# trader-memory-core

This skill keeps investment theses from a screener idea through a closed position with a postmortem. Useful when trade decisions get lost between chats.

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- 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/trader-memory-core/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/trader-memory-core

## What it does

State persists across conversations: each thesis is its own object with a status history. The lifecycle runs `IDEA` → `ENTRY_READY` → `ACTIVE` → `CLOSED`. You register theses from screener output through adapters — `kanchi-dividend-sop`, `earnings-trade-analyzer`, `vcp-screener`, `pead-screener`, `canslim-screener`, `edge-candidate-agent` — or manually from a free-form JSON file. The manual source covers fractional-share brokers and hand journaling.

Three scripts do the work: `thesis_store.py` for transitions and positions, `thesis_ingest.py` for intake, `thesis_review.py` for due checks. Run them through the launcher `trader_memory_cli.py`; it routes through `uv run --project <repo>` when `uv` is available, so the pinned `jsonschema` resolves even from a foreign cwd or from `python3` with no global install. You need Python 3.10+, `pyyaml` and `jsonschema`. An FMP API key matters only for MAE/MFE calculation in the postmortem.

If the launcher reports that `jsonschema` is not importable and `uv` is not on `PATH`, install `uv` or add the project dependencies to the current interpreter. Editing `state/theses/*.yaml` by hand is the wrong fix — schema validation is what keeps thesis state intact. For the `kanchi-dividend-sop` source, registration is fail-closed: a row without a `CLEAN-PASS`, `PASS-CAUTION` or `CONDITIONAL-PASS` verdict never reaches the store.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill trader-memory-core -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill trader-memory-core -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill trader-memory-core -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install tradermonty/claude-trading-skills trader-memory-core
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill trader-memory-core -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --path skills/trader-memory-core
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill trader-memory-core -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/trader-memory-core/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- register a screener idea as a tracked thesis
- move a thesis from IDEA to ENTRY_READY and then ACTIVE
- attach position sizing to a thesis
- check which theses are due for review
- close a position and build a postmortem with P&L and MAE/MFE

## Example prompts
- register the thesis from reports/kanchi_entry_signals_2026-03-14.json
- show thesis status for AAPL
- close the position and write a postmortem

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: trader-memory-core
description: Track investment theses across their lifecycle — from screening idea to closed position with postmortem. Register theses from screener outputs, manage state transitions, attach position sizing, review due dates, and generate postmortem reports with P&L and MAE/MFE analysis. Trigger when user says "register thesis", "track this idea", "thesis status", "review due", "close position", "postmortem", or "trading journal".
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# Trader Memory Core

## Overview

Persistent state layer that bundles screening → analysis → position sizing → portfolio management outputs into a single "thesis object" per investment idea. Tracks what you thought, what happened, and what you learned — across conversations.

Phase 1 supports single-ticker theses: dividend_income, growth_momentum, mean_reversion, earnings_drift, pivot_breakout.

## When to Use

- After a screener (kanchi, earnings-trade-analyzer, vcp, pead, canslim, edge-candidate-agent) produces candidates
- When transitioning a thesis from IDEA → ENTRY_READY → ACTIVE → CLOSED
- When attaching position-sizer output to a thesis
- When checking which theses are due for review
- When closing a position and generating a postmortem with lessons learned

## Prerequisites

- Python 3.10+
- `pyyaml` (already in project dependencies)
- `jsonschema` (already in `pyproject.toml`; required by `thesis_store.py` and every command that imports it, including `thesis_ingest.py` and `thesis_review.py`)
- FMP API key (optional, only for MAE/MFE calculation in postmortem)

### How to invoke the CLI

Use the stdlib-only launcher `trader_memory_cli.py` for all CLI work. It transparently routes through `uv run --project <repo>` when `uv` is available, so the repo's pinned `jsonschema` is reachable even from a foreign cwd or from `python3` with no global `jsonschema` (e.g. cron / Hermes profile runs):

```bash
# From inside the repo
python3 skills/trader-memory-core/scripts/trader_memory_cli.py store --state-dir state/theses list

# From any other cwd (cron, profile, distribution runner) — point the launcher at the repo
export CLAUDE_TRADING_SKILLS_REPO=/path/to/claude-trading-skills
````
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