How SkillsArea generates your CV with AI and LaTeX
Your CV starts from the profile you already maintain—not a one-off text paste. We structure your experience, let AI tighten wording, show a live preview, and ship a clean LaTeX source you can compile to a professional PDF.
Profile Data
AI reads your structured profile data (roles, education, skills, languages, projects)
AI Generation
Rewrites and organizes content into clear sections suitable for recruiters and ATS
Live Preview
Choose from multiple themes and see a live preview before downloading
Export PDF or LaTeX
Download professional PDF or .tex source for full control
What the AI actually does
The model reads the structured fields you already maintain on SkillsArea (roles, education, skills, languages, projects). It rewrites and organizes them into clear sections and bullet points suitable for recruiters and ATS tools. The result is stored as structured JSON so the website can render a preview and keep everything editable.
Templates and preview
Before you generate, you can choose among multiple visual themes and see how your CV will look. Changing template updates the preview so you can compare styles without losing your profile data. You can regenerate later with another theme if you want a fresh layout for a specific role.
Why we use LaTeX
LaTeX is a typesetting system used for books, research papers, and high-quality CVs. Exporting a.tex file means you get predictable spacing, hyphenation, and fonts — and you can open the same file in Overleaf or a local TeX installation for full control.
How the PDF is produced
When you choose Download PDF, our API compiles your LaTeX on the server using the open-source Tectonic engine. The PDF is generated on demand and sent directly to your browser.
If PDF download shows an error, the most common cause is the API image missing the Tectonic binary. Download the .tex file and compile in Overleaf — your content is never locked in.
Editing after generation
After the AI generates your CV, you can edit the summary and bullet points directly on SkillsArea. Changes stay in sync with your LaTeX export — no more manual copy-pasting between versions.
