stocktwits-sentimentlisted
Install: claude install-skill kensongan-prog/trading-advisor
# StockTwits Sentiment Skill
## When to use
Trigger this skill when the user says:
- "Refresh StockTwits sentiment"
- "What's StockTwits saying about NVDA?"
- "Pull retail sentiment from StockTwits"
- "Show me the StockTwits cache"
Do NOT trigger for:
- Reddit (use `reddit-sentiment` — different forum, different signal)
- Professional news (use `us-news`, `klse-news`)
- KLSE tickers as a primary source — StockTwits has near-zero KLSE coverage; the skill will store a no-coverage marker but you won't get signal
## Why this exists
StockTwits is the practical retail-sentiment alternative to FinTwit. The X API ($100/mo basic, $5k+ for real data) was deprioritized during the build; StockTwits provides the same signal class (bull% / bear% / message velocity from retail traders) via a free, unauthenticated public API.
Many StockTwits messages carry **user-tagged sentiment** (Bullish / Bearish badge the poster sets when composing). Roughly 40-60% of messages are tagged on liquid US names. Untagged messages will be LLM-scored downstream by the `sentiment-cache` layer (next step).
## Source
`https://api.stocktwits.com/api/2/streams/symbol/{TICKER}.json` — returns last 30 messages. No auth required. Public rate limit applies (~200 requests/hour per IP — far above our ~25-name refresh).
**Ticker formatting:**
- **US equity:** bare symbol (e.g. `NVDA`, `AUPH`)
- **Crypto:** symbol + `.X` suffix (e.g. `BTC.X`, `ETH.X`, `HYPE.X`)
- **KLSE:** no coverage. The skill stores a `no_cover