wtf is my-cfo?

my-cfo is a finance research tool that plugs into AI agent platforms like Hermes, Claude Code, and OpenClaw. It lets you ask plain-language questions about crypto markets, things like "how's Bitcoin looking right now?" or "what's trending?", and get back a quick summary of prices, market sentiment, and the fear-and-greed index. The key promise: it only reads data. It cannot place trades, withdraw funds, or send money anywhere. Under the hood, it pulls from free public APIs (CoinGecko for prices and trending coins, Alternative.me for fear-and-greed readings) and combines them into short summaries you can request through a simple command-line wrapper. You can also connect it to OKX in read-only mode to check your balance or open positions, but only if you provide your own API keys, and even then, it strictly looks, never acts. There's an optional integration called Paperclip that can save research results as issues or comments for team workflows, but that's not required for basic use. The project is designed for people who want AI-assisted market awareness without the risk of an agent accidentally executing trades. A founder tracking crypto sentiment across their portfolio, a PM keeping an eye on market mood for product decisions, or a developer building agent workflows that need safe financial context would all fit the use case. You can install it with a single command, test it immediately without creating any account, and only add premium backends later if you need them. What's notable is the deliberate safety-first architecture. The team originally built around a specific backend (Minara Safe) but pivoted to a backend-independent model specifically to lower the barrier for open-source adoption, no sign-up walls, no unclear premium gates, no account dependency for first-time users. Trade execution is intentionally left to separate systems with their own validation, keeping this tool firmly in the research lane.