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Matlab Access Datafeed Agent Skill

> Guide for accessing financial and economic data in MATLAB using the Datafeed Toolbox. Covers Bloomberg (market data via bloomberg/blp/bloombergHypermedia), FRED (Federal Reserve economic data via fredrs), and Haver Analytics (economic data via haver/haverdirect/haverview). Use when connecting to any of these data providers from MATLAB.

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Install

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npx skills add https://github.com/matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit --skill matlab-access-datafeed

The instruction itself

10 sections, as written by the author

Datafeed Toolbox — Bloomberg, FRED, and Haver Analytics

Access financial and economic data from three major providers through the MATLAB Datafeed Toolbox.

When to Use

  • User wants to connect to Bloomberg, FRED, or Haver Analytics from MATLAB
  • User needs to retrieve market data (prices, history, real-time, reference data) via Bloomberg
  • User needs to retrieve economic time series from the St. Louis Fed (FRED)
  • User needs to fetch economic/financial time series from Haver Analytics databases
  • User needs help choosing between interfaces within a provider (e.g., bloomberg vs blp vs bloombergHypermedia, haver vs haverview)
  • User is writing MATLAB code involving securities, economic indicators, or data provider connectivity

When NOT to Use

  • General financial modeling or portfolio optimization that doesn't involve data provider connectivity
  • Bloomberg Terminal keyboard shortcuts or Excel add-in questions (not MATLAB)
  • Data sources not covered here (e.g., Yahoo Finance, Reuters/Refinitiv)

Provider Overview

| Provider | Data Type | Interfaces | Reference |

|----------|-----------|------------|-----------|

| Bloomberg | Market data (equities, fixed income, derivatives, indices) | bloomberg, blp, bloombergHypermedia, bloombergEMSX | references/bloomberg.md |

| FRED | U.S. economic data (GDP, unemployment, CPI, interest rates) | fredrs (replaces obsolete fred) | references/fred.md |

| Haver Analytics | Global economic & financial data (macro, industry, surveys) | haver, haverdirect, haverview | references/haver.md |

Quick Interface Selection

Bloomberg — see references/bloomberg.md for full API patterns

  • Windows Desktop/Terminal userbloomberg (C++)
  • Need platform independence (BPIPE)bloombergBPIPE
  • Server/cloud, no Terminal (Data License)bloombergHypermedia
  • Existing blp users → migrate to bloomberg (same API, no Java needed)

FRED — see references/fred.md for full API patterns

  • Any platformfredrs (requires R2026a+, API key)
  • fred is obsolete — do NOT use it

Haver Analytics — see references/haver.md for full API patterns

  • Windows with local data fileshaver
  • Windows needing remote accesshaverdirect
  • Non-Windows / server / cloudhaverview (REST API)

How to Use References

Before generating code for a specific provider, read the corresponding reference file for detailed API patterns, function signatures, gotchas, and examples:

  • Working with Bloomberg data → read references/bloomberg.md
  • Working with FRED economic data → read references/fred.md
  • Working with Haver Analytics data → read references/haver.md

Common Rules

  • Always use getSecret() for credentials and API keys — never hardcode secrets
  • All three providers require the Datafeed Toolbox
  • fredrs additionally requires R2026a or later
  • Bloomberg and Haver local interfaces (bloomberg, blp, haver, haverdirect) are Windows-only; cloud/REST variants (bloombergHypermedia, bpipe, haverview, fredrs) are platform-independent

Copyright 2026 The MathWorks, Inc.

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