# financial-metrics-analysis

This skill pulls year-over-year growth for income statement lines through Octagon MCP and returns it as a table. Useful when you need to compare revenue, COGS and net income across fiscal periods.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 364 installs · ★ 130
- Author: OctagonAI
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/OctagonAI/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/financial-metrics-analysis/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-06-05
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/financial-metrics-analysis

## What it does

The skill sits on top of the Octagon MCP server. You give it a ticker, a record count and a period type (fiscal year or quarterly), and the agent calls the `octagon-agent` tool with a plain-language prompt. The result is a table of YoY percentages across five lines: Revenue Growth, Cost of Revenue Growth, Gross Profit Growth, Operating Income Growth and Net Income Growth. Data comes from `octagon-companies-agent` and `octagon-financials-agent`.

Octagon MCP has to be configured in your agent first. Without it the skill has nowhere to send the query and the call fails. Setup steps live in `references/mcp-setup.md` inside the skill.

There is guidance on reading the numbers: revenue versus net income divergence, operating leverage signals, margin compression. If Cost of Revenue outgrows Revenue, margins are shrinking, and that is worth checking against the cost side. A flip from negative to positive growth often marks a turnaround.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OctagonAI/skills --skill financial-metrics-analysis -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OctagonAI/skills --skill financial-metrics-analysis -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OctagonAI/skills --skill financial-metrics-analysis -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install OctagonAI/skills financial-metrics-analysis
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OctagonAI/skills --skill financial-metrics-analysis -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/OctagonAI/skills --path skills/financial-metrics-analysis
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OctagonAI/skills --skill financial-metrics-analysis -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/OctagonAI/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/financial-metrics-analysis/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- compare revenue and net income growth over five years
- spot cost of revenue rising faster than revenue
- catch a swing from declining to growing profit
- read operating leverage from the gap between operating income and revenue
- build a YoY growth table for several tickers

## Example prompts
- Retrieve year-over-year growth in key income-statement items for AAPL, limited to 5 records and filtered by period FY
- Show quarterly revenue and net income growth for TSLA, limited to 8 records
- Compare operating income and revenue growth for MSFT, limited to 10 records, period FY

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: financial-metrics-analysis
description: Analyze year-over-year growth in income statement items and financial metrics using Octagon MCP. Use when retrieving YoY Revenue Growth, Cost of Revenue Growth, Gross Profit Growth, Operating Income Growth, Net Income Growth, or comparing financial performance across fiscal periods for any public company.
---

# Financial Metrics Analysis

Retrieve and analyze year-over-year growth in key income statement items for public companies using the Octagon MCP server.

## Prerequisites

Ensure Octagon MCP is configured in your AI agent (Cursor, Claude Desktop, Windsurf, etc.). See [references/mcp-setup.md](references/mcp-setup.md) for installation instructions.

## Workflow

### 1. Identify Analysis Parameters

Determine the following before querying:
- **Ticker**: Stock symbol (e.g., AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL)
- **Records**: Number of periods to retrieve (e.g., 5 years)
- **Period**: FY (fiscal year) or Q (quarterly)

### 2. Execute Query via Octagon MCP

Use the `octagon-agent` tool with a natural language prompt:

```
Retrieve year-over-year growth in key income-statement items for <TICKER>, limited to <N> records and filtered by period <FY|Q>.
```

**MCP Call Format:**

```json
{
  "server": "octagon-mcp",
  "toolName": "octagon-agent",
  "arguments": {
    "prompt": "Retrieve year-over-year growth in key income-statement items for AAPL, limited to 5 records and filtered by period FY"
  }
}
```

### 3. Expected Output

The agent returns a tabular response with YoY growth percentages:

| Year | Revenue Growth | Cost of Revenue Growth | Gross Profit Growth | Operating Income Growth | Net Income Growth |
|------|----------------|------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
| 2024 | 2.0%           | 1.5%                   | 3.1%                | 5.2%                    | 4.8%              |
| 2023 | -2.8%          | -1.2%                  | -4.5%               | -8.1%                   | -10.2%            |
| ...  | ...            | ...                    | ...                 | ...                     | ...               |

**Data Sources**: octagon-companies-agent, octagon-financials-agent

### 4. Interpret Results

See [references/interpreting-results.md](references/interpreting-results.md) for guidance on:
- Reading growth percentages
- Identifying trends and inflection points
- Spotting operating leverage signals
- Comparing to industry benchmarks

## Example Queries
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