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Price History skill

Get historical price data (OHLCV) for a stock. Use when user asks about price history, historical data, past performance, price over time, or needs data for chart analysis.

$npx skills add staskh/trading_skills --skill price-history
View this skill on GitHubstaskh/trading_skills/.claude/skills/price-history/SKILL.md
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Updated
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License
MIT
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Install Price History

Pick your agent. Every command is ready to paste.

$npx skills add staskh/trading_skills --skill price-history

The open skills CLI detects your agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ more) and installs to the right folder. Add -g to install globally.

01

Install it

Run the command above, or upload the folder in Claude.

02

Ask naturally

Describe the task. Your agent loads price-history when the request matches its description.

03

Name it if needed

If it does not trigger, say “use the price-history skill”. In Codex, type $price-history.

The skill itself

SKILL.md

FolderGitHub

Price History

Fetch historical OHLCV data from Yahoo Finance.

Instructions

Note: If uv is not installed or pyproject.toml is not found, replace uv run python with python in all commands below.

uv run python scripts/history.py SYMBOL [--period PERIOD] [--interval INTERVAL]

Arguments

  • SYMBOL - Ticker symbol
  • --period - Time period: 1d, 5d, 1mo, 3mo, 6mo, 1y, 2y, 5y, 10y, ytd, max (default: 1mo)
  • --interval - Data interval: 1m, 2m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 60m, 90m, 1h, 1d, 5d, 1wk, 1mo (default: 1d)

Output

Returns JSON with:

  • symbol - Ticker
  • period - Requested period
  • interval - Data interval
  • data - Array of {date, open, high, low, close, volume}

Summarize key price movements, highs/lows, and trends.

Dependencies

  • yfinance

Timezone

All timestamps and time-based calculations must use the America/New_York timezone. All JSON output must include generated_at (NY time string) and data_delay fields.

Tips for Price History

  • • Start a fresh session after installing so your agent picks up the new skill.
  • • This skill ships scripts. Read them before the first run, and run it in a project without secrets first.
  • • It is part of a pack with 30 skills. Install only the ones you need with --skill to keep triggers precise.
  • • If two skills overlap, mention the one you want by name.

Questions about Price History

What does the Price History skill do?

Get historical price data (OHLCV) for a stock. Use when user asks about price history, historical data, past performance, price over time, or needs data for chart analysis.

How do I install Price History?

Run "npx skills add staskh/trading_skills --skill price-history" in your project. The skills CLI installs it for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ other agents. In Claude on the web, upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Customize > Skills.

Does Price History work in Cursor and Codex?

Yes. Price History uses the open SKILL.md format, so it works in Claude Code, Claude, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and other agents that support agent skills.

Is Price History free?

Price History is open source on GitHub under the MIT license. It is free to install; check the license before commercial use.

Who made Price History?

Price History is published by staskh in the staskh/trading_skills repository, together with 29 other skills.

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