Hormuz Strait

Pulls real-time status from the Hormuz Strait Monitor API covering shipping transits, oil prices, stranded vessels, insurance war risk premiums, and diplomatic developments. You'd reach for this when tracking Middle East geopolitical risk, energy supply chain disruption, or answering "is Hormuz open" questions with actual data instead of stale news. The skill maps user questions to specific dashboard sections, so asking about tanker traffic gets you transit counts and percent of normal, while asking about oil impact returns Brent prices and global trade cost estimates. Includes a tiered risk assessment from NORMAL to EXTREME based on insurance levels. Honest take: niche use case, but if you're monitoring energy markets or geopolitical chokepoints, having structured data beats scraping headlines.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add himself65/finance-skills --skill hormuz-strait --agent claude-code

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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:

curl -s https://hormuzstraitmonitor.com/api/dashboard

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).

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