# data-quality-checker

A skill that checks market analysis documents before publication: price scale, tickers, dates, allocation totals, units. Findings come back as warnings for human review.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3300 installs · ★ 3267
- Author: tradermonty
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/tradermonty/claude-trading-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/data-quality-checker/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/data-quality-checker

## What it does

The skill runs a markdown document of financial data through `check_data_quality.py` and looks for five categories of problems: price scale mismatches (ETF vs futures), instrument notation errors, date and weekday disagreements, allocation totals that miss 100%, and unit confusion. It handles English and Japanese content and normalizes full-width characters first.

Running it takes one command: `python3 skills/data-quality-checker/scripts/check_data_quality.py --file path/to/document.md --output-dir reports/`. The `--checks` flag narrows the run to specific categories, and `--as-of` supplies a reference date for year inference when the document omits the year. You get two files back — a JSON list of findings and a markdown report grouped by severity.

Python 3.9+ is required; no third-party packages and no API keys. Allocation checking only reads percentages inside allocation sections, so stray percentages in body text stay untouched. The script exits with code 0 even when findings exist, which means it will not block a CI pipeline — the call stays with you.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill data-quality-checker -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill data-quality-checker -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill data-quality-checker -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install tradermonty/claude-trading-skills data-quality-checker
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill data-quality-checker -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --path skills/data-quality-checker
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill data-quality-checker -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/tradermonty/claude-trading-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/data-quality-checker/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- catch a date and weekday mismatch before publishing
- spot ETF vs futures price scale confusion
- verify that allocation percentages add up
- check ticker notation and unit usage
- review a translated English or Japanese document for data accuracy

## Example prompts
- Run data-quality-checker on `reports/weekly_strategy.md`
- Check `market_summary.md` with the data-quality-checker skill, price_scale and dates only
- Run data-quality-checker with `--as-of 2026-02-28` on a document without years in its dates

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: data-quality-checker
description: Validate data quality in market analysis documents and blog articles before publication. Use when checking for price scale inconsistencies (ETF vs futures), instrument notation errors, date/day-of-week mismatches, allocation total errors, and unit mismatches. Supports English and Japanese content. Advisory mode -- flags issues as warnings for human review, not as blockers.
---

## Overview

Detect common data quality issues in market analysis documents before
publication. The checker validates five categories: price scale consistency,
instrument notation, date/weekday accuracy, allocation totals, and unit usage.
All findings are advisory -- they flag potential issues for human review rather
than blocking publication.

## When to Use

- Before publishing a weekly strategy blog or market analysis report
- After generating automated market summaries
- When reviewing translated documents (English/Japanese) for data accuracy
- When combining data from multiple sources (FRED, FMP, FINVIZ) into one report
- As a pre-flight check for any document containing financial data

## Prerequisites

- Python 3.9+
- No external API keys required
- No third-party Python packages required (uses only standard library)

## Workflow

### Step 1: Receive Input Document

Accept the target markdown file path and optional parameters:
- `--file`: Path to the markdown document to validate (required)
- `--checks`: Comma-separated list of checks to run (optional; default: all)
- `--as-of`: Reference date for year inference in YYYY-MM-DD format (optional)
- `--output-dir`: Directory for report output (optional; default: `reports/`)

### Step 2: Execute Validation Script

Run the data quality checker script:

```bash
python3 skills/data-quality-checker/scripts/check_data_quality.py \
  --file path/to/document.md \
  --output-dir reports/
```

To run specific checks only:

```bash
python3 skills/data-quality-checker/scripts/check_data_quality.py \
  --file path/to/document.md \
  --checks price_scale,dates,allocations
```

To provide a reference date for year inference (useful for documents without
explicit year in dates):

```bash
python3 skills/data-quality-checker/scripts/check_data_quality.py \
  --file path/to/document.md \
  --as-of 2026-02-28
```

### Step 3: Load Reference Standards

Read the relevant reference documents to contextualize findings:
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