Pave

AI cover letters in 60 seconds. No login. No subscription. Just results.

You're applying to 100 jobs. Each cover letter takes 20 minutes. That's 33 hours of writing. Pave does it in 60 seconds — click the extension on any job posting, get a tailored cover letter, download as a professionally typeset PDF.

How it works

1. Install the Chrome extension
2. Upload your resume once (it stays on your device — we never see it)
3. Navigate to any job posting
4. Click Pave → get a tailored cover letter → download as PDF

That's it. No account. No signup. No subscription.

What makes it different

• Zero friction — no login, no onboarding flow, no email verification
• Actually reads the page — scrapes the real job description, doesn't ask you to paste it
• LaTeX-quality PDFs — professional typesetting, not a janky text dump
• Powered by Claude — better writing quality than GPT-based competitors
• Privacy-first — resume stored locally, never on our servers

Supported job boards

• LinkedIn
• Greenhouse
• Lever
• Workday
• Any other website (intelligent fallback)

Development

Prerequisites

• Chrome 120+
• Node.js 18+ (for Cloudflare Worker only)

Setup

git clone https://github.com/chaydavs/CoverLetter---Web-Extension.git
cd CoverLetter---Web-Extension/covercraft-ext

Load the extension

1. Go to chrome://extensions
2. Enable Developer Mode
3. Click "Load unpacked" and select the covercraft-ext/ folder (the one containing manifest.json)
4. Click the Pave icon on any job page

Deploy the API proxy

cd proxy
npx wrangler login
npx wrangler kv:namespace create RATE_LIMITS
# Update wrangler.toml with the namespace ID
npx wrangler secret put ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
npx wrangler deploy

Then update PROXY_URL in background/service-worker.js with your deployed worker URL.

Architecture

User clicks extension
  → popup checks for resume (chrome.storage.local)
  → service worker injects content script into active tab
  → scraper uses heuristic DOM analysis (not CSS selectors)
  → popup shows job data + tone/length preferences
  → user clicks Generate
  → Claude API returns LaTeX source (streamed)
  → Cloudflare Worker compiles LaTeX → PDF
  → user downloads CoverLetter_Company_Title.pdf

Privacy

• Your resume is stored in Chrome's local storage on YOUR device
• Resume + job description are sent to Claude API only during generation
• The proxy exists only to protect the API key — it does not store or log any data
• No analytics, no tracking pixels, no cookies, no third-party scripts
• Delete all data anytime from extension settings

Tech stack

• Vanilla JavaScript (no framework, no build step, instant loading)
• Chrome Extension Manifest V3
• Claude API (Haiku 4.5) for generation
• LaTeX for professional PDF typesetting
• Cloudflare Workers for API proxy + LaTeX compilation

Roadmap

• Chrome Web Store listing
• Firefox port
• BYOK (bring your own API key) mode
• Multiple resume profiles
• Cover letter history
• Custom tone with example text
• One-click apply integrations

License

MIT