diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 2b6d856..67e5590 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
-const fs = require('fs');
+const promises = require('fs/promises');
 const pdf = require('pdf-parse');
+const Anthropic = require('@anthropic-ai/sdk');
+require('dotenv').config();
+
+const today = new Date();
+let jobDescription = '';
+
+console.log(today);
+
+const anthropic = new Anthropic({
+  apiKey: process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
+})
+
+
 
 // Path to the PDF file you want to extract text from
 const pdfPath = 'data/kyle_resume.pdf';
@@ -7,7 +20,7 @@ const pdfPath = 'data/kyle_resume.pdf';
 // Function to extract text from the PDF and return it as a string
 async function extractTextFromPDF(pdfPath) {
   try {
-    const data = await fs.promises.readFile(pdfPath);  // Use promises with fs
+    const data = await promises.readFile(pdfPath);  // Use promises with fs
     const pdfData = await pdf(data);  // Parse the PDF
     return pdfData.text;  // Return the extracted text
   } catch (error) {
@@ -15,12 +28,50 @@ async function extractTextFromPDF(pdfPath) {
   }
 }
 
-(async () => {
+async function readJobDescription(filePath) {
   try {
-    const extractedText = await extractTextFromPDF(pdfPath); // Waits for PDF extraction to complete
-    // console.log('Extracted Text:', extractedText); // Logs the extracted text
+    const data = await promises.readFile(filePath, 'utf8');
+    jobDescription = data;  // Save content to the global variable
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('Error reading the file:', err);
+  }
+}
+
+
+
+async function main() {
+  try {
+    const resume_parser_api = require('./data/resume_parser_api.json');
+    const cover_letter_api = require('./data/cover_letter_api.json');
+    const extractedResumeText = await extractTextFromPDF(pdfPath); // Waits for PDF extraction to complete
+    
+
+
+    // used to replace the variables in the resume parser api
+    resume_parser_api.messages[0].content[0].text = resume_parser_api.messages[0].content[0].text.replace("{{resume}}", extractedResumeText)
+
+    const resume_response = await anthropic.messages.create(resume_parser_api);
+    const candidateProfile = resume_response.content[0].text.split('```json')[1].split('```')[0].trim();  // pulls just the json structure out of LLM response
+
+    // replace variables in cover_letter_api
+    cover_letter_api.messages[0].content[0].text = cover_letter_api.messages[0].content[0].text
+    .replace('{{resume_json}}', candidateProfile)
+    .replace('{{job_description}}', jobDescription)
+    .replace('{{date}}', today);
+
+    const cover_letter_response = await anthropic.messages.create(cover_letter_api);
+
+    console.log(cover_letter_response)
+   
+
+
+
+
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(error.message); // Catches and logs any errors that occurred
   }
-})();
+}
 
+readJobDescription('./data/job_description.txt')
+// Call the main function
+main();
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