blpapi-expertlisted

Bloomberg API (blpapi) and xbbg expertise. Use this skill ANY time the user mentions Bloomberg, blpapi, xbbg, BDP/BDH/BDS, Bloomberg fields, FLDS, the Bloomberg Terminal as a data source, or uses Bloomberg-style tickers like "AAPL US Equity", "SPX Index", "EURUSD Curncy", "CL1 Comdty". Also trigger on yellow keys (Equity, Comdty, Curncy, Index, Govt, Corp, Mtge, Pfd), overrides (currency hedging, fundamental periods, pricing source, split/dividend adjustment), reference data, historical data, intraday bars, intraday ticks, real-time market data subscriptions, vol surfaces, OVDV, option chains sourced from Bloomberg, security lookup, and any Element-tree response parsing. Without this skill, Claude hallucinates field names, override names, request shapes, and Element parsing patterns: load it whenever Bloomberg is even plausibly the data source, not only when the user says the word "blpapi".
sthibod/blpapi-expert · ★ 0 · AI & Automation · score 73

Install: claude install-skill sthibod/blpapi-expert

# blpapi-expert The Bloomberg API is large and full of subtle distinctions that flatten into hallucination if you wing it. Read the relevant references in this skill before writing code; don't guess field names, override names, or response shapes. ## Non-goals This skill is scoped to the **Desktop API** (Bloomberg Terminal-attached local sessions). If the user's task is about any of the following, say so and ask whether they want to adapt the patterns or use a different reference: the canonical patterns here will not apply cleanly: - **B-PIPE / Server API / Platform**: server-side enterprise feeds with a different session model and entitlement layer - **EMSX**: execution and order management - **Bloomberg Data License (BDLP)**: bulk file delivery, separate from blpapi entirely - **DAPI / Excel COM automation**: `=BDP(...)` Excel formulas driven by the Bloomberg Add-in, no Python `blpapi` can connect to non-Desktop sessions with other `SessionOptions`, but everything here assumes Desktop; verify before extrapolating. ## Environment / setup **One-command setup and validation.** On the machine that will run the code, `python assets/setup.py` installs `blpapi` and `xbbg` if missing and validates the whole path against the live Terminal (idempotent; `--check` validates only; `pwsh assets/setup.ps1` on Windows; `pip install -r assets/requirements.txt` for automation). **Preflight probe.** Before writing or running blpapi/xbbg code, run `python assets/preflight.py`. It