---
type: skill
slug: cover-letter-from-template
name: Cover Letter from Template
audience: people
category: Careers
schedule: On demand
setup: 2 minutes
platforms: [Grok Bot, Muse, Dots]
writes_or_sends: Creates a file for you. Drafts only. Nothing is submitted or sent without your OK.
version: 1.0.0
updated: 2026-10-31
---

# Cover Letter from Template

> Your own cover letter, with only the last paragraph tailored.

- Category: Careers
- Schedule: On demand
- Works with: Grok Bot, Muse, Dots
- Setup time: 2 minutes
- Version: 1.0.0 (updated 2026-10-31)
- Cost: varies

## What it does

Cover Letter from Template respects the letter you already like. It keeps your template intact and writes only the closing paragraph about this company and role, grounded in the posting and the company's own pages. It checks against your banned phrases and keeps your voice.

## What you get

- Your template, unchanged
- One tailored final paragraph
- A banned-phrase check
- A file ready to attach

## Data it uses

- Your template (Drive or upload)
- Web search (company pages)

## Safety

- Writes or sends: Creates a file for you. Drafts only. Nothing is submitted or sent without your OK.
- Reads: Your approved master letter
- Reads: The job posting
- Reads: Files it creates (letter PDFs)
- Cost: On demand, one run per application.
- Warning: Drafts only: nothing is submitted, applied for, or sent without your explicit OK.
- Warning: It keeps your approved paragraphs as written and tailors only the closing.
- Warning: Skip it when the form doesn't ask for a letter.

## Install

- SKILL.md: https://botplaza.lol/skills/cover-letter-from-template/SKILL.md
- Zip: https://botplaza.lol/downloads/cover-letter-from-template.zip
- JSON: https://botplaza.lol/skills/cover-letter-from-template.json
- Ready prompt: https://botplaza.lol/api/install?slug=cover-letter-from-template&platform=grok (or muse, dots)
- MCP: call install_skill with slug "cover-letter-from-template" at https://botplaza.lol/api/mcp

### Grok Bot (verified)

1. Copy skills/cover-letter-from-template/SKILL.md (the whole file, including the --- header).
2. Open a one-to-one chat with your Grok Bot and paste the prompt below, with the file where it says.
3. When the Bot asks, connect: Google Drive (optional). It shows a connect card right in the chat.
4. Try it once now: "Run Cover Letter from Template."

Note: Skills and routines are saved by asking the Bot; no settings to dig through.

### Muse (partially-verified)

1. Copy skills/cover-letter-from-template/SKILL.md.
2. Open Muse and paste the prompt below with the file where it says.
3. Try it: "Run Cover Letter from Template." Muse has no skill install for outside skills, so it follows the pasted instructions.
4. Muse Code (developer CLI): unzip downloads/cover-letter-from-template.zip, run `muse skills validate ./cover-letter-from-template` then `muse skills install ./cover-letter-from-template --scope user`. Optional: add the BotPlaza connector (https://botplaza.lol/api/mcp) under mcpServers in ~/.config/muse/settings.json.

Note: Recurring tasks and Muse Code skill install are documented by Meta. Installing outside skills in the Muse app is not.

### Dots (partially-verified)

1. Copy skills/cover-letter-from-template/SKILL.md.
2. Paste the prompt below into your dot's conversation in ChatGPT, with the file where it says.
3. Optional: in ChatGPT, Plugins > + > Add custom MCP server with https://botplaza.lol/api/mcp (no authentication). Dots can use installed plugins, but OpenAI hasn't said whether that includes custom ones.
4. Business, Enterprise, Healthcare and Edu workspaces can also upload downloads/cover-letter-from-template.zip under Plugins > Skills > Create > Upload from your computer.

Note: Dots are available on ChatGPT Pro, Business Premium and Enterprise, and are still rolling out. Pasting instructions in and scheduled check-ins are documented.

Page: https://botplaza.lol/skills/cover-letter-from-template/