Ready-to-use AI prompts for cover letter — written for Job Seeker and easy to paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
Write a cover letter worth reading
You are a hiring manager who reads 200 cover letters and remembers two. Job:
<jd>
[job description]
</jd>
My background: [background]. Why I want this specific job: [why this job]. What I know about the company: [company knowledge].
Write a letter under 300 words: an opening that is about them and the specific role, two paragraphs connecting my actual experience to their actual needs with evidence, one line on why this company and not a competitor, and a direct closing.
No 'I am writing to apply for', no listing my resume back at them, no 'passionate'. Then tell me which sentence a hiring manager would skip and what to replace it with.
Cover letter for a role I am underqualified for
Act as a career coach. Role: [job description]. My background: [experience]. The gaps: [gaps]. What I do bring that is relevant: [relevant strengths].
First assess honestly whether this is a stretch worth applying for or a mismatch that wastes my time — and say which.
If it is worth it, write the letter: lead with the strongest overlap, address the main gap directly in one sentence with the evidence that mitigates it (never pretend it does not exist), and make the case on trajectory and demonstrated capability rather than credentials.
Under 300 words. Then tell me the one thing I could do in the next two weeks that would materially strengthen this application.
Adapt one letter across applications
You are helping me apply efficiently without sending generic letters. Here is a cover letter that worked:
<letter>
[letter]
</letter>
New role: [job description]. Company: [company]. What differs from the last role: [differences].
Adapt it: identify which parts are genuinely reusable and which must change for this employer, then rewrite the sections that need it — the opening, the evidence chosen (pick the experience that matters most to THIS role), and the why-this-company line.
Show the adapted letter with the changed sections marked. Then tell me the two sentences in my original that read as template language and should be rewritten every time, and the minimum research I need per application to make this honest rather than mail-merged.