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{
  "protocolVersion": "0.3.0",
  "name": "Helious market desk",
  "description": "Ask the Helious desk about US markets in plain words and get a sourced answer back. Helious is a primary source: Treasury yields and the curve regime, the economic calendar and scored releases, Treasury auction results including the tail, FX momentum, the volatility board, cross-asset correlations, the NASDAQ-100 session board and Strait of Hormuz shipping are all captured first-hand at the moment they print, not aggregated from other outlets. Free without any credential, on a seven day window with prices and news an hour behind.",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "url": "https://helious.io/a2a",
  "preferredTransport": "JSONRPC",
  "supportedInterfaces": [
    {
      "url": "https://helious.io/a2a",
      "transport": "JSONRPC"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://api.helious.io/a2a",
      "transport": "JSONRPC"
    }
  ],
  "additionalInterfaces": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.helious.io/a2a",
      "transport": "JSONRPC"
    }
  ],
  "provider": {
    "organization": "Helious",
    "url": "https://helious.io"
  },
  "iconUrl": "https://helious.io/helious-icon-512.png",
  "documentationUrl": "https://helious.io/developers/",
  "capabilities": {
    "streaming": false,
    "pushNotifications": false,
    "stateTransitionHistory": false
  },
  "defaultInputModes": [
    "text/plain"
  ],
  "defaultOutputModes": [
    "text/plain",
    "application/json"
  ],
  "securitySchemes": {
    "helioisApiKey": {
      "type": "apiKey",
      "in": "header",
      "name": "X-Api-Key",
      "description": "A Helious key (hel_...) from a free or paid account. Optional: without one you get the seven day sample tier."
    },
    "helioisOAuth": {
      "type": "openIdConnect",
      "openIdConnectUrl": "https://helious.io/.well-known/openid-configuration",
      "description": "Sign in as a Helious account holder to read at that account's plan level."
    }
  },
  "skills": [
    {
      "id": "market-context",
      "name": "Why the market is moving",
      "description": "The whole cross-asset board (equities, the Treasury curve, FX, volatility, commodities), the scored economic releases behind it, and the Helious desk's read on what is driving the session: event-driven, flow-driven or quiet, framed by the regime yields and stocks have actually been trading in.",
      "tags": [
        "macro",
        "cross-asset",
        "context",
        "why",
        "session"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Why are US equities selling off today?",
        "What is driving markets right now?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "us-treasury-rates",
      "name": "US Treasury rates and the curve",
      "description": "Treasury yields, the 2s10s and other spreads, and whether the curve is bull or bear steepening or flattening right now.",
      "tags": [
        "rates",
        "treasuries",
        "yield-curve",
        "macro"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "What is the 2s10s spread right now?",
        "Is the Treasury curve steepening or flattening today?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "treasury-curve-full",
      "name": "The whole Treasury curve",
      "description": "Every point on the US Treasury curve from the 3 month bill to the 30 year bond, with the session's daily closes.",
      "tags": [
        "rates",
        "treasuries",
        "yield-curve"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Give me the whole Treasury curve.",
        "What are all the Treasury yields from 3 months to 30 years?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "economic-calendar",
      "name": "Economic calendar and scored releases",
      "description": "Economic releases with forecast, prior and the actual once it prints, plus Fed speakers and auction times, for the US, euro area, UK and Japan.",
      "tags": [
        "calendar",
        "economics",
        "releases",
        "cpi",
        "payrolls"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "What economic data is due this week?",
        "When is the next US CPI release?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "economic-series",
      "name": "One economic series in depth",
      "description": "A single US economic series such as CPI or nonfarm payrolls: the latest print, the forecast, the surprise in standard deviations, and the history.",
      "tags": [
        "economics",
        "cpi",
        "payrolls",
        "gdp",
        "surprise"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "What did the last CPI print at, and how big was the surprise?",
        "Show me the nonfarm payrolls history."
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "treasury-auctions",
      "name": "US Treasury auction results",
      "description": "Auction results including high yield, bid-to-cover, the tail against the when-issued yield, and the buyer split.",
      "tags": [
        "auctions",
        "treasuries",
        "supply"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "How did the last 10 year auction go?",
        "What was the tail on yesterday's 30 year auction?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "fx-momentum",
      "name": "FX momentum board",
      "description": "Seven major currencies scored for momentum against the basket, newest reading plus the recent boards.",
      "tags": [
        "fx",
        "currencies",
        "momentum"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Which major currency is strongest right now?",
        "How is the dollar scoring on the FX board?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "volatility",
      "name": "Implied volatility board",
      "description": "VIX and the other implied volatility gauges with their one year percentile.",
      "tags": [
        "volatility",
        "vix",
        "risk"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Where is the VIX and how does that rank against the year?",
        "Show me the vol board."
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "correlations",
      "name": "Cross-asset correlations",
      "description": "Correlation matrix across stocks, bonds, the dollar, gold and oil over 30 to 120 day windows.",
      "tags": [
        "correlation",
        "cross-asset",
        "risk"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Are stocks and bonds still positively correlated?",
        "Show me the cross-asset correlation matrix."
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "hormuz-transits",
      "name": "Strait of Hormuz shipping",
      "description": "Ships through the Strait of Hormuz per day, split tanker and cargo, measured first-hand from live ship tracking.",
      "tags": [
        "shipping",
        "energy",
        "geopolitics",
        "oil"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "How many tankers went through Hormuz yesterday?",
        "Is Hormuz traffic below its normal level?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nasdaq-100",
      "name": "NASDAQ-100 session board and single names",
      "description": "The NASDAQ-100 ranked best to worst on the session, or one company's price, session move and rank on the board. Covers every NDX constituent by ticker.",
      "tags": [
        "equities",
        "nasdaq",
        "stocks",
        "single-stock"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "How did Apple trade today?",
        "What are the best and worst NASDAQ-100 names today?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "earnings",
      "name": "Mega-cap earnings dates and EPS",
      "description": "When a US mega-cap reports, whether the date is confirmed, whether it prints before the open or after the close, the consensus EPS, and the reported EPS with its beat or miss once it lands.",
      "tags": [
        "earnings",
        "eps",
        "equities",
        "calendar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "When does Apple report earnings and what is consensus?",
        "Which mega-caps report this week?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "fed-roster",
      "name": "The FOMC roster",
      "description": "Who sits on the FOMC, who votes this year, their lean, and their upcoming speeches.",
      "tags": [
        "fed",
        "fomc",
        "central-bank"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Who votes on the FOMC this year?",
        "Which Fed speakers are up this week?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "desk-feed",
      "name": "The Helious feed",
      "description": "What the desk has published: scored releases, auction results, board updates, the daily brief and live squawk lines, each with the desk's plain-English read.",
      "tags": [
        "news",
        "feed",
        "analysis"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "What has happened on the desk today?",
        "Show me the latest Helious posts about auctions."
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "live-events",
      "name": "Transcribed live events",
      "description": "Live events Helious transcribed in the last week, such as Fed press conferences and briefings.",
      "tags": [
        "squawk",
        "events",
        "transcripts"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Which live events has Helious transcribed this week?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "yield-closes",
      "name": "Official yield closes",
      "description": "The 17:00 New York Treasury yield close for each session, as Helious recorded it at the time.",
      "tags": [
        "rates",
        "closes",
        "history"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "What did the 10 year close at yesterday?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "curve-history",
      "name": "Curve regime history",
      "description": "Every past curve regime flip with its time, what it flipped from, and how that session closed.",
      "tags": [
        "rates",
        "yield-curve",
        "history"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "When did the curve last flip to bear steepening?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "series-index",
      "name": "Which series Helious tracks",
      "description": "Every US economic series Helious tracks, with the slug used to ask for one.",
      "tags": [
        "economics",
        "index",
        "discovery"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Which economic series do you track?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "access-and-plans",
      "name": "Plans, limits and how to get more",
      "description": "What the caller's current tier allows, the full plan ladder, and the exact steps a person takes to get more.",
      "tags": [
        "access",
        "plans",
        "billing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "What does my current Helious plan allow?",
        "How do I get live data instead of delayed?"
      ],
      "inputModes": [
        "text/plain"
      ],
      "outputModes": [
        "text/plain",
        "application/json"
      ]
    }
  ]
}