Skill Extraction

Pull skills out of a job description or CV and sort them into technical skills, soft skills, tools, certifications and languages.

Pay by wallet (x402) skill-extract

Example

Example answer

{
  "tools": [],
  "languages": [],
  "soft_skills": [],
  "certifications": [],
  "technical_skills": [],
  "seniority_signals": [],
  "total_skills_found": 0,
  "experience_levels_mentioned": []
}

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	What it is
`text`	string	Yes	Job description or CV text

Output fields

How reliably each field appears in a successful answer.

Field	Type	Appears
`tools`	array	Usually (present for most inputs)
`languages`	array	Always (present in every successful answer)
`soft_skills`	array	Usually (present for most inputs)
`certifications`	array	Usually (present for most inputs)
`technical_skills`	array	Always (present in every successful answer)
`seniority_signals`	array	Usually (present for most inputs)
`total_skills_found`	integer	Always (present in every successful answer)
`experience_levels_mentioned`	array	Usually (present for most inputs)

How to call it

The same tool through each route. MCP clients reach it through Strale’s server at https://api.strale.io/mcp; the call below is what the agent sends.

# Needs an API key. max_price_cents caps what this call may cost.
curl -X POST https://api.strale.io/v1/do \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRALE_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "capability_slug": "skill-extract",
    "inputs": {
      "text": "Senior backend engineer with 6 years building Python and TypeScript services on AWS and Kubernetes. Day-to-day tools are Docker, Git and Terraform. AWS Certified Solutions Architect. Known for clear written communication and mentoring juniors. Fluent in Swedish and English."
    },
    "max_price_cents": 3
  }'

{
  "tool": "strale_execute",
  "arguments": {
    "slug": "skill-extract",
    "inputs": {
      "text": "Senior backend engineer with 6 years building Python and TypeScript services on AWS and Kubernetes. Day-to-day tools are Docker, Git and Terraform. AWS Certified Solutions Architect. Known for clear written communication and mentoring juniors. Fluent in Swedish and English."
    },
    "max_price_cents": 3
  }
}

import { Strale } from "straleio";

const strale = new Strale({ apiKey: process.env.STRALE_API_KEY! });
const result = await strale.do({
  capability_slug: "skill-extract",
  inputs: {
    "text": "Senior backend engineer with 6 years building Python and TypeScript services on AWS and Kubernetes. Day-to-day tools are Docker, Git and Terraform. AWS Certified Solutions Architect. Known for clear written communication and mentoring juniors. Fluent in Swedish and English."
  },
  max_price_cents: 3,
});

import os
from straleio import Strale, DoRequest

strale = Strale(api_key=os.environ["STRALE_API_KEY"])
result = strale.do(DoRequest(
    capability_slug="skill-extract",
    inputs={
        "text": "Senior backend engineer with 6 years building Python and TypeScript services on AWS and Kubernetes. Day-to-day tools are Docker, Git and Terraform. AWS Certified Solutions Architect. Known for clear written communication and mentoring juniors. Fluent in Swedish and English.",
    },
    max_price_cents=3,
))

# No account. The first request answers 402 with the price in USDC;
# an x402 client pays it from your wallet and repeats the request.
curl -i 'https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/skill-extract?text=Senior+backend+engineer+with+6+years+building+Python+and+TypeScript+services+on+AWS+and+Kubernetes.+Day-to-day+tools+are+Docker%2C+Git+and+Terraform.+AWS+Certified+Solutions+Architect.+Known+for+clear+written+communication+and+mentoring+juniors.+Fluent+in+Swedish+and+English.'

Limitations

Skill categories can differ from industry taxonomies
AI-powered skill extraction — may categorise broad competencies differently than specific industry taxonomies (e.g., ESCO, O*NET)
What to do instead: Map extracted skills to your target taxonomy (ESCO, O*NET) as a post-processing step for HR system integration