Skill: Commodities

When to use

• The user asks for current commodity prices (WTI, Brent, Natural Gas, Gold).
• The user wants daily change, percent change, recent high/low ranges, or recent headlines affecting these commodities.

When NOT to use

• User wants equities, fundamentals, or portfolio-level analysis — use the stock skills instead.

Authentication

• No API key required. Uses Yahoo Finance via yfinance.

Commands

Check a commodity price

uv run skills/commodities/src/main.py <SYMBOL>

Examples

uv run skills/commodities/src/main.py CL=F   # WTI Crude Futures (WTI)
uv run skills/commodities/src/main.py BZ=F   # Brent Crude Futures (Brent)
uv run skills/commodities/src/main.py NG=F   # Natural Gas Futures (NG)
uv run skills/commodities/src/main.py GC=F   # Gold Futures (GC)

Ticker Reference (Yahoo Finance)

| Commodity | Yahoo Ticker | |-----------------|--------------| | WTI Crude Oil | CL=F | | Brent Crude | BZ=F | | Natural Gas | NG=F | | Gold Futures | GC=F |

Output

• Current price, daily change & % change
• Previous close
• Today's high / low
• 2W, 1M, 3M, 6M, 52W high / low ranges
• Recent headlines (when available)

Notes

• uv run reads the inline # /// script dependency block in main.py and auto-installs yfinance.
• Do NOT use web search or curl for these prices — use this script for consistent formatting.