Prompt · works in Instinct, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other assistant that reads plain-text files

Screen resumes with one free prompt

This page gives you a free, copy-ready prompt for this job (it screens applicants against your approved scorecard and returns one evidence card per candidate: criterion, evidence, gap, and the decision left to you), plus the $19 standing-agent version that runs it on repeat without re-pasting rules.

It screens applicants against your approved scorecard and returns one evidence card per candidate: criterion, evidence, gap, and the decision left to you. The prompt below is the do-it-yourself version.

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The prompt

Screen these applicants against my scorecard: [paste criteria, then paste each resume]. For every candidate and criterion, quote the exact resume line that counts as evidence, mark gaps as GAP, and leave a HUMAN DECISION column empty for me. Do not recommend hiring or rejecting anyone.

What to bring

Twenty applicants for one role means twenty files, your scorecard open in another tab, and a decision you have to defend later. By applicant twelve the evidence blurs and the notes stop being consistent.

What a good run returns

A Google Sheet in a Recruiter Screening Workspace folder: candidate, criterion, evidence, gap and a human-decision column. Every score shows the evidence it rests on.

Where the free version ends

A prompt runs when you remember to run it, from whatever context you paste, and it forgets the rules between sessions. The Screening Agent ($19 one-time) installs this as a standing workflow: fixed evidence rules, a saved output in your own Drive every run, fictional-data testing before real work, and hard stops before anything sends, spends or publishes. More detail on the AI resume screening for recruiters guide.

Questions people ask

Is this prompt really free?

Yes. Copy it, paste it into any capable assistant, bring the inputs listed. No signup, no email gate.

Which assistants does the prompt work in?

Any capable chat assistant: Instinct, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Hermes, OpenClaw, Town, Muse and others.

What is the difference between the free prompt and the $19 agent?

The prompt is a one-off: you re-paste the rules every run. The $19 agent is the same job productized - tested setup, saved files, consistent output, standing cycle.

Last updated 13 September 2026 · Reviewed by the AI Agent Skills team.

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