What does PocketResume do?

PocketResume is a Chrome extension that turns your master profile into a clean, ATS-friendly resume. The generation engine runs on your device. You can optionally add a job description to bias keyword emphasis, run Resume Health Check for specific fixes, add a general cover letter, and sync resumes across devices.

Is PocketResume free?

Yes, through December 31, 2026. Create a free account and use every feature with no card required. After that, PocketResume is $4/month or $47/year. The promo does not auto-charge you: you subscribe manually if you want to keep using it.

Why did my resume generations fail before?

Earlier versions relied on free cloud inference. When that quota ran out, generation requests failed and people could not export a resume. That was our fault, and it cost users applications. Version 10.7.0 removes that dependency completely: the engine runs on your device, so there are no credits or API limits to exhaust. We are sorry for the lost time.

Do I need an API key or credits?

No. There are no API keys, credits, tokens, or per-generation costs. The resume engine runs locally on your device, and every feature is included in the one plan.

Does PocketResume tailor my resume to a job posting?

It builds the resume from your master profile. If you paste a job description, that is optional: PocketResume uses it as a keyword bias so the most relevant experience is emphasized. It does not invent employers, titles, metrics, or skills.

What is Resume Health Check?

Resume Health Check is a bullet-and-format audit. It scores whether bullets start with action verbs, include metrics, stay concise and readable, and avoid weak phrasing. It also checks basic structure: contact details, sections, dates, and overall length. Every issue comes with a specific fix.

What happened to ATS Check and Refine Resume?

Resume Health Check replaces both. It combines the useful part of the old ATS score with practical bullet-level feedback, so you get fewer abstract warnings and more edits you can apply immediately.

What happened to the form filler?

It was removed in version 10.7.0. PocketResume is now focused on resume generation, Resume Health Check, cover letters, resume sync, and the Job Tracker. It does not fill or submit application forms.

Do I need an account?

Yes. A free PocketResume account is required to use the extension and sync your resumes. During the promo, no card is required. Sign-in also keeps your profiles available across devices.

Where is my resume data stored?

Resume generation happens on your device. Your master profiles and generated resumes sync to your PocketResume account so they follow you across devices. The extension is open source under the MIT license, so you can audit how data is handled.

Does resume sync work across devices?

Yes. When you are signed in, your master profiles and resumes sync across devices. Resume sync is included in the one plan, along with every other feature.

What resume templates are included?

Three: Professional (clean and traditional), Double sided (dense two-column, one page), and Academic CV (full publication history). The FAANG layout was removed in 10.7.0. Every template exports as a clean, print-ready PDF.

Does PocketResume have a job tracker?

Yes. The Job Tracker is included in the one plan. It gives you a kanban board and pipeline view for applications, so you can move roles from applied to interview to offer.

Does PocketResume work with LinkedIn and Indeed?

Yes. PocketResume works on any job posting you can open in your browser, including LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, and company careers pages. It is a Chrome extension, so it also runs in other Chromium browsers such as Edge, Brave, and Arc.

Is PocketResume open source?

Yes. The extension source is public under the MIT license. You can read the code, report bugs, and verify how resume generation and sync work.

What happens after December 31, 2026?

PocketResume moves to $4/month or $47/year for one plan with every feature. You subscribe manually when you are ready; the free promo does not convert into an automatic charge.

How do cover letters work?

Each resume can have one general cover letter. You can write it yourself or let PocketResume generate it from your profile, then edit it. It is not rewritten per posting, so you stay in control of the final wording.

How many people use PocketResume?

4,000+ job seekers have used PocketResume as of October 2026. That is a cumulative count, not a weekly active-user claim. The product is free to try until December 31, 2026.

Back to PocketResume

Every version, newest first.

All notable changes to PocketResume. The version number matches manifest.json → version. Latest release: v10.7.0. Full history lives in CHANGELOG.md.

10.7.0 is a clean break. Earlier entries are preserved for history, but they describe features that no longer exist, including cloud generation, ATS Check, Refine Resume, and the form filler.

v10.7.0Rebuild2026-11-08

Added

On-device resume engine. Resume generation now runs locally from the master profile, with no cloud generation call, API key, credit balance, or provider quota.
Optional job-description keyword pass. Pasting a posting biases keyword emphasis; it does not add employers, titles, metrics, or skills.
Resume Health Check. A bullet-and-format audit covering action verbs, metrics, wordiness, readability, weak phrasing, passive voice, contact details, sections, dates, and overall length, with a specific fix for each issue.
General cover letter per resume. Users can write it themselves or generate a draft from the profile, then edit it. The letter is saved with the resume.
Cross-device resume sync for master profiles, generated resumes, cover letters, and Job Tracker entries.
Single paid plan. Every feature, including the Job Tracker, is included.
Free promo through December 31, 2026, with a free account and no card required.

Changed

Pricing moved from a Free/Pro split to one plan: $4/month or $47/year after the promo. The promo does not auto-convert to a paid charge; users subscribe manually.
Templates reduced to three: Professional, Double sided, and Academic CV.
The marketing site and schema now describe the on-device engine, the promo, and the one plan.

Fixed

Resume generation no longer fails when a free inference pool is exhausted.
The product no longer depends on a third-party generation service for the core resume workflow.

Removed

Cloud AI generation and provider API keys.
ATS Check and Refine Resume, replaced by Resume Health Check.
The AI form filler. PocketResume no longer fills or submits application forms.
The FAANG resume template.
The Free/Pro split and the 7-day Pro trial.

v8.92026-10-16

Changed

Sessions stay active longer. The Clerk instance's maximum session lifetime was raised from 7 days to 10 years (dev; prod is gated on a paid Clerk plan), so users stay signed in until they sign out.
Added a Clerk addListener hook that removes the access cache the moment the session ends, and applied the same staleness guard to the Job Tracker's first-paint plan cache.

Fixed

Signed-out users no longer show a stale Pro state. The proAccessCache written while signed in was only cleared on an explicit sign-out, so a session that expired server-side left a stale "Pro" badge and an open Form Filler gate behind. The Pro-access cache is now age-bounded (60 min) and is cleared as soon as the Clerk client gives a definitive signed-out answer (a resolved flag distinguishes a real sign-out from a still-initializing service worker).

v8.82026-09-28

Added

Automatic two-way resume cloud sync. Signed-in users no longer push or restore manually: resumes merge automatically on Settings load, after sign-in, and on every local edit. Same-id resumes resolve by last-write-wins on updatedAt; cloud-only resumes are restored locally and local-only resumes are pushed up. Local-only metadata (refineAnswers, lastRefineBackup) is preserved when the cloud version wins.

Changed

Removed the manual Push Local to Cloud / Restore from Cloud buttons and the restore preview panel; the signed-in account card now notes that resumes sync automatically.
Resume deletion now propagates to the cloud via delete tombstones, so auto-restore never resurrects a deleted resume. Orphan deletion on push was removed in favor of explicit tombstones.
Resumes gained a persisted updatedAt timestamp; legacy resumes fall back to lastRefineAppliedAt.

Fixed

The "Auto-capture jobs" info tooltip on Settings was painted beneath the Form Filler Setup card (the details panel's stacking context covered it); the toggle row now stacks above it.

v8.72026-09-27

Fixed

Form Filler showed the upgrade card ("Every Pro feature free until Oct 31 / Create free account") to signed-in Pro and launch-trial users. The Pro check runs in the background service worker, whose Clerk client could report signed-out even though the page contexts (Job Tracker, Settings) saw the session. Access now falls back to the last signed-in resolution cached in proAccessCache, and the worker rebuilds its Clerk client once when it initialised before sign-in.

v8.62026-09-27

Added

Free and Pro plans. Free (free_user) includes resume cloud sync on every device. Pro (pocketresume_pro) adds the full Job Tracker and Form Filler.
Launch promo trial (Sep 27 to Oct 31). Any free-plan subscriber gets the Job Tracker, Form Filler, and cloud sync free during the window. Signed-out users are prompted to create a free account.
Prominent, always-visible account card at the top of Settings (offer badge + bulleted features + Create free account / See Pro plans / Sign in), and an account button in the popup header.
Bulleted feature lists in every upgrade card (popup, Settings, Job Tracker lock banner).
Dedicated Clerk sign-up entry point for "Create free account".

Changed

Replaced the buried avatar dropdown with clear subscribe buttons.
Job Tracker gating now uses Pro access + the promo window instead of a 30-day per-user trial.
"Push Local to Cloud" / "Restore from Cloud" only appear when signed in.
Added secondary button color roles: blue = parallel action, green = confirm/apply, red = destructive (orange stays primary).

v8.5store build2026-09-26

Removed

Anonymous usage analytics (analytics.js, track-client.js).

v8.42026-09-19

Added

Follow-the-cursor feature tour video built on real app screenshots: frame capture pipeline (scripts/capture-tour.mjs), timeline player (feature-video.js / .css), 13 cropped frames in assets/tour/.
"Setup complete" offer + always-available play button in the popup header.

Changed

Store assets: added ATS checker + refine screenshot.

v8.32026-09-13

Added

Generation auto-retry with page cache.

Fixed

API key wipe bug.
Refreshed provider default models; added pocket-resume.xyz backlinks; fixed OpenRouter referer.

v8.22026-09-12

Added

Check ATS: on-demand ATS-readiness scan with animated score gauge, critical issues, why an ATS trips on them, and AI-suggested fixes.
Smarter Refine: up to 5 grounded questions first; answers become highest-authority facts and persist per resume; before/after ATS scores in the review.
Structured bullet formats per resume style (professional 2-bullet problem/solution, FAANG 3-bullet problem/solution/metric).

v8.1

Changed

Version number skipped: no build was ever published under this number. Work in this window shipped as 8.0 or 8.2.

v8.02026-09-10

Added

Form Filler setup: application-questions questionnaire, auto-fill from resume, saved-answers-first resolution (form-profile.js), profile spotlight tour.
Job Tracker: Newton's Cradle plan loader; cached plan badge.

Changed

Landing page redesign.

Fixed

Clerk error hardening.

v7.9store build

Added

Form Filler: one-click detection + fill of job-application form fields with AI-generated answers (form-filler.js). Never submits and never overwrites existing answers.

v7.8store build

Added

Job Tracker plan loader.
Anonymous usage analytics (later removed in 8.5).

v7.7

Changed

Version number skipped: no build was ever published under this number. Work in this window shipped as 7.6 or 7.8.

v7.62026-08-28

Added

Guided onboarding for new users: setup checklist card in the popup + spotlight tour of the Settings page.
Logo and tagline link to pocket-resume.xyz.

Changed

Dropped the Job Tracker success toast (green glow is enough).

v7.52026-08-24

Changed

Apple Liquid Glass redesign across the popup, options page, and Job Tracker.
Responsive timeline chart.

v7.42026-08-20

Added

Model overrides per provider + custom / local OpenAI-compatible endpoints (Ollama, LM Studio, NVIDIA NIM, Groq, ...).
v7.4 What's New announcement.

Changed

Provider reliability pass and settings UX polish.

v7.32026-08-12

Added

Job Tracker workspace: Kanban board, Sankey funnel, funnel metrics (response / interview / offer rates), submissions-over-time timeline with filters and drill-in.
Job Tracker spotlight onboarding tour.

v7.22026-08-12

Added

Rating and share prompts.

v7.1docs-only tag2026-08-05

Docs

Git tag v7.1 was a docs-only tag on manifest version 7. It documented the error modal and generating state. No functional change.

v7.02026-08-05

Added

Error details modal: persistent red error state, human-readable messages, copyable raw details.
Generating spinner.

v6.22026-07-01

Added

Open-source release prep.

Changed

README rewrite; prompt restyle; 4-space indentation across JS.

Fixed

Provider switch overwriting the saved API key.
Delete cloud orphans on push.
Options textarea performance (removed backdrop-filter).

v5.82026-06-18

Added

Resume cloud sync with Clerk auth + Convex backend.
Apple Liquid Glass UI redesign (popup + options), two-column options layout with modal refine review.

Fixed

Pinned extension ID + clerk CAPTCHA bypass.
Removed laggy animated gradient on the options page.

v5.72026-05-18

Added

Extract JSON: structured resume profile from freeform text.

Fixed

Location, skills, and subtitle extraction.

v5.42026-05-07

Fixed

Resume selector bug (empty loadedResumes).

v5.32026-05-06

Added

More LLM providers.

Changed

README + privacy policy updates.

v5.22026-04-29

Added

Fallback model.

Changed

Screenshot/utility cleanup; documentation.

v5.02026-04-11

Added

Refine Resume button.

Fixed

Rendering errors; improved the Double sided layout.

v4.52026-03-11

Added

Flexible resume formats (Double sided and additional layouts).

Changed

Improved resume generation.

v3.12026-02-17

Changed

Versioning fix (no functional change).

v3.02026-02-17

Added

Text wrapping for long content.

v2.02026-02-11

Added

Cover letter generation (single-page, generated alongside the resume).
Cover letter toggle in the popup.

Changed

Polished UI with a custom dropdown menu.
Chrome Web Store compliance fixes; privacy policy updates.

v1.12026-01-22

Added

Styling and layout pass; basic resume generation working (MVP).

v1.02026-01-21

Added

Initial commit: Chrome extension scaffold and first resume-generation pipeline.