Claude for Human Resources
A practical, one-page reference for using Claude across HR work: prompting frameworks, model picks, ready-to-use commands, and a full prompt library. Built by the Hirex team.
- The ROLE prompting framework for HR requests
- Which Claude model to pick for which HR task
- Ready-to-use commands for job descriptions, comp analysis, and more
- A prompt library across sourcing, people analytics, and onboarding
- A reference card of dos, don'ts, and troubleshooting tips
Turn AI into a practical HR advantage
This cheat sheet helps you identify where Claude can support your team, how to write more useful prompts, and what to consider before bringing AI into sensitive people processes.
Practical Claude use cases
Across core HR workflows, from sourcing to offboarding.
Prompt ideas
For recruitment, communication, learning and employee experience.
A simple prompting framework
For creating clearer, more effective prompts.
Responsible AI considerations
What to weigh before bringing AI into sensitive people processes.
A review checklist
To help keep human judgment at the center of every decision.
AI adoption ideas
To help your team get started, one workflow at a time.
Why This Cheat Sheet?
AI should make HR more human, not less.
Claude can help HR teams reduce repetitive work, improve the first draft, and create more time for the conversations, decisions, and experiences that require human judgment.
This guide is designed to help you explore that opportunity with a practical and responsible mindset.
Who Is It For?
This cheat sheet is for:
HR and People & Culture professionals
Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding teams
Learning & Development leaders
HR Operations and Employee Experience teams
Business leaders exploring responsible AI adoption in people processes
5 Use Cases of Claude for HR
A few of the structured workflows Claude can help run, depending on the tools you connect.
Offer letter drafting and delivery
Ask Claude to pull the agreed salary and terms into your offer template, then route the finished document out for signature through a connected tool like DocuSign.
Onboarding
Turn a new hire's role and start date into a 30-60-90 day plan, along with the welcome emails and checklists that go with it.
Performance review prep
Turn scattered manager notes and peer feedback into a structured, behavior-based review draft.
Policy lookup
Answer employee questions about time off, benefits, or leave by pulling the exact policy language and explaining it in plain terms.
Compensation analysis
Benchmark a role against market data, flag pay compression risks, and draft a one-page recommendation for leadership.
Top Claude AI Prompts for HR
Ready-to-use prompts for common HR scenarios. Copy one, fill in the brackets, and run it in Claude.
Draft a job description
You are a recruiter at [company]. Write a job description for [role]. Include a 2-sentence intro, 5 responsibilities, 4 must-have qualifications, and 2 nice-to-haves. Tone: direct and human, not corporate. No salary. Max 300 words.
Write a rejection email
Write a short, respectful rejection email to [candidate name] who applied for [role] at [company]. Thank them for their time, do not give detailed feedback, and leave the door open for future roles. Under 100 words.
Build a 30-60-90 day plan
Create a 30-60-90 day onboarding plan for a [role] joining [team]. Include 3 goals per phase, 3 key relationships to build, and 2 early wins per phase.
Rewrite feedback as behavior-based
Rewrite this manager feedback using behavior-based language. For each point, explain what happened, why it matters, and what good looks like. Keep the core message: [paste feedback]
Explain a policy in plain language
Rewrite this HR policy for employees in plain language. Max 200 words. Include what it means, what they need to do, and who to contact: [paste policy]
Draft a comp benchmarking brief
Review pay ranges for [role family] in [location]. Flag compression risks between levels and gaps versus market. Format as a one-page brief: [paste data]
