| name | freight-market-intel |
| description | Monitor freight market trends, generate proactive growth alerts, identify hot lanes and opportunities, track broker performance, and provide weekly market reports. Use when a broker wants market insights, needs to know if rates are trending up or down, wants growth opportunities, or wants a weekly performance summary. Triggered by phrases like "market intel", "growth report", "market alerts", "lane trends", "weekly report", "follow up [shipper]", or "what's the market look like". |
Freight Market Intelligence
Monitors market trends, identifies growth opportunities, and provides weekly performance reports.
Usage
Market intel for a lane
cd skills/freight-market-intel/scripts
python3 market_monitor.py --lane "Los Angeles, CA to New York, NY" --equipment reefer
python3 market_monitor.py --hot-lanes
Growth analysis
python3 growth_analyzer.py --opportunities
python3 growth_analyzer.py --weekly
Shipper follow-up
python3 shipper_followup.py --shipper "ABC Manufacturing" --last-lane "Dallas-Chicago" --last-date "Dec 1"
Broker Text Commands
| Command | Action |
|---|
market intel [lane] | Get market rates and trends |
growth report | List growth opportunities |
weekly report | Performance summary |
follow up [shipper] | Generate check-in email |
growth alerts on/off | Toggle proactive alerts |
Example SMS Outputs
Market alert:
📈 MARKET ALERT - LA→NYC Reefer
Rates up 5% ($3,200 avg)
Your last: $3,000 (room for +$200)
Reply 'scan loads' to find opportunities
Weekly report:
📊 WEEKLY REPORT - Dec 15 Week
Loads: 23 | Revenue: $9,476 gross
Avg margin: $412/load (13.8%)
Top lane: LA→NYC (8 loads)
AR: 3 invoices aging 31-60d
Growth tip: ABC Shipping - 18 days silent
Integrations
This skill uses the following external services. See INTEGRATIONS.md for detailed setup instructions, API documentation links, and implementation guidance.
| Service | Purpose | Section in INTEGRATIONS.md |
|---|
| DAT Market Conditions API | Market trends and rate data | Skill 8: DAT Market Conditions API |
| FreightWaves SONAR | Advanced market analytics | Skill 8: FreightWaves SONAR |
| Twilio | SMS market alerts | Shared Infrastructure: Twilio |
Cron Setup
0 6 * * * cd /path/to/freight-market-intel/scripts && python3 market_monitor.py >> /tmp/market.log 2>&1
0 16 * * 5 cd /path/to/freight-market-intel/scripts && python3 growth_analyzer.py --weekly
See INTEGRATIONS.md for complete integration architecture
