Read the user's live Upwork profile through the Upwork MCP, generate an improved title, overview, skills and portfolio from their resume (humanized), and - after the user approves - write the approved version back to Upwork.
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name: upwork-profile
description: Read the user's live Upwork profile through the Upwork MCP, generate an improved title, overview, skills and portfolio from their resume (humanized), and - after the user approves - write the approved version back to Upwork.
argument-hint: "[apply]"
---
# Upwork Profile Enhancement
Two modes. Default (**generate**) drafts suggestions for review; **apply** (argument `apply`)
writes the approved version to the live Upwork profile. Always gate the live write behind the
user's approval - never edit the real profile from the generate step.
The MCP writes the title, overview and skills. It cannot write the portfolio or the hourly rate,
so those two are **advisory**: JobPilot generates and stores them, and the user copies them to
upwork.com. Say so plainly rather than implying they were applied.
## Setup
1. Follow `../_shared/setup.md`, then load the structured resume for `user.primaryResumeId`
(`jobpilot-api GET /api/resumes/<id>`). Its `content` has the identity, summary, experience,
skills, and **projects** (the portfolio source).
2. Follow `../_shared/upwork-mcp.md`: confirm the tools are connected and resolve `ORG_UID`.
## Mode: generate (default)
1. **Read the current profile.** `get_profile` action `get` for the title, overview, skills, rate
and work history. `get_profile` action `list_highlights` for the portfolio projects and
certificates already on the account.
2. **Generate suggestions** grounded only in resume facts (no fabrication):
- **Title** - concise, role plus top stack. Hard limit 70 characters.
- **Overview** - written to one client skimming it. Open with what you do for clients, in a
sentence, then two or three real projects with a concrete result each, then how to start
working together. Short paragraphs, plain words, first person. 1000-2000 characters reads
better than filling the 5000 limit. Keep lines from the current overview that already work;
they're in the user's own voice. Then invoke the `humanizer` skill on it in embedded mode.
- **Skills** - at most 20, and each must be a real Upwork ontology skill name. Unresolvable
names are rejected at write time, so prefer the exact wording already on the profile or in
the job market over invented labels.
- **Portfolio** (advisory) - derive entries from resume `projects`:
`{ title, description, url?, skills[] }`. Keep existing good ones; add or improve from the
resume. Each description says what the project is and one concrete detail, and they don't
all share one shape ("Built X using Y, resulting in Z" five times over). Humanize the
descriptions in embedded mode too.
- **Hourly rate** (advisory) - only suggest if the resume or profile gives a basis; otherwise
leave the current value.
3. **Save the draft** for review. Write the body to `"$JOBPILOT_TEMP/upwork-profile.json"`:
```json
{ "currentTitle": "<current title>", "currentOverview": "<current overview>",
"currentPortfolio": <current portfolio json>, "currentSkills": <current skills json>,
"suggestedTitle": "<suggested title>", "suggestedOverview": "<suggested overview>",
"suggestedPortfolio": <suggested portfolio json>, "suggestedSkills": <suggested skills json>,
"status": "draft" }
```
```bash
jobpilot-api PUT /api/upwork/profile --data @"$JOBPILOT_TEMP/upwork-profile.json"
```
4. Print a short before/after summary and link to `$JOBPILOT_WEB/upwork/profile` - tell the user to
review, edit, **Approve**, then run **Apply to Upwork**. Stop here; do not write to Upwork.
## Mode: apply
1. `jobpilot-api GET /api/upwork/profile` →
require `.status == "approved"`. If not, tell the user to review and approve on
`/upwork/profile` first, then stop.
2. Use the `suggested*` fields as the source of truth (the user may have edited them in the UI).
3. Write each section, one at a time. Every one is a preview then a confirm
(`../_shared/upwork-mcp.md`), so present each preview and get an explicit yes before
confirming. Only one preview per action type is held at a time, so finish one section before
starting the next.
- `update_profile` action `update_title` → `confirm_preview` type `profile_update_title`.
- `update_profile` action `update_overview` → `confirm_preview` type `profile_update_overview`.
- `update_profile` action `set_skills` → `confirm_preview` type `profile_set_skills`. This
**replaces** the whole set, so pass the full revised list, not just additions. Names are
resolved against Upwork's ontology first; a partial draft lists which were rejected. Relay
those to the user instead of guessing substitutes.
4. On success, mark it applied:
```bash
jobpilot-api PUT /api/upwork/profile --data '{"status":"applied"}'
```
Report what was written. Then tell the user the portfolio and hourly rate were **not** applied
and are waiting for them on `$JOBPILOT_WEB/upwork/profile` to copy across. If a section fails
to save, leave `status` unchanged, report which section, and stop.
## Rules
1. **Approval gate.** Only `apply` writes to Upwork, and only when `status == "approved"`.
2. **Never claim an advisory field was applied.** The portfolio and hourly rate are always manual.
3. **No fabrication.** Every claim traces to the resume; no invented metrics, links, or experience.
4. **Humanize the overview** via the `humanizer` skill in embedded mode. No emoji bullets.