santifer/career-ops · error · Error

config/profile.yml not found: fill it in first

Error message

config/profile.yml not found: fill it in first

What it means

Thrown by loadProfile() when no custom profile path is supplied (customProfilePath is null) and the resolved profile source — customCvPath env CAREER_OPS_PROFILE or the default config/profile.yml — does not exist on disk. This is the standard onboarding error: the library refuses to run with an unfilled profile.

Solutions

1. Create config/profile.yml from the example: cp config/profile.example.yml config/profile.yml and fill in name, email, target roles, salary range.
2. If you meant a custom path, pass it as the first argument to loadProfile() instead of relying on the default.
3. Check the CAREER_OPS_PROFILE env var — unset it or point it at an existing file.
4. Run the repo's setup/onboarding (e.g. node doctor.mjs) to detect and fix missing setup files.

Example fix

// before (file missing)
const profile = loadProfile();
// after (shell)
// cp config/profile.example.yml config/profile.yml && $EDITOR config/profile.yml
// then
const profile = loadProfile();

import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
const profileSource = process.env.CAREER_OPS_PROFILE || 'config/profile.yml';
if (!existsSync(profileSource)) {
  copyFileSync('config/profile.example.yml', 'config/profile.yml'); // then prompt user to edit
}

try {
  const profile = loadProfile();
} catch (err) {
  if (/config\/profile.yml not found/.test(err.message)) {
    // run onboarding: copy example template and ask user to fill it
  } else throw err;
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling loadProfile() (or loadProfile(null, cvPath)) in a repo where config/profile.yml is missing, or where CAREER_OPS_PROFILE points at a nonexistent file.

Common situations: Fresh clone where config/profile.yml was never created from the example template; profile gitignored so CI/containers lack it; wrong working directory; CAREER_OPS_PROFILE env var set to a wrong path.

Related errors

• CV file not found at
• ⚠️ No matching evaluation file found in
• portals file not found
• portals.yml not found
• Profile configuration file not found at

AI-assisted analysis of santifer/career-ops@aac998c7ed (2026-09-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/4411b8628b4bd079. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at scripts/export-ats-text.mjs:234

  let profileRaw = null;
  const profileSource = customProfilePath || process.env.CAREER_OPS_PROFILE || 'config/profile.yml';

  if (customProfilePath) {
    if (!existsSync(customProfilePath)) {
      throw new Error(`Profile configuration file not found at: ${customProfilePath}`);
    }
    try {
      const content = readFileSync(customProfilePath, 'utf8');
      profileRaw = yaml.load(content);
      if (!profileRaw || typeof profileRaw !== 'object') {
        throw new Error(`Invalid YAML in profile file: ${customProfilePath}`);
      }
    } catch (err) {
      throw new Error(`Failed to read profile file at ${customProfilePath}: ${err.message}`);
    }
  } else {
    if (!existsSync(profileSource)) {
      throw new Error('config/profile.yml not found: fill it in first');
    }
    try {
      const content = readFileSync(profileSource, 'utf8');
      profileRaw = yaml.load(content);
      if (!profileRaw || typeof profileRaw !== 'object') {
        throw new Error('config/profile.yml is empty or invalid YAML: fill it in first');
      }
    } catch (err) {
      throw new Error(`Failed to read profile file at ${profileSource}: ${err.message}`);
    }
  }

  let cvData = {};
  const cvSource = customCvPath || process.env.CAREER_OPS_CV || 'cv.md';
  if (customCvPath) {
    if (!existsSync(customCvPath)) {
      throw new Error(`CV file not found at: ${customCvPath}`);
    }

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