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Without really reading this, how is MCP resume superior to the LLM just reading your resume in a text format?

The standard PDF resume is optimized for the human to read. The information density there is pretty low. Take a look at https://ai.jakegaylor.com/llms.txt and compare that to https://jakegaylor.com/JakeGaylor_resume.pdf

Now we can spend our time more on the content and less on the presentation.

Another benefit of using MCP is the LLM can request subsets of the context as it deems them valuable instead of preloading all of the context head of time. I also offer a contact tool when you use the hosted server because I can hide away my email credentials and expose a way for the LLM to send me an email.

In this specific example, the information density of the resume.pdf is superior to the BS-filled llms.txt.

There is no need to be rude.

> the information density of the resume.pdf is superior to the ... llms.txt

Yes, the visual density is higher on a carefully constructed PDF (measured by characters per square centimeter for example)

i don't think spamming boilerplate bullshit like "Over-Communicate Intentionally. I share status, context, and decisions proactively. In remote settings, what's unsaid is easily missed—so I err on the side of more clarity, not less." contributes to "information density".

then again recruiters might disagree, not that they tend to be very focused anyway.

Why should I bother to read something you didn't bother to write?

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