Us Macro News Monitor

Tracks US macro signals from Bloomberg, WSJ, and Reuters and maps potential spillover to Vietnam sectors; used when users ask about US macro news and likely...

Security Scan

The skill's instructions and requirements largely match its stated purpose (monitor US macro headlines and map spillovers to Vietnam), but there are minor inconsistencies around the declared tooling/credential expectations that you should confirm before installing.

Purpose & Capability

The name/description (US macro → Vietnam spillovers) matches the SKILL.md workflow: collecting headlines, classifying themes, scoring confidence, and mapping to Vietnam sectors. The only mismatch is the SKILL.md's requirement for 'Brave API access' and 'OpenClaw web fetch' which are listed as tooling assumptions but are not declared as required credentials or environment variables in the registry metadata.

Instruction Scope

All runtime instructions stay within the monitoring/mapping scope: fetch headlines, classify, tag tone, map transmission channels, and run quality gates. The skill explicitly instructs respecting paywalls (use accessible metadata or fallbacks) and to avoid making buy/sell recommendations, which reduces risky scope creep. It does depend on web-fetching capabilities but does not instruct reading local files, system secrets, or exfiltrating data to external endpoints beyond the listed news sources.

Install Mechanism

This is an instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files — lowest-risk delivery mechanism. Nothing is downloaded or written to disk by the skill itself.

Credentials

The SKILL.md says it requires 'OpenClaw web fetch + Brave API access', but the skill declares no required environment variables or credentials. That is an inconsistency to clarify: Brave API usage often implies a service endpoint or key (platform-provided or user-provided). No other unrelated secrets are requested, and the skill doesn't ask for AWS/GitHub/etc. credentials.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill is user-invocable, not 'always: true', and doesn't request persistent system changes or modify other skills. The normal autonomous invocation flag remains false-worthy only if combined with other red flags (which are not present).

Assessment

This skill appears coherent for its stated purpose, but verify two things before installing: (1) Confirm whether the platform will supply the 'Brave API' / web-fetch capability and whether any credentials or API keys will be required — the SKILL.md mentions Brave API but the registry metadata doesn't list any env vars. Ask where those keys would be stored and ensure least-privilege access. (2) Understand how the skill will handle paywalled sources: the skill says to respect paywalls and use fallback public sources, which is good — ensure it won't attempt to bypass paywalls or access account-only content. Also note this skill produces monitoring signals, not financial advice; if you plan to provide it with an ACTIVE_WATCHLIST, confirm the agent's outputs are only signals and that you (not the skill) retain control of any trading decisions. If you need higher assurance, request a version that explicitly documents the required platform capabilities/credentials and how web fetches are authenticated and logged.

US Macro News Monitor (Web Workflow)

Use this skill for US macro monitoring that can indirectly impact Vietnamese equities.

Data sources

Primary media sources:

• Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/
• WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/
• Reuters Markets: https://www.reuters.com/markets/

Fallback (open/public macro sources):

• Federal Reserve (FOMC/calendar/speeches): https://www.federalreserve.gov/
• BLS releases (CPI, jobs): https://www.bls.gov/
• BEA releases (GDP, PCE): https://www.bea.gov/
• FRED calendars/series metadata: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/

Tooling assumption

• OpenClaw web fetch + Brave API available.
• No Python scripts needed for this skill.

Execution workflow (ordered)

1. Collect fresh headlines from primary sources.
2. Replace blocked/paywalled coverage with fallback public sources.
3. Classify items into macro themes.
4. Tag each item with tone (risk-on, risk-off, neutral).
5. Map transmission channels to Vietnam sectors and representative tickers.
6. Run quality gate and confidence scoring.
7. Produce required output sections with source links.

Theme taxonomy

Classify each item into these macro themes:

• inflation
• rates/yields
• growth/employment
• USD/FX
• oil/energy
• geopolitics/trade

Summarization horizon:

• 24h changes
• 7d narrative drift

Data quality gate (required)

Run this gate before finalizing output:

1. Freshness: include only items with explicit publish/update time; report window in ICT (UTC+7).
2. Coverage: target >= 3 distinct sources; if < 3, downgrade confidence.
3. De-duplication: remove near-duplicate headlines by normalized title + URL domain.
4. Evidence tags: mark each claim as Fact or Inference.
5. Missingness log: list blocked/paywalled sources and what fallback replaced them.

Shared confidence rubric (required)

Apply this common standard:

• High: >= 3 distinct sources, <= 24h freshness for core items, and no single-source dominance over 60%.
• Medium: 2 sources or partial freshness gaps, but core themes still cross-confirmed.
• Low: 1 source only, stale coverage, or major paywall blocks without reliable fallback.

Always output confidence with:

1. Source count and source list.
2. Time window used (ICT UTC+7).
3. Main uncertainty driver (paywall, missing source, stale timing, or weak cross-confirmation).

Output format (required)

• Section 1: Top headlines with source URLs.
• Section 2: Theme counts and tone distribution.
• Section 3: Vietnam sector spillover map.
• Section 4: Actionable watchlist (what to monitor next).

Watchlist mode (optional)

If the user provides an ACTIVE_WATCHLIST (tickers), extend Sections 3–4:

• Add a Watchlist Impact Map that maps macro themes → transmission channel → each ticker.
• Provide monitoring triggers (what would confirm/negate the impact) and a confidence tag.
• Never output absolute buy/sell instructions; this skill produces signals and watch items.

Trigger examples

• "What US macro news overnight could move VN stocks today?"
• "Summarize Fed/CPI signals and their impact on Vietnam sectors."
• "Map US rates and USD narrative to Vietnamese equities."

Quality rules

• Clearly mark inferred impacts as inference.
• Respect paywalls: use only accessible metadata when full text is unavailable.
• Avoid over-claiming causality.
• If source coverage is below threshold, explicitly set confidence to Low.