get_fear_greed_index
Retrieve US stock market sentiment analysis with the Fear & Greed Index, including composite scores and seven individual indicators to assess market conditions.
Instructions
Get US stock market Fear & Greed Index data. Returns comprehensive market sentiment analysis including the main composite index and 7 individual indicators (market momentum, stock price strength/breadth, options sentiment, volatility, safe haven demand, junk bond demand). Each indicator includes score (0-100), rating, and timestamp. See schema for detailed field descriptions.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| data | Yes |
Implementation Reference
- src/server.ts:142-171 (handler)Handler function that calls fetchFearGreedData and returns the structured Fear & Greed Index data or error.
async () => { try { const data = await fetchFearGreedData(); return { isError: false, content: [ { type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(data), }, ], structuredContent: { data, }, }; } catch (error) { return { isError: true, content: [ { type: "text", text: `Error fetching Fear and Greed Index: ${ error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) }`, }, ], }; } } - src/server.ts:132-172 (registration)Registration of the 'get_fear_greed_index' tool with description, schemas, and handler.
server.registerTool( "get_fear_greed_index", { description: "Get US stock market Fear & Greed Index data. Returns comprehensive market sentiment analysis including the main composite index and 7 individual indicators (market momentum, stock price strength/breadth, options sentiment, volatility, safe haven demand, junk bond demand). Each indicator includes score (0-100), rating, and timestamp. See schema for detailed field descriptions.", inputSchema: {}, outputSchema: { data: fearGreedSchema, }, }, async () => { try { const data = await fetchFearGreedData(); return { isError: false, content: [ { type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(data), }, ], structuredContent: { data, }, }; } catch (error) { return { isError: true, content: [ { type: "text", text: `Error fetching Fear and Greed Index: ${ error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) }`, }, ], }; } } ); - src/server.ts:21-71 (schema)Zod schema defining the structure of the Fear & Greed Index data used in outputSchema.
const fearGreedSchema = z.object({ fear_and_greed: z .object({ ...itemDataSchema, previous_close: z.number().describe("Previous day's closing score"), previous_1_week: z.number().describe("Score from 1 week ago"), previous_1_month: z.number().describe("Score from 1 month ago"), previous_1_year: z.number().describe("Score from 1 year ago"), }) .describe("Main composite Fear & Greed Index with historical comparisons"), fear_and_greed_historical: z .object(itemDataSchema) .describe("Historical Fear & Greed Index data"), market_momentum_sp500: z .object(itemDataSchema) .describe( "S&P 500 momentum indicator - measures stock prices vs 125-day moving average" ), market_momentum_sp125: z .object(itemDataSchema) .describe("S&P 500 125-day moving average momentum"), stock_price_strength: z .object(itemDataSchema) .describe("Stock price strength - ratio of NYSE 52-week highs vs lows"), stock_price_breadth: z .object(itemDataSchema) .describe("Stock price breadth - McClellan Volume Summation Index"), put_call_options: z .object(itemDataSchema) .describe( "Put/Call options ratio - 5-day average (higher ratio indicates fear)" ), market_volatility_vix: z .object(itemDataSchema) .describe( "Market volatility - VIX fear index (higher values indicate fear)" ), market_volatility_vix_50: z .object(itemDataSchema) .describe("VIX 50-day moving average volatility"), junk_bond_demand: z .object(itemDataSchema) .describe( "Junk bond demand - yield spread between junk and investment-grade bonds" ), safe_haven_demand: z .object(itemDataSchema) .describe( "Safe haven demand - difference between 20-day stock and bond returns" ), }); - src/server.ts:75-124 (helper)Helper function that fetches raw data from CNN API, processes it, and validates with fearGreedSchema.
async function fetchFearGreedData(): Promise<FearGreedData> { try { const userAgent = new UserAgent(); const response = await fetch( "https://production.dataviz.cnn.io/index/fearandgreed/graphdata", { headers: { "User-Agent": userAgent.toString(), Accept: "application/json, text/plain, */*", "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9", "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate, br", Connection: "keep-alive", Referer: "https://www.cnn.com/", Origin: "https://www.cnn.com", "Cache-Control": "no-cache", Pragma: "no-cache", }, } ); if (!response.ok) { throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`); } const responseData = await response.json(); let result = {}; Object.keys(responseData).forEach((k) => { const { data, ...rest } = responseData[k]; result = { ...(result || {}), [k]: { ...rest, timestamp: typeof rest.timestamp === "number" ? new Date(rest.timestamp).toISOString() : rest.timestamp, }, }; }); return fearGreedSchema.parse(result); } catch (error) { throw new Error( `Failed to fetch Fear and Greed data: ${ error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) }` ); } } - src/server.ts:5-19 (schema)Base schema for individual Fear & Greed items, extended in fearGreedSchema.
const itemDataSchema = { timestamp: z .string() .describe("ISO timestamp when the data was last updated"), score: z .number() .describe( "Fear & Greed score from 0-100 (0=extreme fear, 100=extreme greed)" ), rating: z .enum(["extreme fear", "fear", "neutral", "greed", "extreme greed"]) .describe( "Textual rating based on the score: 0-25=extreme fear, 26-45=fear, 46-55=neutral, 56-75=greed, 76-100=extreme greed" ), };