financial-metrics-analysis

name	financial-metrics-analysis
description	Analyze year-over-year growth in income statement items and financial metrics using the Octagon Claude plugin. Use when retrieving YoY Revenue Growth, Cost of Revenue Growth, Gross Profit Growth, Operating Income Growth, Net Income Growth, or comparing financial performance across fiscal periods for any public company.

Financial Metrics Analysis

Retrieve and analyze year-over-year growth in key income statement items for public companies using the Octagon Claude plugin.

Prerequisites

Ensure the Octagon Claude plugin is installed and configured in Claude Code before invoking this skill.

Workflow

1. Identify Analysis Parameters

Determine the following before querying:

• Ticker: Stock symbol (e.g., AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL)
• Records: Number of periods to retrieve (e.g., 5 years)
• Period: FY (fiscal year) or Q (quarterly)

2. Execute Query via the Octagon Claude plugin

Use the octagon-agent tool with a natural language prompt:

Retrieve year-over-year growth in key income-statement items for <TICKER>, limited to <N> records and filtered by period <FY|Q>.

MCP Call Format:

{
  "server": "octagon-claude-plugin",
  "toolName": "octagon-agent",
  "arguments": {
    "prompt"