How-to · Business Operations · By Fleury (McKinsey-style Skills)

How to use US Government Shutdown Tracker in your AI agent

Install and use the US Government Shutdown Tracker skill in Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, and Windsurf — with sample prompts.

What you'll get

This skill tracks the financial ripple effects when the US government shuts down. It monitors key indicators like Treasury cash balances, bank reserves, and overnight lending rates to show whether a shutdown is creating tightening conditions in money markets. Founders, finance teams, and anyone tracking macro conditions can get clear weekly updates on shutdown impact without needing economics expertise.

Step 1 — Get the skill source URL

The US Government Shutdown Tracker skill lives at:

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Step 2 — Add it to your AI agent

Copy one of these prompts and paste it into your AI tool. The agent will fetch and install the skill for you.

Claude Code

Add the agent skill from https://github.com/fleurytian/awesome-claude-skills/tree/main/us-gov-shutdown-tracker to my project.

Cursor

Install this agent skill: https://github.com/fleurytian/awesome-claude-skills/tree/main/us-gov-shutdown-tracker

Codex

Add this skill to .codex/skills/: https://github.com/fleurytian/awesome-claude-skills/tree/main/us-gov-shutdown-tracker

Gemini CLI

Add the skill at https://github.com/fleurytian/awesome-claude-skills/tree/main/us-gov-shutdown-tracker to my .gemini/skills/ directory.

OpenCode

Install this agent skill from https://github.com/fleurytian/awesome-claude-skills/tree/main/us-gov-shutdown-tracker

Windsurf

Add this skill: https://github.com/fleurytian/awesome-claude-skills/tree/main/us-gov-shutdown-tracker

Step 3 — Try these prompts

Once the skill is installed, ask your AI things like:

  • Tracking how a government shutdown affects markets or the economy
  • Brief your team or stakeholders on liquidity conditions during fiscal disruptions
  • Compare current shutdown effects to past episodes
  • Monitoring macro risks for business planning or investment decisions

What this skill does

  • Pulls live Treasury and Federal Reserve data to track liquidity during shutdowns
  • Compares current conditions to historical shutdowns (2013, 2018-19) for context
  • Generates charts showing Treasury balances, bank reserves, and funding rate changes
  • Classifies market conditions as easing, tightening, stable, or mixed
  • Produces plain-English summaries of whether shutdown effects are worsening or improving
SkillUS Government Shutdown Tracker
Made byFleury (McKinsey-style Skills)
CategoryBusiness Operations
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