🚀 SkillForge AI

Forge your next career move with AI.

An AI-powered career accelerator that analyzes resumes, identifies skill gaps, generates personalized learning roadmaps, and provides an intelligent mentor to guide users from learning to landing their dream job.

🌐 Live Demo: https://skillforge-ai-delta.vercel.app/

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📖 Overview

SkillForge AI is a full-stack AI-powered career guidance platform designed for students, fresh graduates, and professionals.

Instead of following generic online courses, users receive a personalized roadmap based on:

• 📄 Resume analysis
• 🎯 Career goal
• 🧠 Existing skills
• 📈 Skill gap detection
• 🤖 AI-generated project recommendations

An integrated AI Mentor assists users throughout their learning journey by answering roadmap, interview, resume, and career-related questions.

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✨ Features

🔐 Secure Authentication

• Firebase Authentication
• Protected backend APIs using Firebase ID Tokens

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📄 AI Resume Analysis

Upload your resume and let AI:

• Extract technical skills
• Detect frameworks & tools
• Identify missing skills
• Understand career readiness

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🛣 Personalized Roadmap Generation

Based on:

• Selected career goal
• Resume analysis
• Existing skills

Gemini AI generates:

• Step-by-step learning roadmap
• Real-world projects
• Recommended technologies
• Skill progression path

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🤖 AI Mentor

Built-in AI assistant that helps users with:

• Learning guidance
• Resume improvement
• Interview preparation
• Career advice
• Project suggestions

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📈 Progress Tracking

Track:

• Readiness score
• Completed projects
• Completed skills
• Overall learning journey

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👤 User Profile

View:

• Career goal
• Skills
• Resume status
• Progress summary

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🛠 Tech Stack

Frontend

• React Native (Expo)
• JavaScript
• React Navigation
• React Context API
• Axios
• Firebase Authentication
• React Native Paper
• Expo Document Picker
• React Native Gifted Chat

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• Firebase Admin SDK
• Firestore
• Firebase Storage

AI

• Google Gemini API

Deployment

• Frontend: Vercel
• Backend: Render
• Database: Cloud Firestore

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⚙️ System Architecture

                  User
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        React Native (Expo App)
                    │
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          Express.js REST API
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      ┌─────────────┼─────────────┐
      ▼             ▼             ▼
 Firebase Auth   Firestore   Firebase Storage
      │                           │
      └─────────────┬──────────────┘
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             Google Gemini AI
                    │
                    ▼
      Resume Analysis • Roadmap • AI Mentor

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📱 Application Flow

Login / Signup
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Career Selection
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Resume Upload
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AI Resume Analysis
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Skill Gap Detection
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Generate Personalized Roadmap
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Dashboard
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 ┌──────┴──────────┐
 ▼                 ▼
AI Mentor      Progress Tracking
        │
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Profile

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📂 Project Structure

skillforge-ai/

├── backend/
│   ├── controllers/
│   ├── middleware/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── services/
│   ├── config/
│   └── server.js
│
├── frontend/
│   └── mobile/
│       ├── src/
│       │   ├── screens/
│       │   ├── components/
│       │   ├── services/
│       │   ├── navigation/
│       │   ├── context/
│       │   └── firebase/
│       └── App.js

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🧠 How It Works

1️⃣ Authentication

Users securely sign in using Firebase Authentication.

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2️⃣ Resume Upload

The resume is uploaded to Firebase Storage.

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3️⃣ Resume Analysis

Gemini AI extracts:

• Technical Skills
• Frameworks
• Languages
• Missing Skills

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4️⃣ Roadmap Generation

Gemini generates a personalized roadmap tailored to the user's career goal and current skill set.

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5️⃣ AI Mentor

Users can ask career-related questions anytime.

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6️⃣ Progress Tracking

The application tracks completed projects, skills, and readiness score.

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📸 Screenshots

Login	Career Selection

Resume Upload	Skill Analysis

Dashboard	Roadmap

AI Mentor	Profile

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🚀 Getting Started

Clone

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/skillforge-ai.git

Backend

cd backend
npm install
npm run dev

Frontend

cd frontend/mobile
npm install
npx expo start

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🔑 Environment Variables

Backend

PORT= 5000
GEMINI_API_KEY= your_api_key

FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID= firebase_project_id
FIREBASE_CLIENT_EMAIL= firebase_client_email
FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEY= firebase_private_key

Frontend

EXPO_PUBLIC_API_URL= your_expo_public_api_url

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🎯 Future Improvements

• 📊 Career analytics dashboard
• 🎥 Mock interview simulator
• 🏆 Gamified learning milestones
• 📚 Learning resource recommendations
• 🔔 Smart reminders & notifications
• 💼 Job matching based on roadmap
• 🌍 Community learning groups

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions, suggestions, and feature requests are always welcome!

Feel free to fork this repository and submit a pull request.

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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Built with ❤️ using React Native, Firebase, Node.js & Google Gemini AI.