# CareerPulse Resume Critique

> CareerPulse Resume Critique is a paid API for AI agents from careerpulse-steel.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Analyzes resume text and returns verbatim before/after bullet rewrites, ATS compatibility flags, gaps vs. target role, and country-specific formatting norms for US, UK, Germany, Australia, and India.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://careerpulse-steel.vercel.app/api/career/resume-critique
- Price: $0.25/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/careerpulse-resume-critique-24165feb
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_epaxG-XhnfJX-BG9KitOW

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## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability careerpulse-resume-critique-24165feb
```

Example prompt: Can you critique my resume for a Senior Product Manager role in Germany? Here's my resume text: [resume text up to 15,000 characters]. Flag any ATS issues, rewrite weak bullets with before/after examples, and point out gaps compared to a PM role.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need actionable, line-by-line resume feedback with concrete before/after rewrites rather than generic advice. It is especially valuable when targeting a specific country's job market, needing ATS keyword analysis, or identifying precise skill gaps against a known role — use it instead of general LLM prompts when you want structured, citation-quality output with country-specific formatting norms.

## Known failure modes

- Resume text exceeds 15,000 character limit — request rejected
- Missing resume_text parameter — returns error requiring input
- Unsupported country code — falls back to generic feedback or returns error
- Malformed or non-resume text — may return low-quality or irrelevant critique
- Target role not specified — gap analysis may be generic rather than role-specific

## How this service works

Resume critique with verbatim before/after bullet rewrites, ATS-compatibility flags, gaps vs target role, and country-specific format norms (US, UK, Germany, Australia, India). Submit real resume text via POST body or resume_text query param, 15k char cap.

## Output

Returns a structured critique including verbatim before/after rewrites of resume bullets, ATS compatibility flags highlighting problematic formatting or keyword gaps, a list of skill or experience gaps relative to the target role, and country-specific formatting recommendations for the chosen locale (US, UK, Germany, Australia, or India).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "seniority": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "entry | mid | senior | executive"
      },
      "resume_text": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "required, ≤15k chars; POST body also accepted"
      },
      "target_role": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "e.g. senior product manager, backend engineer"
      },
      "target_country": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "US | UK | DE | AU | IN | any country"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "country_norms": {
   "target_country_guidance": "US: no photo, 1 page preferred, reverse-chronological"
  },
  "impact_rewrites": [
   {
    "why": "Replaces duty language with scope and a measurable outcome",
    "original": "Responsible for managing a team of engineers",
    "rewritten": "Led a 6-person engineering team, cutting release cycle time 35% over 2 quarters"
   }
  ],
  "ats_compatibility": {
   "flags": [
    "Multi-column layout implied by spacing — may misorder in ATS parsers"
   ]
  },
  "gaps_vs_target_role": [
   "No cloud infrastructure experience listed for a role that requires it"
  ]
 }
}
```

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