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name: fxmacrodata-calendar description: Fetch official FXMacroData macro release-calendar events for trade planning, macro regime checks, and event-risk filters. Use before CPI, NFP, GDP, PCE, retail sales, PMI, and central-bank decision windows.

FXMacroData Calendar

Retrieve official-source macro release-calendar events from FXMacroData. Use this skill when a trade plan needs event timing, confirmed release dates, or a top-tier macro risk check.

Workflow

1. Run the calendar script:

   python3 skills/fxmacrodata-calendar/scripts/fetch_calendar.py --currency usd --min-tier 1
   

2. Review events[] for top-tier releases.

   Treat a nonzero exit as an unverified event-risk state, never as an empty calendar. Only a successful response containing events: [] establishes that no matching events were returned. The client accepts results only when the response currency matches the request and data_quality confirms an official, current, non-proxy, non-fallback, timestamp-complete, point-in-time-safe source. Each event must include an announcement timestamp and a non-empty release identifier.

3. Fold the event timing into the trade plan:

   • pause new entries around high-impact releases;
   • reduce leverage or position size;
   • schedule follow-up review after the actual value is available;
   • explain which event and timestamp drove the adjustment.

Authentication

Set FXMACRODATA_API_KEY for authenticated FXMacroData endpoints. Public USD calendar rows can be fetched without a key. The client uses the canonical https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1 endpoint and accepts --min-tier values 1, 2, or 3 only. Live calendar responses currently include market_tier; the skill treats it as an extension field and requires integer values 1 through 3 for filtering, although the current CalendarReleaseRow OpenAPI schema does not declare that field.