Agent skill

Indicator Guide

by YicunAI in YicunAI/Pnlclaw-community

Explains common technical indicators (SMA, EMA, RSI, MACD) with quantitative intuition and example calculations

AGPL-3.0Auto-check passedBusiness, Finance & HR

Install Indicator Guide

skills CLI
$ npx skills add YicunAI/Pnlclaw-community --skill indicator-guide -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install YicunAI/Pnlclaw-community indicator-guide --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/YicunAI/Pnlclaw-community.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/indicator-guide .claude/skills/indicator-guide && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
indicator-guide
GitHub stars
197
Token cost
~389 tokens
SKILL.md length
185 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
8
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
AGPL-3.0

At a glance

Explains common technical indicators (SMA, EMA, RSI, MACD) with quantitative intuition and example calculations

  • Works in 4 steps: Ask which indicators and timeframe… → Define each indicator: formula idea,… → Give a small numeric toy example (e.g.… → …
  • Business, Finance & HR work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Description, Triggers, Steps and Tools Used, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Indicator Guide is an agent skill from YicunAI/Pnlclaw-community. Explains common technical indicators (SMA, EMA, RSI, MACD) with quantitative intuition and example calculations

Its SKILL.md is about 390 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Business, Finance & HR. The repository describes itself as: PnLClaw — local-first crypto and prediction market quant engine. The licence is AGPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Business, Finance & HR work in your project

Example prompts

  • “Use the indicator-guide skill to explain common technical indicators (SMA, EMA, RSI, MACD) with quantitative intuition and example calculations”
  • “/indicator-guide”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Ask which indicators and timeframe matter for the user's strategy style.
  2. Define each indicator: formula idea, smoothing behavior, and typical range.
  3. Give a small numeric toy example (e.g. five closes → SMA vs EMA weighting).
  4. Relate signals to strategy design (crossovers, divergence, overbought/oversold) without recommending specific trades.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 933014f. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Indicator Guide loads about 389 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 32 tokens; SKILL.md has 185 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~32
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~389

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from YicunAI/Pnlclaw-community at commit 933014f, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© YicunAI). 185 words, ~389 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/indicator-guide/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
indicator-guide
description
Explains common technical indicators (SMA, EMA, RSI, MACD) with quantitative intuition and example calculations
version
0.1.0
tags
indicators, education, technical-analysis
user_invocable
true
model_invocable
true
requires_tools
market_kline

Indicator Guide

Description

Explains common technical indicators (SMA, EMA, RSI, MACD) with quantitative intuition and example calculations.

Triggers

  • "What is the difference between SMA and EMA?"
  • "How do I interpret RSI and MACD together?"

Steps

  1. Ask which indicators and timeframe matter for the user's strategy style.
  2. Define each indicator: formula idea, smoothing behavior, and typical range.
  3. Give a small numeric toy example (e.g. five closes → SMA vs EMA weighting).
  4. Relate signals to strategy design (crossovers, divergence, overbought/oversold) without recommending specific trades.

Tools Used

  • market_kline: Optional OHLCV context when the user wants a concrete worked example on a symbol.

Example Interaction

User: Explain MACD in simple terms with numbers. Agent: MACD compares a fast and slow EMA of price, then smooths their difference (signal). For example, if fast EMA is 102 and slow EMA is 100, the MACD line is about +2; the signal line is an EMA of that series. Crossovers and histogram slope are common signal building blocks—always validate on your interval and costs.

Notes

  • This skill is educational; quantitative examples should use hypothetical or cited bars, not investment advice.

© YicunAI, AGPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/indicator-guide of YicunAI/Pnlclaw-community.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 933014f

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Questions about Indicator Guide

What does Indicator Guide do?

Explains common technical indicators (SMA, EMA, RSI, MACD) with quantitative intuition and example calculations. Indicator Guide is an agent skill from YicunAI/Pnlclaw-community.

When should I use Indicator Guide?

Indicator Guide fits situations like: business, Finance & HR work in your project.

How do I install Indicator Guide in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add YicunAI/Pnlclaw-community --skill indicator-guide -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/indicator-guide in YicunAI/Pnlclaw-community) into .claude/skills/indicator-guide in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Indicator Guide in Codex?

Run `npx skills add YicunAI/Pnlclaw-community --skill indicator-guide -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/indicator-guide in YicunAI/Pnlclaw-community) into .agents/skills/indicator-guide in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Indicator Guide in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add YicunAI/Pnlclaw-community --skill indicator-guide -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/indicator-guide, .gemini/skills/indicator-guide, .github/skills/indicator-guide and .opencode/skills/indicator-guide in your project.

What does Indicator Guide need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Indicator Guide is instructions for the agent only.

Does Indicator Guide access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Indicator Guide safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Indicator Guide use?

Indicator Guide is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Indicator Guide use?

About 389 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Indicator Guide?

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Who maintains Indicator Guide?

YicunAI (a GitHub user) maintains it in YicunAI/Pnlclaw-community, which has 197 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on April 8, 2026.

Source: YicunAI/Pnlclaw-community on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.