futbin-cli - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: futbin-cli description: Queries FUTBIN (EA FC Ultimate Team database) via cli-web-futbin — player search, prices and price history, comparisons, SBCs, evolutions, and market analytics (index, trending, cheapest by rating, movers, fodder, buy/sell signals, undervalue scans, PS/PC arbitrage). Use when the user asks about EA FC player prices, SBCs, evolutions, FUT market data, or trading decisions like "should I buy/sell X". Prefer cli-web-futbin over fetching the FUTBIN website. when_to_use: FUTBIN, EA FC / FIFA Ultimate Team, card prices, squad building challenges, player evolutions, market index, trending players, newly released cards, price trends, cheapest players by rating, coin trading, buy/sell signals, undervalued cards, PS vs PC price gaps, when to buy or sell, weekly market cycle, fodder investment, mass bidding, promo crash timing, EA tax, TOTY/TOTS crashes, searching players by name, position, rating, or card type.

cli-web-futbin

EA FC Ultimate Team database and market analytics. Prices are in coins; current game year is 26 (use --year 25 for last year's cards, or set a default via config). Install: pip install cli-web-futbin

For trading strategy, market timing, and promo-cycle guidance, read market-playbook.md — weekly buy/sell cycle, EA tax formulas, promo crash calendar, fodder rules, mass bidding, and step-by-step CLI workflows.

Commands

players

players search --name TEXT — search by name (JSON API; fast, reliable prices). Options: --year N, --evolutions
players list — browse with filters. Options: --position, --rating-min/--rating-max, --version (gold_rare, gold_if, toty, icons, heroes, fut_birthday, moments, …), --min-price/--max-price, --cheapest, --min-skills/--min-wf (1–5), --gender [men|women], --league/--nation/--club ID, --platform [ps|pc], --page N, --year N
players get PLAYER_ID — full detail: stats, skill moves/weak foot, trend, EA price range, current BIN listings
players compare ID1 ID2 — side-by-side with value metrics
players price-history PLAYER_ID — price series + current/min/max per platform
players versions --name TEXT — all versions of a player with value_score (total stats per 1K coins)

market

market index [--rating 81-86|100|icons] — tier indices, or current/open/low/high for one tier
market popular [--limit N] — trending/most-viewed players (max 250)
market latest [--page N] — newly released cards
market cheapest — cheapest by rating, for SBCs/trading. Options: --rating-min (default 83), --rating-max, --min-price (default 200, excludes extinct), --max-price, --platform, --page
market movers [--fallers] — biggest risers/fallers. Options: --rating-min (default 80), --min-price (default 1000), --max-price, --platform, --page
market fodder — cheapest player at each rating tier 81–99. Options: --rating-min, --rating-max
market analyze PLAYER_ID — trend analysis + BUY/SELL/HOLD signal, platform gap. Option: --year
market scan — bulk undervalue detection (flags cards below 30d average; ~0.5s/player). Options: --rating-min (default 84), --rating-max (default 90), --limit (default 20), --threshold (default 10, min % below avg), --platform
market arbitrage — PS vs PC price gaps. Options: --rating-min (default 85), --rating-max (default 92), --min-gap (default 5, %), --page

sbc / evolutions / config

sbc list [--category TEXT] [--year N], sbc get SBC_ID — Squad Building Challenges (requirements, rewards, cost)
evolutions list [--category ID] [--expiring] [--year N], evolutions get EVOLUTION_ID — evolution paths (--category is a numeric ID)
config set|get|show|reset — persistent defaults, e.g. config set year 26, config set platform ps

Examples

# Current price for a player — search returns [{id, name, rating, version, ps_price, ...}]
cli-web-futbin players search --name "Mbappe" --json

# Cheapest gold rare CAMs rated 85+
cli-web-futbin players list --position CAM --version gold_rare --rating-min 85 --cheapest --json

# Is this a good time to buy player 40? (signal: BUY/SELL/HOLD)
cli-web-futbin market analyze 40 --json

# Find cards trading >10% below their 30-day average
cli-web-futbin market scan --rating-min 85 --rating-max 89 --threshold 10 --json

# SBC fodder cost check + active SBCs
cli-web-futbin market fodder --rating-min 84 --json
cli-web-futbin sbc list --json

JSON output

Add --json to any command for structured output (bare arrays/objects per command; key fields shown above). Errors: {"error": true, "code": "...", "message": "..."}. market analyze returns per-platform current, min, max, avg_30d, price_position_pct (0=floor, 100=ceiling), vs_avg_30d_pct (negative = below average), trend_7d, trend_30d, volatility_30d, signal, plus platform_gap_pct.

Utilities

cli-web-futbin doctor [--json] diagnoses local setup. cli-web-futbin mcp-serve exposes the commands as MCP tools over stdio. Running with no subcommand opens an interactive REPL.

Agent tips

Get player IDs from players search; use players get for full stats (search returns empty stats).
players search (JSON API) is more reliable than players list (HTML scrape) for name/rating/price.
Requests are rate-limited at 0.5s; market scan and players versions make one request per player, so keep --limit modest.