Tracking Crypto Prices

Contents

Overview | Prerequisites | Instructions | Output | Error Handling | Examples | Resources

Overview

Foundation skill providing real-time and historical cryptocurrency price data for 10,000+ coins. This is the data layer for the crypto plugin ecosystem -- 10+ other skills depend on it for price information.

Prerequisites

1. Install dependencies: pip install requests pandas yfinance
2. Optional: pip install python-dotenv for API key management
3. Optional: Get free API key from https://www.coingecko.com/en/api for higher rate limits
4. Add API key to ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/config/settings.yaml or set COINGECKO_API_KEY env var

Instructions

1. Check current prices for one or more symbols: