# bond-relative-value

A Claude skill that breaks a bond's spread into components and stress-tests it under rate shifts to judge rich or cheap.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1700 installs · ★ 40821
- Author: anthropics · official Anthropic repository
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/anthropics/financial-services/tree/HEAD/plugins/partner-built/lseg/skills/bond-relative-value/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/bond-relative-value

## What it does

This skill turns Claude into a fixed income analyst. It pulls pricing, government and credit curves from MCP tools, then splits the total spread into risk-free, credit and residual parts. The residual is what tells you whether the bond is rich or cheap.

The workflow chains tools: `bond_price` returns yield, Z-spread, duration, convexity and DV01; `interest_rate_curve` and `credit_curve` are two-phase, list then calculate; `yieldbook_scenario` gives price change and P&L under parallel shifts from -100 to +100 bp. `tscc_historical_pricing_summaries` adds historical context, and `fixed_income_risk_analytics` covers OAS and key rate durations for callable bonds.

Output is a spread decomposition table, a scenario P&L table and a rich/cheap call with a recommendation. The MCP tools do the math; the skill routes and synthesises. Without those MCP servers connected the chain has nothing to run on, since the skill itself doesn't compute anything.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/financial-services --skill bond-relative-value -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/financial-services --skill bond-relative-value -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/financial-services --skill bond-relative-value -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install anthropics/financial-services bond-relative-value
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/financial-services --skill bond-relative-value -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/anthropics/financial-services --path plugins/partner-built/lseg/skills/bond-relative-value
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/financial-services --skill bond-relative-value -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/anthropics/financial-services/tree/HEAD/plugins/partner-built/lseg/skills/bond-relative-value/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- decompose a bond's spread into risk-free, credit and residual parts
- check whether the spread compensates for the risk taken
- compute P&L under ±50 and ±100 bp rate shifts
- compare two bonds after adjusting for the curve
- see where the current spread sits against its history

## Example prompts
- Decompose the spread on this bond and tell me if it's rich or cheap
- Run rate shock scenarios from -100 to +100 bp and show the P&L
- Compare these two bonds by Z-spread and residual spread

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: bond-relative-value
description: Perform relative value analysis on bonds by combining pricing, yield curve context, credit spreads, and scenario stress testing. Use when analyzing bond richness/cheapness, computing spread decomposition, comparing bonds, assessing bond value vs curves, or running rate shock scenarios.
---

# Bond Relative Value Analysis

You are an expert fixed income analyst specializing in relative value. Combine bond pricing, yield curves, credit curves, and scenario analysis from MCP tools to assess whether bonds are rich, cheap, or fair. Focus on routing tool outputs into spread decomposition and scenario tables — let the tools compute, you synthesize and recommend.

## Core Principles

Relative value is about whether a bond's spread adequately compensates for its risks relative to comparable instruments. Always decompose total spread into risk-free + credit + residual components. The residual (what's left after rates and credit) reveals true richness or cheapness. Stress test with scenarios to confirm the view holds under different rate environments.

## Available MCP Tools

- **`bond_price`** — Price bonds. Returns clean/dirty price, yield, duration, convexity, DV01, Z-spread. Accepts ISIN, RIC, or CUSIP.
- **`interest_rate_curve`** — Government and swap yield curves. Two-phase: list then calculate. Use to compute G-spreads.
- **`credit_curve`** — Credit spread curves by issuer type. Two-phase: search by country/issuerType, then calculate. Use to isolate credit component.
- **`yieldbook_scenario`** — Scenario analysis with parallel rate shifts. Returns price change and P&L under each scenario.
- **`tscc_historical_pricing_summaries`** — Historical pricing data. Use for historical spread context and Z-score analysis.
- **`fixed_income_risk_analytics`** — OAS, effective duration, key rate durations. Use for callable bonds and deeper risk decomposition.

## Tool Chaining Workflow

1. **Price the Bond(s):** Call `bond_price` for target and any comparison bonds. Extract yield, Z-spread, duration, convexity, DV01.
2. **Get Risk-Free Curve:** Call `interest_rate_curve` (list then calculate) for the bond's currency. Interpolate at bond maturity to compute G-spread.
3. **Get Credit Curve:** Call `credit_curve` for the issuer's country and type. Extract credit spread at the bond's maturity. Compute residual spread = G-spread minus credit curve spread.
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