accent rule under name | \rule{0.24\textwidth}{0.8pt} | | Section header | 9pt bold, \MakeUppercase, NO LetterSpace | | Skill label | 8.5pt bold, \MakeUppercase | | Job title | 10pt bold | | Company line | 8.5pt, accent color | | Bullet body | 9pt / 11pt leading | | Margins | top 5mm, bottom 4mm, left 16mm, right 10mm | | Green spine | 4pt wide TikZ rect, left edge, full page height | | Bullet marker | \textcolor{accentlt}{\rule{4pt}{1.2pt}} |

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Single-Page Constraint

The CV must fit on one page. If content is too long, in order:

1. Reduce older/less-relevant bullets first
2. Drop short internship bullets to 1 line
3. Trim the summary to 2–3 sentences
4. As a last resort, reduce bullet font from 9pt to 8.5pt

Always tell the user if content was trimmed.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: Mehdi-Ks
• Source: Mehdi-Ks/ATS-CV-Skill-via-Latex
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.