Drive the resume agent from your own code

export API="https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api"
export TOKEN="YOUR_TOKEN"      # see step 1

# every call looks like:
#   curl -s "$API/…" -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" [-d '{json}']
# jq is used below to pull fields out of the {"data": …} envelope

import json, requests

API = "https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api"
TOKEN = "YOUR_TOKEN"  # see step 1

def api(method, path, body=None, **headers):
    res = requests.request(method, API + path, json=body,
                           headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {TOKEN}", **headers})
    payload = res.json()
    if not res.ok:
        raise RuntimeError(payload.get("error", {}).get("message", res.reason))
    return payload["data"]

// Node 18+ (built-in fetch)
const API = "https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api";
const TOKEN = "YOUR_TOKEN"; // see step 1 — read it from your environment in real code

async function api(method, path, body, extraHeaders = {}) {
  const res = await fetch(API + path, {
    method,
    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json", ...extraHeaders },
    body: body === undefined ? undefined : JSON.stringify(body),
  });
  const json = await res.json();
  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(json.error?.message ?? res.statusText);
  return json.data;
}

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"os"
)

const API = "https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api"

var token = os.Getenv("SKILLSAFE_TOKEN") // see step 1

func call(method, path string, body, out any) error {
	var buf bytes.Buffer
	if body != nil {
		json.NewEncoder(&buf).Encode(body)
	}
	req, _ := http.NewRequest(method, API+path, &buf)
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+token)
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	var env struct {
		Data  json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
		Error *struct{ Message string `json:"message"` } `json:"error"`
	}
	json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&env)
	if res.StatusCode >= 400 {
		return fmt.Errorf("api %s %s: %s", method, path, env.Error.Message)
	}
	if out == nil {
		return nil
	}
	return json.Unmarshal(env.Data, out)
}

// Java 17+, no dependencies. Pair with your JSON library (Jackson, Gson…)
// to read fields out of the returned envelope.
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class SkillSafe {
    static final String API = "https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api";
    static final String TOKEN = System.getenv("SKILLSAFE_TOKEN"); // see step 1
    static final HttpClient HTTP = HttpClient.newHttpClient();

    static String api(String method, String path, String jsonBody) throws Exception {
        var req = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create(API + path))
            .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + TOKEN)
            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
            .method(method, jsonBody == null
                ? HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody()
                : HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(jsonBody))
            .build();
        var res = HTTP.send(req, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        if (res.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(res.body());
        return res.body(); // envelope: {"data": …}
    }
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

API = "https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api"
TOKEN = ENV.fetch("SKILLSAFE_TOKEN") # see step 1

def api(method, path, body = nil)
  uri = URI(API + path)
  req = Net::HTTP.const_get(method.capitalize).new(uri)
  req["Authorization"] = "Bearer #{TOKEN}"
  req["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
  req.body = body.to_json if body
  res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |h| h.request(req) }
  payload = JSON.parse(res.body)
  raise (payload.dig("error", "message") || res.message) unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
  payload["data"]
end

<?php
const API = "https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api";
$TOKEN = getenv("SKILLSAFE_TOKEN"); // see step 1

function api(string $method, string $path, ?array $body = null): mixed {
    global $TOKEN;
    $ch = curl_init(API . $path);
    curl_setopt_array($ch, [
        CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST  => $method,
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
        CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => [
            "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN",
            "Content-Type: application/json",
        ],
        CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS     => $body === null ? null : json_encode($body),
    ]);
    $payload = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
    $status  = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
    curl_close($ch);
    if ($status >= 400) {
        throw new Exception($payload["error"]["message"] ?? "HTTP $status");
    }
    return $payload["data"];
}

// .NET 8+
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Text.Json;

static class SkillSafe
{
    const string Api = "https://api.skillsafe.ai/v1/app-api";
    static readonly HttpClient Http = new();

    static SkillSafe() =>
        Http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization =
            new("Bearer", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SKILLSAFE_TOKEN")); // see step 1

    public static async Task<JsonElement> ApiAsync(HttpMethod method, string path, object? body = null)
    {
        var req = new HttpRequestMessage(method, Api + path);
        if (body != null) req.Content = JsonContent.Create(body);
        var res = await Http.SendAsync(req);
        var json = await res.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>();
        if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
            throw new Exception(json.GetProperty("error").GetProperty("message").GetString());
        return json.GetProperty("data");
    }
}

curl -s -X POST "$API/guest" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"slug":"tailored-resume"}' | jq -r '.data.token'

token = api("POST", "/guest", {"slug": "tailored-resume"})["token"]

const { token } = await api("POST", "/guest", { slug: "tailored-resume" });

var guest struct{ Token string `json:"token"` }
err := call("POST", "/guest", map[string]string{"slug": "tailored-resume"}, &guest)

String envelope = api("POST", "/guest", """
    {"slug":"tailored-resume"}""");
// token is at data.token in the returned JSON

token = api("POST", "/guest", { slug: "tailored-resume" })["token"]

$token = api("POST", "/guest", ["slug" => "tailored-resume"])["token"];

var guest = await SkillSafe.ApiAsync(HttpMethod.Post, "/guest",
    new { slug = "tailored-resume" });
var token = guest.GetProperty("token").GetString();

curl -s "$API/me" -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" | jq '.data'

me = api("GET", "/me")
print(me["subject_type"], me["credits"])

const me = await api("GET", "/me");
console.log(me.subject_type, me.credits);

var me struct {
	SubjectType string `json:"subject_type"`
	Credits     int64  `json:"credits"`
}
err := call("GET", "/me", nil, &me)

String envelope = api("GET", "/me", null);
// data.subject_type, data.credits

me = api("GET", "/me")
puts "#{me["subject_type"]}: #{me["credits"]} credits"

$me = api("GET", "/me");
echo "{$me['subject_type']}: {$me['credits']} credits\n";

var me = await SkillSafe.ApiAsync(HttpMethod.Get, "/me");
Console.WriteLine($"{me.GetProperty("subject_type")}: {me.GetProperty("credits")} credits");

curl -s -X POST "$API/estimate" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"job_description":"…","background":"…"}' | jq '.data'

est = api("POST", "/estimate", {"job_description": jd, "background": background})
print("worst case:", est["hold_credits"], "credits on", est["model"])

const est = await api("POST", "/estimate", { job_description: jd, background });
console.log("worst case:", est.hold_credits, "credits on", est.model);

var est struct {
	HoldCredits int64  `json:"hold_credits"`
	Model       string `json:"model"`
}
err := call("POST", "/estimate", map[string]string{
	"job_description": jd, "background": background,
}, &est)

String envelope = api("POST", "/estimate", """
    {"job_description": %s, "background": %s}
    """.formatted(toJsonString(jd), toJsonString(background)));
// worst-case cost is at data.hold_credits

est = api("POST", "/estimate", { job_description: jd, background: background })
puts "worst case: #{est["hold_credits"]} credits on #{est["model"]}"

$est = api("POST", "/estimate", [
    "job_description" => $jd,
    "background" => $background,
]);
echo "worst case: {$est['hold_credits']} credits on {$est['model']}\n";

var est = await SkillSafe.ApiAsync(HttpMethod.Post, "/estimate", new {
    job_description = jd, background });
Console.WriteLine($"worst case: {est.GetProperty("hold_credits")} credits");

# input.json: {"job_description":"…","background":"…","job_title_company":"…"}
JOB_ID=$(curl -s -X POST "$API/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: tailor-$(date +%s)" \
  -d @input.json | jq -r '.data.job_id')

while :; do
  JOB=$(curl -s "$API/jobs/$JOB_ID" -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN")
  STATUS=$(echo "$JOB" | jq -r '.data.status')
  [ "$STATUS" = "succeeded" ] || [ "$STATUS" = "failed" ] && break
  sleep 2
done

echo "$JOB" | jq -r '.data.output.output' | jq '{name: .resume.name, matched: .keywords.matched}'

import time

job_id = api("POST", "/run", {
    "job_description": jd,
    "background": background,
    "job_title_company": "Senior Platform Engineer — Vercel",
}, **{"Idempotency-Key": "tailor-001"})["job_id"]

while True:
    job = api("GET", f"/jobs/{job_id}")
    if job["status"] in ("succeeded", "failed"):
        break
    time.sleep(1.5)

if job["status"] == "failed":
    raise RuntimeError(job.get("error", "run failed"))

raw = job["output"]
if isinstance(raw, dict) and "output" in raw:
    raw = raw["output"]
result = json.loads(raw) if isinstance(raw, str) else raw
print(result["resume"]["name"], "—", len(result["trace"]), "traced claims")

const { job_id } = await api("POST", "/run", {
  job_description: jd,
  background,
  job_title_company: "Senior Platform Engineer — Vercel",
}, { "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID() });

let job;
do {
  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1500));
  job = await api("GET", `/jobs/${job_id}`);
} while (job.status !== "succeeded" && job.status !== "failed");

if (job.status === "failed") throw new Error(job.error ?? "run failed");

const raw = job.output?.output ?? job.output;
const result = typeof raw === "string" ? JSON.parse(raw) : raw;
console.log(result.resume.name, result.keywords.matched);

var started struct{ JobID string `json:"job_id"` }
err := call("POST", "/run", map[string]string{
	"job_description": jd, "background": background,
}, &started)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}

var job struct {
	Status string `json:"status"`
	Error  string `json:"error"`
	Output struct {
		Output string `json:"output"`
	} `json:"output"`
}
for {
	if err := call("GET", "/jobs/"+started.JobID, nil, &job); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if job.Status == "succeeded" || job.Status == "failed" {
		break
	}
	time.Sleep(1500 * time.Millisecond)
}
var result map[string]any
json.Unmarshal([]byte(job.Output.Output), &result)

String envelope = api("POST", "/run", """
    {"job_description": %s, "background": %s}
    """.formatted(toJsonString(jd), toJsonString(background)));
String jobId = /* data.job_id via your JSON library */;

while (true) {
    String job = api("GET", "/jobs/" + jobId, null);
    String status = /* data.status */;
    if (status.equals("succeeded") || status.equals("failed")) break;
    Thread.sleep(1500);
}
// the tailored result is the JSON *string* at data.output.output —
// parse it again with your JSON library

started = api("POST", "/run", { job_description: jd, background: background })

job = nil
loop do
  job = api("GET", "/jobs/#{started["job_id"]}")
  break if %w[succeeded failed].include?(job["status"])
  sleep 1.5
end
raise (job["error"] || "run failed") if job["status"] == "failed"

raw = job["output"].is_a?(Hash) ? job["output"].fetch("output", job["output"]) : job["output"]
result = raw.is_a?(String) ? JSON.parse(raw) : raw
puts "#{result["resume"]["name"]} — #{result["keywords"]["matched"].size} keywords matched"

$started = api("POST", "/run", [
    "job_description" => $jd,
    "background" => $background,
]);

do {
    sleep(2);
    $job = api("GET", "/jobs/" . $started["job_id"]);
} while (!in_array($job["status"], ["succeeded", "failed"]));

if ($job["status"] === "failed") {
    throw new Exception($job["error"] ?? "run failed");
}

$raw = is_array($job["output"]) ? ($job["output"]["output"] ?? $job["output"]) : $job["output"];
$result = is_string($raw) ? json_decode($raw, true) : $raw;
echo $result["resume"]["name"] . "\n";

var started = await SkillSafe.ApiAsync(HttpMethod.Post, "/run", new {
    job_description = jd, background });
var jobId = started.GetProperty("job_id").GetString();

JsonElement job;
while (true)
{
    job = await SkillSafe.ApiAsync(HttpMethod.Get, $"/jobs/{jobId}");
    var status = job.GetProperty("status").GetString();
    if (status is "succeeded" or "failed") break;
    await Task.Delay(1500);
}
var result = JsonDocument.Parse(
    job.GetProperty("output").GetProperty("output").GetString()!).RootElement;
Console.WriteLine(result.GetProperty("resume").GetProperty("name"));

curl -sN -X POST "$API/run-stream" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @input.json
# event: job    data: {"job_id":"job_…"}
# event: delta  data: {"text":"{\"resume\":{\"name\""}
# …
# event: done   data: {"job_id":"…","status":"succeeded","charged_credits":412,
#                      "output":{"output":"…the full JSON result…"}}

res = requests.post(API + "/run-stream", json=payload, stream=True,
                    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {TOKEN}"})
event, done = None, None
for line in res.iter_lines(decode_unicode=True):
    if line.startswith("event:"):
        event = line[6:].strip()
    elif line.startswith("data:"):
        data = json.loads(line[5:])
        if event == "delta":
            print(data.get("text", ""), end="", flush=True)
        elif event in ("done", "pending"):
            done = data
        elif event == "error":
            raise RuntimeError(data.get("message"))

result = json.loads(done["output"]["output"])

const res = await fetch(API + "/run-stream", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify(payload),
});
const reader = res.body.getReader();
const decoder = new TextDecoder();
let buf = "", event = "message", done;
for (;;) {
  const chunk = await reader.read();
  if (chunk.done) break;
  buf += decoder.decode(chunk.value, { stream: true });
  let i;
  while ((i = buf.indexOf("\n")) >= 0) {
    const line = buf.slice(0, i); buf = buf.slice(i + 1);
    if (line.startsWith("event:")) event = line.slice(6).trim();
    else if (line.startsWith("data:")) {
      const data = JSON.parse(line.slice(5));
      if (event === "delta") out += data.text ?? "";
      else if (event === "done" || event === "pending") done = data;
      else if (event === "error") throw new Error(data.message);
    }
  }
}
const result = JSON.parse(done.output.output);

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", API+"/run-stream", bytes.NewReader(body))
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+token)
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}
defer res.Body.Close()

sc := bufio.NewScanner(res.Body)
sc.Buffer(make([]byte, 0, 1<<20), 1<<20)
event, done := "", []byte(nil)
for sc.Scan() {
	line := sc.Text()
	if strings.HasPrefix(line, "event:") {
		event = strings.TrimSpace(line[6:])
	} else if strings.HasPrefix(line, "data:") {
		data := strings.TrimSpace(line[5:])
		if event == "delta" {
			// unmarshal {"text": …} and append
		} else if event == "done" || event == "pending" {
			done = []byte(data)
		}
	}
}
// unmarshal done → .output.output (a JSON string) → your result struct

var req = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create(API + "/run-stream"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + TOKEN)
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(payloadJson))
    .build();
var lines = HTTP.send(req, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofLines()).body();

final String[] event = {""};
StringBuilder doneData = new StringBuilder();
lines.forEach(line -> {
    if (line.startsWith("event:")) event[0] = line.substring(6).trim();
    else if (line.startsWith("data:")) {
        if (event[0].equals("delta")) { /* parse {"text"} and append */ }
        else if (event[0].equals("done")) doneData.append(line.substring(5).trim());
    }
});
// parse doneData → output.output (a JSON string) → the result

uri = URI(API + "/run-stream")
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req["Authorization"] = "Bearer #{TOKEN}"
req["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
req.body = payload.to_json

event, done, buf = nil, nil, ""
Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
  http.request(req) do |res|
    res.read_body do |chunk|
      buf << chunk
      while (i = buf.index("\n"))
        line = buf.slice!(0..i).chomp
        if line.start_with?("event:") then event = line[6..].strip
        elsif line.start_with?("data:")
          data = JSON.parse(line[5..])
          print data["text"] if event == "delta"
          done = data if %w[done pending].include?(event)
        end
      end
    end
  end
end
result = JSON.parse(done["output"]["output"])

$event = ""; $done = null; $buf = "";
$ch = curl_init(API . "/run-stream");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN", "Content-Type: application/json"],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode($payload),
    CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION => function ($ch, $chunk) use (&$event, &$done, &$buf) {
        $buf .= $chunk;
        while (($i = strpos($buf, "\n")) !== false) {
            $line = rtrim(substr($buf, 0, $i)); $buf = substr($buf, $i + 1);
            if (str_starts_with($line, "event:")) $event = trim(substr($line, 6));
            elseif (str_starts_with($line, "data:")) {
                $data = json_decode(substr($line, 5), true);
                if ($event === "delta") echo $data["text"] ?? "";
                if ($event === "done" || $event === "pending") $done = $data;
            }
        }
        return strlen($chunk);
    },
]);
curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$result = json_decode($done["output"]["output"], true);

var req = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, Api + "/run-stream")
    { Content = JsonContent.Create(payload) };
var res = await Http.SendAsync(req, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead);
using var reader = new StreamReader(await res.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync());

string? line; string ev = ""; JsonElement doneEl = default;
while ((line = await reader.ReadLineAsync()) != null)
{
    if (line.StartsWith("event:")) ev = line[6..].Trim();
    else if (line.StartsWith("data:"))
    {
        var data = JsonDocument.Parse(line[5..]).RootElement.Clone();
        if (ev == "delta") Console.Write(
            data.TryGetProperty("text", out var t) ? t.GetString() : "");
        else if (ev is "done" or "pending") doneEl = data;
    }
}
var result = JsonDocument.Parse(
    doneEl.GetProperty("output").GetProperty("output").GetString()!).RootElement;

{
  "task": "cover_letter",
  "job_description": "…", "resume": { …from the tailor result… },
  "job_title_company": "Senior Platform Engineer — Vercel",
  "hiring_manager": "Dana Wolf",          // optional; never guessed
  "tone": "direct",                        // "warm" | "direct" | "formal"
  "today": "August 2, 2026"
}
// → {"letter": {"date", "recipient", "greeting", "paragraphs": […],
//               "closing", "signature"}, "note": ""}

{
  "task": "refine",
  "scope": "bullet",                       // "bullet" | "summary" | "document"
  "instruction": "lead with the metric",
  "target": {"path": "experience.0.bullets.2", "text": "…current text…"},
  "job_description": "…", "resume": { … }
}
// scope bullet/summary → {"options": [{"text", "why"} ×3], "note"}
// scope document       → {"resume": {…complete rewrite…}, "trace": […],
//                          "keywords": {…}, "changes": […], "note"}

{
  "task": "gap_questions",
  "job_description": "…", "resume": { … },
  "background": "…your original history text…",
  "gaps": [ …from the tailor result… ],
  "unmatched": [ …from the tailor result… ]
}
// → {"questions": [{"id", "requirement", "question", "why", "example"} ×3–6], "note"}

{
  "task": "gap_apply",
  "job_description": "…", "resume": { … },
  "answers": [{"id": "q1", "requirement": "…", "question": "…",
               "answer": "what you typed"}]
}
// → {"resume": {…updated…}, "trace": […], "added": [{"claim", "where", "from"}],
//    "rejected": [{"id", "requirement", "why"}], "keywords": {…}, "note"}
// every answer lands in exactly one of added or rejected — vague answers are
// rejected rather than upgraded into experience

# payload.json holds one of the four task bodies above
curl -s -X POST "$API/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: task-$(date +%s)" \
  -d @payload.json | jq -r '.data.job_id'
# …then poll /jobs/{job_id} exactly as in step 4

def run_task(payload, key):
    job_id = api("POST", "/run", payload, **{"Idempotency-Key": key})["job_id"]
    while True:
        job = api("GET", f"/jobs/{job_id}")
        if job["status"] in ("succeeded", "failed"):
            break
        time.sleep(1.5)
    if job["status"] == "failed":
        raise RuntimeError(job.get("error", "run failed"))
    return json.loads(job["output"]["output"])

letter = run_task({"task": "cover_letter", "job_description": jd,
                   "resume": result["resume"], "tone": "warm",
                   "today": "August 2, 2026"}, "letter-001")
print("\n\n".join(letter["letter"]["paragraphs"]))

async function runTask(payload) {
  const { job_id } = await api("POST", "/run", payload,
    { "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID() });
  let job;
  do {
    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1500));
    job = await api("GET", `/jobs/${job_id}`);
  } while (job.status !== "succeeded" && job.status !== "failed");
  if (job.status === "failed") throw new Error(job.error ?? "run failed");
  return JSON.parse(job.output.output);
}

const letter = await runTask({
  task: "cover_letter", job_description: jd,
  resume: result.resume, tone: "warm", today: "August 2, 2026",
});

// reuse the step-4 poll loop; only the body changes
payload := map[string]any{
	"task":            "cover_letter",
	"job_description": jd,
	"resume":          result["resume"],
	"tone":            "warm",
	"today":           "August 2, 2026",
}
var started struct{ JobID string `json:"job_id"` }
if err := call("POST", "/run", payload, &started); err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}
// …poll /jobs/{job_id} as in step 4, then unmarshal output.output

// reuse the step-4 poll loop; only the body changes
String payload = """
    {"task":"cover_letter","job_description": %s,
     "resume": %s, "tone":"warm", "today":"August 2, 2026"}
    """.formatted(toJsonString(jd), resumeJson);
String envelope = api("POST", "/run", payload);
// …poll /jobs/{job_id} as in step 4, then parse output.output

def run_task(payload)
  started = api("POST", "/run", payload)
  job = nil
  loop do
    job = api("GET", "/jobs/#{started["job_id"]}")
    break if %w[succeeded failed].include?(job["status"])
    sleep 1.5
  end
  raise (job["error"] || "run failed") if job["status"] == "failed"
  JSON.parse(job["output"]["output"])
end

letter = run_task({ task: "cover_letter", job_description: jd,
                    resume: result["resume"], tone: "warm",
                    today: "August 2, 2026" })

function run_task(array $payload): array {
    $started = api("POST", "/run", $payload);
    do {
        sleep(2);
        $job = api("GET", "/jobs/" . $started["job_id"]);
    } while (!in_array($job["status"], ["succeeded", "failed"]));
    if ($job["status"] === "failed") {
        throw new Exception($job["error"] ?? "run failed");
    }
    return json_decode($job["output"]["output"], true);
}

$letter = run_task([
    "task" => "cover_letter", "job_description" => $jd,
    "resume" => $result["resume"], "tone" => "warm",
    "today" => "August 2, 2026",
]);

// reuse the step-4 poll loop; only the body changes
var payload = new {
    task = "cover_letter", job_description = jd,
    resume = resumeElement, tone = "warm", today = "August 2, 2026" };
var started = await SkillSafe.ApiAsync(HttpMethod.Post, "/run", payload);
// …poll /jobs/{job_id} as in step 4, then parse output.output