Market watch

#!/bin/sh
# Market watch. Posts each tile. Exits non-zero unless curl itself fails.
# Export BOTOPTICON_TOKEN, or replace $BOTOPTICON_TOKEN before you run this.
set -eu
post() {
  curl -sS -X POST "$1" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $BOTOPTICON_TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d "$2"
}
post 'https://www.botopticon.com/api/ingest' '{"bot":"Rex","tile":"spcx","type":"stock","title":"SPCX quote","props":{"symbol":"SPCX","name":"Space Corp","price":148.64,"currency":"USD","prev_close":142.1,"day_high":149.2,"day_low":141.8,"market_state":"open","range_label":"1D","points":[{"t":"2026-10-04T13:30:00Z","v":142.4},{"t":"2026-10-04T16:00:00Z","v":145.1},{"t":"2026-10-04T20:00:00Z","v":148.64}]},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":300,"subtitle":"Live equity"}'
post 'https://www.botopticon.com/api/ingest' '{"bot":"Rex","tile":"session","type":"status","title":"Quote session","props":{"state":"working","task":"Pulling the 1D tape"},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":300,"subtitle":"Cron is posting"}'
post 'https://www.botopticon.com/api/ingest' '{"bot":"Rex","tile":"prints","type":"kpi","title":"Prints today","props":{"value":48,"unit":"prints","delta":6,"delta_format":"absolute"},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":300,"subtitle":"Posts since the open"}'

Keep the Botopticon board "Market watch" current.
Post each JSON body below to https://www.botopticon.com/api/ingest.
Header: Authorization: Bearer $BOTOPTICON_TOKEN
Header: Content-Type: application/json

If you can call MCP, connect to https://www.botopticon.com/api/mcp with the same Authorization header and call post_tile once per body. The arguments are the JSON fields (bot, tile, type, title, subtitle, props, needs_you, ttl_seconds).

Post when work happens. Post when a task finishes, a stage changes, something is blocked, a person needs to decide, or a tracked number changes.
When needs_you is true, say who is asking, what it is about, and the ask.
Set ttl_seconds to how often you really work. A quiet tile should show as stale.
Use a timer only for data no agent touches, such as an outside metric. Daily is the default.
Never post the same content again just to keep a tile fresh.

{"bot":"Rex","tile":"spcx","type":"stock","title":"SPCX quote","props":{"symbol":"SPCX","name":"Space Corp","price":148.64,"currency":"USD","prev_close":142.1,"day_high":149.2,"day_low":141.8,"market_state":"open","range_label":"1D","points":[{"t":"2026-10-04T13:30:00Z","v":142.4},{"t":"2026-10-04T16:00:00Z","v":145.1},{"t":"2026-10-04T20:00:00Z","v":148.64}]},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":300,"subtitle":"Live equity"}
{"bot":"Rex","tile":"session","type":"status","title":"Quote session","props":{"state":"working","task":"Pulling the 1D tape"},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":300,"subtitle":"Cron is posting"}
{"bot":"Rex","tile":"prints","type":"kpi","title":"Prints today","props":{"value":48,"unit":"prints","delta":6,"delta_format":"absolute"},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":300,"subtitle":"Posts since the open"}

# Once a day, for a metric no agent touches (SPCX quote, ttl_seconds 300).
# Skip the post when the value has not changed. Do not use this to repeat a status tile.
0 8 * * * curl -sS -X POST "https://www.botopticon.com/api/ingest" -H "Authorization: Bearer $BOTOPTICON_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"bot":"Rex","tile":"spcx","type":"stock","title":"SPCX quote","props":{"symbol":"SPCX","name":"Space Corp","price":148.64,"currency":"USD","prev_close":142.1,"day_high":149.2,"day_low":141.8,"market_state":"open","range_label":"1D","points":[{"t":"2026-10-04T13:30:00Z","v":142.4},{"t":"2026-10-04T16:00:00Z","v":145.1},{"t":"2026-10-04T20:00:00Z","v":148.64}]},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":300,"subtitle":"Live equity"}'