Congress & Insider Skills

Congress and insider skills surface political-trading and insider-filing data from the Ithaca archive. Congressional trades come from Capitol Trades; insider activity comes from SEC Form 4 filings.

These skills are read-only and sourced from public filings. Every result includes the provenance envelope — check warnings for late filings, partial disclosures, or stale pulls.

Skill summary

Skill ID	Tool name	Source	Runtime	Description
`congress.trades`	`congress_trades`	capitol-trades	interactive	Individual congressional trade filings
`congress.late_filings`	`congress_late_filings`	capitol-trades	interactive	Trades filed past the STOCK Act 45-day deadline
`congress.screener`	`congress_screener`	capitol-trades	scan	Filter congressional trades by ticker/party/committee
`insider.activity`	`insider_activity`	sec	interactive	Form 4 insider buys/sells
`politician.portfolio`	`politician_portfolio`	capitol-trades	interactive	Aggregated holdings for a single politician

congress.trades

Individual congressional trade filings — who bought/sold what, when, and how big. Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
`symbol`	string	no	—	Filter by ticker
`politician`	string	no	—	Politician name or ID
`chamber`	string	no	—	`house`, `senate`, or `both`
`party`	string	no	—	`D`, `R`, `I`
`committee`	string	no	—	Committee name (substring match)
`transaction_type`	string	no	—	`buy`, `sell`, `sell_partial`, or `exchange`
`min_amount`	float	no	—	Minimum transaction USD
`max_amount`	float	no	—	Maximum transaction USD
`from`	ISO date	no	`now - 90d`	Filing range start
`to`	ISO date	no	`now`	Filing range end
`limit`	int	no	`50`	Max results (1–500)

Source: capitol-trades Example

congress_trades({ "symbol": "NVDA", "from": "2025-05-01", "limit": 5 })

{
  "skill_id": "congress.trades",
  "data": {
    "trades": [
      { "politician": "Nancy Pelosi", "chamber": "house", "party": "D", "symbol": "NVDA", "type": "buy", "amount_usd": 500000, "filed": "2025-06-12", "traded": "2025-06-02" },
      { "politician": "Tom Emmer", "chamber": "house", "party": "R", "symbol": "NVDA", "type": "sell", "amount_usd": 15000, "filed": "2025-05-22", "traded": "2025-05-15" }
    ]
  },
  "provenance": { "source": "capitol-trades", "freshness": { "as_of": "2025-06-27T16:00:00Z", "lag_seconds": 3600 }, "cost": { "credits": 2, "tier": "basic" }, "warnings": [] }
}

congress.late_filings

Trades filed past the STOCK Act 45-day deadline. These are often the most informative — late filings correlate with larger positions and weaker disclosure patterns. Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
`symbol`	string	no	—	Filter by ticker
`min_late_days`	int	no	`45`	Minimum days past the deadline
`from`	ISO date	no	`now - 365d`	Filing range start
`to`	ISO date	no	`now`	Filing range end
`limit`	int	no	`50`	Max results

Source: capitol-trades Example

congress_late_filings({ "min_late_days": 60, "limit": 5 })

{
  "skill_id": "congress.late_filings",
  "data": {
    "late_filings": [
      { "politician": "Dan Crenshaw", "symbol": "LMT", "traded": "2025-03-10", "filed": "2025-06-01", "late_days": 83, "amount_usd": 100000 }
    ]
  },
  "provenance": { "source": "capitol-trades", "freshness": { "as_of": "2025-06-27T16:00:00Z", "lag_seconds": 3600 }, "cost": { "credits": 2, "tier": "basic" }, "warnings": ["late_days computed from STOCK Act 45-day deadline"] }
}

congress.screener

Multi-filter screen across all congressional trades. Runs under the scan profile (900 s). Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
`symbols`	string[]	no	—	Filter to a set of tickers
`chamber`	string	no	`both`	`house`, `senate`, or `both`
`party`	string	no	—	`D`, `R`, `I`
`committee`	string	no	—	Committee name (substring)
`transaction_type`	string	no	—	`buy`, `sell`, `sell_partial`
`min_amount`	float	no	—	Minimum transaction USD
`min_net_buy`	float	no	—	Minimum net buy per politician per ticker
`from`	ISO date	no	`now - 180d`	Range start
`to`	ISO date	no	`now`	Range end
`group_by`	string	no	`symbol`	`symbol`, `politician`, or `committee`
`sort_by`	string	no	`total_usd`	Sort field
`limit`	int	no	`100`	Max results

Source: capitol-trades Example

congress_screener({ "chamber": "senate", "transaction_type": "buy", "min_amount": 50000, "group_by": "symbol", "limit": 10 })

{
  "skill_id": "congress.screener",
  "data": {
    "groups": [
      { "symbol": "MSFT", "n_trades": 8, "n_politicians": 5, "total_usd": 1200000, "net_buy_usd": 1100000 },
      { "symbol": "AAPL", "n_trades": 6, "n_politicians": 4, "total_usd": 850000, "net_buy_usd": 720000 }
    ]
  },
  "provenance": { "source": "capitol-trades", "freshness": { "as_of": "2025-06-27T16:00:00Z", "lag_seconds": 3600 }, "cost": { "credits": 5, "tier": "basic" }, "warnings": [] }
}

insider.activity

SEC Form 4 insider transactions — officers, directors, and 10%+ owners buying or selling their own company’s stock. Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
`symbol`	string	no	—	Filter by ticker
`insider`	string	no	—	Insider name (substring)
`title`	string	no	—	Officer title (e.g. `CEO`, `CFO`, `Director`)
`transaction_code`	string	no	—	`P` (purchase), `S` (sale), `A` (award), `G` (gift), `M` (exercise)
`min_shares`	int	no	—	Minimum share count
`min_value`	float	no	—	Minimum USD value
`from`	ISO date	no	`now - 90d`	Range start
`to`	ISO date	no	`now`	Range end
`limit`	int	no	`50`	Max results

Source: sec Example

insider_activity({ "symbol": "META", "transaction_code": "S", "min_value": 1000000, "limit": 5 })

{
  "skill_id": "insider.activity",
  "data": {
    "transactions": [
      { "insider": "Mark Zuckerberg", "title": "CEO", "symbol": "META", "code": "S", "shares": 30000, "price": 498.20, "value_usd": 14946000, "filed": "2025-06-20", "remaining_shares": 350000000 }
    ]
  },
  "provenance": { "source": "sec", "freshness": { "as_of": "2025-06-27T22:00:00Z", "lag_seconds": 86400 }, "cost": { "credits": 2, "tier": "basic" }, "warnings": [] }
}

politician.portfolio

Aggregated holdings for a single politician — useful for “what does X own?” queries. Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
`politician`	string	yes	—	Politician name or ID
`as_of`	ISO date	no	latest	Snapshot date
`include_history`	bool	no	`false`	Include transaction history
`limit`	int	no	`50`	Max holdings

Source: capitol-trades Example

politician_portfolio({ "politician": "Nancy Pelosi", "include_history": true })

{
  "skill_id": "politician.portfolio",
  "data": {
    "politician": "Nancy Pelosi",
    "as_of": "2025-06-27",
    "holdings": [
      { "symbol": "NVDA", "estimated_value_usd": 5200000, "last_trade": "2025-06-12" },
      { "symbol": "AAPL", "estimated_value_usd": 1800000, "last_trade": "2025-04-02" }
    ],
    "history": [
      { "date": "2025-06-12", "symbol": "NVDA", "type": "buy", "amount_usd": 500000 }
    ]
  },
  "provenance": { "source": "capitol-trades", "freshness": { "as_of": "2025-06-27T16:00:00Z", "lag_seconds": 3600 }, "cost": { "credits": 3, "tier": "basic" }, "warnings": ["holdings estimated from disclosed transaction ranges, not actual positions"] }
}

Congress & Insider Skills

Skill summary

congress.trades

congress.late_filings

congress.screener

insider.activity

politician.portfolio

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