Write your first resume with AI: from a few lines about yourself to a ready Word file

The short answer

You need two messages. In the first, tell the agent about your work: where, how long, what you did and one or two numbers. In the second, paste the job post and ask for a Word file. The agent writes the resume, sends it back as a file, and tells you which lines are weak against the post.

Then you open the file and read it. That takes two minutes, and anything you want changed goes back to the agent in one message.

This guide is for the case with no resume at all. If you already have one and want it rewritten for a specific job, the tailoring guide covers that.

Step 1. Tell it about your work the way you would tell a friend

Skip the template. A resume needs facts, and you already carry them: job titles, years, team size, what changed because of you, certificates. Write them as they come. Typos are fine.

You can also send a voice note. The agent transcribes voice automatically, at 1  per minute of audio. Our test person wrote his story as text, so the exchange below is text.

He is a made-up person with a realistic job: five years in a grocery warehouse, two of them as a night shift lead. He has never written a resume.

The agent wrote a full draft at once and marked every missing detail in brackets. It also explained its choices. Those explanations are worth reading: they show which of your facts carry the resume.

Step 2. Paste the job post and ask for a file

A resume works better when it answers one specific post. Copy the post text and paste it into the same chat. Plain text is cheapest: the agent reads it as part of your message. A screenshot works too, at 1.5  per image.

Two things happened here. The agent matched the resume to the four duties in the post, in the same order, so a recruiter ticking boxes finds each one. And it kept the resume honest: the post asks for strong Excel, Daniel said his is okay, so the file describes what he actually does, and the agent explained why in the chat.

The gap note is the most useful part of the reply. Daniel now knows the one requirement he misses and what a weekend of practice would change.

Step 3. Read the file and polish it in one message

This is your part, and it takes two minutes. The agent builds every line from what you told it; one read makes sure each line sounds like you and is something you can talk about in an interview.

Put everything you want changed into one message: a line to reword, a duty to describe differently, the page count. Daniel sent two edits and asked to keep the resume to one page. A minute later the updated Word file was in the chat. Before you attach the file, you can also ask the agent to “check the resume against what I told you and mark any line I never said”.

The agent kept advising along the way. The post asks for weekly KPI reporting, and it suggested covering that with one line in the cover letter: the weekly report is something Daniel would set up in his first month, from numbers he already tracks.

What you end up with

The final file is a one-column Word document of about 37 KB. It has a headline with the target role, a summary, core skills, two jobs with bullets, certificates and education. Every fact comes from Daniel's two messages. Names, dates and contacts sit in brackets, ready to fill in.

The summary opens with the two numbers. The unfinished course is listed as completed coursework, honestly and without excuses. Excel reads as filters, sorting, basic formulas and simple weekly reports, which is what Daniel can show on a test.

From here the same chat can continue. The agent offered a cover letter built around the one gap. For a second job post, paste it and ask for a second version: the facts are already in the conversation.

Mistakes that cost interviews

Most of them happen before the AI writes a word, or after it finishes.

• Telling it too little. “I worked in a warehouse” gives a generic resume. Team size, a before and after number and your certificates give a specific one.
• Asking it to match every requirement. A resume that claims pivot tables you can't build fails at the first test. Let the agent name the gap and decide yourself how to close it.
• Sending the file unread. It is your resume, and you will talk through every line in an interview. Give it two minutes before you attach it, or ask the agent to check it against what you told it.
• Leaving brackets in. [Company] and [Month Year] in a sent resume look careless. Search the file for “[” before you attach it.
• One resume for every post. Paste each new post into the chat and ask for a version for it.

Where your judgement comes in

What it costs

Text work on the default model costs 1  per 20,000 tokens. A voice note costs 1  per minute of audio, and a screenshot of a job post costs 1.5 . Keeping the chat open costs nothing.

The Free plan gives 200  in the first month and 100  every month after, with no card. Pro costs $13.90 a month for 400 . All rates are on the pricing page.

Messages worth copying

Create your agent, tell it about your work in one message, and paste the job you want. The first Word file arrives in the same chat.