# NovaPath Bid Readiness Checker

> NovaPath Bid Readiness Checker is a paid API for AI agents from instructional-decision-engine-x402.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).

Evaluates proposal readiness by checking mandatory-requirement coverage, unresolved requirements, deadline proximity, and preparation capacity, returning specific blockers.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://instructional-decision-engine-x402.vercel.app/operations/bid-readiness?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-31
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/novapath-bid-readiness-checker-e50ab124
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_sVlsliu33TAkvT8JJb9Yi

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 novapath-bid-readiness-checker-e50ab124 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you check if we're ready to submit this proposal? We have 14 days until the deadline, 18 out of 25 mandatory requirements met, 4 unknown requirements, and we've estimated it'll take 3,000 minutes to prepare but only have 2,000 minutes available.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a fast, structured, deterministic readiness assessment for a specific proposal before submission — particularly when you want explicit blockers rather than a probability score. Prefer this over AI-generated win-probability tools when you need objective gap analysis based on hard metrics like requirement coverage ratios and preparation time budgets.

## Known failure modes

- mandatoryRequirements set to 0 or missing — validation error since minimum is 1
- metRequirements exceeds mandatoryRequirements — logical inconsistency may trigger error or unexpected output
- availablePrepMinutes or estimatedPrepMinutes out of valid range (0–1,000,000) — schema validation failure
- daysToDeadline of 0 with large unmet requirements — may return multiple simultaneous blockers
- Integer values provided as floats — schema type mismatch error

## How this service works

Check proposal readiness using mandatory-requirement coverage, unresolved requirements, deadline and preparation capacity. Returns specific blockers; no scraped opportunities or probability-of-winning claim.

## Output

Returns a list of specific blockers preventing proposal submission, covering gaps in mandatory requirement coverage, unresolved/unknown requirements, deadline feasibility given days remaining, and preparation time deficits (estimated vs. available prep minutes). No win-probability estimates or scraped opportunity data are included.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "daysToDeadline": {
   "type": "integer",
   "maximum": 365,
   "minimum": 0
  },
  "metRequirements": {
   "type": "integer",
   "maximum": 1000,
   "minimum": 0
  },
  "unknownRequirements": {
   "type": "integer",
   "maximum": 1000,
   "minimum": 0
  },
  "availablePrepMinutes": {
   "type": "integer",
   "maximum": 1000000,
   "minimum": 0
  },
  "estimatedPrepMinutes": {
   "type": "integer",
   "maximum": 1000000,
   "minimum": 0
  },
  "mandatoryRequirements": {
   "type": "integer",
   "maximum": 1000,
   "minimum": 1
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/novapath-bid-readiness-checker-e50ab124/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from instructional-decision-engine-x402.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/instructional-decision-engine-x402.vercel.app/llms.txt)