Stop Writing Cover Letters From Scratch: How I Automated the Most Annoying Part of Job Hunting

A developer built CoverForge, a tool that automates cover letter writing by piping a resume and job description into an LLM. The tool generates a clean, human-sounding draft in seconds, saving significant time during job applications. The developer recommends using such tools to avoid manual tailoring.

Job hunting is exhausting. Between tweaking resumes, updating portfolios, and filling out endless application forms, the absolute worst part has always been writing a custom cover letter for every single role . Let's be honest: nobody wants to write them , and recruiters rarely want to read generic templates. A few weeks ago, I finally snapped after spending an entire evening staring at a blank document trying to sound "professionally passionate" about a company I barely knew. I decided to build a quick utility tool for myself called CoverForge just to pipe my resume and a job description into an LLM and get a It turned out to be a massive time-saver . Instead of wasting hours tailoring buzzwords, it structures a clean, compelling draft in seconds that actually sounds human. If you are currently applying for roles and drowning in boilerplate text, here is my advice: stop doing it manually . You can check out CoverForge to handle the heavy lifting of tailoring cover letters so you can How do you usually handle cover letters? Let me know your workflow in the comments below