Agent skill · data analytics · himself65
hormuz-strait
Check the live status of the Strait of Hormuz from the Hormuz Strait Monitor dashboard: open, restricted, or closed status, tanker transits vs normal, stranded vessels, Brent price impact, war-risk insurance levels, cargo throughput, tanker freight rates, diplomatic developments, and global trade impact. Use this skill whenever the user asks about the Strait of Hormuz or the Persian Gulf in the context of oil, shipping, or geopolitical risk — whether Hormuz is open, chokepoint or transit disruption, Gulf tanker traffic, war-risk premiums, Middle East shipping routes, or energy supply-chain risk.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific API commands and data parsing patterns for real-time monitoring of the Strait of Hormuz, which the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires curl installed locally. About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-05. 3,127 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Hormuz Strait Monitor Skill Fetches real-time status of the Strait of Hormuz from the Hormuz Strait Monitor dashboard API. Covers shipping transits, oil prices, stranded vessels, insurance risk, diplomatic status, global trade impact, and crisis timeline. This skill is read-only. It fetches public dashboard data — no authentication required. --- Step 1: Fetch Dashboard Data Use curl to fetch the dashboard API: Parse the JSON response. The API returns { "success": true, "data": { ... }, "timestamp": "..." }. If success is false or the request fails, inform the user the monitor is temporarily unavailable and suggest checking https://hormuzstraitmonitor.com directly. --- Step 2: Identify What the User Needs Match the user's request to the relevant data sections. If the user asks for a general status update, present all sections. If they ask about something specific, focus on the relevant section(s). User Request Data Section Key Fields --- --- --- General status / "is Hormuz open?" straitStatus status, since, description Ship traffic / transit count shipCount currentTransits, last24h, normalDaily, percentOfNormal Oil price impact oilPrice brentPrice, change24h, changePercent24h, sparkline Stranded / stuck vessels strandedVessels total, tankers, bulk, other, changeToday Insurance / war risk insurance level, warRiskPercent, normalPercent, multiplier Cargo throughput throughput todayDWT, averageDWT, percentOfNormal, last7Days Diplomatic situation diplomacy status, headline, parties, summary Global trade impact globalTradeImpact percentOfWorldOilAtRisk, estimatedDailyCostBillions, affectedRegions, lngImpact, alternativeRoutes, supplyChainImpact Crisis timeline / events crisisTimeline events[] with date, type, title, description Tanker freight rates / VLCC rates tankerRates currentRate, preCrisisRate, changePercent, route, vesselType, trend, unit Latest news news title, source, url, publishedAt, description --- Step 3: Present the Data Format the results clearly for financi …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills himself65/hormuz-strait