The Agent Skills Directory

[DATA_EXPOSURE]: The skill accesses a local .env file to retrieve API keys. This is documented as a standard and recommended practice for secret management within the execution environment.
Evidence: The load_env() function in scripts/alpaca_cli.py targets Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3] / ".env".
[EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill requires the alpaca-py library, which is the official Python SDK for the well-known Alpaca brokerage service.
Evidence: package: alpaca-py is listed in the SKILL.md metadata and installation instructions.
[COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill facilitates trading and market data retrieval through a Python CLI script. All network communication is directed to well-known Alpaca API endpoints (paper-api.alpaca.markets and api.alpaca.markets).
Evidence: The script implements commands like place, cancel, and quote, and includes a mandatory --confirm-live safety flag for any operations involving real currency.

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