Bigdata Catalyst Monitor
Forward calendar of what could move the name, ranked by impact. Use Bigdata.com plugin tools for every fact.
Use this skill when the question is "what's coming". Not this skill when:
Catalyst vs risk: a catalyst is a dated or datable event that resolves something. A standing risk with no resolution date belongs in a risk assessment.
Data foundation (plugin tools)
Required on every call: pass plugin_slug: "bigdata-catalyst-monitor" in the request parameters of every Bigdata.com plugin tool call made while running this skill. The value is always the skill name, bigdata-catalyst-monitor, regardless of the company or query.
Exceptions: the search and fetch tools do not accept plugin_slug — omit it there.
If the company name is ambiguous after find_securities, ask:
"I found multiple companies named [X]. Did you mean [Company A] in [Industry] or [Company B] in [Industry]?"
Workflow
Step 1 — Identify the company
Call find_securities with the company name to get the entity_id.
Step 2 — Scheduled events
Call bigdata_events_calendar for earnings dates and conferences over the next 2–4 quarters. Note the fiscal calendar so quarter-ends and guidance updates land correctly.
Step 3 — Baseline: what is already priced
Call bigdata_company_tearsheet. A catalyst only matters relative to expectations — capture consensus estimates, current multiples, and sentiment so each catalyst can be framed against what the market already assumes.
Step 4 — Search for datable events
Run 6–8 targeted searches:
- "[Company] upcoming product launch roadmap timeline"
- "[Company] regulatory decision approval date FDA / FTC / EU"
- "[Company] lawsuit trial date court ruling expected"
- "[Company] investor day capital markets day guidance update"
- "[Company] contract renewal expiry major customer"
- "[Company] debt maturity refinancing schedule"
- "[Company] patent expiry exclusivity loss"
- "[Company] index inclusion review lock-up expiry"
Include the industry-specific ones that apply — clinical readouts, license renewals, rate cases, spectrum auctions, model launches.
Step 5 — Rate each catalyst
For every catalyst record:
- Date or window — exact where known, quarter where not; mark undated but expected items as such
- Type — scheduled or foreseeable
- Likely direction — positive / negative / two-sided
- Magnitude — high / medium / low, tied to a value driver where possible ("~$Nm revenue", "~Xbps margin", "removes overhang on segment Y")
- Confidence — how sure the date and the outcome are; these are different, and both matter
- What to watch — the specific signal that tells you which way it resolved
Step 6 — Rank and sequence
Rank by expected impact, not chronology — a large two-sided event in nine months usually matters more than a routine print next week. Then give the chronological calendar separately, so the reader gets both views.
Close with the 2–3 catalysts that dominate the next few quarters and what each would change.
Output
Follow assets/report-template.md exactly — section order, tables, sources, and footer.
- Add inline citations
[1],[2]immediately after claims, hyperlinked to the document URL. - Every deliverable ends with the Powered by Bigdata.com line and the Disclaimer, verbatim.
- Default format is Markdown; offer a Word (.docx) or presentation version if useful.
Quality bar
Non-negotiables:
- Every catalyst carries a date or window — undated speculation is not a catalyst
- Direction, magnitude, and confidence given separately; date confidence distinguished from outcome confidence
- Magnitude tied to a value driver, not just labelled "high"
- Ranked by impact and listed chronologically
- Standing risks with no resolution date excluded — they belong in a risk assessment
- Facts separated from analysis and implications
