🚀 SkillSync.ai

SkillSync.ai is an AI-powered platform for analytics, resume-job matching, interview preparation, and cover-letter creation, built with Laravel 12, React, and Inertia.js — empowering job seekers and hiring teams to instantly assess resume relevance, identify skill gaps, prepare for interviews, and create tailored cover letters to improve hiring efficiency.

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🔗 Demo

🌐 https://skill-sync-ai-production.up.railway.app/

Use the demo account to log in:

• Email: [email protected]
• Password: 123456789

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🧠 Features

• 🤖 AI-powered resume-job matching using Gemini 2.5 Flash
• 📄 Upload job descriptions & resumes (PDF, DOCX, DOC, TXT, JSON, XML)
• 📊 Get scores: Match %, Keyword %, Semantic Score, Keyword Gap, ATS Score
• 📥 Download AI Scan Report (PDF)
• 🔍 Automatic skill extraction, comparison & gap analysis
• 💬 Full AI-generated summary for each resume
• 🔒 Authenticated dashboard (Laravel Breeze)
• 💾 Resume storage & AI scan history
• 🧼 Robust file validation & encoding cleanup

Analytics Features

• 📈 Analytics: Dive deep into how well the resume and job description align:
  • ✅ Match % — Overall compatibility between resume & job description
  • 📊 ATS Score % — How well the resume fares through Applicant Tracking System filters
  • 🧠 Semantic Score % — AI-evaluated semantic match between your resume and the job description
  • 🔑 Keyword Score % — How many relevant keywords from the job description appear in your resume
  • ⚠️ Keyword Gap — Which keywords are missing or under-represented
  • 🧰 ATS Best Practices — Insights and suggestions to improve resume formatting and structure for ATS
  • 🛠️ Skill Overview — Key skills identified in the resume mapped against those required in the job
  • 💪 Strengths & 📉 Weaknesses — AI-highlighted areas where the resume is strong, and areas where improvement is needed
  • 📋 Detailed Analysis — A full breakdown and commentary of the resume vs job description alignment
  • 👀 View & 📥 Download Full Report — Ability to view online and download a full-fledged report (PDF) for your records

Cover Letter Features

• ✍️ Create a Cover Letter: Generate a personalized cover letter based on your resume and the job description for a company.
• 👁️ View Cover Letter: Preview the generated cover letter directly in the app.
• 📥 Download as PDF: Easily download your generated cover letter as a PDF.
• 📝 Edit Cover Letter with Real-Time Preview: Modify and refine your generated cover letter directly within the app, with instant real-time updates as you edit.

Interview Preparation Features

• 🧑‍💼 Interview Prep: Based on the selected job description and your resume data, get a full interview-ready package:
  • 🔍 Summary: Key highlights and insights from your resume matched to the job description.
  • ❓ Question List: AI-generated likely interview questions tailored to the job description and your resume.
  • 🧠 Answer Suggestions: AI-crafted example answers you can use as a basis and refine for your own responses.

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🖼️ Images

Here is a link to the image folder for SkillSync.ai:
SkillSync.ai Images Folder

Feel free to browse the images used throughout the project.

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🏗️ Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Backend	Laravel 12 (PHP 8.2)
Frontend	React.js + Inertia.js
Authentication	Laravel Breeze
Database	MySQL
Styling	Tailwind CSS
AI Engine	Gemini-2.5-flash (Google AI)
File Parsing	PhpWord, Spatie PdfToText, LibreOffice CLI
Build Tools	Vite, Laravel Mix, Composer, NPM

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📂 Resume File Support

Format	Support	Parser
.pdf	✅ Supported	Spatie PdfToText
.docx	✅ Supported	PhpOffice PhpWord
.doc	✅ With LibreOffice	LibreOffice CLI
.txt	✅ Supported	Native PHP
.json	✅ Supported	Native PHP (json_decode)
.xml	✅ Supported	Native PHP (simplexml_load_file)

⚠️ .doc conversion requires LibreOffice installed (soffice CLI). If unavailable, it's skipped with a warning.

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⚙️ Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/nirav-arsenaltech/skill-sync-ai.git
cd skill-sync-ai

# Install dependencies
composer install
npm install

# Copy environment file
cp .env.example .env

# Generate app key
php artisan key:generate

# Configure your .env
# DB_DATABASE=skill_sync
# DB_USERNAME=root
# DB_PASSWORD=yourpassword

# Run database migrations
php artisan migrate

# Create symbolic link for storage
php artisan storage:link

# Start the local servers
php artisan serve
npm run dev

🌐 .env Configuration

Set up your environment variables:

APP_NAME=SkillSync.ai
APP_URL=http://localhost

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=skill_sync
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

FILESYSTEM_DISK=public

# AI Integration
AI_DRIVER=gemini
GOOGLE_AI_KEY=your_gemini_api_key
GEMINI_MODEL=your_gemini_model #ex: gemini-2.5-flash

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✅ Testing (Optional)

You can run Laravel tests using:

php artisan test

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👨‍💻 Author

• Developed by Nirav

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⭐ Support & Contribute

We welcome contributions and ideas to improve SkillSync.ai! 🚀

🤝 How to Contribute

• Fork the repo
• Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/your-feature)
• Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some feature')
• Push to the branch (git push origin feature/your-feature)
• Open a Pull Request

🛠️ Found a Bug?

Please open an Issue with steps to reproduce and, if possible, screenshots or error logs.

❤️ Support the Project

If you find this project helpful, consider giving it a ⭐ on GitHub.
You can also share it with friends or on social platforms to help others benefit from it.

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📄 License

• This project is open-sourced under the MIT License.
• Feel free to use, modify, and distribute with proper attribution.