Read TradingView Data Directly from Your Agent

Where this fits

You're mid-research, asking your agent for 'SNDK puts with IV.' The data lives in TradingView desktop, but the agent can't see it without an API key or a scraper. tradingview-reader fixes that by giving agents read access to the local TradingView.app through opencli: quotes, options chains, expiries, screeners, news, alerts, watchlists, and even chart screenshots. It turns the app you already have open into a first-class data source instead of a manual lookup step.

Why agents benefit

• Research agents can pull quotes and options chains on demand without switching to a separate data vendor.
• Screeners gain live access to sector, oversold, gainer/loser, and crypto-by-market-cap scans across stocks, crypto, forex, futures, and bonds.
• Agents can read news headlines and full story bodies, active alerts, fired alert logs, and offline fires—so notification states become part of context.
• Watchlists with colored flag lists are available, letting agents reason about curated names and user-specific flags.
• Chart state and screenshots let agents see what is actually on screen, which helps when debugging a chart or reporting a visual setup.

Practical scenarios

Options chain and IV research before a trade

A user asks 'show me SNDK puts' or 'what is the IV skew on NVDA?' The agent opens the TradingView desktop app, reads the options chain and expiries, and returns the relevant strikes and IV metrics—no manual tab switching.

Sector screening without leaving the conversation

You no longer need to scan the screen manually. The agent can run 'TV screener for biotech' or 'screen oversold stocks' and feed results into a watchlist, rankings, or a larger research report. Because the skill is read-only, you can iterate quickly without accidental changes.

Alert and watchlist audit before market open

You can ask 'list my alerts' or 'what alerts fired?' and then check a red flag list in your watchlists. The agent summarizes which conditions triggered, which alerts are active, and what might need attention—useful for an automated morning brief.

Add it to your agent workflow

Install the skill with npx:

npx skills add himself65/finance-skills --skill tradingview-reader

Then give your agent a natural prompt:

Use TradingView to get the current options chain for SNDK and list the nearest expiries. Keep it read-only.

The skill routes through opencli and returns the desktop app's data in a structured form, so you can extend it to your own research scripts.

Compare before adopting

Before committing, compare this skill against direct TradingView HTTP/websocket APIs and brokerage data connectors. Check quality signals: the GitHub repo's star count (currently 3.2k), the author's maintenance cadence, and whether recent issues mention opencli or desktop app version breakage. Since TradingView's macOS UI can change, the skill's selector layer needs to stay fresh. Also compare workflow fit: it only helps if your agent runs on a machine with TradingView Desktop installed and logged in. If you need cloud-only data, another source may be simpler.

If you want to check the skill's latest metadata and community signals first, its OpenAgentSkill page is a good starting point: https://www.openagentskill.com/skills/himself65-tradingview-reader

Why it is worth tracking

The skill belongs to a focused finance-skills repo and has gathered meaningful community momentum with 3.2k stars, which suggests developers are using it for real research workflows. It is worth tracking because 'read-only access to local state' is a common pattern: agents gain authenticated, real-time data without credentials or API costs. Review it when you already depend on TradingView desktop and want to reduce context-switching, or when your agent needs options, alerts, and watchlists that are otherwise hard to reach programmatically.