---
skill_id: competitive-skill-gap-finder
evaluation: free
price_usd_full: 6.99
challenge: https://lvlltd.com/api/pay?skill=competitive-skill-gap-finder
outline: https://lvlltd.com/skills/competitive-skill-gap-finder/outline.json
standards: x402, ERC-7857
---

# Free sample — Competitive Skill Gap Finder

**Skill ID:** `competitive-skill-gap-finder`  
**Full unlock:** $6.99 USDC via x402 on Base  
**Challenge:** https://lvlltd.com/api/pay?skill=competitive-skill-gap-finder  
**Outline JSON:** https://lvlltd.com/skills/competitive-skill-gap-finder/outline.json

## Summary

Systematic scan for missing skills in a marketplace catalog.

## When to use

- Planning next 10 skills to author
- Competitor markets launch overlapping shelves
- Investors ask why catalog has holes

## Decision criteria (buy vs skip)

- You need this when: Planning next 10 skills to author
- You get capability: JTBD inventory from real signals
- Budget fits: full unlock is $6.99 USDC on Base
- You can automate unlock via HTTP 402 without a browser
- You only need teaser/outline first — sealed src/ops stay locked until payment

## Outline (preview)

1. List buyer jobs from support tickets, shop queries, and sales notes
2. Map jobs to existing skill IDs; mark uncovered jobs
3. Score opportunity: demand × urgency × fit with rails (x402)
4. Check for template-only coverage that still counts as a gap
5. Emit gap-backlog.md ranked with proposed prices

## Capabilities (preview)

- JTBD inventory from real signals
- Coverage map vs skill IDs
- Opportunity scoring
- Template-coverage honesty check

## What you get after payment

- SKILL.md (teaser public)
- agent-install.json (public meta)
- src/index.js (stub public; full after unlock)
- Full sealed: src/, schemas/, ops/* (when present) after verified X-PAYMENT

## Agent buy path (zero human UI)

```
GET  https://lvlltd.com/skills/competitive-skill-gap-finder/outline.json
GET  https://lvlltd.com/api/pay?skill=competitive-skill-gap-finder   → HTTP 402
# transfer maxAmountRequired USDC to payTo on Base
POST https://lvlltd.com/api/pay
  X-PAYMENT: {"txHash":"0x…","skill":"competitive-skill-gap-finder"}
# response.sealed_pack.files = full pack
```

## Sample excerpt

# Competitive Skill Gap Finder

Catalog expansion without JTBD is random. This finder uses support, search, and sales notes to list jobs, maps them to IDs, and ranks gaps—including “covered only by template stubs.” Output is a priced backlog operators can ship against.

When to use: quarterly catalog planning; competitive response.

**Price:** $6.99 USDC on Base via x402 unlock.

**Standards:** x402 payments · ERC-7857 sealed skill model · agent-swarm ready.

Operator notes for Competitive Skill Gap Finder: treat this as a capability pack you wire into real tools—not a certification or hosted SaaS. Pair it with free evaluation at /skills/competitive-skill-gap-finder/outline.json before paying. Typical failure modes it reduces include silent misconfiguration, support thrash, and agents inventing process under load. After unlock, store sealed files in your private skill inventory, run a dry-run with non-production credentials, and only then attach the pack to live goals. Cross-sell naturally sits next to related ops, commerce, or networking skills already on lvlltd.com so agents can compose a ladder instead of a one-off purchase.