santifer/career-ops · error · Error

Profile configuration file not found at

Error message

Profile configuration file not found at: ${customProfilePath}

What it means

loadProfile() in scripts/export-ats-text.mjs throws this when an explicitly passed customProfilePath (first argument) does not exist on disk. It is a fail-fast pre-flight check before attempting to read/parse the file. It applies only to the explicit custom path branch; the default config/profile.yml path has its own distinct error.

Solutions

1. Verify the path exists: run ls on the exact customProfilePath value and fix typos.
2. Pass an absolute path (or resolve relative to the repo root) instead of a cwd-relative one.
3. Set the CAREER_OPS_PROFILE env var to a valid path and pass null instead of a bad customProfilePath.
4. Create the profile file by copying config/profile.example.yml to the intended location and filling it in.

Example fix

// before
const profile = loadProfile('config/profil.yml'); // typo
// after
const profile = loadProfile(path.resolve(__dirname, 'config/profile.yml'));

import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
if (!existsSync(profilePath)) throw new Error(`Profile not found: ${path.resolve(profilePath)}`);
const profile = loadProfile(profilePath);

When it happens

Trigger: Calling loadProfile('/path/to/profile.yml') or loadProfile(customProfilePath='...') where the file does not exist (typo, wrong cwd, deleted file, never created).

Common situations: Typo in the CLI --profile flag path; running from a different working directory so a relative path no longer resolves; profile file renamed or moved during a refactor; CI job missing a checkout/copy step for the profile.

Understand the failure class

Background: "Config file not found": what it means and how to fix it in docker-sync, Maven, Vagrant, Turborepo and other tools — this error's family across 60 libraries.

Related errors

• config/profile.yml not found: fill it in first
• CV file not found at
• ⚠️ No matching evaluation file found in
• portals file not found
• portals.yml not found

AI-assisted analysis of santifer/career-ops@aac998c7ed (2026-09-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ffd4b80537015409. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at scripts/export-ats-text.mjs:221

    education = raw.education;
  } else if (Array.isArray(cvData.education) && cvData.education.length > 0) {
    education = cvData.education;
  }

  return { name, email, phone, location, linkedin, summary, experience, education, skills };
}

/**
 * Loads profile and CV data from file paths or default paths.
 * Fails closed if real profile configuration is missing.
 */
export function loadProfile(customProfilePath = null, customCvPath = null) {
  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') {

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