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Overview

Valyu Agent Skills enable AI coding agents to access real-time information across 25+ data sources. Install once and your coding assistant can search the web, academic papers, financial data, healthcare information, and more. Supported agents:
  • Claude Code
  • Open Code
  • Cursor
  • Windsurf
  • Any agent supporting skills.sh
Key capabilities:
  • Search API - Query across web, academic, financial, medical, and news sources
  • Contents API - Extract clean markdown from any URL
  • Answer API - Get AI-synthesized answers with citations
  • DeepResearch API - Generate comprehensive research reports

Installation

Install the skill using the CLI:
npx skills add valyuAI/skills
Or browse and install from skills.sh/valyu-network/skills/valyu-best-practices.

API Key Setup

Get your API key from platform.valyu.ai with $10 free credits. Set the environment variable:
echo 'export VALYU_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

Usage

Once installed, your coding agent can use Valyu’s APIs through natural language or structured commands.

Data Sources

Access to 40M+ documents across specialized datasets:
CategorySources
AcademicarXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv, scholarly journals
FinancialSEC filings, earnings transcripts, stock data, crypto
HealthcareClinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov), FDA drug labels, patents
EconomicFRED, BLS, World Bank, economic indicators
NewsReal-time news from multiple sources
Prediction MarketsPolymarket, Kalshi

Additional Resources