By name: yahoo-finance description: > Financial data from Yahoo Finance: stock/bond prices, credit analysis, macro dashboard, FX rates, ETF flows, fundamentals, and news. Use when the user asks about stock prices, bond yields, credit metrics, leverage ratios, debt/ebitda, interest coverage, macro indicators (VIX, DXY, treasury yields, oil, gold, BTC), LatAm FX (ARS, BRL, CLP, MXN, COP), ETF holdings, income statements, balance sheets, cash flow, financial news, options chains, dividend history, or analyst ratings/upgrades. Commands: yf price, yf quote, yf compare, yf credit, yf macro, yf fx, yf flows, yf history, yf fundamentals, yf news, yf search, yf options, yf dividends, yf ratings. license: MIT compatibility: Requires Python 3.10+ and uv allowed-tools: Read Bash(yf:*) metadata: author: 0juano version: "1.0.0" openclaw: emoji: "📈" requires: bins: ["uv", "python3"] install: - id: uv kind: download url: https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh bins: ["uv"] label: "Install uv (Python package manager)"
Yahoo Finance CLI
Financial data terminal powered by Yahoo Finance. All commands via the yf script.
Setup
The script is at {baseDir}/scripts/yf. It uses uv run --script with inline PEP 723 metadata — dependencies install automatically on first run.
chmod +x {baseDir}/scripts/yf
Commands
| Command | Purpose | Example |
|---|---|---|
yf price TICKER |
Quick price + change + volume | yf price YPF |
yf quote TICKER |
Detailed quote (52w, PE, yield) | yf quote AAPL |
yf compare T1,T2,T3 |
Side-by-side comparison table | yf compare YPF,PAM,GGAL |
yf credit TICKER |
Credit analysis: leverage, coverage, debt maturity | yf credit YPF |
yf macro |
Morning macro dashboard (UST, DXY, VIX, oil, gold, BTC, ARS) | yf macro |
yf fx [BASE] |
LatAm FX rates (ARS, BRL, CLP, MXN, COP) | yf fx USD |
yf flows ETF |
ETF top holdings + fund data | yf flows EMB |
yf history TICKER [PERIOD] |
Price history (1d/5d/1mo/3mo/6mo/1y/ytd/max) | yf history YPF 3mo |
yf fundamentals TICKER |
Full financials (IS, BS, CF) | yf fundamentals YPF |
yf news TICKER |
Recent news headlines | yf news YPF |
yf search QUERY |
Find tickers | yf search "argentina bond" |
All commands support --json for machine-readable output.
When to Use Which Command
- Morning check:
yf macro→ get UST yields, DXY, VIX, commodities, BTC, ARS in one shot - Quick look:
yf price TICKER→ fast price/change/volume - Deep dive equity:
yf quote→yf fundamentals→yf history - Credit analysis:
yf credit TICKER→ leverage ratios, interest coverage, debt breakdown - EM/LatAm FX:
yf fx→ all major LatAm pairs vs USD - ETF research:
yf flows ETF→ top holdings, AUM, expense ratio - Comparison:
yf compare→ side-by-side for relative value
Error Handling
The script handles bad tickers, missing data, and rate limits gracefully with clear error messages. If Yahoo Finance rate-limits, wait a moment and retry.
Output
By default, output uses Rich tables for clean terminal display. Add --json to any command for structured JSON output suitable for piping or further processing.