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Edge Hint Extractor

  • 906 installs
  • 2.6k repo stars
  • Updated August 4, 2026
  • tradermonty/claude-trading-skills

edge-hint-extractor is a quantitative trading skill that converts raw daily market observations, anomalies, and news reactions into structured edge hints saved as hints.yaml for downstream concept synthesis.

About

edge-hint-extractor is a Claude Code skill in tradermonty/claude-trading-skills that transforms raw observation signals—market_summary entries, anomalies, and news reactions—into canonical edge hint objects written to hints.yaml. It is the first stage in a split workflow: observe, abstract, design, pipeline. Optional LLM ideation generates ideas constrained by current anomaly and news context so hints stay grounded in live market data. Quantitative developers and systematic traders use edge-hint-extractor when daily journals or feeds need to become reusable structured inputs for concept synthesis and automated edge detection pipelines rather than ad-hoc notes.

  • Converts market_summary, anomalies, and news_reactions into canonical hints.yaml
  • Supports deterministic extraction plus optional LLM-augmented ideation
  • Two LLM modes: --llm-ideas-cmd (subprocess) and --llm-ideas-file (Claude Code workflow)
  • Outputs structured hints list with generation metadata and rule/LLM hint counts
  • First stage in the observe → abstract → design → pipeline workflow

Edge Hint Extractor by the numbers

  • 906 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • +73 installs in the week ending Aug 4, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
  • Ranked #1,210 of 16,546 AI & Agent Building skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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Last updatedAugust 4, 2026
Repositorytradermonty/claude-trading-skills

How do you turn daily market observations into trading hints?

Convert raw daily market observations, anomalies, and news reactions into structured, reusable edge hints saved as hints.yaml.

Who is it for?

Quantitative developers building systematic trading pipelines who capture daily market observations and need structured hint inputs.

Skip if: Developers without a trading research workflow or those who only need one-off market commentary without structured YAML outputs.

When should I use this skill?

User wants to convert daily market observations, anomalies, or news reactions into reusable edge hints or hints.yaml for concept synthesis.

What you get

A canonical hints.yaml file containing structured edge hint objects derived from market observations and news reactions.

  • hints.yaml edge hint file

Files

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Edge Hint Extractor

Overview

Convert raw observation signals (market_summary, anomalies, news reactions) into structured edge hints. This skill is the first stage in the split workflow: observe -> abstract -> design -> pipeline.

When to Use

  • You want to turn daily market observations into reusable hint objects.
  • You want LLM-generated ideas constrained by current anomalies/news context.
  • You need a clean hints.yaml input for concept synthesis or auto detection.

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.9+
  • PyYAML
  • Optional inputs from detector run:
  • market_summary.json
  • anomalies.json
  • news_reactions.csv or news_reactions.json

Output

  • hints.yaml containing:
  • hints list
  • generation metadata
  • rule/LLM hint counts

Workflow

1. Gather observation files (market_summary, anomalies, optional news reactions). 2. Run scripts/build_hints.py to generate deterministic hints. 3. Optionally augment hints with LLM ideas via one of two methods:

  • a. --llm-ideas-cmd — pipe data to an external LLM CLI (subprocess).
  • b. --llm-ideas-file PATH — load pre-written hints from a YAML file (for Claude Code workflows where Claude generates hints itself).

4. Pass hints.yaml into concept synthesis or auto detection.

Note: --llm-ideas-cmd and --llm-ideas-file are mutually exclusive.

Quick Commands

Rule-based only (default output to reports/edge_hint_extractor/hints.yaml):

python3 skills/edge-hint-extractor/scripts/build_hints.py \
  --market-summary /tmp/edge-auto/market_summary.json \
  --anomalies /tmp/edge-auto/anomalies.json \
  --news-reactions /tmp/news_reactions.csv \
  --as-of 2026-02-20 \
  --output-dir reports/

Rule + LLM augmentation (external CLI):

python3 skills/edge-hint-extractor/scripts/build_hints.py \
  --market-summary /tmp/edge-auto/market_summary.json \
  --anomalies /tmp/edge-auto/anomalies.json \
  --llm-ideas-cmd "python3 /path/to/llm_ideas_cli.py" \
  --output-dir reports/

Rule + LLM augmentation (pre-written file, for Claude Code):

python3 skills/edge-hint-extractor/scripts/build_hints.py \
  --market-summary /tmp/edge-auto/market_summary.json \
  --anomalies /tmp/edge-auto/anomalies.json \
  --llm-ideas-file /tmp/llm_hints.yaml \
  --output-dir reports/

Resources

  • skills/edge-hint-extractor/scripts/build_hints.py
  • references/hints_schema.md

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FAQ

What file does edge-hint-extractor produce?

edge-hint-extractor outputs a canonical hints.yaml file containing structured edge hint objects. Downstream skills in the trading pipeline consume hints.yaml for concept synthesis and automated edge detection.

What inputs does edge-hint-extractor accept?

edge-hint-extractor processes raw observation signals including market_summary data, detected anomalies, and news reactions. Optional LLM ideation can generate additional hints constrained by that context.

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