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Pipeworx Housing Analyst
by
Bruce Gutman
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· v1.0.0
· MIT-0
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Install in OpenClaw
/install pipeworx-housing-analyst
Description
Provides national and local housing market analysis by combining data from FRED, BLS, ATTOM, and HUD APIs for comprehensive property and market insights.
Usage Guidance
This skill delegates queries to an external gateway (gateway.pipeworx.io) rather than calling the named APIs directly and doesn't declare credentials for premium sources (ATTOM). Before installing: ask the publisher for the gateway's ownership, privacy and retention policies, and how ATTOM/HUD/FRED/BLS credentials are managed; confirm whether queries (including property addresses or personal data) are logged or stored; prefer a skill that documents its data flow or one that lets you supply your own API keys if you must use premium providers. If you can't verify the gateway operator and data-handling practices, avoid sending sensitive or personally identifiable information through this skill.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: pipeworx-housing-analyst
Version: 1.0.0
The skill bundle provides a comprehensive set of tools for housing and economic data analysis by integrating FRED, BLS, ATTOM, and HUD APIs via a central MCP gateway (gateway.pipeworx.io). The SKILL.md file describes legitimate data retrieval functions and lacks any indicators of malicious intent, data exfiltration, or prompt injection attacks.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
Name/description claim to aggregate FRED, BLS, ATTOM, and HUD. SKILL.md instead directs the agent to use an external MCP gateway (gateway.pipeworx.io) to perform the chaining. ATTOM is a paid/premium provider that normally requires API credentials; the skill declares no required env vars or credentials. Using a third-party proxy that holds the provider keys is plausible, but the skill gives no provenance or explanation for how those credentials are handled, so the declared requirements are incomplete compared to the stated capability.
Instruction Scope
The instructions tell the agent to configure and call an external MCP server URL for 'housing analysis' (gateway.pipeworx.io). There are no instructions to read local files or env vars, which is good, but the skill explicitly routes potentially sensitive queries (property addresses, market context) to an external endpoint without describing what is transmitted, retained, or who controls that service. The SKILL.md also encourages using memory (remember/recall) for intermediate findings, which could persist sensitive data in agent memory.
Install Mechanism
Instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files — nothing is written to disk by the skill itself. This is the lowest-risk install profile.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables or credentials even though it claims integration with ATTOM (which normally requires an API key) and other services. The lack of declared credentials suggests the skill depends on the external gateway to hold provider keys; that is a design choice but it is not documented here and reduces transparency about who has access to your query data.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill is not marked always:true and is user-invocable only. It does reference using agent memory (remember/recall) for intermediate results, which is normal but users should be aware that that can persist data in the agent's memory store.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install pipeworx-housing-analyst - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/pipeworx-housing-analyst - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
Initial release
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Pipeworx Housing Analyst?
Provides national and local housing market analysis by combining data from FRED, BLS, ATTOM, and HUD APIs for comprehensive property and market insights. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 79 downloads so far.
How do I install Pipeworx Housing Analyst?
Run "/install pipeworx-housing-analyst" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is Pipeworx Housing Analyst free?
Yes, Pipeworx Housing Analyst is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does Pipeworx Housing Analyst support?
Pipeworx Housing Analyst is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created Pipeworx Housing Analyst?
It is built and maintained by Bruce Gutman (@brucegutman); the current version is v1.0.0.
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