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HR-Breaker, an open-source tool that turns resumes into ATS-ready PDFs

July 3, 2026 at 05:13 EDT

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Recruiting & HR

HR-Breaker, an open-source tool that converts a resume in any format into a one-page, ATS-friendly PDF tailored to a specific job description, has been released. It uses an LLM to restructure content to match job requirements while curbing fabrication, and its code is published on GitHub.

July 2026 · Open Source · MIT License

HR-Breaker: Turn Any Resume Into an ATS-Ready PDF

An open-source tool that uses an LLM to convert resumes of any format into single-page, ATS-optimized PDFs tuned to a specific job — with layered filters that block statements not grounded in the original resume.

75%+

of resumes filtered out by ATS before a human sees them

806

GitHub stars gathered

122

forks

input formats accepted

The ATS Bottleneck — Scale View

75%+

filtered out
by the bot

<25%

reach human
eyes

Complex layouts, two columns, tables or missing keywords get misread — HR-Breaker rebuilds the resume to survive the parse.

The Validation Pipeline

Content-length check → Data validation → Hallucination detection → TF-IDF keyword match → ATS simulation → Vector similarity

Strengths

Flexible input: LaTeX, text, Markdown, HTML, PDF
Layered validation filters
Hallucination filter respects original content
Any LLM provider via LiteLLM (Gemini, etc.)

Considerations

LLM API usage carries cost
Filter thresholds need tuning
Excessive AI generation can lose the human touch
Requires API keys (e.g. GEMINI_API_KEY)

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