# Edge Hint Extractor

> Extract edge hints from daily market observations and news reactions, with optional LLM ideation, and output canonical hints.yaml for downstream concept synthesis and auto detection.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-tradermonty-claude-trading-skills-edge-hint-extractor`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [tradermonty](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/tradermonty)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [tradermonty](https://github.com/tradermonty)
- **Source:** https://github.com/tradermonty/claude-trading-skills/tree/main/skills/edge-hint-extractor
- **Website:** https://tradermonty.github.io/claude-trading-skills/

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-tradermonty-claude-trading-skills-edge-hint-extractor
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Edge Hint Extractor

## Overview

Convert raw observation signals (`market_summary`, `anomalies`, `news reactions`) into structured edge hints.
This skill is the first stage in the split workflow: `observe -> abstract -> design -> pipeline`.

## When to Use

- You want to turn daily market observations into reusable hint objects.
- You want LLM-generated ideas constrained by current anomalies/news context.
- You need a clean `hints.yaml` input for concept synthesis or auto detection.

## Prerequisites

- Python 3.9+
- `PyYAML`
- Optional inputs from detector run:
  - `market_summary.json`
  - `anomalies.json`
  - `news_reactions.csv` or `news_reactions.json`

## Output

- `hints.yaml` containing:
  - `hints` list
  - generation metadata
  - rule/LLM hint counts

## Workflow

1. Gather observation files (`market_summary`, `anomalies`, optional news reactions).
2. Run `scripts/build_hints.py` to generate deterministic hints.
3. Optionally augment hints with LLM ideas via one of two methods:
   - a. `--llm-ideas-cmd` — pipe data to an external LLM CLI (subprocess).
   - b. `--llm-ideas-file PATH` — load pre-written hints from a YAML file (for Claude Code workflows where Claude generates hints itself).
4. Pass `hints.yaml` into concept synthesis or auto detection.

Note: `--llm-ideas-cmd` and `--llm-ideas-file` are mutually exclusive.

## Quick Commands

Rule-based only (default output to `reports/edge_hint_extractor/hints.yaml`):

```bash
python3 skills/edge-hint-extractor/scripts/build_hints.py \
  --market-summary /tmp/edge-auto/market_summary.json \
  --anomalies /tmp/edge-auto/anomalies.json \
  --news-reactions /tmp/news_reactions.csv \
  --as-of 2026-02-20 \
  --output-dir reports/
```

Rule + LLM augmentation (external CLI):

```bash
python3 skills/edge-hint-extractor/scripts/build_hints.py \
  --market-summary /tmp/edge-auto/market_summary.json \
  --anomalies /tmp/edge-auto/anomalies.json \
  --llm-ideas-cmd "python3 /path/to/llm_ideas_cli.py" \
  --output-dir reports/
```

Rule + LLM augmentation (pre-written file, for Claude Code):

```bash
python3 skills/edge-hint-extractor/scripts/build_hints.py \
  --market-summary /tmp/edge-auto/market_summary.json \
  --anomalies /tmp/edge-auto/anomalies.json \
  --llm-ideas-file /tmp/llm_hints.yaml \
  --output-dir reports/
```

## Resources

- `skills/edge-hint-extractor/scripts/build_hints.py`
- `references/hints_schema.md`

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [tradermonty](https://github.com/tradermonty)
- **Source:** [tradermonty/claude-trading-skills](https://github.com/tradermonty/claude-trading-skills)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://tradermonty.github.io/claude-trading-skills/

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** yes
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-tradermonty-claude-trading-skills-edge-hint-extractor
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/tradermonty
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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