{
  "name": "ATS Signal",
  "publisher": "AI Agent USA",
  "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/",
  "description": "Free, private ATS resume checker. Upload a resume, compare it with a job description, and get a practical fix list. No signup. Files stay in your browser.",
  "contact": "ghaffour2019@gmail.com",
  "language": "en",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-22",
  "canonicalIndex": "https://aiagentusa.com/agent-index.json",
  "sitemap": "https://aiagentusa.com/sitemap.xml",
  "llmsTxt": "https://aiagentusa.com/llms.txt",
  "feed": "https://aiagentusa.com/feed.xml",
  "purpose": "A site-specific discovery file for AI agents and other automated readers. It is not a web standard and it is not a substitute for the HTML pages or sitemap.",
  "privacy": {
    "resumeProcessing": "local browser only",
    "resumeUploadsAccepted": false,
    "accounts": false,
    "resumeDatabase": false,
    "analyticsDefault": "none"
  },
  "tool": {
    "name": "ATS Signal Resume Checker",
    "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/#tool",
    "type": "browser-only",
    "humanInTheLoop": true,
    "headlessApi": false,
    "inputs": [
      "PDF",
      "DOCX",
      "TXT",
      "pasted resume text",
      "pasted job description"
    ],
    "outputs": [
      "ATS-style score",
      "confidence level",
      "estimated score range",
      "keyword match",
      "fix list"
    ],
    "storage": "none; the report stays in page memory until the page is closed or refreshed",
    "can": [
      "Compare resume text with a job description",
      "Estimate weighted keyword coverage",
      "Check contact details and core sections",
      "Flag weak evidence and formatting risks",
      "Show the text extracted from the uploaded file"
    ],
    "cannot": [
      "Access an employer's applicant tracking system",
      "Predict an interview or job offer",
      "Guarantee how a specific ATS will parse a document",
      "Accept a resume upload on the server",
      "Run as a headless API"
    ]
  },
  "resources": {
    "guidesHub": {
      "title": "Resume and ATS guides",
      "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/guides/",
      "description": "Practical guides on ATS parsing, resume structure, keywords, evidence, and job-search workflows."
    },
    "guides": [
      {
        "title": "What Is an ATS? A Plain-English Guide for Job Seekers",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/guides/what-is-an-ats/",
        "description": "Learn how applicant tracking systems read resumes, what they actually score, and which formatting choices cause real problems.",
        "updated": "22 October 2026"
      },
      {
        "title": "ATS Resume Format: A Practical 2026 Checklist",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/guides/ats-resume-format/",
        "description": "A clean, parser-friendly resume format with specific rules for headings, columns, fonts, dates, files, and contact details.",
        "updated": "22 October 2026"
      },
      {
        "title": "How to Match Resume Keywords Without Keyword Stuffing",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/guides/resume-keywords/",
        "description": "A truthful method for finding the right job-description keywords, placing them in context, and measuring coverage.",
        "updated": "22 October 2026"
      },
      {
        "title": "Action Verbs for Resumes: Strong Examples and a Simple Formula",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/guides/resume-action-verbs/",
        "description": "Replace weak resume phrases with specific action verbs, then add scope and results so each bullet earns its space.",
        "updated": "22 October 2026"
      },
      {
        "title": "How to Quantify Resume Achievements When You Don't Have Big Numbers",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/guides/quantify-resume-achievements/",
        "description": "Practical ways to add credible metrics to a resume using scope, time, volume, quality, and before-and-after comparisons.",
        "updated": "22 October 2026"
      },
      {
        "title": "Why Your Resume Isn't Getting Interviews: 7 Problems to Check",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/guides/why-resume-not-getting-interviews/",
        "description": "A diagnostic checklist for job seekers who are applying but not hearing back, from keyword gaps to level and timing.",
        "updated": "22 October 2026"
      },
      {
        "title": "PDF vs. DOCX for Resumes: Which Should You Upload?",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/guides/pdf-vs-docx-resume/",
        "description": "A practical comparison of PDF and DOCX resume uploads, including parsing, formatting, file naming, and what to do when a job post is specific.",
        "updated": "22 October 2026"
      },
      {
        "title": "Resume Sections in the Right Order: A Recruiter-Friendly Guide",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/guides/resume-sections/",
        "description": "What to put in the header, summary, skills, experience, education, projects, and certifications, and when to change the order.",
        "updated": "22 October 2026"
      },
      {
        "title": "How to Use a Free ATS Resume Checker (and What It Can't Do)",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/guides/free-ats-resume-checker/",
        "description": "A practical guide to reading an ATS report, prioritizing fixes, and avoiding false confidence from a single score.",
        "updated": "22 October 2026"
      },
      {
        "title": "Customer Service Resume Keywords and Bullet Examples",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/guides/customer-service-resume-keywords/",
        "description": "The customer support skills, tools, and outcome words that show up in job descriptions, with truthful bullet examples.",
        "updated": "22 October 2026"
      },
      {
        "title": "Project Manager Resume Keywords: A Practical List",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/guides/project-manager-resume-keywords/",
        "description": "PM methodologies, tools, scope words, and outcome metrics that make a project management resume specific and credible.",
        "updated": "22 October 2026"
      },
      {
        "title": "Software Engineer Resume Keywords That Show Real Impact",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/guides/software-engineer-resume-keywords/",
        "description": "Languages, systems, practices, and outcome language for a software engineering resume, with examples that avoid tool-list padding.",
        "updated": "22 October 2026"
      },
      {
        "title": "Entry-Level Resume With No Experience: An ATS-Friendly Approach",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/guides/entry-level-resume/",
        "description": "How students and career changers can build a credible resume from projects, coursework, part-time work, and transferable skills.",
        "updated": "22 October 2026"
      }
    ],
    "rolesHub": {
      "title": "Resume keywords by role",
      "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/resume-keywords/",
      "description": "Role-specific keyword groups, examples, ATS notes, and FAQs."
    },
    "roleKeywords": [
      {
        "slug": "data-analyst",
        "title": "Data Analyst",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/resume-keywords/data-analyst/",
        "description": "Data analyst resume keywords for SQL, dashboards, reporting, and business impact, with ATS notes and editable examples.",
        "keywordGroups": [
          {
            "label": "Analysis and reporting",
            "terms": [
              "data analysis",
              "data cleaning",
              "data validation",
              "exploratory analysis",
              "dashboard development",
              "reporting",
              "KPI tracking",
              "data modeling"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Tools",
            "terms": [
              "SQL",
              "Excel",
              "Tableau",
              "Power BI",
              "Python",
              "R",
              "Looker",
              "Google Sheets"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Business context",
            "terms": [
              "stakeholder communication",
              "requirements gathering",
              "forecasting",
              "segmentation",
              "experimentation",
              "process improvement"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "exampleSummary": "Data analyst with experience turning messy operational data into dashboards and recommendations. Uses SQL, Excel, and Tableau to track KPIs, investigate trends, and give managers a clear view of performance.",
        "atsNotes": [
          "Put SQL and your strongest BI tool in Skills if they are true, then name them again inside experience bullets.",
          "Use words such as dashboard, reporting, and analysis in context. A skills list alone gives the reader little evidence.",
          "Include the domain if it is relevant to the job, such as finance, marketing, operations, healthcare, or e-commerce.",
          "Do not list every tool you have ever opened. Two or three credible tools are stronger than a long, shallow list."
        ]
      },
      {
        "slug": "registered-nurse",
        "title": "Registered Nurse",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/resume-keywords/registered-nurse/",
        "description": "Registered nurse resume keywords for patient care, EHR systems, certifications, and unit experience, with ATS formatting notes.",
        "keywordGroups": [
          {
            "label": "Clinical care",
            "terms": [
              "patient assessment",
              "patient care",
              "care planning",
              "medication administration",
              "vital signs",
              "infection control",
              "triage",
              "discharge planning"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Systems and credentials",
            "terms": [
              "Epic",
              "Cerner",
              "electronic health records",
              "EHR",
              "BLS",
              "ACLS",
              "RN license",
              "compact license"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Collaboration and education",
            "terms": [
              "interdisciplinary team",
              "patient education",
              "family communication",
              "care coordination",
              "documentation",
              "quality improvement"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "exampleSummary": "Registered nurse with [unit] experience providing patient-centered care to [patient population]. Skilled in assessment, medication administration, EHR documentation, and collaboration with an interdisciplinary team.",
        "atsNotes": [
          "List your RN license and state, and include a compact license only if you actually hold one.",
          "Name your EHR system in the experience section as well as Skills. Many nursing recruiters search for Epic or Cerner directly.",
          "List only current certifications. Never imply that a certification is active when it has expired.",
          "Protect patient privacy. Do not include names, record numbers, or identifying details in bullets."
        ]
      },
      {
        "slug": "sales-representative",
        "title": "Sales Representative",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/resume-keywords/sales-representative/",
        "description": "Sales representative resume keywords for prospecting, CRM, pipeline management, quotas, and account growth, with ATS examples.",
        "keywordGroups": [
          {
            "label": "Sales motion",
            "terms": [
              "prospecting",
              "lead generation",
              "cold calling",
              "pipeline management",
              "account management",
              "new business",
              "renewals",
              "negotiation"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Systems",
            "terms": [
              "Salesforce",
              "HubSpot",
              "CRM",
              "Salesloft",
              "Outreach",
              "Microsoft Dynamics"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Results",
            "terms": [
              "quota attainment",
              "revenue growth",
              "customer retention",
              "closing",
              "upselling",
              "territory management",
              "forecasting"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "exampleSummary": "Sales representative with [industry] experience in [inbound or outbound] sales. Manages the full cycle from prospecting to close, uses [CRM] to keep pipeline data accurate, and builds repeatable outreach for [customer type].",
        "atsNotes": [
          "Name the sales motion and customer type: B2B, B2C, inside sales, field sales, enterprise, SMB, or account management.",
          "Put the CRM in Skills and in an experience bullet. Salesforce and HubSpot are useful search terms, but only list tools you have used.",
          "Use quota, pipeline, renewal, and retention language from the job post when it is accurate.",
          "Keep numbers real. If you cannot share revenue, describe account count, territory, cycle length, or process ownership instead."
        ]
      },
      {
        "slug": "accountant",
        "title": "Accountant",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/resume-keywords/accountant/",
        "description": "Accountant resume keywords for month-end close, reconciliations, GAAP, ERP systems, and financial reporting, with ATS examples.",
        "keywordGroups": [
          {
            "label": "Accounting cycle",
            "terms": [
              "general ledger",
              "reconciliations",
              "month-end close",
              "journal entries",
              "accounts payable",
              "accounts receivable",
              "financial reporting",
              "variance analysis"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Standards and compliance",
            "terms": [
              "GAAP",
              "internal controls",
              "audit support",
              "tax preparation",
              "compliance",
              "payroll"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Systems",
            "terms": [
              "Excel",
              "QuickBooks",
              "NetSuite",
              "SAP",
              "Oracle",
              "ERP",
              "Power BI"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "exampleSummary": "Accountant with experience in [close cycle] close, reconciliations, and financial reporting. Uses [ERP] and Excel to maintain accurate records, investigate variances, and support audit requests.",
        "atsNotes": [
          "List CPA, CMA, or other credentials only if they are active and relevant. Never imply a license you do not hold.",
          "Name the ERP and Excel level honestly. Pivot tables, lookups, and financial models are different skills.",
          "Use GAAP only if your work has been prepared under it. If the job uses another framework, follow the employer's language.",
          "Show the close cycle and the accounts you owned. A general list of accounting tasks is less useful than a clear scope."
        ]
      },
      {
        "slug": "marketing-manager",
        "title": "Marketing Manager",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/resume-keywords/marketing-manager/",
        "description": "Marketing manager resume keywords for campaigns, SEO, content, paid media, analytics, and team leadership, with ATS examples.",
        "keywordGroups": [
          {
            "label": "Channels",
            "terms": [
              "content marketing",
              "email marketing",
              "paid media",
              "SEO",
              "social media",
              "campaign management",
              "brand strategy",
              "lead generation"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Tools and analytics",
            "terms": [
              "Google Analytics",
              "HubSpot",
              "Salesforce",
              "Meta Ads",
              "Google Ads",
              "Looker Studio",
              "A/B testing"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Business outcomes",
            "terms": [
              "conversion optimization",
              "customer acquisition",
              "retention",
              "pipeline",
              "budget management",
              "agency management",
              "reporting"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "exampleSummary": "Marketing manager with experience across [channels] for [customer type]. Plans campaigns, coordinates content and paid media, and uses [analytics tool] to report on pipeline, conversion, and retention.",
        "atsNotes": [
          "Lead with the channels and customer type the job actually uses. A broad marketing resume can look unfocused.",
          "Put your strongest analytics tool in Skills and show how you used it to make a decision.",
          "Use manager language only when you have managed people, agencies, budgets, or a program. Explain the scope.",
          "Avoid vanity metrics without context. Impressions are weaker than qualified traffic, conversion, pipeline, or retention."
        ]
      },
      {
        "slug": "administrative-assistant",
        "title": "Administrative Assistant",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/resume-keywords/administrative-assistant/",
        "description": "Administrative assistant resume keywords for scheduling, office systems, records, customer service, and executive support, with ATS examples.",
        "keywordGroups": [
          {
            "label": "Core support",
            "terms": [
              "calendar management",
              "scheduling",
              "travel coordination",
              "data entry",
              "records management",
              "office administration",
              "event planning",
              "executive support"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Tools",
            "terms": [
              "Microsoft Office",
              "Outlook",
              "Excel",
              "Word",
              "PowerPoint",
              "Google Workspace",
              "SharePoint"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Communication and operations",
            "terms": [
              "customer service",
              "phone coverage",
              "confidential documents",
              "invoicing",
              "vendor coordination",
              "meeting preparation",
              "expense reports"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "exampleSummary": "Administrative assistant with experience supporting [team or executive] through calendar management, travel coordination, records, and customer-facing communication. Uses [tools] to keep schedules and documents accurate in a busy office.",
        "atsNotes": [
          "Name the tools you use daily. Outlook, Excel, Word, Google Workspace, and SharePoint are common search terms.",
          "Show the scope: number of calendars, volume of records, size of events, or type of executive support.",
          "Use confidential and discretion language only if you have handled sensitive information.",
          "Avoid claiming executive support if the role was primarily front-desk or data entry. Use the accurate title and describe the overlap."
        ]
      },
      {
        "slug": "teacher",
        "title": "Teacher",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/resume-keywords/teacher/",
        "description": "Teacher resume keywords for lesson planning, classroom management, assessment, certification, and family communication, with ATS notes.",
        "keywordGroups": [
          {
            "label": "Instruction",
            "terms": [
              "lesson planning",
              "curriculum development",
              "differentiated instruction",
              "classroom management",
              "student assessment",
              "small-group instruction",
              "literacy",
              "mathematics"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Student support",
            "terms": [
              "IEP",
              "504 plan",
              "English learners",
              "student engagement",
              "behavior support",
              "parent communication"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Credentials and tools",
            "terms": [
              "state teaching license",
              "teaching certification",
              "Google Classroom",
              "Canvas",
              "Schoology",
              "student data"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "exampleSummary": "Teacher with [grade or subject] experience planning standards-aligned lessons, assessing student progress, and communicating with families. Licensed in [state] and comfortable using [learning platform].",
        "atsNotes": [
          "Put your license, state, grade band, and subject near the top if they are required by the posting.",
          "Use the district's exact grade and subject language when it matches your experience.",
          "Name the learning management system and assessment tools only if you have used them.",
          "Protect student privacy. Do not include names, IEP details, or other identifying information."
        ]
      },
      {
        "slug": "hr-specialist",
        "title": "HR Specialist",
        "url": "https://aiagentusa.com/resume-keywords/hr-specialist/",
        "description": "HR specialist resume keywords for recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, HRIS, benefits, and compliance, with ATS examples.",
        "keywordGroups": [
          {
            "label": "Employee lifecycle",
            "terms": [
              "recruitment",
              "talent acquisition",
              "onboarding",
              "employee relations",
              "performance management",
              "offboarding",
              "candidate screening",
              "interview coordination"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "HR operations",
            "terms": [
              "benefits administration",
              "HRIS",
              "employee records",
              "payroll support",
              "compliance",
              "FMLA",
              "job descriptions",
              "training"
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Systems and tools",
            "terms": [
              "Workday",
              "ADP",
              "BambooHR",
              "Greenhouse",
              "Lever",
              "Excel",
              "Microsoft Office"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "exampleSummary": "HR specialist with experience in [recruiting, benefits, or HR operations] for a [size] organization. Supports the employee lifecycle, maintains accurate HRIS records, and coordinates confidential employee matters with discretion.",
        "atsNotes": [
          "Name the primary HR function in your summary and first bullet. Do not make the reader guess whether you are a recruiter or a generalist.",
          "List the HRIS and ATS you have used. Workday, ADP, BambooHR, Greenhouse, and Lever are common search terms.",
          "Use FMLA or benefits language only if you have handled those processes. Compliance exposure varies by role.",
          "Keep employee information confidential. Do not name individuals or include sensitive case details."
        ]
      }
    ]
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    "script": "https://aiagentusa.com/assets/agent.js",
    "api": "document.modelContext.registerTool",
    "note": "Registered only in browsers that expose the WebMCP API. The human interface remains primary.",
    "tools": [
      "get_ats_signal_overview",
      "list_resume_resources",
      "get_role_keywords",
      "get_scan_instructions"
    ],
    "policy": [
      "All tools are read-only.",
      "No tool accepts resume text, files, job descriptions, scan results, or personal data.",
      "No tool reads cookies, local storage, or page form values.",
      "No tool interacts with advertising."
    ]
  },
  "usage": {
    "readPublicPages": true,
    "quoteWithAttribution": true,
    "followSitemap": true,
    "submitResumeData": false,
    "automateAdInteractions": false,
    "notes": [
      "Use the HTML pages as the source of truth.",
      "Do not send a resume to the contact email.",
      "Do not simulate clicks or impressions on ads; automated ad interactions violate AdSense policies.",
      "The score is a planning heuristic, not an interview probability."
    ]
  },
  "limits": [
    "Not affiliated with an ATS vendor.",
    "Does not store resumes.",
    "Does not guarantee interviews or job offers.",
    "The estimated score range is not a probability of an interview.",
    "WebMCP is experimental and may not be available in every browser."
  ]
}
