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The World Map
Everything Steel Man is, on one page. Start with the picture: a person, The Forge, The Refinery, Crucible beside it for programs, and t.ROY through all of it. Then open any part and go as deep as you like, down to the real pages, decisions, tools and outputs.
One system, in one picture
Follow the arrows. Every block is a button: choose one and the map below opens to that part.
A person starts in The Forge, which is free and needs no account, and continues into The Refinery, a free account for the whole job search. Crucible sits beside The Refinery for programs: case managers work beside participants and see only what each person chooses to share. From inside a facility there are two ways in. Forge Tablet is an offline package, and its carry code restores a person's answers in The Forge. The Mini Forge runs on a shared or facility device, and its code and PIN load a plan into The Refinery. t.ROY, the assistant, runs through The Forge, The Refinery and Crucible. Guides and Research are the public foundation underneath. The Forge, The Refinery and Crucible are open source.
Insidea facility or a shared device. The code comes home.
The public foundation
Or start from who you are
Pick one. The map opens to the part that matters to you, on its main path.
01 · The public world
The Site
For anyone meeting Steel Man for the first time: leave knowing what the system is, what is true about it, and which door is yours.
Explains what Steel Man Resumes is, shows proof, serves free guides, and routes each audience into the right part.
17indexed pages
17full guides
2printable tools
The short versionThis section in one line of steps
ArriveUnderstand the promise
LearnSee the one system
ChooseThe sentence that sounds like you
TrustRead proof and research
EnterForge or Refinery
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Public entrancesteelmanresumes.comThe pages that explain the system and help a visitor choose a next step.3
Home/Steel Man as one system: who it is for, where to start, what the parts are, and what is true about them.1d8
Core promisefeatureStronger, honest career stories for people with a record.
Start with the Forgeforge.steelmanresumes.comstepPrimary action for someone rebuilding a career.1d
How the system works/how-it-worksstepA plain-language bridge from the public story into the whole system.1d
Four doors, in the visitor's wordschoiceA job seeker with a record, someone who already has a plan, someone coming home with a Mini Forge code, or someone who runs or works in a program.
The system, one line eachfeatureThe Forge, The Refinery, t.ROY, The Mini Forge, Crucible, Guides, and Research, each linked to its own page.
Evidence preview/successfeatureResearch, verified voices, and measured claims.1d
With thanksfeatureReentry United 2026, our host, and EXPO of Wisconsin, our sponsor.
Returning userrefinery.steelmanresumes.com/dashboardstepDirect route back to saved work.1d
How the system works/how-it-worksOne system in order: The Forge, The Refinery, Crucible beside it, t.ROY throughout, and the two ways in from inside.1d7
The Forgeforge.steelmanresumes.comstepFree, and no account. Bring a resume, a phone photo of a paper one, or no resume at all.1d
The Refineryrefinery.steelmanresumes.comstepA free account, and everything built in the Forge comes along.1d
Crucible/organizationsstepThe organization workspace beside the Refinery. Available to programs by arrangement.1d
t.ROY/t-roystepOn every Forge screen, then a named coach inside the Refinery.1d
Mini Forge and the offline package/mini-forgestepSeven short questions on a shared or facility device, and an offline tablet package with no AI.1d
Five rules the system runs onfeatureNothing invented. Your record, your yes. You decide what a program sees. Rules pick the next step. Open to inspection.
Guided walkthroughforge.steelmanresumes.com/walkthroughpageA no-login, self-running tour of the path from the Forge into the Refinery.2mo
Frequently asked questions/faqPlain answers about access, records, gaps, privacy, what is free, and how the tools work.1d5
Using the productsfeatureWhat the Forge and Refinery do, who they are for, and where to begin.
Resumes and employment gapsfeatureHow the system handles incomplete, complex, or nontraditional work histories.
Records and disclosurefeatureWhat the tools can help plan, and what remains legal advice.
Privacy and datafeatureWhat is saved, what is never sold, and what the person controls.
Organizations and accessfeatureHow programs refer participants and use access codes.
Product pages and special entry pathsPublic explanations of each part before someone enters the working tools.5
The Forge/forgeThe free career report, resume and cover letter, and the six screens that lead to them.1d7
01 · Where You ArestepHow ready you feel today sets how much guidance you get.
02 · Your ResumestepUpload, photograph, paste, or build one here.
03 · Your GoalsstepWhat you want from work, in your words.
04 · Your StorystepWhat is in the way, and only the detail needed to help.
05 · How You Want To WorkstepSchedule, setting, commute and place.
06 · Your DocumentsoutputA career report, a resume and a cover letter, checked against your own words.
What we keep without an accountprotectedNone of your words. A one-way fingerprint of each AI request, counts of what was produced, and an IP address with a daily usage count.
The Refinery/refineryThe private workspace for the whole job search, explained through its eight tools.1d8
01 · Application TailorstepA resume and cover letter aimed at one job, built only from your own history.
02 · Disclosure PlannerstepWhen to bring up a record, what to say, and what to say next. Coaching, not legal advice.
03 · Interview PracticestepPractice by text or live voice for the job you are going for.
04 · Job BoardstepSeveral job sources searched at once, honestly labelled.
05 · Fair-Chance LanesstepLanes of work where fair-chance hiring is common. Patterns to check, not promises.
06 · Application TrackerstepEvery application from saved to offer, with follow-up drafts.
07 · Library and VaultstepEverything you make, and an encrypted home for your documents.
08 · Your Next StepstepOne next step at every point, chosen by rules.
The Mini Forge/mini-forgeThe Forge, sized for a room, a shared device and a time limit, plus the offline tablet package.1d4
In the roomstepA person completes the Mini Forge on a shared or facility device, sets a PIN and writes down their code.
Later, on any device/coming-homestepThey enter the code and PIN at sign-up. The account is free.1d
In the accountoutputThe plan is waiting: career paths, skills, resource starting points and a resume starter.
Forge Tablet, the offline packagefeatureAn offline career intake for a corrections tablet. No AI, no network calls, and a code the person carries out on paper.
Coming Home/coming-homepageFor someone who started inside: enter the code and the PIN, and the plan loads into a free Refinery account.1d
EXPO of Wisconsin cohort page/expopageCohort pageA step-by-step leave-behind for one cohort: watch, start, answer, then save in the Refinery.1d
Guides/guidesA public, sourced library that can be used without entering the products.1d4
Guides landing/guidespageBrowse every guide and printable.1d
Working with a record/guide/second-chance-employment/[slug]Nine full guides about records, gaps, rights, and reentry.9
Resume with a felony/guide/second-chance-employment/felony-resumepageAddress a record honestly and still earn interviews.
Explaining employment gaps/guide/second-chance-employment/employment-gapspageFrame incarceration, caregiving, health, and life gaps.
Interview scripts for tough questions/guide/second-chance-employment/interview-scriptspageWords for background, gaps, recovery, and career change.
Fair-Chance and Ban-the-Box laws/guide/second-chance-employment/fair-chance-lawspageUnderstand when and what employers may ask.
Jobs that support recovery/guide/second-chance-employment/recovery-jobspageIndustries and employers that understand recovery.
First job after prison/guide/second-chance-employment/first-job-after-prisonpageBuild a credible resume without recent work history.
Disclosure planning/guide/second-chance-employment/disclosure-planningpageA full playbook for when and how to talk about a record.
DUI record and employment/guide/second-chance-employment/dui-record-employmentpageWork options, license limits, and Wisconsin context.
Reentry employment for women/guide/second-chance-employment/women-reentry-employmentpageCaregiving, safety, and women-specific reentry barriers.
Getting hired/guide/getting-hired/[slug]Eight practical guides about roles, credentials, and job-search strategy.8
Warehouse and distribution resumes/guide/getting-hired/warehouse-resumepageWhat warehouse hiring managers look for.
Trades and skilled labor resumes/guide/getting-hired/trades-resumepageShow trade value without relying on a degree.
Certifications worth getting/guide/getting-hired/certificationspagePrioritize credentials that affect hiring.
Job-search strategy/guide/getting-hired/job-search-strategypageChoose between walk-ins, agencies, referrals, and online applications.
Clean up your online presence/guide/getting-hired/online-presence-cleanuppageHandle search results, old social media, and LinkedIn.
Gig work and driving apps/guide/getting-hired/gig-work-driving-appspageBackground-check realities across common platforms.
Office and customer service without a degree/guide/getting-hired/office-customer-service-jobspageRoles, free computer training, and screening differences.
Apprenticeships and union trades/guide/getting-hired/apprenticeships-union-tradespageEarn-while-you-learn routes into skilled work.
Printable downloads/downloads/[slug]Condensed one-page tools linked back to full guides.2
Disclosure one-pager/downloads/disclosure-one-pageroutputA printable order-of-operations for talking about a record.
Fair-chance law map/downloads/fair-chance-law-mapoutputA printable state-by-state law summary.
Evidence, trust, and accountabilityPages that make the claims, method, and limits inspectable.5
Proof/successVerified reviews, case studies, and research context.1d3
Verified voicesfeatureGoogle Business Profile reviews.
Case studiesfeatureReal outcomes with names changed.
Measured claimsfeatureWhat Steel Man can support without promising a job.
Research and methodology/research150+ peer-reviewed citations: six research traditions and what each changes in practice.2mo6
Narrative identity and desistancefeatureHow a future-facing identity supports behavior change.
Behavioral and motivational sciencefeatureReadiness, autonomy, competence, and achievable next steps.
Neuroscience and affect labelingfeatureWhy naming experience can reduce cognitive threat.
Labor-market and fair-chance evidencefeatureRecords, bias, hiring practices, and economic barriers.
Trauma-aware interaction designfeatureChoice, pacing, plain language, and control.
Responsible AI governancefeatureConsent, auditability, limits, and human review.
t.ROY, the assistant/t-royWhere the assistant works, what it knows, what it is not allowed to know or do, how to tune it, and where it can be wrong.1d5
Where it worksfeatureEvery Forge screen, the named coach in the Refinery, and the staff workspace.
What it knowsfeatureWhere you are in the journey, your saved jobs and applications, your goals, and the page you are on.
BoundariesfeatureRecord details in the disclosure planner only with a yes, what is kept and what is let go, and what no program can read.
TuningfeatureName your coach, plain language, read aloud, larger text, Spanish coaching, memory on or off.
Ground rulesfeatureCoaching, not legal advice. You have the last word. Your next step never waits on the AI.
Privacy policy/privacypagePublic explanation of data collection, use, control, and third parties.1d
Terms of service/termspageRules, limits, disclaimers, and service relationship.1d
People and programsPaths for organizations, media, collaborators, and direct contact.4
For organizations/organizationsCrucible, the organization workspace. Available to programs by arrangement.1d6
What the participant controlsfeatureSharing is the participant's decision, item by item. They see who opened what. Some things stay private, always.
The staff workspacefeatureToday, Caseload, the participant page, outcomes that say how they are known, Team, and Insights with the funder export.
How the data is protectedfeatureOrganization boundaries enforced by the database itself, tested on every change, and open to inspection.
What participants getfeatureThe Forge, always free. The Refinery, free with an account. The Mini Forge for rooms and tablets. Co-branded materials.
Why programs trust itfeatureA research-grounded method, a founder connected to the field, and lived experience behind every design decision.
Request a walkthroughstepAn inquiry form that goes to a person.
About Troy Carr/aboutpageFounder, direct-service history, research, systems work, and the meaning of Steel Man.1d
Contact/contactpageRoutes career help, partnerships, sponsorship, speaking, media, and systems work.1d
Service messagesSmall utility pages used after forms and email actions.2
Unsubscribe/unsubscribesystemEmail preference confirmation.2mo
Contact / inquiry resultsystemConfirmation states after a form is sent.
02 · Free, no account
The Forge
For a job seeker starting from anywhere, even with no resume: leave with a career report, a resume and a cover letter, without ever signing up.
A guided conversation that turns lived experience into strengths, career paths, starting points, a resume, and a cover letter, each checked against the person's own words.
6screens to your documents
3things you leave with
0accounts needed
The short versionThis section in one line of steps
ArriveWhere you are
BringYour resume, or none
NameGoals and your story
FitHow you want to work
AnalyzeGrounded synthesis
ReceiveReport + documents
ContinueSave in the Refinery
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Two front doors, one appforge.steelmanresumes.comThe Forge and the Refinery are one application on two domains. Each domain root sends a person straight in.1d4
Forge front door/introstepforge.* opens here: t.ROY asks who is entering, and the person starts without an account.1d
Refinery front door/loginsteprefinery.* opens here: return to saved materials.1d
Two-door chooser/pageThe application's own root page offers two doors, The Forge or The Refinery. On forge.* and refinery.* the root forwards straight in.1d
Security and privacy/securitypagePlain-language explanation of what is stored and who controls it.1mo
Audience decision/introt.ROY introduces itself and asks who is entering.1d3
Career rebuilder/welcomeThe full personal Forge journey.3mo1
Rush Mode/rushIn a hurry: paste a resume and the job. The rewrite uses only facts from the resume.1d4
Bring a resumestepPaste text or upload a file.
Name the targetstepJob title, company, and optional job description.
ProcessstepRewrite only what is true.
Receive the rush resumeoutputHeadline, summary, bullets, skills, copy, text download, or Word file.
Workforce partner/partnerA methodology and deployment tour built for program staff.1d4
Participant workflowstepRefer, complete the Forge, create an account, use the Refinery.
Participant toolsetfeatureForge, Tailor, Disclosure, Interview, Job Board, Applications.
Access codesfeatureHigher daily limits linked to a program.
Questions programs askfeaturePrivacy, devices, data, and onboarding.
Observer / evaluator/overviewA transparent view of the problem, journey, research, stack, and accountability.1d5
The gapfeatureEmployment and record context.
The full journeyfeatureForge through application follow-up.
Behavioral rulesfeatureHow t.ROY is allowed to respond.
Research basefeatureNarrative, readiness, self-efficacy, and fair-chance evidence.
Technology and datasystemModels, storage, email, and decision logging.
Personal Forge journeyThe primary path from raw history to a career report, a resume and a cover letter. No account at any point.7
1 · Where you are/welcomeSets how much guidance t.ROY gives today.3mo5
Just exploringchoiceLow-pressure orientation.
Thinking about itchoiceMore context before action.
Getting readychoicePlanning and practical preparation.
Ready to gochoiceDirect action and shorter explanation.
Privacy acknowledgmentstepConfirms the person understands the experience before continuing.
2 · Your resume/resumeBring what exists, build from scratch, or continue without a resume.2d4
I already have a resumeSeveral ways to bring an existing document.4
Upload a filechoiceA PDF, a Word file, or a phone photo of a paper resume.
Paste textchoiceCopy from email, notes, or another app.
Import from a platformchoiceInstructions for downloading from LinkedIn or Indeed.
Parse and verifystepName, contact information, experience, skills, and education are read out; the person checks the result. If a file cannot be read, the Forge says so and offers the guided builder.
Build one from scratchA guided resume builder with no cap on work-history entries.10
OrientationstepHow the build works and how gaps are handled.
Name and contactstepResume heading, phone, email, and city.
Job informationstepTitle, company, and dates for one role.
Job dutiesstepWhat the person actually did, in their own words.
Bullet workshopfeatureTurns plain facts about a job into one strong, true line. It will not invent a number the person did not give.
Add another job?choiceRepeat work-history steps as many times as needed.
Skills and certificationsstepPractical skills, licenses, and credentials.
Education and trainingstepSchool, training, inside credentials, and programs.
Additional materialstepVolunteer work, projects, awards, or useful context.
ReviewoutputAssemble and confirm the base resume.
Continue without onechoiceThe Forge can still analyze the rest of the story.
Speak instead of typefeatureOn browsers that support it, answers can be spoken.
3 · Your goals/goalsClarifies what success means and how confident the person feels about the resume.2mo5
Goal choiceschoiceStable work, growth, meaning, immediate income, independence, community, or flexibility.
Goal narrativestepOptional explanation of what the person wants and why.
Personal hookstepOptional detail that helps t.ROY understand motivation.
Resume confidencechoiceNone yet, rough, decent, or strong.
Resume worrieschoiceGaps, job changes, little experience, or no major concern.
4 · Your story/storyNames what is in the way, then gathers only the detail needed to help.3mo3
Choose relevant barrierschoiceRecord, employment gap, recovery, transportation, housing, education, health, career change, or another issue.
Record detailOnly shown when relevantStructured, editable context rather than an open-ended confession.6
Record typechoiceMisdemeanor, felony, or both.
Number of convictionschoice1, 2-3, or 4+.
How long agochoiceFrom less than one year to more than ten.
Supervision statuschoiceCurrent, completed, or none.
What has changedstepOptional future-facing context and accomplishments.
What feels hardeststepOptional concern in the person's own words.
Narratives for other barriersstepOptional, barrier-specific plain-language context.
5 · How you want to work/preferencesFilters career suggestions to fit the person's real life.2mo4
SchedulechoiceFull-time, part-time, flexible/gig, or open.
Work environmentchoicePhysical, office, people-facing, or remote.
CommutechoiceWalk, public transit, short drive, or longer commute.
LocationstepOptional city or area for matching.
Analysis/processingThe system turns the gathered material into a grounded career analysis.2mo6
Read experiencestepFind the usable facts and history.
Find strengthsstepIdentify repeated evidence of capability.
Match career pathsstepConnect skills, goals, and preferences to plausible work.
Connect barriers to starting pointsstepTurn friction into possible support.
Write the resume and cover letterstepStrengthen the base document without inventing experience.
Optional reflectionchoiceA short prompt while processing.
6 · Your documents/outputThe person sees what their experience adds up to and takes the work with them.2d9
Career reportoutputStrengths with the evidence for each, skills, career paths that fit, and starting points for the barriers named. Never a score or a grade.
Starting points, labelled as suchsystemOrganizations and legal notes in the report are AI-generated starting points to confirm, not a verified directory or legal advice.
Resume and cover letteroutputWritten from what the person said. Download both as Word files, or save them as PDF.
A truth check that shows its worksystemEvery Forge document is checked line by line against what the person said. A detail that cannot be traced to their own words is removed, and the page says how many were removed, how many need review, and whether the check could not run.
The questions only you can answerfeatureAn open end date, a certification that may have lapsed, a line that could say more.
An honest scorecardfeatureHow the resume reads across five categories and how to improve each. No single ATS score, because there is not one.
A page-length estimatefeatureHow the resume will paginate in Word. It is an estimate, and the page says so.
A report you can hand to someoneprotectedThe download leaves out the private note about the journey.
Continue into the RefinerystepCreate an account and everything built here comes along.
Supporting Forge surfacesOptional routes around the main journey.4
Guided walkthrough/walkthroughpageA self-running visual story from the Forge into the Refinery.2mo
Security and privacy/securitypageData storage, account control, exports, deletion, and AI boundaries.1mo
Organization details form/get-listedpageA form where an organization can send its details to the Steel Man team.2mo
The ways in from insideforge.steelmanresumes.com/mini-forgesystemThe Mini Forge and the carry-code screen live in this app. They are mapped in the Inside section.4mo
03 · Free account, the whole job search
The Refinery
For a job seeker ready to apply: one private workspace to find real jobs, tailor each application, plan the record conversation, practice, and keep track.
A private, returning workspace for finding work, tailoring applications, preparing disclosure, practicing interviews, storing documents, and tracking progress.
10tools in the sidebar
1next step, always
2kinds of delete
The short versionThis section in one line of steps
EnterSign in + Forge handoff
OrientYour next step
FindJob or lane
TailorCareer package
PrepareDisclosure + interview
TrackApplication pipeline
RepeatProgress + saved work
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Access and onboardingEntry, account creation, and the handoff from the Forge.6
Sign in or create account/loginOne page with three access modes. The account is free and needs no organization code.1d4
Password sign-inchoiceEmail, password, and a two-step code when enabled.
Create accountchoiceName, phone, email, password, and an optional program code.
Magic linkchoiceSkip the password and sign in with a link sent by email.
Program access codeprotectedRedeemed during sign-up or later in Settings. It raises the daily AI allowance.
Authentication supportPages used when access needs an extra step.4
Check email/check-emailsystemConfirms that a magic link was sent.2mo
Forgot password/forgot-passwordsystemRequests a password reset.2mo
Reset password/reset-passwordsystemCreates the replacement password.2mo
Access code/accessprotectedRedeems organization-linked access.2d
Forge handoffsystemResume, strengths, career paths, barriers, preferences, and readiness become editable starting context.
Tools unlock in ordersystemThe profile, then a first resume, then everything. A locked tool shows a labelled sample, never a dead end.
Coming home with a code/mini-forge/importstepBring a Mini Forge plan into the account. The full hand-off is mapped in the Inside section.1w
Locked tool preview/dashboard/preview/[feature]pageA tool that is not unlocked yet opens a labelled sample of what it does, never a dead end.
Dashboard home/dashboardThe role-aware starting point after sign-in.1d3
Participant overviewThe person's own journey and next action.7
Journey progressfeatureThe stages of the journey, with the current one named.
Your next stepfeatureThe single most useful next step. Rules decide what it is. The AI only explains why, and if the AI is down the explanation still shows.
Forge profilefeatureStrengths, career paths, and editable source context.
Your resumefeatureCurrent base or tailored resume.
Saved workfeatureRecent work and counts by type.
Tools gridfeatureFind Work, Build, My Stuff, and support tools.
A coach you namefeatureA short tour, then the person names their own coach.
Observer overviewEvidence-first view for a non-participant account.3
Core findingsfeatureThe research claims the system is built on.
EvidencefeatureDirect route to citations and architecture decisions.
Design methodologyfeatureDirect route to how features are built.
Staff land in CruciblestepSomeone who works for a program sees the organization workspace here instead of the participant tools. See the Crucible section.
Find WorkThe search-and-application loop.4
Job Board/dashboard/jobsSeveral job sources searched at the same time and merged, so one slow or broken source does not end the search.1mo4
Search setupTarget role, location, common roles, or a role pulled from the latest resume.3
Role and locationstepEditable search context. A typed location always wins.
Fair-chance onlychoiceFilter to listings that carry the fair-chance mark.
Remote onlychoiceLimit results to remote listings.
Listing resultsJob cards inside the Refinery rather than sending the person away immediately.7
Job basicsfeatureTitle, company, location, salary, employment type, and posted date.
Plain-language descriptionfeatureDense postings rewritten into plain language. The facts of the job do not change.
A fair-chance mark no AI can awardsystemA listing is marked fair-chance only when the employer's name exactly matches an employer the Steel Man team published. The AI never decides it.
Honest apply linksfeatureBefore Apply is clicked, the page says where the link really goes: the employer's own form, a job board that wants a sign-up, or a search redirect.
Save jobstepCreates an application record in Saved.
Tailor for this jobstepHands the job directly to Application Tailor.
Hide employerchoiceTheir listings stay out of future results.
An outage never reads as "no jobs"systemIf the job sources are down or over quota, the page says that instead of saying there are no jobs.
FreshnesssystemListings are refreshed at least every six hours.
Applications/dashboard/applicationsTrack every application from saved to offer, with private notes.1mo8
SavedstepNext suggestion: tailor a resume.
AppliedstepNext suggestion: prepare disclosure.
Heard BackstepNext suggestion: practice interviewing.
InterviewingstepNext suggestion: review the disclosure script.
Offered, hired, started workoutputRecord the outcome and the next decision.
ArchivedoutputNot selected and declined applications stay available without cluttering the active pipeline.
Follow-up draftfeatureWhen a follow-up comes due, draft a short professional note. The person sends it; the Refinery never sends anything for them.
Application emailfeatureNo apply link? The Refinery drafts the email and coaches on finding the right address. It never guesses an address.
Verified Employers/dashboard/employersA directory of employers the Steel Man team checked against a real fair-chance hiring signal, each with honest caveats.2mo4
Search and industry filterchoiceNarrow the directory by name, role, place, or industry.
Employer profilefeatureName, location, industry, website, careers link, and available context.
Confirm with the employerfeatureAlways confirm current openings with the employer.
Personal visibility controlchoiceHide an employer from future searches.
Fair-Chance Lanes/dashboard/resourcesLanes of work where fair-chance hiring is common, with what to watch out for in each. Patterns to check, not promises about any employer.1mo4
Matched from the ForgesystemCareer paths, skills, barriers, and location influence ranking.
Seven starting lanesEach with common roles, preparation, and a live-search handoff.7
Warehouse and fulfillmentfeaturePicking, packing, shipping and receiving.
Production and light manufacturingfeatureProduction and plant pathways.
Back-of-house food servicefeatureKitchen and prep pathways.
Delivery and CDL pathwaysfeatureDriving, delivery, and logistics.
Call center and customer supportfeaturePhone and service pathways.
Trades helper and apprenticeship entryfeatureConstruction and skilled-work pathways.
Fair-chance job platformsfeaturePlaces that list fair-chance openings.
Reality checkfeatureFair-chance does not mean automatic approval; role, location, timing, and record relevance still matter.
Live search handoffstepOpen the Job Board with a useful search term.
BuildTools that create job-specific materials and rehearse high-stakes conversations.3
Application Tailor/dashboard/application-tailorPick a saved job or paste a posting. The result is a resume and cover letter aimed at that job, built only from the person's own history.3mo7
Choose the starting resumechoiceA Forge base resume, a saved version, or a blank start.
Define the target jobThe employer-specific input.3
Job title and companystepThe role and the employer.
Job-listing linkstepPaste the link. If the site blocks the read, the page says so and asks for the text. It never makes up a posting.
Pasted descriptionstepOptional, and it produces sharper tailoring.
Fit readfeatureWhat this job asks for that the resume clearly shows, and what it does not show yet. A gap is never a statement that the person lacks something.
The truth checksystemA second model checks the cover letter, the summary, every bullet, and every skill and education line against the person's own material. The rule is nothing invented, and the person reviews every line.
Career packageThree connected parts.3
Targeted resumeoutputEdit on the left, see the page on the right. Autosave, versions, Word and PDF export.
Cover letteroutputEmployer-specific letter; copy or Word download.
Disclosure briefoutputA short note on timing and a starter script, with a handoff to the full planner.
A protected baselinesystemAn approved resume is protected: tailoring makes a copy instead of changing it.
Send as-is, honestly recordedfeatureSending a resume unchanged is fine, and it is recorded as unchanged. It never counts as tailored.
Disclosure/dashboard/disclosureThe Disclosure Planner. Plan when to bring up a record, what to say, and what to say next. Coaching, not legal advice.1mo7
Your record, only with your yesprotectedThe planner asks before any detail about a record is sent to the AI. Say no and a useful template still arrives, written without the AI seeing anything about the record.
AssessGather and verify the situation.5
Target job and employerstepOptional job-specific framing.
LocationstepUsed for high-level legal context.
Editable Forge strengthsstepAdd, remove, or rewrite the source strengths.
Record and supervision contextprotectedUser-entered details remain editable.
Preferred disclosure timingchoiceApplication, interview, after offer, or unsure.
DeepenThree prompts create the raw material for an honest script.3
What happened?stepFactual, concise context.
What has changed?stepEvidence of responsibility, growth, or stability.
What worries you?stepThe concern the person needs to prepare for.
PlanGenerate and edit the coaching result.5
Legal contextoutputHigh-level rights and timing information, with a pointer to local legal aid.
When to discloseoutputEmployer- and stage-aware timing advice.
What to sayoutputA personalized script.
Key tipsoutputConcrete reminders for delivery.
Revise with t.ROYstepAsk for a specific change and regenerate.
RehearsePractice saying it out loud to a practice partner the person chooses, as gentle or as tough as they want.3
Text or spoken rehearsalstepType the response or say it.
Coaching feedbackoutputWhat landed, what to strengthen, and a revised frame.
Saved only by choiceprotectedPractice is not saved unless the person chooses to save it. A saved transcript is text only and encrypted.
What is kept, what is let goprotectedThe plan is saved: timing advice, legal context, script and tips. The answers typed while building it shape the plan and are then let go.
Not only for a recordfeatureAlso for an employment gap or another hurdle the person is nervous about.
Interview Prep/dashboard/interviewInterview practice. Practice by text or live voice for the job the person is going for.1mo5
SetupChoose the source and kind of interview.4
Resume versionchoiceUse the base resume or a job-targeted saved version.
Interview typechoiceGeneral, behavioral/STAR, industry-specific, or disclosure practice.
Target role and companystepSets the interview context.
Practice modechoiceText or live voice.
PracticeAnswer questions one at a time and continue for as many rounds as useful.3
Text conversationstepTyped questions and answers.
Live voice sessionstepA spoken interview with a live voice interviewer. We do not store your audio.
Context-aware questionssystemQuestions use the role, resume, and chosen interview type.
FeedbackStructured feedback on what landed.5
Frame to carry inoutputThe central story to hold through the interview.
What went welloutputSpecific strengths in the answers.
Areas to improveoutputClarity, detail, framing, or confidence gaps.
Stronger model answersoutputExamples tied to the questions asked.
Personal notesstepThe person's own takeaways.
What is saved from practiceprotectedThat the person practiced, which frame they practiced, and the coach's feedback. Not their words, unless they choose to save a transcript.
Older address/dashboard/interview-prepsystemAn earlier address that forwards here, so saved links keep working.2mo
My StuffThe sidebar group that holds what the person has made and how far they have come.3
Library/dashboard/vaultEverything the person makes is kept here to reopen or reuse.1mo7
Current resumeoutputPinned primary resume.
ResumesoutputBase and targeted versions.
Cover lettersoutputJob-specific letters.
Follow-up messagesoutputSaved application follow-ups.
Disclosure plansprotectedPrivate scripts and planning outputs.
Interview practiceprotectedSaved feedback and notes.
ActionsfeatureSearch, view, copy, edit when supported, Word or PDF export, set current, or delete.
Vault/dashboard/documentsA private place for the documents a job search keeps asking for: an ID, certificates, reference letters, records.1mo5
Encrypted before it is storedprotectedEach file is encrypted before it is stored and can be opened only through the person's own signed-in session, never by a link.
A document home, not a secrets vaultfeatureNot for passwords or bank logins.
Link a document to a jobfeatureKeep a certificate or letter beside the application that needs it.
Download everythingoutputEvery stored file as one ZIP.
No program can see or require itprotectedWhat is in the vault stays with the person.
Progress/dashboard/progressA page that counts real actions, not guesses.1mo4
Quick winsfeatureSmall actions based on readiness, barriers, and activity.
UpcomingfeatureApplications or follow-ups that need attention. Reminders live in the dashboard and with the coach.
Career roadmapFour phases with real completion signals.4
FoundationstepComplete the Forge, review skills, and connect barriers to lanes.
PreparationstepBuild a resume, a disclosure plan, and a first practice interview.
ActionstepSearch, tailor, and submit the first application.
MomentumstepContinued applications, practice, and follow-through.
Activity scoreboardoutputCounts for skills, strengths, resumes, plans, practice, searches, and applications.
ProgramA sidebar group shown to program accounts.1
Partner Dashboard/dashboard/partnerprotectedThe program view for partner accounts: the caseload at its own address.2mo
Account and helpThe bottom of the sidebar: help, settings, and the security pages reached from settings.3
Help and Feedback/dashboard/helpOne place to report a bug, say something is confusing, ask for help, share an idea, or send a message to the founder.1mo3
Ask for helpfeatureA matching help article is offered when one exists. Security, account and legal questions always go to a person.
Context you approveprotectedAn optional, redacted preview of exactly what will be attached before anything is sent.
Your submissionsoutputPast messages with their status, and replies when they arrive.
Settings/dashboard/settingsAccount, privacy, personalization, and data ownership. Staff see their own version of this same page (My workflow, in the Crucible section).1d9
Profile and contactprotectedName, phone, location, and resume contact information.
Your coachchoiceSupportive, balanced or direct, and guide-me or just-answer. Coach memory is on by default and can be turned off here.
Comfort settingschoicePlain language, replies read aloud, larger text, reduced motion, a roomier layout, and Spanish coaching.
Program accessprotectedRedeem or view organization access.
Share your progressprotectedIf a person chooses, their program can see how far along they are: never the resume, the plan or the practice. Off until they turn it on.
Who can see whatprotectedItem-by-item sharing with a case manager. Mapped in the Crucible section.
Hidden employersprotectedReview and restore employers removed from searches.
Every AI decision, readablesystemEvery AI recommendation is logged with the model, the reason and a fingerprint of the input, and the person can read their own log.
Your dataDownload it or delete it. Both ask for the password again, so a borrowed phone cannot copy or wipe the work.2
Download everythingoutputAll of it or by category: resumes, applications, coach chat, consent history, AI decisions, sign-in history, progress, everything about sharing, saved practice transcripts, and a list of vault files.
Two kinds of deleteprotectedDelete the data and keep the login, or delete the account entirely. It cannot be undone.
Account security/dashboard/securityPassword, sign-in methods, and two-step verification. Reached from Settings.6mo3
Two-step verificationprotectedAny authenticator app, with one-time backup codes.
Signed-in devicesprotectedSee every device signed in to the account and sign out any that look wrong. It loses access right away.
Sign-in historyprotectedThe person can read their own sign-in history.
For evaluatorsSigned-in reading rooms for practitioners and reviewers.2
Methodology/dashboard/methodologySix research workstreams and the ten behavior rules, for signed-in practitioners and evaluators.1d5
Behavioral science foundationsfeatureReadiness, affect labeling, self-efficacy, and autonomy.
Narrative identity and desistancefeatureFuture self, redemption narrative, and credible change.
AI design for people under stressfeaturePlain language, pacing, and design for a hard day.
Scaffolding philosophyfeatureSupport that fades as the person gets stronger.
The t.ROY rulessystemThe fixed behavior rules the assistant runs under.
Evidence/dashboard/evidenceCitations and the architecture decisions behind the product.2mo2
Core citationsfeatureResearch directly tied to product mechanisms.
Architecture decisionssystemWhy major technical choices were made.
Platform administration/dashboard/adminRestricted operating surfaces used to run and audit the platform.2mo4
Operator home/dashboard/adminprotectedAccess codes, platform activity, and support access. Every support session is recorded with who and when, and a full-access session needs a written reason.2mo
User accounts/dashboard/admin/usersprotectedAccount list, tier, and usage.2mo
Organizations/dashboard/admin/orgsprotectedOrganization records, roles, seats, codes, and status.2mo
System health/dashboard/admin/healthsystemChecks grouped by service with pass, warning, and fail states.2mo
04 · The organization workspace
Crucible
For the people who run and staff a program: work beside each participant, keep the record, and report outcomes, seeing only what each person chooses to share.
Caseload, notes, tasks, outcomes and funder reporting, built so each participant decides what staff can see. Available to programs by arrangement.
3things a person can share
3things never shared
4retention check-ins
The short versionThis section in one line of steps
StartToday, grouped by why
FindCaseload + saved views
AskA request, with a reason
WorkNotes, tasks, suggestions
RecordOutcomes + how known
ReportInsights + funder export
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Who controls the dataThe participant does. These are the controls on the participant's side that make the whole workspace work.7
Who can see what/dashboard/settingsThe sharing screen in a participant's Settings. Participants choose what to share with their case manager, item by item, and can stop at any time.1d5
ApplicationschoiceStaff would see the jobs being tracked, where each one stands, and follow-up dates. Never the private notes on a job or the pay the person wrote down.
ResumeschoiceStaff would see the resumes in the library as they stand now, to read. Never the edit history, and never a disclosure plan.
Cover letterschoiceStaff would see the cover letters as they stand now, to read.
Answer a requestchoiceStaff ask with a reason. The participant sees the name and the reason, and decides. Saying not now is fine, and staff are not told why.
Who has opened whatprotectedParticipants can see who opened what, and when.
Never shared, never requiredprotectedDisclosure plans, interview practice and stored documents stay private. No program can require them.
Private notes and payprotectedA participant's private notes on a job and the pay they wrote down are never shown to staff, even when applications are shared.
Only the participant can open itprotectedNo setting an organization controls can open a participant's resume. Only the participant can.
From your case manager/dashboardWhat staff send lands on the participant's own dashboard.1d3
Shared tasksstepThings a case manager asked the person to do. The participant can tick one off, and their case manager sees that they did.
Job suggestionschoiceSave it to my jobs, or not for me. No reason is needed and the case manager is not told one.
Comments beside a shared documentfeatureA comment never changes the document. The participant decides what to do with it.
Progress sharingprotectedIf a person chooses, their program can see how far along they are: never the resume, the plan or the practice. Off until they turn it on.
Leaving is cleanprotectedLeaving an organization ends all sharing and keeps the person's work. Rejoining does not bring the old sharing back.
The working dayWhere a case manager starts, finds people, and keeps the record.4
Today/dashboard/todayWho needs me, why, and the one thing to do about it. A work queue grouped by reason.1d5
Grouped by whyfeatureMy tasks, interviews coming up, follow-ups due, they answered me, gone quiet, never started, not assigned to anyone.
One sentence, one actionfeatureEvery line is a sentence already written, with one action.
Add a task for yourselfstepA title and an optional due date.
Only what was sharedprotectedInterviews and follow-up dates appear only for people who chose to share their applications, and they can see that those dates showed up on a staff list.
Quiet after N dayssystemOne organization-wide number that the caseload, Insights, every Today page and t.ROY all read, so they always agree about who has gone quiet.
Caseload/dashboardThe staff landing page: find, sort and filter the people a case manager works with.1d5
Find and sortstepSearch by name and re-sort on the page.
FilterschoiceBy status and by case manager.
Saved viewsfeatureName the views the team uses and return to them in one click.
Bulk assignstepTick people, choose who, one action.
Progress signalsprotectedStage, next step, activity and outcome for people who chose to share progress. People who did not are counted, never named.
Sharing requests/dashboard/requestsEverything staff have asked participants to share, and what came of it.1d3
Ask with a reasonstepA request starts on a participant's page. They see the staff member's name and the reason, word for word.
Waiting and answeredoutputWaiting for their answer, shared, not now, or withdrawn.
A decline is only a declineprotectedStaff are not told why, and nothing about why is stored.
Case notes/dashboard/notespageThe record across a case manager's whole caseload, newest first. Search by name or words, and filter by type of note.1d
The participant page/dashboard/clients/[id]One participant, for the staff member working with them. It never edits anything the participant made.6
Your notesfeatureNotes are versioned and never deleted. A correction keeps the earlier wording. Each note has a type, and staff choose on every note whether the participant can see it.
TasksstepWhat the two of them agreed to do. A shared task shows on the participant's dashboard, and they can tick it.
SuggestionsstepSuggest a job, or comment beside a document the person shared. A suggested job becomes one of their saved jobs only if they save it.
OutcomesWhat happened after hire, and how it is known.4
How do you know?choiceA placement says how it is known: told to staff, known but unconfirmed, or confirmed and how.
Retention check-insstepCheck-ins come due at 30, 60, 90 and 180 days: still there, no longer there, or could not reach them.
Wage and hours are optionalfeatureThe first question is how the placement is known, because that is what a funder report depends on.
A mistake is ended, not erasedsystemA placement entered by mistake is ended as such, which keeps it out of every count. The participant can see what is on file.
Their screenprotectedA map of the participant's own workspace, area by area, so a case manager can coach without ever being signed in as them. An area shows its contents only if the person shared it.
Shared tabsApplications, Resumes and Cover letters. Opening a shared tab is the logged access, and the page says so every time.2
Not shared is not an errorchoiceAn unshared tab says plainly what it would show and offers to ask, with a reason.
Read, never editprotectedCase managers suggest. Participants decide what becomes their own work.
OrganizationThe sidebar group for the people who answer for the program.5
Insights/dashboard/insightsThe organization's numbers, counted only over what participants agreed the organization can see.1d7
PeopleoutputJoined, sharing progress, joined and not sharing (counted, never named), and invited.
Where people areoutputA count at each stage of the journey.
MomentumoutputActive this week, quiet, and never started.
Work toward a joboutputTailored a resume, practiced an interview, applied somewhere, hired.
Placements and retentionoutputA retention rate is "still there" out of "old enough to ask". Someone placed last week is not a 30-day failure, and someone who could not be reached is not counted as either answer.
Your teamoutputCaseload, quiet, notes and open requests for each staff member. A reason to ask what is in the way, not a ranking.
The funder exportoutputA download built for funders, in which every figure carries what it was counted over. Print or save as PDF as well.
Team & access/dashboard/teamThe organization as the person who runs it sees it.1d6
Organization chartfeatureWho is here, as what, carrying how many people, with notes in the last 30 days and the last sign-in.
Per-person access switcheschoiceExactly what each person can do, in plain words. Only a difference from the role is recorded, and the screen marks it.
RolesfeatureOwner, admin (sees everyone, manages the team) and staff (their own caseload).
InvitationsstepAdd someone by work email. They get an email that signs them straight in.
Removing someonesystemTheir people go back to unassigned. Their notes stay in the record.
Changes are recordedprotectedChanges to who can see what are recorded. No switch here can show anyone what a participant has not chosen to share.
Add participants/dashboard/participantsstepInvite people into the program by name and email.1d
Sharing policy/dashboard/sharing-policyprotectedThe owner's page for the organization's sharing rules. By default every participant decides what the organization can see, one item at a time.1d
Security & privacy/dashboard/org-securitypageA security statement written for the person who has to answer for it internally: who can see your people, what the participant controls, the AI, and the data itself.2d
Settings: My workflow/dashboard/settingsThe same Settings page a participant has, showing staff their own options. They change what a person sees first, never what they are allowed to see.1d6
Caseload order and columnschoiceWhat the caseload opens with.
Where sign-in landschoiceToday, the caseload, or another screen.
Sections on TodaychoiceHide the reasons that do not apply.
Where a participant openschoiceStarting on something they shared counts as opening it, and they can see that.
Note defaultschoiceThe type a new note starts as, and whether "let them see this note" starts ticked.
Organization defaultssystemAn owner can make a setup the default for everyone. Each person's own choice still wins for them.
Enforced underneathWhat holds the promises when application code is not enough.6
Enforced by the databasesystemOrganization boundaries are enforced by the database itself, not only by application code. One organization cannot see another's people, staff, notes, tasks, outcomes or sharing records.
Participant work belongs to the participantsystemA participant's applications, resumes and profile can be read only by that participant. Staff see a shared item through a restricted view that does not contain private notes, pay, or disclosure plans at all.
Tested on every changesystemAn isolation test suite runs as the restricted database account on every pull request.
No signing in as a participantprotectedCase managers never see a participant's screen from the inside. They get a map of it, and see inside an area only if it was shared.
t.ROY for stafffeatureOne-tap questions such as "Who needs me today?". Answers to staff are generated whole and checked against the organization's actual figures before they appear.
Open to inspectiongithub.com/Steel-Man-Resumes/smr-cruciblesystemCrucible is open source under AGPL-3.0. Technical staff can read exactly how the system handles data.
05 · The assistant in every surface
t.ROY
For anyone deciding whether to trust the assistant: see where it shows up, what it can do, what it knows, and what it is not allowed to know.
One assistant across the Forge, the Refinery and the staff workspace. It can find and save jobs, set a follow-up date and navigate. It cannot delete or send anything.
3surfaces
5things it can do for you
0things it can delete or send
The short versionThis section in one line of steps
MeetOn every Forge screen
NameYour own Refinery coach
AskIt acts, not just talks
TuneVoice, language, memory
TrustBoundaries + ground rules
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Where t.ROY appearsOne assistant, three surfaces.4
Every Forge screenforge.steelmanresumes.com/introfeaturet.ROY is on every Forge screen before a person has an account. It also offers a nudge on the three hardest Forge screens.1d
The named Refinery coachrefinery.steelmanresumes.com/dashboardfeatureInside the Refinery the same assistant becomes the person's own named coach.1d
The staff workspacefeatureIn Crucible, t.ROY answers case managers about their caseload. Answers to staff are generated whole and checked against the organization's actual figures before they appear. Available to programs by arrangement.
A practice partner for the hard conversationfeatureIn the disclosure planner, practice the conversation with a practice partner the person chooses, as gentle or as tough as they want.
What t.ROY can doIt can act, not just talk.6
Find jobsstepAsk it to search.
Save a jobstepInto the person's own tracker.
Set a follow-up datestepOn an application.
Take you to the right screenstepAnd point at the button. It can take a person only to a fixed list of screens inside the Forge and the Refinery.
Current facts, with sourcesfeatureFor questions about current law or programs, the Refinery coach can search the web and cite its sources. When search is unavailable, it says so.
It cannot delete or sendprotectedt.ROY cannot delete or send anything.
What t.ROY knowsEnough to be useful where the person is.4
Where you are in the journeyfeatureThe coach knows where a person is in the journey, their saved jobs and applications, their goals and the barriers they named, and the page they are on.
When a follow-up is duefeatureThe dashboard and the coach say when a follow-up is due. It is waiting each time the Refinery opens.
What you talked about last timeprotectedSigned in, the coach keeps the conversation so it can pick up where it left off. That is on by default, and it can be turned off in Settings.
Before an account, nothingprotectedBefore a person has an account, t.ROY remembers nothing between visits. A fingerprint of the question is kept, not the question, along with an IP address and a daily usage count so the free tool cannot be abused.
What t.ROY is not allowed to knowThe boundaries, stated plainly.4
Your record, only with your yesprotectedIn the disclosure planner, the person is asked before any detail about a record is sent to the AI. Say no and a useful template still arrives, written without the AI seeing anything about the record.
It does not repeat a record backprotectedt.ROY and the coach are both instructed never to define a person by their record, and not to repeat record details back.
Practice stays out of memoryprotectedPractice is not saved unless the person chooses to save it. Disclosure rehearsal is kept out of the coach's memory.
No program reads your coachprotectedNo program can read a person's conversations with their coach. No program can see or require a disclosure plan or practice.
How people tune t.ROYSettings a person controls.5
Name your coachchoiceThe Refinery opens with a short tour, and the person names their own coach.
Plain language, read aloud, larger textchoiceAlso reduced motion and a roomier layout.
Spanish coachingchoiceThe coach and t.ROY can reply in Spanish. A resume stays in the language of the job posting.
Speak instead of typechoiceOn browsers that support it. The voice goes to the browser's own speech service, not to Steel Man.
Memory on or offchoiceCoach memory is on by default and can be turned off in Settings.
Ground rulesWhere the assistant stops.5
A coach, not a lawyerfeatureCoaching, not legal advice. When a question crosses that line, t.ROY says so and points toward a local legal-aid office or reentry attorney.
You have the last wordfeaturet.ROY is a coach, and a coach can be wrong. The person decides what to use.
Your next step never waits on the AIsystemRules decide the next step, not the AI. If the AI is unavailable, the next step and the reason for it still show.
Where your words gosystemWhat is typed to t.ROY is sent to our AI provider to produce a reply.
You can erase itprotectedCoach memory can be turned off, and Delete my data erases it along with the rest of the work.
The public pagewww.steelmanresumes.com/t-roypageMeet t.ROY: where it works, what it knows, its boundaries, how to tune it, and where it can be wrong.1d
06 · Two ways in, one code out
Inside
For facility educators, reentry staff and reviewers: two ways a person can start before release, and how their work comes home with them as a code.
The Mini Forge runs on a shared or facility device and leaves with a code. Forge Tablet is an offline package for learning systems and leaves with a carry code.
2ways to start inside
7Mini Forge questions
0network calls in Forge Tablet
The short versionThis section in one line of steps
StartMini Forge or Forge Tablet
AnswerFixed-choice, plain words
CarryA code on paper
Come homeType it in, any device
ContinueThe Forge + the Refinery
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The Mini Forgeforge.steelmanresumes.com/mini-forgeSeven short questions on a shared or facility device that has a network connection. No account, no name, no email.4mo8
Start or resume a sessionforge.steelmanresumes.com/mini-forgestepThe person sets a PIN. Answers are saved under a PIN and a code, not a name or ID number.4mo
Seven questionsforge.steelmanresumes.com/mini-forge/q/[step]One question per screen, fixed-choice wherever possible.7
1 · ReadinessstepWhere work fits in the person's thinking today.
2 · GoalsstepStability, growth, meaning, immediate income, independence, or giving back.
3 · ChallengesstepRecord, gap, recovery, transportation, housing, no degree or diploma, health, career change, or something else.
4 · Work typestepPhysical, desk, flexible/remote, or mixed.
5 · SkillsstepPractical skills plus the person's own words.
6 · LocationstepWhere the person expects to return.
7 · Personal hookstepA short statement about what matters next.
The plan and the codeforge.steelmanresumes.com/mini-forge/resultsoutputCareer paths, skills, resource starting points and a resume starter, plus a code to write down.2mo
Built for a shared devicesystemIt works without JavaScript, and no third-party scripts load on it.
A plan, not finished documentsfeatureShorter than The Forge. The answers go to our AI provider once, to write the plan.
RetentionprotectedUnclaimed answers are deleted after 18 months. Once a person brings them into an account, the Mini Forge copy is deleted within about 30 days.
What we send to a facilityprotectedNothing. We do not send answers to the facility.
The public pagewww.steelmanresumes.com/mini-forgepageThe Mini Forge explained for programs, classrooms and events.1d
Forge TabletAn offline career intake packaged for learning systems, built to run on a corrections tablet. No AI. Nothing is generated at runtime.15
Welcome and consentstepWhat this is, what comes out of it, and a plain statement before anything is asked.
Where are you at right now?choiceExploring, preparing or acting. The answer routes the rest: keep it short, do it properly, or do not waste time.
What you want and what is in the waystepGoals, challenges, kind of work, skills, where to look, what has to be true to show up, and what would make work feel like yours.
The work you have doneA branching interview that helps a person recover their work history and dates, including work that did not come with a pay stub.2
One job at a timestepWhat kind of work, what to call it on paper, who it was for, when it started and when it ended.
Was there another one?choiceRepeat as many times as needed, then review the list.
The bullet builderWhat did you actually do, to what, with which tools, how often, about how much, and what got better. The answers assemble into one resume line.2
Here it isoutputThe finished bullet, built only from the person's own choices.
Look what you just provedoutputThe skills those bullets show, named back to the person.
What have you earned?stepCredentials, licenses and certificates.
A one-page printable resumeoutputAssembled on the device, with one check before anything goes on paper.
A safety layerprotectedCrisis, heavy-moment, breathing and grounding screens, a way back, and a pause. If someone reaches a crisis screen, the learning system never learns it. The record shows the screen they return to.
A disclosure statement to practiceoutputTiming, then a statement in four parts, a draft, and the follow-up questions to expect.
Interview preparationoutputQuestions and practice drawn from the person's own answers.
OutsidestepThe last screens: the carry code, what to do with it, a review, and done.
No network, and a reviewer can checksystemThe package makes no network calls. The build refuses to produce a package that could, and every build ships a containment report a reviewer can reproduce.
Nothing left on the devicesystemIt writes nothing to the tablet's own browser storage.
Where answers liveprotectedIn the institution's own learning system, in the SCORM resume-state field, the same way any course saves progress, as readable text. Who can read that field is a setting on the institution's platform.
Two packagingssystemBuilt for SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004.
The code comes homeTwo different codes cross the wall, and they work in different ways.2
The Mini Forge code and PINA pointer. The code and the PIN find the saved plan, and the plan loads into a free Refinery account.5
Coming Homewww.steelmanresumes.com/coming-homepageThe public page for someone who started inside: a handoff, not a restart.1d
Enter the coderefinery.steelmanresumes.com/mini-forge/importstepCreate a free account, or sign in to an existing one.1w
Enter the PINrefinery.steelmanresumes.com/mini-forge/pinprotectedMatch the saved session.1mo
Importrefinery.steelmanresumes.com/mini-forge/processingsystemAttach the saved plan to the account.1mo
The plan is waitingrefinery.steelmanresumes.com/mini-forge/import-completeoutputCareer paths, skills, resource starting points and the resume starter, then into the dashboard.4mo
The carry codeforge.steelmanresumes.com/carryA payload. Every fixed-choice answer packs into a short code a person can write down. Outside, typing it in restores those answers with no server, no integration and no vendor cooperation.1w3
Decoded in the browserprotectedThe code is never sent to Steel Man. Redeeming it does not hand the answers over on the way through.
Into the front door of the ForgestepThe answers arrive already filled in, and the full tools pick up from there.
What rides on paper insteadfeatureFree-text answers and employer names go out on the printed sheet.
07 · Who stands around the work
Network
For funders, reviewers and developers: the hosts and sponsors, the learning communities, the research, and the source code, all in public.
The public relationships and the public foundations: hosts and sponsors as thanked on the site, the founder's learning communities, 150+ citations, and an open-source codebase.
150+peer-reviewed citations
AGPL-3.0open-source license
2learning communities
The short versionThis section in one line of steps
HostedReentry United 2026
SponsoredEXPO of Wisconsin
ShapedFICGN + P2P
Grounded150+ citations
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Hosts and sponsorswww.steelmanresumes.com/As thanked on the home page and the organizations page.1d2
Reentry United 2026featureOur host. The founder was a breakout presenter.
EXPO of Wisconsinwww.steelmanresumes.com/expofeatureOur sponsor. A cohort page walks its members from the Forge into the Refinery.1d
Learning communitieswww.steelmanresumes.com/aboutWhere the founder's work is shaped in public with practitioners.1d2
FICGNfeatureNarrative Change Fellow.
P2PfeatureScholar, Cohort 49.
The research basewww.steelmanresumes.com/research150+ peer-reviewed citations behind the method.2mo2
Six research traditionsfeatureNarrative identity and desistance, behavioral and motivational science, neuroscience and affect labeling, labor-market and fair-chance evidence, trauma-aware interaction design, responsible AI governance.
What each changes in practicefeatureEvery tradition is tied to something the product actually does.
Open sourcegithub.com/Steel-Man-Resumes/smr-crucibleThe Forge, The Refinery and Crucible are open source under AGPL-3.0.3
Read the sourcegithub.com/Steel-Man-Resumes/smr-cruciblesystemAnyone can read exactly how the system handles data.
The licensesystemAGPL-3.0, so organizations can inspect it, learn from it, and deploy it.
One codebase, named CruciblesystemCrucible is also the name of the open-source codebase that holds The Forge, The Refinery and the organization workspace.
Work with Steel ManTwo doors for programs, funders and collaborators.2
For organizationswww.steelmanresumes.com/organizationsstepCrucible is available to programs by arrangement. Request a walkthrough.1d
Contactwww.steelmanresumes.com/contactstepPartnerships, sponsorship, speaking, media, and systems work.1d