ycv

Build CV and job application materials using yaml files

Example PDFs

Here you can find the pdfs built using yaml and bib files in the example directory.

Installation

pip install ycv

Requirements

• Python
• PyYAML
• bibtexparser
• TeX

Usage

After installing ycv one can start building application materials using the command ycv from the terminal.

ycv -j job_name -y doc_type:yaml_file

Note: The command should be executed inside a directory that contains a authinfo.yaml and style.yaml file. If these are not present, these will be created on the fly using prompts. See here for more about these files.

• ycv is designed to be used for multiple job applications and therefore requires a job_name to create a directory where all materials related to that job will be stored.
• ycv can create multiple application materials for a given job at once. To create different materials one needs to provide the yaml files for these materials in the format doc_type:yaml_file with a space between different materials. For example, to create a cv and research statement, provide the yaml files as

ycv -j job_name -y cv:/path/to/cv.yaml research_plan:/path/to/research_statement.yaml

Note: The keys to yaml files should be one of the recognized ones

• cv
• research_plan
• publications

more would be added to this list.

authinfo and style files

ycv requires a authinfo.yaml and style.yaml file.

• authinfo.yaml contains information about the author which is used to a common header for all documents, for example. An example yaml file can be found here.
• style.yaml file is used to apply customized style to different elements in the TeX documents. This gives the user freedom to apply a style of their preference. An example file can be found here.