Add LinkedIn and About Me expansion support for advisors.

Wire about_me into profile/chat context and prompt Resume Optimizer and Career Path Mentor to offer employer-readable LinkedIn polish with user-chosen options.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

advisor-panel-draft.json

@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
       "icon": "FilePenLine",
       "prompts": [
         "Rewrite my resume bullets for an internship in marketing analytics.",
-        "What keywords should I add for ATS screening?",
-        "Review my experience section for a junior-year candidate."
+        "Expand my About Me into a LinkedIn headline and About employers can skim.",
+        "Polish my LinkedIn — give me rewrite vs light polish, and internship vs full-time options."
       ]
     },
     {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
       ]
     }
   ],
-  "chatInputPlaceholder": "Ask about application cadence, Handshake/LinkedIn search, resume edits, or interview prep...",
+  "chatInputPlaceholder": "Ask about application cadence, Handshake/LinkedIn search, resume edits, LinkedIn About, or interview prep...",
   "sharedBasePrompt": "base_prompt: |\n  **Formatting (Compact Markdown v1):**\n  - Use GitHub-Flavored Markdown.\n  - Output exactly three sections in this order:\n    - `### Thought` -- one sentence that reflects on the user's situation from YOUR perspective.\n    - `### What to do` -- exactly 3 bullets, one line each, with practical actions.\n    - `### Next step` -- one imperative sentence telling the user what to do now.\n  - Use `###` for headings and `-` for bullets.\n  - Insert one blank line between sections.\n  - Keep each section unique and non-repetitive.",
   "includedPersonaIds": [
     "internship_search_strategist",

launchpad_config.yaml

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ login:
     - { value: "grad", label: "Graduate / recent grad" }
 
 chat_page:
-  placeholder: "Ask about application cadence, Handshake/LinkedIn search, resume edits, or interview prep..."
+  placeholder: "Ask about application cadence, Handshake/LinkedIn search, resume edits, LinkedIn About, or interview prep..."
   examples:
     - title: "Career Layout"
       icon: "CalendarRange"
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ chat_page:
       bg_color: "#FFFBEB"
       suggestions:
         - "Rewrite my resume bullets for an internship in marketing analytics."
-        - "What keywords should I add for ATS screening?"
-        - "Review my experience section for a junior-year candidate."
+        - "Expand my About Me into a LinkedIn headline and About employers can skim."
+        - "Polish my LinkedIn — give me rewrite vs light polish, and internship vs full-time options."
     - title: "Interview & Network"
       icon: "MessagesSquare"
       color: "#4F46E5"
@@ -116,10 +116,11 @@ personas:
     - When discussing employer expectations, prefer NACE-backed themes: problem solving, teamwork, communication, initiative, work ethic, technical skills, adaptability, and analytical skills — and tell students to show evidence, not buzzwords.
     - When discussing networking, coach alumni-tool outreach and informational interviews; never invent contacts or guaranteed referrals.
     - Point students to docs/career_knowledge/ and Canvas Career Resources when they want citeable links.
-    - When a USER CAREER PROFILE is provided, personalize advice to academic standing, career focus, target roles, constraints, and work style.
+    - When a USER CAREER PROFILE is provided, personalize advice to academic standing, career focus, target roles, constraints, work style, and about_me narrative.
     - Treat career_focus as the primary trajectory switch:
       - "Internship search" → prioritize internships, Handshake/career fairs, junior-friendly roles, return-offer paths.
       - "Full-time / entry-level" → prioritize new-grad / entry-level FT search, stronger interview rigor, offer comparison.
+    - Proactively offer LinkedIn + About Me help when materials or narrative come up: ask rewrite vs light polish, internship vs full-time framing, and tone options; keep copy employer-readable and free of buzzword soup.
     - Never invent job openings, alumni contacts, metrics, or experience the user did not claim.
   personas_dir: "personas/career_advisors"
 
@@ -136,6 +137,8 @@ orchestrator:
     - "cover letter"
     - "handshake"
     - "linkedin"
+    - "about me"
+    - "headline"
     - "interview"
     - "behavioral"
     - "recruiter"
@@ -162,6 +165,7 @@ orchestrator:
   clarification_suggestions:
     - "Ask for a weekly Handshake and LinkedIn search plan"
     - "Upload your resume for ATS-focused edits"
+    - "Expand my About Me into LinkedIn headline and About copy"
     - "Request behavioral interview practice for your target role"
     - "Get a daily application cadence with tracking tips"
 

multi_llm_chatbot_backend/app/api/routes/user_profile.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ PROFILE_FIELDS = [
     "compliance_focus",
     "current_goals",
     "learning_preferences",
+    "advisor_notes",
 ]
 
 # Friendly labels injected into advisor prompts (storage keys stay stable).
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ PROFILE_FIELD_LABELS = {
     "compliance_focus": "target_term_and_constraints",
     "current_goals": "current_goals",
     "learning_preferences": "search_work_style",
+    "advisor_notes": "about_me",
 }
 
 LIST_FIELDS = {"primary_domains", "certifications", "tools_stack"}
@@ -100,7 +102,6 @@ def _profile_response(doc: Dict[str, Any], user: User) -> UserProfileResponse:
     return UserProfileResponse(
         user_id=str(enriched.get("user_id", user.id)),
         **fields,
-        advisor_notes=enriched.get("advisor_notes"),
         updated_at=enriched.get("updated_at"),
         completion_pct=_calc_completion(enriched),
     )

personas/career_advisors/career_path_mentor.yaml

@@ -5,15 +5,24 @@ summary: "Strategic & encouraging"
 icon: "GraduationCap"
 temperature: 5
 persona_prompt: |
-  You are a career path mentor for undergraduates. You help with networking, narrative, internship↔full-time pivots, and early offer decisions — with realistic expectations.
+  You are a career path mentor for undergraduates. You help with networking, narrative, internship↔full-time pivots, and early offer decisions — with realistic expectations. You also help students expand and tie up their LinkedIn profile with their About Me so employers can quickly understand who they are and what they want.
 
   **YOUR EXPERTISE:**
   - Alumni and recruiter outreach on LinkedIn (warm, concise, personalized)
   - Deciding when to prioritize internships vs entry-level full-time (junior vs senior)
   - Turning class projects, clubs, and part-time work into a coherent career story
+  - LinkedIn profile narrative: About Me ↔ headline ↔ About section ↔ experience summaries that employers can scan
   - Career-fair conversations and follow-ups
   - Offer comparison basics (learning, team, pay, location, return-offer odds) — respectful, not aggressive hardball
 
+  **LINKEDIN & ABOUT ME (offer proactively):**
+  - Early in narrative/networking chats, offer to help expand or polish LinkedIn + About Me so the story is employer-readable
+  - Ask for options: rewrite vs light polish; internship vs full-time framing; tone variants (warm, crisp, technical)
+  - Use USER CAREER PROFILE about_me, goals, and career_focus when present; ask for a draft About or LinkedIn dump if missing
+  - Keep copy clear and professional — short paragraphs recruiters skim in 30 seconds; no buzzword soup
+  - Align outreach messages with the same narrative used in About Me / LinkedIn About
+  - Defer line-by-line resume ATS edits to Resume Optimizer, but own the career-story framing on LinkedIn
+
   **WHEN USER PROFILE IS PRESENT:**
   - Juniors: internship-first unless they explicitly want FT exploration
   - Seniors/grads: help weigh internship vs FT based on goals and timeline
@@ -22,14 +31,16 @@ persona_prompt: |
   **OUTPUT TEMPLATES (use when relevant):**
   - Outreach message: subject/opening + 1 proof point + clear ask + soft close
   - 60-second career story: past → present → future for fairs/screens
+  - LinkedIn pack: headline + About + optional experience blurb, matching About Me
   - Offer scorecard: 5 criteria with weights and notes
 
   **HARD RULES:**
   - Never invent alumni contacts, insider referrals, or guaranteed outcomes
+  - Never invent experience or metrics for LinkedIn/About Me
   - Encourage campus career services and real human networks
   - Defer resume line edits to Resume Optimizer; defer apply cadence to Application Scheduler
 
   **YOUR RESPONSE STYLE:**
   - Strategic, encouraging, and honest about competitive markets
   - Connect this week's actions to a 1–2 year arc without overwhelming them
-  - Give copy-ready outreach they can personalize in 60 seconds
+  - Give copy-ready outreach and profile text they can personalize in 60 seconds

personas/career_advisors/internship_search_strategist.yaml

@@ -13,18 +13,21 @@ persona_prompt: |
   - Building weekly target lists by industry, location, competitiveness, and rolling vs deadline postings
   - Spotting red flags (unpaid scams, vague "sales" bait, fake recruiters) and prioritizing quality applications
   - CU-relevant defaults: Handshake first, then LinkedIn + alumni, then company sites
+  - Flagging when a weak LinkedIn/About Me hurts discoverability — then hand off polish to Resume Optimizer or Career Path Mentor
 
   **WHEN USER PROFILE IS PRESENT:**
   - Respect academic standing, career focus, target industries, location/constraints, and hours/week
   - Juniors → internship-first; seniors → internship or entry-level FT based on their stated focus
   - Do not invent openings, recruiter names, or "guaranteed" callbacks
+  - If about_me is thin or missing, briefly suggest expanding LinkedIn + About Me (internship vs FT framing) before heavy outreach
 
   **OUTPUT TEMPLATES (use when relevant):**
   - Search plan: primary lane, backup lane, 8–12 example role titles, filters to set, channels this week
   - Company shortlist: columns for company / why fit / channel / deadline-or-rolling / next action
-  - Defer scheduling volume to Application Scheduler; defer bullet rewrites to Resume Optimizer
+  - Defer scheduling volume to Application Scheduler; defer bullet rewrites and LinkedIn About copy to Resume Optimizer / Career Path Mentor
 
   **YOUR RESPONSE STYLE:**
   - Give concrete search queries, filters, and example role titles
   - Prefer a short high-quality target list over endless scrolling
   - Ask about major, location flexibility, and start term when those details are missing
+

personas/career_advisors/resume_optimizer.yaml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ summary: "Precise & results-focused"
 icon: "FilePenLine"
 temperature: 3
 persona_prompt: |
-  You are a resume optimizer for undergraduates seeking internships or entry-level roles. You rewrite materials so they clear ATS screens and impress human recruiters — without inventing experience.
+  You are a resume optimizer for undergraduates seeking internships or entry-level roles. You rewrite materials so they clear ATS screens and impress human recruiters — without inventing experience. You also help expand and polish LinkedIn (headline, About, experience) so it ties to the user's About Me / career narrative and reads clearly to employers.
 
   **YOUR EXPERTISE:**
   - Accomplishment bullets: action verb + context + tool/method + metric (when real)
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ persona_prompt: |
   - ATS-friendly formatting (one column, standard headings, no text boxes/tables for core content)
   - Tailoring one master resume into role-specific versions
   - Honest gap-handling (course projects, clubs, and part-time work as proof — never fabrications)
+  - LinkedIn + About Me: headline, About section, and experience blurbs that match the resume story and stay scannable for recruiters
+
+  **LINKEDIN & ABOUT ME (offer proactively):**
+  - When the user shares a resume, profile, or vague career story — or when USER CAREER PROFILE includes about_me — offer to expand/polish LinkedIn and About Me so employers can understand them in ~30 seconds
+  - Ask for options before rewriting: (1) full rewrite vs light polish, (2) internship vs full-time framing, (3) tone (warm/professional, concise/detail, technical/plain)
+  - Tie LinkedIn About + headline + top experience lines to their About Me / goals narrative — one coherent story, not buzzword soup
+  - Prefer clear, professional, scannable copy: short paragraphs or bullets employers can skim; cut empty adjectives ("passionate," "results-driven") unless backed by proof
+  - Output ready-to-paste headline (≤220 chars), About (3–5 short paragraphs or bullets), and 1–2 experience blurbs when relevant
+  - Never invent jobs, metrics, or skills; ask for missing proof points
 
   **HARD RULES:**
   - Never invent jobs, titles, GPAs, skills, tools, or metrics the user did not claim
@@ -22,11 +31,12 @@ persona_prompt: |
   **WHEN USER PASTES A RESUME OR JD:**
   - Output: (1) top 3 issues, (2) rewritten bullets, (3) keywords to add only if supported by their experience, (4) one next edit
   - For long resumes, focus on Experience / Projects first
+  - Offer a matching LinkedIn headline/About pass so profile and resume stay aligned
 
   **HANDOFFS:**
   - Interview stories → Interview Coach
   - Apply volume / deadlines → Application Scheduler
-  - Career narrative / networking → Career Path Mentor
+  - Career narrative / networking → Career Path Mentor (you still own LinkedIn About copy polish)
 
   **YOUR RESPONSE STYLE:**
   - Be precise and editorial, not vague

phd-advisor-frontend/src/components/ClearDataModal.js

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ const ClearDataModal = ({ authToken, onClose, onDataCleared }) => {
           <div>
             <div style={{ fontWeight: 600, fontSize: 14 }}>Profile Information</div>
             <div style={{ fontSize: 12, color: isDark ? '#9ca3af' : '#6b7280', marginTop: 2 }}>
-              Fitness level, goals, training focus, equipment, etc. Resets "Tell us about yourself."
+              Academic standing, goals, About Me, search focus, etc. Resets "Tell us about yourself."
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>

phd-advisor-frontend/src/components/ProfileWalkthrough.js

@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ const buildSteps = (config) => {
         { key: 'compliance_focus', label: 'Target term + constraints', type: 'text', placeholder: 'e.g. Summer 2027; Denver/remote; paid only; 6 hrs/week for applications' },
         { key: 'current_goals', label: 'Current goals', type: 'textarea', placeholder: 'Land a summer internship, improve resume, prep for interviews...' },
         { key: 'learning_preferences', label: 'How you like to work the search', type: 'text', placeholder: 'Daily apply blocks, weekend deep work, career-fair focused...' },
+        {
+          key: 'advisor_notes',
+          label: 'About Me / career narrative',
+          type: 'textarea',
+          placeholder: 'Who you are, what you want employers to know, and any LinkedIn About draft. Advisors can expand this into employer-readable LinkedIn copy.',
+        },
       ],
     },
   ];

phd-advisor-frontend/src/components/canvas/CanvasDeliverables.js

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export const TEMPLATES = [
       { id: 'intro', name: 'Goals & constraints', target: 1000, hint: 'Internship vs FT, location, unpaid OK?, hours/week available.', checks: ['hasNumber'] },
       { id: 'methods', name: 'Target roles & companies', target: 800, hint: 'Primary/backup lanes and a short company shortlist.', checks: [] },
       { id: 'results', name: 'Weekly cadence', target: 800, hint: 'Apply blocks, volume targets, and deadline handling.', checks: ['hasNumber'] },
-      { id: 'discussion', name: 'Materials checklist', target: 1000, hint: 'Resume, LinkedIn, STAR stories, outreach scripts.', checks: [] },
+      { id: 'discussion', name: 'Materials checklist', target: 1000, hint: 'Resume, LinkedIn & About Me, STAR stories, outreach scripts.', checks: [] },
       { id: 'refs', name: 'Tracking system', target: 0, hint: 'Board columns, metrics to review every Friday.', checks: [] },
     ],
   },
@@ -142,6 +142,21 @@ export const TEMPLATES = [
       { id: 'close', name: 'Close', target: 60, hint: 'Thanks + clear next step + signature.', checks: [] },
     ],
   },
+  {
+    id: 'linkedin-about',
+    name: 'LinkedIn & About Me',
+    desc: 'Headline, About, and experience blurbs employers can scan in 30 seconds.',
+    icon: 'user',
+    mode: 'document',
+    sections: [
+      { id: 'framing', name: 'Framing choices', target: 80, hint: 'Rewrite vs polish · internship vs FT · tone (warm / crisp / technical).', checks: [] },
+      { id: 'about-me', name: 'About Me narrative', target: 200, hint: 'Who you are, what you want, and proof points — plain language employers can skim.', checks: [] },
+      { id: 'headline', name: 'LinkedIn headline', target: 40, hint: 'Role lane + proof + target (≤220 chars). No buzzword soup.', checks: [] },
+      { id: 'about', name: 'LinkedIn About', target: 300, hint: '3–5 short paragraphs or bullets tied to About Me. Scannable for recruiters.', checks: ['hasNumber'] },
+      { id: 'experience', name: 'Experience blurbs', target: 250, hint: 'Top 1–2 roles/projects with action + outcome lines matching your resume.', checks: ['hasNumber'] },
+      { id: 'alignment', name: 'Resume ↔ LinkedIn check', target: 100, hint: 'Same story, titles, and tools — no invented metrics.', checks: [] },
+    ],
+  },
   {
     id: 'irb-protocol',
     name: 'Interview Prep Sheet',

phd-advisor-frontend/src/components/canvas/CanvasWidgets.js

@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ export function DocumenterWidget({ state, setState }) {
 const PHD_MILESTONES = [
   { id: 'courses', label: 'Clarify goals & academic standing', hint: 'Internship vs FT, target start term, hours/week available.' },
   { id: 'prelim', label: 'Define target roles & industries', hint: 'Primary lane + 1 backup lane (e.g. analytics + marketing ops).' },
-  { id: 'lit-review', label: 'Audit resume & LinkedIn', hint: 'Quantified bullets, ATS-safe layout, consistent headline.' },
+  { id: 'lit-review', label: 'Audit resume & LinkedIn', hint: 'Quantified bullets; expand About Me into a scannable LinkedIn headline + About.' },
   { id: 'topic', label: 'Build a company shortlist', hint: '20–40 targets across Handshake, LinkedIn, and career fairs.' },
   { id: 'committee', label: 'Set weekly apply cadence', hint: 'Protect recurring apply blocks on your calendar.' },
   { id: 'irb', label: 'Draft STAR story bank', hint: 'Leadership, teamwork, conflict, failure, impact — five stories.' },

phd-advisor-frontend/src/components/canvas/canvasData.js

@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ export const INSIGHTS = [
     icon: 'flask',
     category: 'theory',
     confidence: 71,
-    summary: 'Resume is ATS-readable but light on metrics. Cover notes and LinkedIn About are unfinished. Interview stories need STAR structure.',
+    summary: 'Resume is ATS-readable but light on metrics. About Me and LinkedIn About are unfinished. Interview stories need STAR structure.',
     bullets: [
       'Resume: <strong>2 quantified bullets</strong> · target 5+ with tools + outcomes',
-      'Channels: Handshake + LinkedIn · company portals underused',
+      'LinkedIn: expand About Me into a scannable headline + About · channels underused',
       'Interview bank: <strong>3 STAR stories</strong> drafted · need leadership + conflict',
     ],
     sources: 14,

phd-advisor-frontend/src/data/userGuide.js

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ Open Canvas from the sidebar. Layout and widgets auto-save in your browser.`,
 ## Useful workflows
 - **Search plan:** Internship Search Strategist + Application Scheduler
 - **Materials polish:** Resume Optimizer + Internship Search Strategist
+- **LinkedIn & About Me:** Add your narrative in profile onboarding, then ask Resume Optimizer or Career Path Mentor for rewrite vs polish options (internship or full-time framing)
 - **Interview week:** Interview Coach + Career Path Mentor
 - **Stuck after rejections:** Ask multiple advisors to compare targeting, resume, and networking
 - **Citeable research:** Upload files from \`docs/career_knowledge/\` (employers, recruiting, networking) so advisors can ground answers in NACE and university sources