Watchlist Brief (morning / close)

Informational summary only - not financial advice; no trade suggestions or order placement.

Steps

scripts/ ships next to this SKILL.md after npx skills add. Run them from the project root by path (do not cd into this skill folder). Same shared watchlist as the other two skills: $WATCHLIST_FILE, else ./watchlist.json in the project directory (walks up from .claude/skills/<name> / .agents/skills/<name>), else ~/.config/us-watchlist-alerts/watchlist.json.

1. Determine context with python3 scripts/market_calendar.py. Morning brief ~08:30-09:25 ET; close brief after 16:05 ET. On holidays/weekends, say the market is closed and give the next session. After the bell the alerter evaluates last regular close and labels it — do the same in the brief.
2. Generate the table: python3 scripts/brief.py --kind morning (or --kind close). Columns: Ticker | Price | Chg | RSI14 | Trend (SMA50 vs SMA200) | To stop | To target 1. "To stop" is remaining cushion (positive = room left); shorts use stop-minus-price. Earnings dates in the footer are upcoming only (Yahoo calendar/HTML, Nasdaq analyst page, then Finnhub/AV if keyed). Use --format json when a downstream script will consume the brief. Biggest movers only: python3 scripts/movers.py. Gaps vs prior close: python3 scripts/gappers.py --threshold 2.
3. Run python3 scripts/alerts.py --dry-run --format json to list conditions currently true without consuming cooldowns; mention notable ones. After hours this uses last regular close (no --force-session). Use --force-session only on weekends/holidays if you still want to evaluate.
4. Optionally chart a notable ticker: python3 scripts/chart.py AAPL --watchlist watchlist.json (or --style candle --sma 20,50). Stdlib ASCII sparkline + grid with SMA overlays and stop / entry / target / price_above / price_below lines from the watchlist. --out ticker.png writes a PNG when matplotlib is installed; otherwise it writes a .txt next to that path. Informational only — never a trade signal.
5. Optionally add 1 headline per ticker that moved > 3% or has earnings within 7 days (web search, or tickertick/news tools if available). Cite sources; never fabricate news.
6. Write the brief:
   • Headline (one sentence: the overall picture of the list).
   • The table.
   • Watch today / tomorrow: earnings, tickers within 3% of stop or target, gap moves.
   • Data source + delay note, and "Informational only - not financial advice." Keep it under ~250 words unless asked for more.