Okx Sentiment Tracker

OKX News & Sentiment

Crypto news aggregation and coin sentiment analysis for OKX. All commands are read-only and require API credentials (OAuth2.1).

Capabilities

Prerequisites

1. Install okx CLI:

   npm install -g @okx_ai/okx-trade-cli

2. Configure credentials in ~/.okx/config.toml 3. Verify setup:

   okx news latest --limit 3

OKX News does not support demo mode. Always use --profile live silently — don't mention it unless there's an error.

On "not available in demo" errors: the user's current profile is configured with demo/simulated credentials. Tell the user: "News module does not support demo mode. Please switch to a live profile." Guide them to either:

• Use --profile live if a live profile exists: okx --profile live news latest
• Or create one: okx config add-profile AK=<key> SK=<secret> PP=<passphrase> name=live

All commands support --json for raw JSON output.

Quickstart

# Latest news
okx news latest --limit 5

# Today's important news
okx news important --begin $(date -d 'today 00:00:00' +%s000 2>/dev/null || date -v0H -v0M -v0S +%s000)

# BTC news
okx news by-coin --coins BTC

# Search for SEC ETF news
okx news search --keyword "SEC ETF"

# BTC sentiment overview
okx news coin-sentiment --coins BTC

# Trending coins (hottest right now)
okx news sentiment-rank

Intent → Command Mapping

Browse News

latest, by-coin, and search default --importance low, which returns all news (both high and low importance). Pass --importance high only when the user explicitly asks for major / breaking / important news. The dedicated okx news important command is a shortcut for that case.

Search News

Coin Sentiment Analysis

Sentiment Anomaly Detection (multi-coin)

These queries require a broad-then-deep approach: first scan all coins for anomalies, then deep-dive with news correlation. Follow the multi-phase workflow in references/workflows.md — do NOT just pick a few coins to analyze.

Source-Filtered News

Use --platform to filter by news source directly. Always resolve the exact value from okx news platforms — do not guess platform identifiers from the user's wording.

Important: When filtering by source, use a larger --limit (10–20) to maximize results, since individual sources typically have fewer articles than the aggregated feed. --importance low (the default) is the right setting here; do not narrow to --importance high.

Posting cadence is uneven across platforms. The API defaults --begin to 72 hours ago, which is too narrow for bursty sources and will often return 0 results. If a --platform-filtered query returns fewer than ~5 items (or 0), retry with `--begin` set to 7 days back, then 30 days back before concluding the source has no data. Resolve candidate platform IDs from okx news platforms; do not hardcode assumptions about which platforms are active.

Cross-Skill Workflows

See references/workflows.md for multi-step scenarios (market overview, daily briefing, etc.) and full MCP tool → CLI mapping.

Command Reference

okx news latest

Get the latest crypto news sorted by time.

okx news latest [--coins BTC,ETH] [--begin <ms>] [--end <ms>]
               [--importance high|low] [--platform <source>]
               [--detail-lvl brief|summary|full] [--lang zh-CN|en-US]
               [--limit 10] [--after <cursor>] [--json]

--importance default is low (returns all news, both high and low). Pass --importance high to narrow to breaking / major news only — or use okx news important.

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okx news important

Get high-impact breaking news (reported by multiple sources).

okx news important [--coins BTC,ETH] [--begin <ms>] [--end <ms>]
                  [--detail-lvl brief|summary|full]
                  [--lang zh-CN|en-US] [--limit 10] [--json]

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okx news by-coin

Get news for specific coins.

okx news by-coin --coins <BTC,ETH,...>
               [--importance high|low] [--platform <source>]
               [--begin <ms>] [--end <ms>] [--lang zh-CN|en-US]
               [--limit 10] [--json]

--importance default is low (returns all news). Pass --importance high only for breaking / major news.

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okx news search

Full-text keyword search with optional filters.

okx news search --keyword <text>
               [--coins BTC,ETH] [--importance high|low]
               [--platform <source>]
               [--sentiment bullish|bearish|neutral]
               [--sort-by latest|relevant]
               [--begin <ms>] [--end <ms>] [--lang zh-CN|en-US]
               [--limit 10] [--after <cursor>] [--json]

--importance default is low (returns all news). Pass --importance high only for breaking / major news.

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okx news detail

Get full article content by ID.

okx news detail <id>                  # news ID from previous result
               [--lang zh-CN|en-US] [--json]

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okx news by-sentiment

Browse news filtered by sentiment (no keyword needed).

okx news by-sentiment --sentiment <bullish|bearish|neutral>
               [--coins BTC,ETH] [--importance high|low]
               [--sort-by latest|relevant]
               [--begin <ms>] [--end <ms>] [--lang zh-CN|en-US]
               [--limit 10] [--after <cursor>] [--json]

--importance default is low (returns all news). Pass --importance high only for breaking / major news.

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okx news platforms

List available news platforms. Use the returned values with --platform on latest, by-coin, or search commands to filter by source.

okx news platforms [--json]

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okx news coin-sentiment

Get current sentiment snapshot for specific coins.

okx news coin-sentiment --coins <BTC,ETH,...>
               [--period 1h|4h|24h]  # aggregation granularity, default 24h
               [--json]

Returns: symbol, label (bullish/bearish/neutral/mixed), bullishRatio, bearishRatio, mentionCount.

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okx news coin-trend

Get time-series sentiment trend for a coin. Note: uses positional arg (not --coins).

okx news coin-trend <coin>            # positional arg, e.g. BTC
               [--period 1h|4h|24h]  # aggregation granularity, default 1h
               [--points 24]          # trend data points, default 24
               [--json]

trendPoints guide: 1h period → use 24 (last 24h), 4h → use 6, 24h → use 7.

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okx news sentiment-rank

Get coin ranking by social hotness or sentiment direction.

okx news sentiment-rank [--period 1h|4h|24h]
               [--sort-by hot|bullish|bearish]  # hot=by mentions (default), bullish, bearish
               [--limit 10]                     # max 50
               [--json]

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MCP Tool Reference

Coin Symbol Normalization

The API only accepts standard uppercase ticker symbols (e.g. BTC, ETH, SOL). Users may refer to coins by full names, abbreviations, slang, or local-language nicknames. Always resolve these to the correct ticker before passing to any command. If the intended coin is ambiguous, ask the user to confirm before querying.

Empty Results & Web Search Fallback

OKX news data may be sparse for niche coins or highly specific keyword searches. The API default --begin window is only 72 hours, which alone accounts for many empty results. When a command returns empty or insufficient results, apply these steps in order — do not skip to web search:

1. If `--platform` was used — broaden --begin to 7 days back, then 30 days back, before changing anything else. Bursty sources routinely return 0 items in the default window but dozens over a wider range. 2. If `--importance high` was passed — drop it (default is already low = all news). 3. Broaden `--begin` / `--end` for any query (not just --platform) when a narrow time window is suspected. 4. Drop `--coins` to get general news if the coin-specific query yielded nothing. 5. Use web search as a supplement — search the web for "<topic> news site:coindesk.com OR site:cointelegraph.com OR site:theblock.co" to gather additional context, then combine with any OKX results into a unified briefing. 6. Be transparent — tell the user which results came from OKX API vs. web search so they can judge source credibility.

This fallback is especially valuable for:

• Coins with low coverage (e.g. newly listed tokens)
• Highly specific keyword searches with no matches
• --platform queries where the chosen source has uneven posting cadence

Known Limitations

Source Coverage

Platform posting cadence varies and changes over time. Some sources publish many articles per day; others post in bursts with quiet stretches in between. A source returning few or zero articles in the default 72-hour window is not evidence that it is inactive — it may simply not have posted recently, or its recent posts may have been deduplicated out.

Before concluding a --platform-filtered query has no data:

1. Broaden --begin to 7 days back, then 30 days back, and retry. 2. If still empty after a 30-day window, report to the user that no recent articles were found for that source and suggest either removing --platform (to fall back to the aggregated feed) or web search.

Do not hardcode assumptions about which platforms are active — resolve candidates from okx news platforms and let the data speak.

Historical Search Limitations

okx news search and okx news by-coin primarily index recent articles (typically today and recent days). Searching with --begin/--end for dates more than ~7 days ago may return empty results even if articles existed at that time. This is an API indexing limitation, not a data absence.

For historical analysis, okx news coin-trend (sentiment trend data) is more reliable than article search — it retains time-series data for longer periods.

Edge Cases

• Pagination: use --after <cursor> to get next page; cursor comes from nextCursor in response
• Time parameters: --begin / --end are Unix epoch milliseconds
• Coins format: comma-separated uppercase symbols, e.g. BTC,ETH,SOL — never pass full names or aliases
• coin-trend `--points`: always pass explicitly; 1h→24, 4h→6, 24h→7
• Language: inferred from user's message — --lang zh-CN for Chinese, --lang en-US for English (default)
• sentiment-rank `--sort-by`: hot=by mention count (default), bullish=most bullish, bearish=most bearish

Cross-Skill Workflows & MCP Tool Reference

Cross-Skill Workflows

All news and sentiment commands are read-only.

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BTC Market Overview

Combine news sentiment with market data for a complete picture:

# News & Sentiment (this skill)
okx news coin-sentiment --coins BTC            → sentiment snapshot (bullish/bearish ratio)
okx news by-coin --coins BTC --limit 5         → recent news headlines

# Market Data (okx-cex-market skill)
okx market ticker BTC-USDT                     → current price, 24h change, volume
okx market candles BTC-USDT --bar 1D --limit 7 → 7-day price chart data
okx market funding-rate BTC-USDT-SWAP          → perpetual funding rate (long/short bias)

If by-coin returns fewer than 3 results, supplement with:

web search: "BTC Bitcoin news today site:coindesk.com OR site:cointelegraph.com"

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Market Briefing — daily briefing

Always scope news to today using --begin with today's midnight timestamp:

# macOS
BEGIN=$(date -v0H -v0M -v0S +%s000)
# Linux
BEGIN=$(date -d 'today 00:00:00' +%s000)

Call the following in parallel, then aggregate:

# News & Sentiment (this skill)
okx news important --begin $BEGIN --limit 10   → today's high-impact breaking news
okx news sentiment-rank                        → trending coins by mention count
okx news coin-sentiment --coins BTC,ETH        → major coin sentiment snapshot
okx news coin-trend BTC --period 1h --points 24  → BTC intraday sentiment movement
okx news coin-trend ETH --period 1h --points 24  → ETH intraday sentiment movement

# Market Data (okx-cex-market skill) — enrich briefing with price context
okx market ticker BTC-USDT                     → BTC price, 24h change %
okx market ticker ETH-USDT                     → ETH price, 24h change %

# Derivatives Data (okx-cex-market skill) — critical for complete market picture
okx market funding-rate BTC-USDT-SWAP          → funding rate (long/short bias)
okx market funding-rate ETH-USDT-SWAP          → ETH funding rate
okx market open-interest --instType SWAP --instId BTC-USDT-SWAP  → BTC open interest
okx market open-interest --instType SWAP --instId ETH-USDT-SWAP  → ETH open interest
okx market oi-change --instType SWAP --limit 10  → top 10 OI change (which contracts are seeing position buildup)

The derivatives data (funding rate, open interest, OI change) provides insights that news sentiment alone cannot capture — it reveals how traders are actually positioning, not just what they're saying. Always include this section in daily briefings.

If any command returns empty or sparse results, supplement with web search:

web search: "crypto news today site:coindesk.com OR site:theblock.co"

Aggregate into a structured report with this format:

## Daily Crypto Briefing — {date}

### Major Events
| Time | Source | Event | Impact |
|------|--------|-------|--------|
| 09:15 | CoinDesk | SEC approves spot ETH ETF | Bullish for ETH |
| ... | ... | ... | ... |

### Trending Coins
| Rank | Coin | Mentions | Sentiment | Δ24h (via `market ticker`) |
|------|------|----------|-----------|----------------------------|
| 1 | BTC | 1,234 | Bullish (68%) | +5% |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

### Sentiment Overview
- **BTC**: Bullish 68% / Bearish 32% — driven by ETF inflows
- **ETH**: Bullish 55% / Bearish 45% — mixed on L2 competition

### Derivatives Positioning
| Metric | BTC-USDT-SWAP | ETH-USDT-SWAP |
|--------|---------------|---------------|
| Funding Rate | +0.01% (slightly long) | -0.005% (neutral) |
| Open Interest | $12.3B | $5.1B |

**OI Change Top Movers** (SWAP, 24h):
| Rank | Contract | OI Change | Direction |
|------|----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1 | ... | +15% | Longs building |
| ... | ... | ... | ... |

### Worth Watching
1. {takeaway 1}
2. {takeaway 2}

De-duplicate overlapping items before presenting (same event may appear in both important and latest feeds).

If combining OKX API data with web search results, mark the source of each item.

Cross-reference sentiment vs. derivatives positioning — divergences (e.g. bullish sentiment but negative funding) are especially noteworthy.

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Sentiment Trend Analysis

okx news coin-sentiment --coins BTC --period 24h  → current snapshot
okx news coin-trend BTC --period 1h --points 24   → hourly trend (last 24 hours)
okx news coin-trend BTC --period 24h --points 7   → daily trend (last 7 days)

Present sentiment results in this format:

## BTC Sentiment Analysis

**Current Snapshot** (24h)
- Sentiment: Bullish 🟢 (68% bullish / 32% bearish)
- Mentions: 1,234 in the last 24h

**Hourly Trend** (last 24h)
| Time  | Bullish | Bearish | Mentions |
|-------|---------|---------|----------|
| 08:00 | 72%     | 28%     | 89       |
| 07:00 | 65%     | 35%     | 67       |
| ...   | ...     | ...     | ...      |

**Key Observations**
- Bullish sentiment peaked at {time} ({ratio}%), coinciding with {event}
- Mention volume spiked at {time}, likely driven by {catalyst}

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Sentiment Anomaly Detection — multi-coin scan

When the user asks about sentiment shifts, anomalies, or "which coins changed the most", use this broad-then-deep workflow. The goal is to maximize coin coverage first, then deep-dive into the most interesting anomalies with news correlation.

Phase 1 — Broad scan (call in parallel):

okx news sentiment-rank --sort-by hot --limit 20      → top 20 coins by mention volume
okx news sentiment-rank --sort-by bullish --limit 10   → most bullish coins
okx news sentiment-rank --sort-by bearish --limit 10   → most bearish coins

Merge the three lists into a unique set of candidate coins (typically 15-25 coins after dedup).

Phase 2 — Trend pull for all candidates (call in parallel, batch by 5):

okx news coin-trend <coin> --period 24h --points 7    → 7-day daily trend for each coin

Pull trend data for every candidate, not just a few. This is the key step — without broad trend data you cannot rank anomalies accurately.

Phase 3 — Identify anomalies

For each coin, compute the change in bullishRatio and bearishRatio between the first and last data points (or the peak-to-trough swing). Flag coins where:

• bullishRatio or bearishRatio changed by ≥ 20 percentage points
• mentionCount spiked ≥ 3x compared to the period average
• sentiment label flipped (e.g. bullish → bearish)

Rank anomalies by the magnitude of change. Present the top anomalies in a summary table first, then deep-dive into each.

Phase 4 — News correlation for each anomaly (call in parallel):

okx news by-coin --coins <anomaly_coin> --limit 5     → recent news for that coin

For each flagged anomaly, search for related news to explain the sentiment shift. If by-coin returns insufficient results, fall back to:

okx news search --keyword "<coin name>" --limit 5

Or web search as a last resort.

Phase 5 — Report

## Sentiment Anomaly Report — {date range}

> Data: OKX News Sentiment API | Period: {start} ~ {end}

### Summary — Top Anomalies

| Rank | Coin | Signal Type | Change | Key Catalyst |
|------|------|-------------|--------|-------------|
| 1 | DOT | Bullish→Bearish | bullish -87pp | Polkadot Bridge exploit |
| 2 | TAO | Bullish→Bearish | bullish -28pp | [event from news] |
| 3 | DOGE | V-shaped reversal | bullish +30pp (single day) | [event from news] |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

### Anomaly 1: {COIN} — {signal type}

**Trend Data**
| Date | Bullish | Bearish | Mentions | Change |
|------|---------|---------|----------|--------|
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

**Related News**
- {date}: {headline} — {source}
- {date}: {headline} — {source}

**Analysis**: {why the sentiment shifted, tied to specific news events}

### Anomaly 2: {COIN} — ...
(repeat for each anomaly)

### Stable Majors
BTC, ETH, and other high-mention coins that showed no significant anomaly during this period:
| Coin | Bullish Δ | Bearish Δ | Current Sentiment |
|------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
| BTC | +2pp | +2pp | Neutral-bullish |
| ETH | +4pp | +3pp | Neutral |

The report should cover both anomalous and stable coins so the user gets a complete picture. The summary table at the top enables quick scanning; the deep-dive sections provide the evidence.

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Keyword-Driven Research

okx news search --keyword "SEC ETF" --sort-by relevant   → most relevant articles
okx news search --keyword "SEC ETF" --sort-by latest     → most recent articles
okx news detail <id>                                     → full article text for a specific result

If search returns no results, try: 1. Simplify keyword (e.g. "SEC ETF" → "ETF") 2. Remove time filters to broaden range 3. Fall back to web search: "SEC crypto ETF site:coindesk.com OR site:theblock.co"

Combination Keyword Search (multi-word queries)

Multi-word searches like "SEC ETF" often return empty because the API matches the exact phrase against limited index. Use this progressive broadening strategy:

# Step 1: Try exact phrase
okx news search --keyword "SEC ETF" --sort-by relevant --limit 10

# Step 2: If empty — expand time window to 7 days
okx news search --keyword "SEC ETF" --begin <7_days_ago_ms> --sort-by relevant --limit 10

# Step 3: If still empty — split into individual terms, search each
okx news search --keyword "SEC" --sort-by latest --limit 10
okx news search --keyword "ETF" --sort-by latest --limit 10
# Then cross-reference: articles that appear in both results (by ID) are the strongest matches.
# Articles in only one result still provide useful context.

# Step 4: If all above are sparse — web search fallback
web search: "SEC crypto ETF site:coindesk.com OR site:theblock.co OR site:cointelegraph.com"

Always report how many results came from each step so the user understands coverage.

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Multi-Dimensional Coin Analysis (coin + sentiment + importance + time)

No single CLI command supports all four filters simultaneously. Use this multi-command strategy to achieve equivalent results:

# Step 1: Get coin news within the time window
okx news by-coin --coins ETH --begin <start_ms> --end <end_ms> --limit 20

# Step 2: Get sentiment-filtered news for the same coin
okx news by-sentiment --sentiment bullish --coins ETH --importance high --begin <start_ms> --end <end_ms> --limit 20

# Step 3: Cross-reference
# Articles that appear in BOTH results satisfy all four dimensions (coin + sentiment + importance + time).
# Match by article ID — IDs from step 1 ∩ step 2 are the target set.

If either step returns sparse results, relax filters progressively: 1. Drop --importance high — the CLI default is low (all news); narrowing to high cuts results 2. Widen --begin/--end range 3. Supplement with okx news coin-sentiment --coins ETH for aggregate sentiment context

Present the cross-referenced results first, then mention any additional context from relaxed queries.

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