coingecko

The coingecko skill provides access to real-time cryptocurrency market data, including spot prices, OHLC charts, market capitalization, global statistics, and NFT collection details via the CoinGecko API.

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5/10
Quality

Is coingecko safe to install?

Review the source first

Review the source first: our audit of coingecko's source files found 1 shell command, 0 external URLs, file reads and writes (high risk). Every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the skill's source. The skill executes Python code via bash and requires a COINGECKO_API_KEY environment variable to function.

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Who is this skill for?

Users requiring live cryptocurrency market data, price trends, and asset discovery within an AI agent environment.

What can you do with it?

  • Retrieving current or historical cryptocurrency prices
  • Generating OHLC candlestick data for technical analysis
  • Fetching global crypto market statistics and DeFi metrics
  • Identifying trending coins and top market gainers or losers
  • Searching for specific coin IDs, exchanges, or NFT collections
  • Querying token prices by contract address on specific platforms

How good is this skill?

Quality score: 5/10. The skill documentation is highly structured, provides clear function signatures, and includes a critical 'wrong vs right' tool substitution table to prevent common integration errors.

What does the skill file contain?

SKILL.md
## Script Usage

Script-mode skill — read this file, then invoke from a `bash` block:

```bash
python3 - <<'EOF'
import sys, json
sys.path.insert(0, "/data/workspace/skills/coingecko")
from exports import coin_price, cg_trending, cg_global

print(coin_price(coin_ids="bitcoin,ethereum"))
print(cg_trending())
EOF
```

Read `exports.py` for the full list of available functions. Common ones:
`coin_price`, `coin_ohlc`, `coin_chart`, `cg_trending`,
`cg_top_gainers_losers`, `cg_new_coins`, `cg_global`, `cg_global_defi`,
`cg_categories`, `cg_derivatives`, `cg_coins_markets`, `cg_coin_data`,
`cg_coin_t...

Frequently asked questions

How do I find the correct ID for a cryptocurrency?

Use the cg_search(query) function to search for coins, exchanges, or categories by name.

Can I use this skill to get futures or derivatives data?

The skill provides limited derivatives data via cg_derivatives and cg_derivatives_exchanges, but it is strictly for CoinGecko data. It explicitly warns against using Coinglass-specific tool names.

What should I do if a price lookup fails?

Use cg_search to verify the correct CoinGecko slug ID for the asset.

Is web search required for market data?

No. The skill documentation explicitly forbids using web_search or web_fetch for crypto market data, as all necessary information is available through the provided CoinGecko functions.

Data sourced from starchild-ai-agent/official-skills on GitHub. Install counts from skills.sh. The summary and security audit are derived from the skill's source files: every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the source.

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