Defaults

Parameter	Default Value	Rationale
parameter_free	true	This skill has no tunable parameters; analysis scope set by temporal_scope frontmatter

Preflight

Run canonical pre-flight per contracts/preflight.md. Include the X-Agentii-Trace header on every tool call per contracts/x-agentii-trace-header.md — carry the _run_id from your first tool result and name yourself (and your parent, if you were spawned).

Methodology

Retrieval Scope

structured_only

Retrieval Strategy

Query knowledge entries for relevant frameworks; query search_by_analogue for historical cases.

Temporal Scope

See frontmatter temporal_scope block.

Tool Allowlist

See frontmatter allowed_tools.

Protocol

See ## Protocol section below.

Volatility Trading

Options analysis powered by spec 037 L3/L4 knowledge base (K7).

Preflight

Run the canonical pre-flight sequence. See contracts/preflight.md.

Data Source Priority

1. Knowledge entries (K7 options frameworks) → 2. search_by_analogue for relevant cases

The options-chain input does not exist, and this skill must say so (spec 058 FR-028). No route and no MCP tool on this deployment returns an option chain — get_options_chain is implemented nowhere, and this skill no longer declares it. So chain-derived quantities (bid/ask, open interest, per-strike Greeks, implied volatility by strike) have no source. They MUST NOT be presented as retrieved, estimated from the underlying's price, or reconstructed from memory. Name the missing input in the artifact, annotate coverage_gap per contracts/error-handling-template.md, and abstain from the parts of the analysis that depend on it. What remains is real: K7's frameworks apply to a name without a chain.

Protocol

1. Framework Application — apply K7 frameworks from references/knowledge-frameworks.md
2. Option Chain Analysis — abstain, and say why: no tool returns an option chain (see Data Source Priority). Apply the K7 frameworks and list the chain inputs that were unavailable instead of inferring them.
3. Analogue Retrieval — query historical options/volatility cases

Methodology

Retrieval Scope

structured_only

Retrieval Strategy

Query gold.knowledge_entries for frameworks; query search_by_analogue for historical cases.

Temporal Scope

See frontmatter temporal_scope.

Tool Allowlist

See frontmatter allowed_tools.

Protocol

See ## Protocol section below.

Output File

{ticker}/{YYYY-MM-DD_HHMM}_volatility-trading_{affix}.md

Output Structure

1. Executive Summary — key findings in 2-3 sentences
2. Framework Analysis — applied frameworks with specific findings
3. Quantitative Metrics — relevant calculations and benchmarks
4. Historical Analogues — matched cases with citations
5. Risk Assessment — key risk factors and mitigants
6. Coverage Gaps — data limitations and degraded flags
7. Executive Summary 2. Framework Analysis 3. Option Greeks & Metrics 4. Historical Analogues 5. Risk Profile 6. Scenarios

Error Handling

| Options chain input — no tool provides one (get_options_chain is unimplemented; FR-028) | Framework-only analysis; name the missing input in the artifact and annotate coverage_gap. Never present chain-derived figures as retrieved. |

Final Summary (TUI)

Include ### Key Citations block (0–10 /v/ URLs).

Memory Load

Load prior context before retrieval. See contracts/memory-load.md.

Snapshot

Post-session synthesis. See contracts/snapshot-synthesis.md.

Output Frontmatter

Structured output per contracts/output-frontmatter-schema.md.

References

references/knowledge-frameworks.md, contracts/citation-and-memory.md