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Market Pulse by ccplugins — Agent Skill

Name: Market Pulse
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: ccplugins

Market Pulse

Summarize what's moving in the market right now using the AlphaAI MCP. Use when the user asks "what's moving?", "what's the big story today?", "anything breaking?", "market pulse", or wants a fast read on the current tape rather than one specific ticker.

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Market pulse

Answer "what's happening right now?" from AlphaAI's feed. Two tools cover two different questions — pick the right one:

alphai_actionable_now — breaking, decision-grade news from the last few hours. The gate is strict: by default only actionability='high' (something to act on TODAY — guidance cut, halted trading, breaking M&A, surprise print).
alphai_trending — top stories of the last 48h by relevance. The "big picture", not necessarily urgent.

Steps

Start narrow, with alphai_actionable_now() (defaults: last 6h, high-actionability). This is the real "is anything breaking" signal.
Read an empty result correctly. Outside major market hours (nights, weekends — crypto trades 24/7, but high-actionability prints still cluster in US/European/Asian sessions) an empty list is expected — it means no high-actionability prints in the window, not that the tool failed. Before concluding "nothing happened", widen once: alphai_actionable_now(hours=24, min_actionability='medium').
Add the backdrop with alphai_trending(limit=10). Use this for the "bigger stories shaping the week" layer even when nothing is breaking.
Optional focus. If the user named a sector or theme, resolve it to tickers (alphai_tickers(q=...) or your own knowledge), then alphai_news_search(tickers=[...], min_relevance=7) — there is no free-text news search; match themes client-side on the returned titles/summaries.

Output

Breaking now — the high-actionability items, if any. Each: headline · ticker(s) · one clause on the decision it forces. If none, say so in one line and note the window you checked.
Big picture — 3–5 trending stories by relevance, each a one-liner.
So what — one or two sentences tying it together (risk-on/off, a sector in focus, an event everyone's positioning around).

Guardrails

Don't conflate "trending" with "actionable". A story can dominate the tape (trending) without being something to act on today (actionable). Label which layer each item came from if it matters.
Report relevance / actionability honestly; don't upgrade a medium item to "breaking".
News, not advice — no trade calls.

---name: market-pulsedescription: Summarize what's moving in the market right now using the AlphaAI MCP. Use when the user asks "what's moving?", "what's the big story today?", "anything breaking?", "market pulse", or wants a fast read on the current tape rather than one specific ticker.---# Market pulseAnswer "what's happening *right now*?" from AlphaAI's feed. Two tools cover twodifferent questions — pick the right one:- **`alphai_actionable_now`** — breaking, *decision-grade* news from the last few hours. The gate is strict: by default only `actionability='high'` (something to act on TODAY — guidance cut, halted trading, breaking M&A, surprise print).- **`alphai_trending`** — top stories of the last 48h by relevance. The "big picture", not necessarily urgent.## Steps1. **Start narrow, with `alphai_actionable_now()`** (defaults: last 6h, high-actionability). This is the real "is anything breaking" signal.2. **Read an empty result correctly.** Outside major market hours (nights, weekends — crypto trades 24/7, but high-actionability prints still cluster in US/European/Asian sessions) an empty list is *expected* — it means no high-actionability prints in the window, **not** that the tool failed. Before concluding "nothing happened", widen once: `alphai_actionable_now(hours=24, min_actionability='medium')`.3. **Add the backdrop with `alphai_trending(limit=10)`.** Use this for the "bigger stories shaping the week" layer even when nothing is breaking.4. **Optional focus.** If the user named a sector or theme, resolve it to tickers (`alphai_tickers(q=...)` or your own knowledge), then `alphai_news_search(tickers=[...], min_relevance=7)` — there is no free-text news search; match themes client-side on the returned titles/summaries.## Output- **Breaking now** — the high-actionability items, if any. Each: headline · ticker(s) · one clause on the decision it forces. If none, say so in one line and note the window you checked.- **Big picture** — 3–5 trending stories by relevance, each a one-liner.- **So what** — one or two sentences tying it together (risk-on/off, a sector in focus, an event everyone's positioning around).## Guardrails- Don't conflate "trending" with "actionable". A story can dominate the tape (trending) without being something to act on today (actionable). Label which layer each item came from if it matters.- Report relevance / actionability honestly; don't upgrade a medium item to "breaking".- News, not advice — no trade calls.

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