# Gloom Hiring Anomalies Detector

> Gloom Hiring Anomalies Detector is a paid API for AI agents from api.gloom.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.24/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-11-01).

Detects unusual spikes or anomalies in hiring activity (job functions, sectors, industries) for publicly traded companies, identified by stock ticker.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.gloom.sh/v1/hiring/anomalies?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.24/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-11-01
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gloom-hiring-anomalies-detector-27953456
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_-_IEVFuBP0fxuMUeg0bLk

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 gloom-hiring-anomalies-detector-27953456
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest hiring anomalies from Gloom for RIVN — I want to know if there are any unusual spikes in job functions or operations hiring that might signal something strategic.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need alternative data signals about hiring activity for publicly traded companies, particularly for equity research, pre-earnings checks, or detecting strategic pivots via workforce changes. Prefer this over general job posting scrapers when you need pre-processed, anomaly-flagged, ticker-linked hiring signals organized by sector and function.

## Known failure modes

- No anomalies found for the requested ticker or period returns an empty data array
- Invalid or unsupported ticker symbol may return an empty result or error
- Payment failure via x402 protocol results in 402 status and no data returned
- Malformed query parameters may result in a 400 error
- Data may lag real-time by a week given the weekly granularity of anomaly detection

## How this service works

Gloom is a free, open-source finance terminal for desktop and TUI with charts, news, filings, portfolios, alerts, and plugins.

## Output

Returns an array of hiring anomaly objects, each containing the affected stock ticker, the week the anomaly was detected, the job function or dimension flagged (e.g. 'operations'), the anomaly kind (e.g. 'function_spike'), the sector and industry classification, and a human-readable label — allowing agents to identify unusual workforce activity signals for public companies.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": [
   {
    "key": "operations",
    "kind": "function_spike",
    "week": "2026-10-12",
    "group": "anomalies",
    "label": "Operations",
    "sector": "Consumer Cyclical",
    "symbol": "RIVN",
    "industry": "Auto Manufacturers",
    "dimension": "function",
    "sourceTickers": [
     "RIVN"
    ]
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gloom-hiring-anomalies-detector-27953456/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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