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Give me today's reading and show me how it's trended over the past week."},{"title":"Alert on extreme market conditions","prompt":"Check the crypto Fear & Greed index for me right now. If it's hit 'Extreme Fear' or 'Extreme Greed', flag that for my attention so I know when there might be a contrarian opportunity."},{"title":"Track market psychology in trading strategy","prompt":"Pull the last 7 days of Fear & Greed readings and tell me what the pattern looks like — is sentiment getting more fearful, more greedy, or staying neutral? 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