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Cover letter framework

Four parts: a one- or two-sentence opening naming the role and your strongest fit; a short paragraph per requirement you can evidence, leading with the employer's words; two specific sentences on why this employer; and a close with logistics and a plain request to talk. About 250 to 350 words of your own text fits one page.

Framework with notes (.docx)Plain-text version (.md)

Direct downloads: no account, email address or payment. Formats: Word, Markdown.

What is inside

Letter layout with your details, date and greeting.
Four numbered parts, each with a grey guidance note and bracketed prompts.
A length check and the rule for requirements without evidence (remove them).

How to use it

Copy two to four requirements from the advert in the employer's own words.
Write one real example per requirement with scale and outcome; remove any requirement you cannot evidence.
Replace stock motivation ('great company') with something only true of this employer.
Draft from the framework, then cut to one page; the cover-letter outline tool runs the same checks.

Why it is built this way

Requirements lead each evidence paragraph because readers scan for their own criteria.
The framework forbids unevidenced claims by design: a blank beside a requirement is a signal to remove it, not to assert it.

Accessibility

The Word file uses true heading styles, a single column and real text only: no tables, text boxes or images carry meaning, so screen readers and parsers follow the same structure a sighted reader sees. Guidance notes are plain text in grey italics and are meant to be deleted. This page summarises what the file contains. The Markdown version has the same letter fields and four-part prompts as editable plain text.

Browser tools that work with it

Published 6 November 2026 · Files are generated from version-controlled source so every copy is identical. Drafted with AI assistance and checked against Luceria’s editorial standards.