OffLadder: career change coach for Claude

OffLadder helps people change careers in small tests instead of guesses. This plugin teaches Claude OffLadder's method for testing a career before committing, finding directions that fit, tailoring a CV and cover letter to a job, answering application questions, preparing for interviews, negotiating offers, returning to work after a break and planning the month after a layoff. It also connects Claude to OffLadder's no-login connector, which searches more than 300 written, sourced career guides.

Made by OffLadder, whose AI coach Laddie helps people find two directions worth testing and try a real piece of the work.

Install

• Claude (web, desktop and Cowork): open the directory, search for OffLadder and add the plugin.
• Claude Code: /plugin install offladder --marketplace wonderwhiz/offladder-claude
• Gemini CLI: gemini extensions install https://github.com/wonderwhiz/offladder-claude
• Any MCP client: add the remote server https://offladder.com/claude/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no sign-in). It is also listed in the official MCP Registry as com.offladder/offladder.

What's inside

Skills (16)

Skill	Use it when you want to…
test-a-career	try a career with a small real-world experiment before you quit anything
find-career-directions	find two or three directions worth testing when you don't know what you want
plan-a-career-change	plan a career change at any age, without quitting first or retraining blindly
tailor-cv-to-job	tailor your CV or resume to a job description, honestly and ATS-friendly
write-cover-letter	write a short cover letter for one specific job
answer-application-questions	draft answers to application form and screening questions
prepare-for-interview	prepare likely questions, STAR stories and "tell me about yourself" from the job post
after-a-layoff	make a calm 30-day plan after a layoff or redundancy
future-proof-against-ai	see how AI changes your job task by task, and what to move towards
informational-interviews	reach out to people in a field and run an informational interview
follow-up-on-applications	follow up after applying or interviewing, and track applications
choose-a-path-as-a-student	choose a major, degree route, apprenticeship or first job
negotiate-a-job-offer	research pay, answer the salary question, negotiate or compare offers
return-to-work-after-a-break	come back to work after caring, illness, study or a long break
update-linkedin-for-a-career-change	rewrite your LinkedIn headline and About section for the job you want
start-a-new-job	get through the first week, first payslip and probation

Skills load on their own when your question needs one. In Claude Code you can also call one directly, for example /offladder:tailor-cv-to-job.

The OffLadder connector

The plugin adds OffLadder's remote MCP server at https://offladder.com/claude/mcp. It needs no account or sign-in, and every tool is read-only:

• find_career_experiment: one small experiment to test a named career this week
• explore_career_directions: emerging kinds of work that fit what someone enjoys, each with a test
• find_career_guide: searches OffLadder's career guides (career changes, layoffs, AI and jobs, degrees, CVs and resumes, cover letters, applications, interviews)
• read_career_guide: the full text of one guide, with its sources
• browse_career_guides: every guide on one subject, such as CVs and applications, layoffs, interviews and pay, or students and first jobs
• get_career_direction: one of OffLadder's emerging directions of work in full, or the list of all of them
• check_career_change_facts: exact quotes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, O*NET and the World Economic Forum
• start_my_reading: a link to OffLadder's short onboarding

Things to ask

• "I'm a teacher thinking about UX design. How could I test it this weekend?"
• "Here's a job post and my CV. Tailor my CV to it without making anything up."
• "Is it too late to change careers at 45?"
• "I was laid off yesterday. What should I do this month?"
• "Help me prepare for my interview on Thursday. Here's the job description."
• "Will AI take my job as a paralegal?"
• "They offered me £45k. How do I ask for more?"
• "I've been home with my kids for six years. How do I go back to work?"

What this plugin runs, sends and stores

• The skills are instructions for Claude only. They run no code and send nothing anywhere.
• When Claude uses an OffLadder tool, it sends https://offladder.com/claude/mcp only the words it chose for that question, such as a career name or a short question. The tools read OffLadder's published pages; they don't sign you in, read or change an OffLadder account, call an AI model, or store what was sent, apart from the short-lived request logs our hosting provider keeps for every page.
• Links in the answers carry utm_source=claude so OffLadder can count visits from Claude. If you open one, offladder.com works as its privacy policy describes.
• Nothing reads your files, your other conversations or Claude's memory.

Privacy policy: https://offladder.com/privacy · Documentation: https://offladder.com/claude

Good to know

Directions and experiments are possibilities to test, not a verdict on you. OffLadder is a coach, not a qualified careers, legal or financial adviser. It is for ages 13 and up.

Support

Email hello@offladder.com with the question you asked and what went wrong.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.