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Inspiration

In today’s fast-changing tech world, students and beginners often feel lost when choosing a career path. Many don’t know what skills to learn, how to stay consistent, or how to prepare for interviews.

The inspiration behind SkillPath AI came from observing this confusion among peers. We wanted to build an intelligent system that acts like a personal AI mentor, guiding users step-by-step in their career journey.

What it does

SkillPath AI is an AI-powered career guidance platform that helps users:

Analyze skill gaps based on career goals Generate personalized learning roadmaps Provide daily learning tasks Simulate AI-based interview practice Offer real-time chatbot assistance Support optional voice interaction

It also works in offline mode, allowing users to access saved roadmaps and tasks without internet.

How we built it

We designed a full-stack system using:

Frontend: HTML, CSS, CSS animations, JavaScript Backend: PHP for authentication and routing Database: SQLite for storing user data, tasks, and roadmaps AI Integration: Python using OpenAI API

The workflow is:

User logs in through a secure authentication system Inputs are sent to Python backend Python communicates with OpenAI API AI response is sent back and displayed in UI

Mathematically, skill gap can be represented as:

Skill Gap

Required Skills − Existing Skills Skill Gap=Required Skills−Existing Skills

This helps in identifying what the user needs to learn.

Challenges we ran into Integrating PHP with Python for API communication Handling real-time chatbot responses efficiently Designing a smooth UI/UX with animations Implementing offline functionality with SQLite Managing voice input using PyAudio Accomplishments that we're proud of Built a fully functional AI career mentor Successfully integrated OpenAI API with Python backend Created a responsive and animated UI Implemented offline support, which is rare in AI apps Added voice assistant capability What we learned Full-stack integration across multiple technologies Working with AI APIs and prompt engineering Database management using SQLite Building scalable and user-friendly UI/UX Handling real-world problems using AI What's next for SkillPath AI Add resume builder and portfolio generator Integrate job recommendation system Improve voice assistant with NLP enhancements Deploy as a mobile and web application Add real-time progress tracking dashboard