# CareerPulse Skills-Gap Analysis

> CareerPulse Skills-Gap Analysis is a paid API for AI agents from careerpulse-steel.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Identifies missing skills for a target role and returns a prioritized learning path with course links and certification recommendations

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://careerpulse-steel.vercel.app/api/career/skills-gap
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/careerpulse-skills-gap-analysis-ba3bb65b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_RvWwsLLtEjAKWywwcYta9

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## 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-skills-gap-analysis-ba3bb65b
```

Example prompt: I'm currently a junior web developer and want to move into data science — can you analyze my skills gap and give me a learning path with actual course links and tell me how many months it'll take to be job-ready?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when a user wants a structured, actionable upskilling roadmap with concrete course links and certification guidance — particularly for career transitions or role-level jumps. Prefer this over generic job search APIs when the goal is learning and skill development rather than finding open positions.

## Known failure modes

- Unrecognized role or job title returns generic or empty skill list
- Unsupported country or region may fall back to global averages
- Missing or invalid lang= parameter defaults to English
- x402 micropayment failure results in 402 response with no data
- Overly broad or ambiguous role queries may return low-precision skill gaps

## How this service works

Global career intelligence API serving the world's 3.5 billion workers. 10 endpoints: salary benchmarking (any role + any country, sourced from BLS, OECD, ILO, Glassdoor, Levels.fyi), industry outlook, skills-gap analysis (with Coursera/Udemy/Pluralsight course links), ATS-optimized resume intelligence, salary negotiation playbooks, career transition roadmaps, remote work setup intelligence, certification recommendations (with A Cloud Guru/Pluralsight links), interview prep, and layoff/severance guidance. Full global scope — 190+ countries, 75+ languages via ?lang= parameter. LinkedIn Premium and resume builder affiliate links on relevant endpoints. All require x402 micropayment (USDC on Base).

## Output

Returns a JSON object with: a list of gap skills with specific tools/frameworks (e.g. scikit-learn, PyTorch, Tableau), a week-by-week learning path with free and paid resource links, a recommended certification (e.g. Google Data Analytics Certificate), and an estimated time-to-ready in months.

## 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": {
      "lang": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "en | es | fr | de | zh | ja | ko | pt | ar | hi"
      },
      "target": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "data scientist at a top tech company"
      },
      "current": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "junior software engineer with Python and SQL"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "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": {
  "gap_skills": [
   "Machine learning (scikit-learn, PyTorch)",
   "Statistics (A/B testing)",
   "Data visualization (Tableau, Plotly)"
  ],
  "learning_path": [
   {
    "skill": "ML fundamentals",
    "weeks": 8,
    "resource": "fast.ai (free)"
   }
  ],
  "cert_recommended": "Google Data Analytics Certificate",
  "time_to_ready_months": 9
 }
}
```

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