Trading Skills Navigator

Trading Skills Navigator

The interactive on-ramp for this repository. It turns a user's goal into a

concrete recommendation: which workflow to run, which skillset

(skills-index category) it belongs to, the API requirement, and the

setup path for Claude Web App or Claude Code.

A new user faces 54 skills + 5 workflows with no router. This skill is that

router. It is deterministic — a Python recommender (scripts/recommend.py)

consumes the repo metadata; this SKILL.md narrates the result conversationally.

When to Use

• The user expresses a trading/investing goal and asks where to start or which

skill/workflow to use ("どれを使えばいい", "where do I start").

• The user asks what works without paid API keys.
• The user wants the no-API vs API path separated, or a beginner path.
• The user describes a persona ("part-time swing trader", "dividend investor",

"I want to short", "I want to backtest ideas") and needs routing.

Do not use this skill to execute trades, place orders, or auto-run other

skills. It recommends and explains only.

Workflow

Step 1 — Capture the goal and constraints

From the user's message, extract:

• The natural-language goal (verbatim is fine).
• Optional constraints: no-API only? a daily time budget

(15m/30m/60m/90m)? experience level (beginner/intermediate/advanced)?

Ask at most one brief clarifying question only if the goal is empty or has no

discernible intent. Otherwise proceed — the recommender degrades gracefully.

Step 2 — Run the recommender

python3 skills/trading-skills-navigator/scripts/recommend.py \
  --query "<the user's goal, verbatim>" \
  --format json
  # optional: --no-api  --time-budget 15m|30m|60m|90m|any
  #           --experience beginner|intermediate|advanced

• In Claude Code the script reads the repo-root SSoT

(skills-index.yaml + workflows/*.yaml) automatically.

• In the Claude Web App there is no repo root; the script transparently

falls back to the bundled assets/metadata_snapshot.json. The recommendation

is byte-identical in both environments — no behavior change for the user.

Step 3 — Narrate the result conversationally

Parse the JSON and explain, in the user's language:

• Primary workflow — display_name, cadence, ~estimated_minutes,

api_profile. State plainly what it does and when to run it.

• Secondary workflows — if any, how they relate (e.g. "run the regime

check first, then this when it allows risk").

• Skillset — the skillset.id (skills-index category).

manifest_status: active means a curated skillsets/<id>.yaml bundle ships

for this category (market-regime, core-portfolio, swing-opportunity,

trade-memory) — mention it as the install bundle for the recommended

workflow. manifest_status: deferred means no manifest yet (e.g. honest-gap

categories); the recommendation is workflow-based only.

• No-API vs API — read no_api_path: true → the entire recommended path

works without paid API keys (state this plainly); false → tell the user

which paid key(s) the path needs; null → honest gap, no path. (no_api is

the *request* flag — whether no-API mode was active — not whether the path is

free; always narrate no_api_path.) If a workflow was excluded under

--no-api, surface the rationale entry naming the paid integration (e.g.

"swing-opportunity-daily needs FMP").

• Honest gap — if honest_gap is true there is no shipped workflow for

this intent. Say so directly, then present suggested_skills from the

relevant category and relay the note. Never invent a workflow.

• Always read the rationale array and explain *why* this was recommended.

Step 4 — Explain the setup path

Read references/setup_paths.md and walk the user through installing

setup_bundle — the recommender's deterministic install union over the

primary skillset and every secondary workflow (so nothing is dropped for a

multi-workflow recommendation). Enumerate setup_bundle.required →

recommended → optional, cite setup_bundle.sources to explain *why* each

skill is needed, and name skillset.manifest.related_workflows for *how* the

bundle is run. Narrate skillset.manifest (when present) as "what the

recommended skillset is". On an honest gap install suggested_skills. Do this

for whichever environment the user is in (Claude Web App .skill upload, or

Claude Code folder copy); call out any paid API keys those skills need.

Step 5 — Point to the learning loop

Close by pointing the user at trader-memory-core and the

trade-memory-loop / monthly-performance-review workflows so every

recommended path feeds the Plan → Trade → Record → Review → Improve loop.

Output Format

The JSON the recommender emits (stable, idempotent, sort_keys):

| Field | Meaning |

|---|---|

| primary_workflow | Recommended workflow object, or null on an honest gap |

| secondary_workflows | Supporting workflows (ordered, time-budget filtered) |

| skillset | {id, source: skills-index.category, manifest_status, manifest}. manifest_status is active when skillsets/<id>.yaml ships, else deferred. manifest is the 5-key view {display_name, required_skills, recommended_skills, optional_skills, related_workflows} when active, else null. Describes the primary skillset only — not the install list |

| setup_bundle | {required, recommended, optional, sources} — the actionable install union over the primary skillset and every secondary workflow (deterministic, tier-deduped). This is what to install. All-empty on an honest gap (use suggested_skills) |

| suggested_skills | Skills to use when no workflow shipped (honest gap); else [] |

| no_api | Request-side: was no-API constraint mode active (flag or persona) |

| no_api_path | Path-side: does the whole recommendation (primary + every secondary) work without paid API keys? true/false; null on an honest gap. This is the DoD's API-vs-no-API separation — narrate it explicitly |

| honest_gap | true when no workflow exists for the intent |

| note | Plain-language explanation for gaps / unmapped input |

| rationale | Ordered list of why-this-was-recommended strings |

| setup_path_ref | Pointer to the setup-path reference |

Resources

• scripts/recommend.py — the deterministic recommender (single source of

truth for routing).

• scripts/build_snapshot.py — regenerates assets/metadata_snapshot.json

from the SSoT; --check guards drift (pre-commit + CI).

• references/intent_routing.md — the persona table, the 10-question contract,

the --no-api credential rule, and scoring tie-breaks.

• references/setup_paths.md — Claude Web App vs Claude Code setup steps.
• assets/metadata_snapshot.json — generated SSoT digest for the Web App

fallback. Never edit by hand; run build_snapshot.py.