Is the Us Gov Shutdown Tracker skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from fleurytian/awesome-claude-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Us Gov Shutdown Tracker SkillProof Score?

8.4/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 7/10, docs & honesty 4/5.

How do I install Us Gov Shutdown Tracker?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Us Gov Shutdown Tracker with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Us Gov Shutdown Tracker

Fetches FRED TGA/reserves/EFFR/SOFR data to classify shutdown liquidity stress

by fleurytian · fleurytian/awesome-claude-skills

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 8.4/10
Tested: Jul 31, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · a172bca

Fetched SKILL.md and all 4 referenced files (HTTP 200) and actually ran both scripts against the live FRED API in a temp HOME. Default 2025 run fetched 45 weekly + 213 daily obs and returned status EASING (TGA $910B, -95B from peak); visualize.py produced a valid 2082x1476 PNG. The docs' own 2018-19 example (--baseline-date 2018-12-15) returns INSUFFICIENT_DATA because no weekly row precedes the first data point (2018-12-19); using 2018-12-19 works (STABLE). Noted: hardcoded free FRED API key committed in the script, a "_bn" metric label that is actually millions, no requirements.txt, and an onboarding section steering users to one fixed Chinese question.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 7/10
Docs & honesty 4/5

What Us Gov Shutdown Tracker does

Pulls Treasury General Account, bank reserves, EFFR and SOFR series from the FRED API to measure how a US government shutdown drains bank reserves and widens the SOFR premium ("stealth tightening"), then classifies the period as EASING/TIGHTENING/STABLE/MIXED and renders a three-panel PNG chart. Triggers when the user asks to track or compare shutdown effects on money-market liquidity, TGA accumulation, or SOFR premium across historical episodes. Ships two Python scripts plus historical-case and data-source reference docs.

How to install Us Gov Shutdown Tracker

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/fleurytian/awesome-claude-skills.git /tmp/us-gov-shutdown-tracker-src
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/us-gov-shutdown-tracker-src/us-gov-shutdown-tracker ~/.claude/skills/us-gov-shutdown-tracker
# Python deps (no requirements.txt in repo): pip install requests pandas matplotlib
# Live internet required. analyze_shutdown.py embeds a free FRED API key, so no key setup needed.
# Run: python ~/.claude/skills/us-gov-shutdown-tracker/scripts/analyze_shutdown.py --output results.json
#      python ~/.claude/skills/us-gov-shutdown-tracker/scripts/visualize.py results.json --output chart.png
# NOTE: the docs' 2018-19 example uses --baseline-date 2018-12-15, which returns INSUFFICIENT_DATA
#       (first weekly TGA point is 2018-12-19); pick a baseline that lands on/after a Wednesday data point.

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Us Gov Shutdown Tracker

/us-gov-shutdown-tracker Fetches FRED TGA/reserves/EFFR/SOFR data to classify shutdown liquidity stress

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Analyze how the current shutdown affects liquidity
Compare this shutdown to prior episodes under QT
Generate a weekly liquidity stress report

Frequently asked questions

Is the Us Gov Shutdown Tracker skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from fleurytian/awesome-claude-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Us Gov Shutdown Tracker work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 31, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Fetched SKILL.md and all 4 referenced files (HTTP 200) and actually ran both scripts against the live FRED API in a temp HOME. Default 2025 run fetched 45 weekly + 213 daily obs and returned status EASING (TGA $910B, -95B from peak); visualize.py produced a valid 2082x1476 PNG. The docs' own 2018-19 example (--baseline-date 2018-12-15) returns INSUFFICIENT_DATA because no weekly row precedes the first data point (2018-12-19); using 2018-12-19 works (STABLE). Noted: hardcoded free FRED API key committed in the script, a "_bn" metric label that is actually millions, no requirements.txt, and an onboarding section steering users to one fixed Chinese question.
What is the Us Gov Shutdown Tracker SkillProof Score?: 8.4/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 7/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
How do I install Us Gov Shutdown Tracker?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Us Gov Shutdown Tracker with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.