# ScholarPulse FAFSA Strategy Engine

> ScholarPulse FAFSA Strategy Engine is a paid API for AI agents from scholarpulse.theaslangroupllc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns a Student Aid Index (SAI) estimate, Pell Grant eligibility, aid-maximizing action steps, asset positioning strategy, and FAFSA filing deadlines for a given student's financial profile.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://scholarpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/fafsa
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scholarpulse-fafsa-strategy-engine-2b1c44de
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_DkB2K7TLnihmUhmvEYrx2

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 scholarpulse-fafsa-strategy-engine-2b1c44de
```

Example prompt: I'm a dependent student, our household income is about $52,000 with 4 people in the family, and we have around $18,000 in savings and a small investment account — can you estimate my Student Aid Index, check my Pell Grant eligibility, and tell me the best asset and filing strategies to maximize my financial aid for the 2025–26 school year?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an agent needs to advise a student or family on FAFSA planning strategy — specifically to estimate SAI, determine Pell eligibility, and receive actionable aid-maximization recommendations. Prefer this over a generic financial aid estimate endpoint when the user needs strategic advice (asset positioning, filing timing) rather than just a raw aid package forecast.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid income/family-size parameters returns a 400 error
- Unsupported dependency status values cause validation errors
- Out-of-range asset values may return an error or degraded estimates
- API may return stale deadline data if not recently updated for the current award year

## How this service works

FAFSA strategy for student and financial-aid agents. Returns a Student Aid Index estimate, Pell eligibility, maximize-aid actions, asset strategy, and filing deadlines.

## Output

Returns a computed Student Aid Index (SAI) estimate based on the provided financial profile, a Pell Grant eligibility determination, a prioritized list of actionable steps to maximize aid (e.g. asset repositioning, timing moves), specific asset strategy advice (e.g. which assets to shelter or spend down), and key FAFSA filing deadlines relevant to the student's situation.

## 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": {
      "year": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "freshman | sophomore | junior | senior | graduate"
      },
      "assets": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "optional — savings, investments; NOT retirement accounts"
      },
      "income": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "75000 (household AGI)"
      },
      "family_size": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "dependency_status": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "dependent | independent (optional)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "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": {
  "sai_estimate": {
   "confidence": "medium",
   "student_aid_index": "8,200-9,500"
  },
  "pell_eligibility": {
   "likely": false,
   "estimated_annual": "$0"
  },
  "maximize_aid_actions": [
   {
    "action": "Maximize retirement contributions before FAFSA filing date",
    "impact": "high"
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

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