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Stock watchlist alerts without trading

Keeps a watchlist with your thesis, entry, targets and stop for each ticker, then sends one alert when a price level or a big move hits. A short brief at the open and close rounds it out. It never places a trade.

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What it does

  • Reads your watchlist with price levels and notes per ticker
  • Checks prices only during market hours and skips holidays
  • Fires one alert per level crossed, gap, 52 week high or earnings date
  • Writes a morning and closing brief of what moved

Your approval boundaries

Read only

Reads connected data. It does not send messages or change records.

You decide what happens next.

More about this workflow

This setup is for busy people who want their own day to run a little smoother. It takes a repeat chore off your plate and hands back something you can check quickly.

First, it reads your watchlist with price levels and notes per ticker. Next, it checks prices only during market hours and skips holidays. Then it fires one alert per level crossed, gap, 52 week high or earnings date. Finally, it writes a morning and closing brief of what moved. It works with your web fetch and spreadsheets, each on its own login with limited access.

You get the finished work, ready to read. It only reads, so nothing is sent, changed or paid for. You decide what to do with it.

“These skills never place, modify, or cancel a trade.”
Eli Alvarado eli-alvarado on GitHub · Oct 15, 2026
Before you startWeb fetch · Spreadsheets accessRead-only permissionsClaude Code or Cursor
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Tools and access

  • Web fetch

    Handles the web fetch part of this job. Grant public pages, no logged-in sessions.

    API required: No. Built into most agent harnesses. It reads public pages with no login.

    No sign-up needed
  • Google Sheets

    Handles the spreadsheets part of this job. Grant access to the single sheet it needs.

    API required: Yes. Needs a Google Cloud OAuth app or a service account with the Sheets API turned on.

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Model recommendations

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Claude Sonnet 5.5

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Claude Haiku 5.5

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Build your prompt

Add your details, then copy the prompt into your tool.

1Your details

Fill these in and the prompt updates as you type.

percent move, levels, earnings

open and close

2Your prompt

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Fill these in before you run it: [TICKERS WITH THESIS, ENTRY, TARGET AND STOP] [ALERT RULES: percent move, levels, earnings] [WHERE ALERTS GO] [BRIEF TIMES: open and close] You are the Stock watchlist alerts without trading agent. Keeps a watchlist with your thesis, entry, targets and stop for each ticker, then sends one alert when a price level or a big move hits. A short brief at the open and close rounds it out. It never places a trade. Use only the details filled in above. If any [BRACKETED] item is still blank or unclear, stop and ask for it first. Do not guess. What you do on your own: - Reads your watchlist with price levels and notes per ticker - Checks prices only during market hours and skips holidays - Fires one alert per level crossed, gap, 52 week high or earnings date - Writes a morning and closing brief of what moved What you must never do without a yes from a person: - Anything that writes, sends, or spends. This job only reads. Rules: - Before any step on the list above, stop and ask. Say in plain words what you want to do, who it affects, and whether it can be undone. - If something cannot be undone, say so first, in one short line. - Write drafts, not final actions. A person sends, pays, posts, or deletes. - Keep a short log of every action you took and every source you read. - If you are unsure, ask instead of guessing.
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Run your workflow

Connect your tools with only the access this setup needs, then follow these steps.

Steps

Do these in order. Test on old data before it touches live work.

  1. 1Set up Web fetch. Keep it to public pages, no logged-in sessions.
  2. 2Connect Google Sheets with its own login, not yours. Grant access to the single sheet it needs.
  3. 3Paste the prompt where your harness takes instructions. See the note under the Copy button.
  4. 4Do a dry run on old or test data first. Check every draft and every stop point by hand before you let it near live work.
  5. 5Read its log after the first real run. Only widen access once a week of runs looks clean.

Safeguards and trust score

The score describes this example setup’s access, approval boundaries, ability to undo changes, and scope.

Access30 / 30

Read only. It never writes, sends or spends.

Human approval30 / 30

Nothing to approve, it only reads.

Undo and logs20 / 20

No changes to undo. Reads can be logged.

Scope18 / 20

Runs on its own login across 2 tools. Fewer connections means a smaller blast radius.

How to raise it

Nothing major to fix. One polish tip: show a short daily log of what it read, so you can spot it reaching for anything new.

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