# alva

This skill wires your agent into Alva's financial data, analytics and trading tools. Useful when you need to test an idea, track a portfolio or set alerts.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 800 installs · ★ 44
- Author: alva
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/alva-ai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/alva/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/alva

## What it does

Alva is a personal investment agent. The skill opens up 250+ financial data sources, cloud-side analytics, the Altra trading engine, hosted playbooks, alerts and Skillhub methodologies. Through your agent you can read markets, shape and test an investment thesis, then act on it.

Inside sits a command set under the `alva` prefix: `data-skills` to find structured financial endpoints, `run` and `fs` for cloud JavaScript and persistent ALFS files, `thesis` to publish and maintain viewpoints, `portfolio` for connected accounts and holdings, `trading` and `broker` for operations and order execution, `alert` and `subscriptions` for alerts and playbook follows. Heavy background work goes through `SpawnTask` and `CreateAutomation` when the channel supports them.

In a managed sandbox the `alva` CLI and authentication are already configured, so there is nothing to install, upgrade or sign into. Outside one, start with `references/preflight.md`. Cloud scripts run via `alva run --local-file <path>` or `--code`, and inside them you should not assume Node.js, a shell, local files or environment variables exist. User agents run on OpenAI models only; Claude models, the Anthropic SDK and relay routes are not supported.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alva-ai/skills --skill alva -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/alva/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/alva/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alva-ai/skills --skill alva -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/alva/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alva-ai/skills --skill alva -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/alva/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install alva-ai/skills alva
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/alva/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alva-ai/skills --skill alva -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/alva-ai/skills --path skills/alva
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/alva/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alva-ai/skills --skill alva -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/alva-ai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/alva/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- work through an investment idea and separate sourced facts from guesses
- pull equity or crypto data from verified endpoints
- publish a thesis and keep it current
- check live holdings and balances on connected accounts
- set an alert on a price move or signal

## Example prompts
- Walk through the thesis on this stock and show what data backs it
- Build a dashboard of my portfolio as a playbook
- Set an alert if the price drops below the level

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: alva
description: >-
  Use Alva for investment research, financial data, market analysis, equity or
  crypto research, thesis discussion, monitoring and alerts, Playbooks,
  backtesting, portfolios, or trading. Also use for Alva capabilities,
  explicit Thesis publication or maintenance, and requested Thesis rewriting.
metadata:
  author: alva
  version: v1.26.5
---

# Alva

Alva is a personal investment Agent with 250+ financial data sources,
cloud-side analytics, the Altra trading engine, hosted playbooks, alerts,
and Skillhub methodologies. Help users understand markets, develop and test
an investment thesis, and act on their ideas at the scale they need.

## Runtime Contract

Use the tools exposed by the current runtime. In a managed Sandbox:

- The `alva` CLI and authentication are already configured. Do not install,
  upgrade, sign in, check versions, or change configuration just to start.
- Reuse `<session-prefill-whoami>`, `<session-prefill-memory>`, and
  `<session-prefill-channel-memory>` independently. Fetch only missing or stale
  state needed for this task, within the session's permitted scope. For memory
  use, layout and writes, see [memory.md](references/memory.md).
- Use the command index below and applicable documentation already read. Consult
  the relevant command help when its syntax or contract is uncertain; use
  top-level `--help` when the needed command family is not listed. Current help
  and documentation own commands, fields, and supported behavior.
- Batch independent reads or calls with known contracts in one tool invocation;
  keep dependent steps sequential.
- Use workspace file tools for local files and `alva fs` for persistent ALFS
  files. Quote `~` paths so the gateway, not the local shell, resolves them.
- Run cloud JavaScript with `alva run --local-file <path>` or `--code`, following
  [jagent-runtime.md](references/jagent-runtime.md), unless using a self-contained
  read-only [common recipe](references/data-skills.md#common-recipes). Do not assume Node.js,
  shell, local files, or environment variables exist inside cloud scripts.
- When available, channel `SpawnTask` handles heavy background work and
  `CreateAutomation` handles the reviewed built-in setups according to the
  channel profile. A dispatched task is in progress, not a completed result.
- User agents use OpenAI only; omit model/provider for platform defaults.
  Retain history. Do not use Claude models, Anthropic SDK/BYOK, or relay routes.

Outside a managed runtime, follow [preflight.md](references/preflight.md).
Durable ALPI Agents have their own tool and launch contract in
[durable-agent.md](references/durable-agent.md); do not assume their native
`alva`, ALFS, or `javascript` tools exist in a Sandbox session.

## Command Index
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