name: opentradex-scan
description: Scan live markets across enabled rails — Kalshi, Polymarket, Alpaca, Coinbase — and return a ranked list the user can pick from. Use whenever the user asks "what's trading", "what markets are hot", "scan crypto", "show me prediction markets", or any exploration request before a trade.
allowed-tools: Bash(node tradex.js scan:), Bash(node tradex.js status:)
argument-hint: [rail] [limit]
OpenTradex — Scan Markets
Scan live markets and present the results in a short, skim-friendly table so the user can pick a candidate.
User arguments: $ARGUMENTS
(Optional rail filter: one of kalshi | polymarket | alpaca | coinbase. Optional limit, default 10.)
Flow
- Live scan: run the scanner with the user's rail/limit filter:
!
node "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/tradex.js" scan $ARGUMENTS
- Parse the JSON output. For each market, show: rail, symbol, title (if present), bid/ask (or yesBid/yesAsk for binary markets), volume.
- If the user is new (no rails enabled), call:
!
node "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/tradex.js" status
and tell them to run /opentradex-trade:onboard first.
- End with a one-line nudge: "Want to paper-buy one? Reply with the rail + symbol + qty and I'll size it."
Rules
- Never place orders from this skill. This is read-only.
- Keep output tight — 10 rows max unless the user asks for more.
- If
error appears on a rail row, show the error briefly and skip; never fabricate prices.
