Ground a market read in Claude¶
Goal: when you ask your assistant "what's going on in crypto right now?", have it answer from the publication's current, dated read instead of stale training data.
Tools: get_active_market_report, get_macro_frame, get_universe_ranking.
The pattern¶
Connect the MCP, then ask:
"Using The Coin Daily, summarise the market right now — the desk's main observations and any tensions — then tell me which assets lead conviction."
The assistant calls get_active_market_report for the cross-market read (observations, tensions, tone, confidence) and get_universe_ranking for the leaders and the long/short/neutral breadth. It comes back with a grounded summary, timestamped to the analyst cycle — and, because the response carries a disclosure, framed as editorial commentary rather than advice.
Why it's better than unaided¶
- Current, not trained-in. The read reflects the latest pipeline cycle, with the timestamp attached — your assistant can say when the view is from.
- Calibrated. Conviction and tone come from the publication's signal stack, not the model's vibe.
- Honest about tension. The report surfaces what's unresolved, which a model summarising headlines tends to flatten.
Tips¶
- For a one-liner of context to open a longer answer, use
get_macro_frameinstead of the full report. - Re-asking within a refresh window returns the same read (cached at source); after the next cycle it updates.