# Gloom Hiring Signals by Stock Symbol

> Gloom Hiring Signals by Stock Symbol 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).

Returns hiring signal data for a given stock ticker symbol, including watchlist status, held position, and tracking metadata.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.gloom.sh/v1/hiring/signals/%7Bsymbol%7D?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-signals-by-stock-symbol-c860c53f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_7pTics1K2JRkYVZQ_w1pc

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-signals-by-stock-symbol-c860c53f
```

Example prompt: Pull up the Gloom hiring signals for STATE STREET CORP — the ticker is STT — and tell me when it was added to the watchlist and what the latest signal week looks like.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need alternative hiring-signal data tied to a specific publicly traded company by ticker, especially within a Gloom-based workflow or when seeking employment trend signals as a complement to traditional financial metrics. Prefer this over generic job-listing APIs when you want pre-processed, signal-level data rather than raw job postings.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized ticker symbol returns null or empty data fields
- Symbol not yet tracked by Gloom returns watchedSince as null
- Network or server error returns non-200 HTTP response
- Malformed symbol path parameter causes 400 or 404 error
- Rate limiting or payment failure due to x402 protocol issue

## 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

A JSON object containing the company name, stock symbol, the current hiring signal week date, the date since Gloom began watching the symbol, whether a position is held, and any skipped signal periods.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": {
   "held": null,
   "name": "STATE STREET CORP",
   "week": "2026-10-12",
   "symbol": "STT",
   "skipped": [],
   "watchedSince": "2026-09-18"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gloom-hiring-signals-by-stock-symbol-c860c53f/health.json
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