Alva Skills
Turn your AI agent into a finance powerhouse — access 250+ financial skills, build cloud-side analytics, backtest strategies, and ship live investing playbooks.
Quick Start
1. Install
Claude Code
npx skills add https://github.com/alva-ai/skills
OpenClaw
clawhub install alva
Or manually copy the skill directory:
cp -r skills/alva ~/.openclaw/skills/alva
Other Agents
This skill uses the AgentSkills format. Any agent that supports SKILL.md can load it by pointing to the skills/alva/ directory.
2. Configure
Get an API key at alva.ai, then add it to your agent's environment:
Claude Code
// ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"env": {
"ALVA_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
}
}
OpenClaw
// openclaw.json
{
"skills": {
"entries": {
"alva": {
"enabled": true,
"env": { "ALVA_API_KEY": "your_api_key" }
}
}
}
}
Auto-Update
The Alva skill automatically checks for updates on first use each session. If a newer version is available, your agent will display a notification:
Alva skill update available.
Installed: v1.0.0
Latest: v1.2.0
Update with one of:
npx skills update
clawhub update alva
git clone https://github.com/alva-ai/skills ./tmp/alva-skills && cp -r ./tmp/alva-skills/skills/alva/* "<skill-dir>/" && rm -rf ./tmp/alva-skills
The check is silent when your skill is up to date. It runs at most once every 8 hours and fails gracefully offline.
3. Try It
Start with a simple prompt:
Build me an NVDA dashboard with insider trading data and financial metrics
That's it. Your agent now has full access to the Alva platform. By default, the skill builds live playbooks unless you explicitly ask for a static snapshot.
Example Prompts
| Use Case | Example Prompt |
|---|---|
| Stock Dashboard | "Build a playbook tracking AAPL with price charts, analyst targets, and insider trades" |
| Crypto Monitor | "Create a BTC/ETH dashboard with funding rates, exchange flows, and on-chain metrics" |
| Trading Strategy | "Backtest an RSI mean-reversion strategy on BTC with daily rebalancing" |
| Macro Overview | "Build a macro dashboard with CPI, GDP, Treasury rates, and recession probability" |
| Screening Tool | "Screen for stocks with PE < 15, ROE > 20%, and positive insider buying" |
Platform Capabilities
Data — 250+ Financial Skills
Unified access to crypto, equities, ETFs, macro, on-chain, and social data through built-in skills:
| Category | Highlights |
|---|---|
| Crypto | Spot & futures OHLCV, funding rates, open interest, long/short ratios, exchange flows, DeFi metrics |
| Equities | Fundamentals (income, balance sheet, cash flow), analyst estimates, price targets, insider & senator trades |
| Macro | CPI, GDP, unemployment, fed funds rate, Treasury rates, VIX, consumer sentiment |
| On-Chain | MVRV, SOPR, NUPL, whale ratio, exchange inflow/outflow |
| Social & News | Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, podcasts, news feeds, web search |
| Technical | 50+ indicator calculations — RSI, MACD, Bollinger, ATR, VWAP, Ichimoku, and more |
For unstructured content, use feed_widgets to subscribe to specific accounts or channels, and unified_search to discover content about a topic.
Compute — Cloud JavaScript Runtime
Write JavaScript that runs on Alva Cloud in a secure V8 isolate. No local dependencies, no infrastructure to manage. Full access to built-in skills, HTTP networking, and LLM APIs.
Pipelines — Feed SDK
Build persistent data pipelines that store time series data. Schedule them as cronjobs for continuous updates — every minute, every hour, or daily.
Backtest — Altra Trading Engine
Event-driven backtesting with historical data and live paper trading. Define strategies, register features, simulate portfolios, and analyze performance.