bloomberg-terminal

name	bloomberg-terminal
description	Bloomberg's financial data platform; lets an agent fetch real-time and historical price data, volatility surfaces, rates curves, credit spreads, and sell-side research via the Bloomberg API.
metadata	{"openclaw":{"requires":{"env":["BLOOMBERG_API_HOST","BLOOMBERG_API_PORT","BLOOMBERG_DATA_LICENSE_KEY"]}},"primaryEnv":"BLOOMBERG_API_HOST"}

Bloomberg Terminal

What it is

Bloomberg Terminal (accessed programmatically via the Bloomberg API / BPIPE or the Bloomberg Data License) is the primary market data and research platform for capital markets professionals. It provides real-time pricing, historical time series, volatility surfaces, rates curves, credit spreads, earnings data, and sell-side research notes across all asset classes.

When to use this skill

• Retrieve real-time or historical prices, bid/ask spreads, or total return data for equities, fixed income, FX, or commodities
• Pull interest rate curves, volatility surfaces, or credit spread term structures for risk or scenario analysis
• Access sell-side research notes, sector primers, or earnings estimates by ticker
• Fetch corporate action data, dividend schedules, or index constituent weights
• Support stress scenario construction with cross-asset market data inputs
• Troubleshoot Bloomberg Terminal connectivity or BPIPE API issues for staff

Credentials

This skill authenticates using env vars declared in metadata above. Set them in ~/.openclaw/.env (see .env.example at the config root). Required variables:

• BLOOMBERG_API_HOST - Bloomberg API server hostname or IP (e.g. localhost for BPIPE)
• BLOOMBERG_API_PORT - BPIPE service port (default 8194)
• BLOOMBERG_DATA_LICENSE_KEY - Data License credential for server-side B-PIPE or DL access

Key operations

• ReferenceDataRequest — snapshot field values for one or more securities (price, rating, fundamentals)
• HistoricalDataRequest — time-series data for a security and field over a date range
• IntradayTickRequest / IntradayBarRequest — intraday tick or OHLCV bar data
• FieldSearchRequest — discover available Bloomberg fields by mnemonic or keyword
• Bloomberg Data License bulk extract — overnight delivery of large datasets (constituents, index weights)

Notes

• BPIPE requires a Bloomberg Terminal or server-side license; an active B-PIPE session must be running on the host
• Data License (DL) is the server-side bulk delivery product — different from BPIPE; separate entitlements apply
• Bloomberg enforces concurrent session limits per license; avoid spawning parallel request threads without connection pooling
• Test connectivity with blpapi Python SDK SessionOptions before issuing data requests
• All data retrieved via Bloomberg is subject to Bloomberg's redistribution restrictions — do not write raw output to unauthenticated endpoints