DeFi Analyst Skill

Research DeFi protocols, track yields, analyze TVL trends, and monitor the competitive landscape.

Prerequisites

• Tavily API key — free at tavily.io
• mcporter — OpenClaw skill for MCP tool calling
• curl + jq — for GeckoTerminal/DeFiLlama API calls

Setup Tavily MCP

mcporter config add tavily https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=\x3CYOUR_KEY>

Core Operations

Protocol Research (Tavily)

mcporter call tavily.tavily_search query="Aave V3 protocol overview yield lending" max_results=5 search_depth="advanced"

TVL Tracking (DeFiLlama)

# Get protocol TVL
curl -s "https://api.llama.fi/protocol/aave" | jq '{name: .name, tvl: .tvl, change_1d: .change_1d, change_7d: .change_7d}'

# Top DeFi protocols by TVL
curl -s "https://api.llama.fi/tvl" | jq '.[0:10]'

# Lending rates overview
curl -s "https://api.llama.fi/overview/lending" | jq '.categories[0:10]'

Token Price + Volume (GeckoTerminal)

# Pool data for a token
curl -s "https://api.geckoterminal.com/api/v2/networks/eth/tokens/0x.../info" | jq '{name, base_volume, quote_volume, pool_count}'

# Trending pools on a network
curl -s "https://api.geckoterminal.com/api/v2/networks/eth/pools" | jq '.[0:5] | .[].attributes | {pool: .name, volume_24h: .volume_usd.h24s, tvl: .tvl_usd}'

# Specific pool APY
curl -s "https://api.geckoterminal.com/api/v2/networks/bsc/pools/0x..." | jq '.data.attributes | {apy: .apy_7d, tvl: .tvl_usd}'

DEX Aggregator Research

# Compare yields across DEXes
curl -s "https://api.llama.fi/overview/dex?exclude_bridge=true" | jq '.dexes[0:5]'

Analyst Agents

Technical Analyst

On top of classic candlestick patterns, pulls 24h volume delta, liquidity depth ratios, and cross DEX price variance. Output: {direction, confidence, key_levels}.

Sentiment Analyst

Aggregates social sentiment via Tavily ({token} sentiment today) + Moltbook agent network pulse. Output: sentiment score (-1 to +1) with weighted breakdown by source credibility.

Debate Round

Bull Agent → Tavily for bull cases + on-chain growth metrics. Bear Agent → Tavily for risk factors + whale wallet outflows. Synthesized output: {bull_probability, bear_probability, reconciled_direction, confidence}.

Use Cases

Research a Protocol

# 1. TVL + metrics
TVL=$(curl -s "https://api.llama.fi/protocol/your-protocol" | jq '.tvl')
# 2. Recent news via Tavily
mcporter call tavily.tavily_search query="protocol audit exploit update 2026" max_results=5
# 3. Competitor comparison
mcporter call tavily.tavily_search query="protocol vs aave vs compound defi" max_results=3

Track Yield Opportunities

# Get all lending rates
curl -s "https://api.llama.fi/overview/lending" | jq '.categories[0:10]'

DeFi Landscape Analysis

mcporter call tavily.tavily_search query="DeFi trends 2026 yield farming liquid staking real yield" max_results=10 search_depth="advanced"

Rate Limits

• GeckoTerminal: 30 req/min, no auth needed
• DeFiLlama: ~60 req/min, public API
• Tavily: 20 req/min free tier, 1000 req/month free