hiring-screener
anthropics/knowledge-work-pluginsOfficial collectionBusiness & productivity
hiring-screener is a skill in anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins, last changed 15 Sept 2026. It can reach the network and pre-approve tools — read the findings before installing.
Takes a pile of applications and turns it into a ranked shortlist, scored only against the job's stated rubric, with drafted replies to every candidate, scheduled interviews, and an onboarding checklist for whoever gets hired. Picks up where job-post-builder leaves off and carries the funnel through to first day, including the payroll setup handoff. Runs on Gmail and Google Calendar, deepens with Gusto, DocuSign, and Drive or M365, and works entirely from uploaded resumes with drafted replies the owner sends by hand. Use this whenever the owner has applicants to deal with — including phrasings like "I've got 40 resumes and no time," "who should I interview," "screen these applications," "help me narrow this down," "set up interviews for the top three," or "I need to tell the rest no." Reach for it when the owner mentions applicants, resumes, candidates, or being buried in a hiring inbox.
At a glance
What it can touch
How much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.
Pattern check
1 item to review
Broad tools pre-approved in allowed-tools
R34 · High · SKILL.md:18Commit 2574e29 · 1 Nov 2026
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Install
Each tab says whether it installs commit 2574e29, the one we checked, or the latest version.
OpenCode also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Goose also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Windsurf (Devin Desktop) also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Zed also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Roo Code also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Factory Droid also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Junie also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Amp also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
No install command here reaches Kiro. Copy the skill's folder into .kiro/skills/ in your project, or ~/.kiro/skills/ for all your projects. anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/small-business/skills/hiring-screener (opens in a new tab)
Antigravity also looks in .agents/skills/, so the Any agent steps reach it with This project. For All projects, see where Antigravity looks.
Cline also looks in .claude/skills/, so the Claude Code steps reach it with This project. For All projects, see where Cline looks.
Read this before installing: Broad tools pre-approved in allowed-tools — SKILL.md:18
Claude Code
Pinned to commit 2574e29, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 2574e29377c7173d0cecffef29a6ecbd7f8ccb5d &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- small-business/skills/hiring-screener &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 2574e29377c7173d0cecffef29a6ecbd7f8ccb5d &&mkdir -p .claude/skills &&mkdir .claude/skills/hiring-screener &&cp -R "$tmp"/small-business/skills/hiring-screener/. .claude/skills/hiring-screener/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.
Or install the small-business plugin it ships in. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. Installs everything in the plugin, including any hooks, MCP servers and scripts our check doesn't cover.
claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --scope project &&claude plugin install small-business@knowledge-work-plugins --scope projectClaude apps
Pinned to commit 2574e29, the one we checked.
Skills in the Claude apps belong to your account rather than to a project.
Make hiring-screener.zip, with the skill folder at the top level:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 2574e29377c7173d0cecffef29a6ecbd7f8ccb5d &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- small-business/skills/hiring-screener &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 2574e29377c7173d0cecffef29a6ecbd7f8ccb5d &&out="$(mktemp -d)" &&cp -R "$tmp"/small-business/skills/hiring-screener "$out"/hiring-screener &&(cd "$out" && zip -qr - hiring-screener) > hiring-screener.zip &&rm -rf "$tmp" "$out"In Claude, open Customize > Skills, select +, then + Create skill > Upload a skill, and choose hiring-screener.zip.
On Free, Pro and Max plans, turn on Code execution and file creation (Create and edit files in newer settings) under Settings > Capabilities.
Codex
Pinned to commit 2574e29, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 2574e29377c7173d0cecffef29a6ecbd7f8ccb5d &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- small-business/skills/hiring-screener &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 2574e29377c7173d0cecffef29a6ecbd7f8ccb5d &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/hiring-screener &&cp -R "$tmp"/small-business/skills/hiring-screener/. .agents/skills/hiring-screener/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Codex picks up new skills on its own; restart it if this one does not appear.
Cursor
Pinned to commit 2574e29, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 2574e29377c7173d0cecffef29a6ecbd7f8ccb5d &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- small-business/skills/hiring-screener &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 2574e29377c7173d0cecffef29a6ecbd7f8ccb5d &&mkdir -p .cursor/skills &&mkdir .cursor/skills/hiring-screener &&cp -R "$tmp"/small-business/skills/hiring-screener/. .cursor/skills/hiring-screener/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Copilot & VS Code
Pinned to commit 2574e29, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 2574e29377c7173d0cecffef29a6ecbd7f8ccb5d &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- small-business/skills/hiring-screener &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 2574e29377c7173d0cecffef29a6ecbd7f8ccb5d &&mkdir -p .github/skills &&mkdir .github/skills/hiring-screener &&cp -R "$tmp"/small-business/skills/hiring-screener/. .github/skills/hiring-screener/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"In a running Copilot CLI session, run /skills reload.
Or install it with gh skill, which also installs the commit we checked. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later.
gh skill install anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins small-business/skills/hiring-screener/SKILL.md@2574e29377c7173d0cecffef29a6ecbd7f8ccb5d --agent github-copilot --scope projectGemini CLI
Pinned to commit 2574e29, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 2574e29377c7173d0cecffef29a6ecbd7f8ccb5d &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- small-business/skills/hiring-screener &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 2574e29377c7173d0cecffef29a6ecbd7f8ccb5d &&mkdir -p .gemini/skills &&mkdir .gemini/skills/hiring-screener &&cp -R "$tmp"/small-business/skills/hiring-screener/. .gemini/skills/hiring-screener/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"In a running session, run /skills reload.
Or use Gemini CLI’s own installer. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked.
gemini skills install https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins.git --path small-business/skills/hiring-screener --scope workspaceAny agent
Pinned to commit 2574e29, the one we checked.
OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie, Amp and Antigravity read .agents/skills in a project.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 2574e29377c7173d0cecffef29a6ecbd7f8ccb5d &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- small-business/skills/hiring-screener &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 2574e29377c7173d0cecffef29a6ecbd7f8ccb5d &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/hiring-screener &&cp -R "$tmp"/small-business/skills/hiring-screener/. .agents/skills/hiring-screener/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Or use the skills CLI from skills.sh. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. The skills CLI reports installs to skills.sh unless you set DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1.
npx skills@1.7.4 add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill hiring-screenerWhat it can touch
From the files and frontmatter at commit 2574e29. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.
Pattern check
Pattern check: 1 item to review · commit 2574e29 · 1 Nov 2026
We checked every text file in this skill, at commit 2574e29 on 1 Nov 2026, against 45 published patterns such as download-and-run commands, hidden text and credential access. We don't run the skill, we don't read the web pages it points to, and we can't judge everything its instructions might lead an agent to do. In published tests, pattern checks like this one missed most malicious skills. Read the skill before you install it — especially anything it asks you to download or run.
Format check
Each agent reads SKILL.md a little differently. We check the file against each one's published rules; we don't run the skill in any agent.
Agent Skills specPasses with warnings
The open format from agentskills.io, held to what the strictest agents enforce, so one folder loads everywhere.
- Warning
Paths that may not work once the skill is installed: line 73: ../../shared/voice-profile.md (outside the skill folder). B6
Fix: Use forward-slash paths relative to SKILL.md, and copy shared files into the skill.
- Note
There is no license field, so readers can't tell whether they may reuse the skill. O2
Fix: Add license: with an SPDX name such as MIT or Apache-2.0, or the name of a bundled licence file.
- Note
Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: reference/candidate_comms.md (133 lines), reference/fair_screening.md (104 lines), reference/gotchas.md (184 lines) and reference/rubric.md (123 lines). B5
Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.
- Warning
Claude CodePasses with warnings
Claude Code reads its own extra fields, ignores unknown ones, and still loads a skill whose frontmatter is broken, without its fields.
- Warning
Paths that may not work once the skill is installed: line 73: ../../shared/voice-profile.md (outside the skill folder). B6
Fix: Use forward-slash paths relative to SKILL.md, and copy shared files into the skill.
- Note
Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: reference/candidate_comms.md (133 lines), reference/fair_screening.md (104 lines), reference/gotchas.md (184 lines) and reference/rubric.md (123 lines). B5
Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.
- Warning
Claude apps & API uploadPasses with warnings
Uploading to claude.ai or the Claude API, or packaging with Anthropic's script, accepts only the six spec fields and stops on anything else.
- Warning
Paths that may not work once the skill is installed: line 73: ../../shared/voice-profile.md (outside the skill folder). B6
Fix: Use forward-slash paths relative to SKILL.md, and copy shared files into the skill.
- Note
The description is 900 characters. The claude.ai Help Center says 200 at most, though Anthropic's API docs and validator allow 1,024. D4
Fix: If the claude.ai upload refuses it, trim the description to 200 characters.
- Note
Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: reference/candidate_comms.md (133 lines), reference/fair_screening.md (104 lines), reference/gotchas.md (184 lines) and reference/rubric.md (123 lines). B5
Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.
- Warning
OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes with warnings
Codex finds SKILL.md by its exact name and needs a description; OpenAI's Skills API checks the frontmatter against the spec and caps uploads.
- Warning
Paths that may not work once the skill is installed: line 73: ../../shared/voice-profile.md (outside the skill folder). B6
Fix: Use forward-slash paths relative to SKILL.md, and copy shared files into the skill.
- Warning
VS Code & CopilotPasses with warnings
VS Code reads skills one folder below .github/skills, .claude/skills or .agents/skills and falls back to the folder name when the name is missing or differs; GitHub's Copilot docs require the exact name SKILL.md.
- Warning
Paths that may not work once the skill is installed: line 73: ../../shared/voice-profile.md (outside the skill folder). B6
Fix: Use forward-slash paths relative to SKILL.md, and copy shared files into the skill.
- Warning
SKILL.md
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