Get an hourly AI stock market summary sent straight to Slack

During market hours, the system checks stock indicators and sends a plain-English buy, hold, or sell summary to Slack every hour.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4)

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Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Messaging & NotificationsReporting & AnalyticsResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
AlpacaOpenAISlack

The problem it solves

Keeping an eye on the market all day while running your business isn't realistic, but missing a big move can cost you. Manually checking RSI and MACD signals for a list of stocks and turning them into a readable summary takes time you don't have. You want a quick, plain-English read on where things stand, without staring at charts.

Who it fits

An investor, trader, or small investment team that wants regular market check-ins without watching charts all day.

How it works

  1. Runs every hour during U.S. market hours, Monday through Friday
  2. Checks whether the market is open before doing anything
  3. Pulls the latest price data for your list of stocks
  4. Calculates RSI and MACD and flags each stock as buy, hold, or sell
  5. AI writes a plain-English summary and sends it to Slack
What you get

Buy, hold, or sell calls delivered hourly

You get an hourly plain-English market check-in sent straight to Slack during trading hours.

What you get

An hourly Slack message summarizing buy, hold, or sell signals for your watchlist.

What you need

An Alpaca market data account, an OpenAI account, and a Slack workspace.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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