28 skills for hockey analytics
Claude Code skills that teach Claude how to build prediction models, analyze odds, and track performance. Install in one command. Data via PuckAPI.
# Add the MCP server
$ claude mcp add puckapi https://mcp.puckapi.com/mcp --header "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
# Then ask Claude anything
$ claude "Show me tonight's NHL games with odds"Data Exploration
Find games, compare teams, scout players, check odds.
Find games by date, team, season. Scores and schedule.
Standings, stats, strength of schedule, rankings.
Player search, stats, comparison, NHLe translation.
GSAA, xSV%, high-danger save%, workload tracking.
Multi-book odds comparison, line movement detection.
Natural language to structured data queries.
Full game preview: matchup, goalie, trends, odds.
Hockey Analytics
Understand and build the metrics that matter.
Corsi, Fenwick, xG, PDO, RAPM, WAR definitions and context.
Build an expected goals model from play-by-play shot data.
Methodology
Feature engineering, model training, validation, calibration.
Rolling windows, shift(1) leakage detection, feature catalogs.
Temporal cross-validation. Refuses k-fold on time series.
LR to RF to XGBoost ladder. Hard-vote ensemble.
5 Elo variants with NHL-tuned configs.
Platt scaling, isotonic regression, Brier score decomposition.
4 devigging methods (power, multiplicative, Shin, worst-case).
GitHub Actions automation, SQLite schema, credit budgeting.
Betting
Find edges, size bets, track performance honestly.
EV calculation, Kelly criterion sizing, CLV tracking.
Walk-forward historical strategy simulation.
Full slate analysis with edge rankings. Requires your model.
Log predictions, track CLV, test statistical significance.
Calibration plots, edge charts, player cards, correlation matrices.
Sport-Specific Models
Specialized prediction models for specific bet types.
Over/under prediction. Pace metrics, Poisson, under bias.
Player prop projections. TOI-first architecture, SGP correlation.
RAPM ridge regression, component GAR, contract surplus.
Monte Carlo season and bracket simulation.
Workflow
Prompt patterns, hypothesis testing, skill routing.
4 workflow patterns for hypothesis testing with Claude.
Routes requests to the right 2-3 skills automatically.
Infrastructure
MCP tool routing, credit tracking, data source management.
Routes all MCP tool calls. 12 endpoints, credit tracking, BYOD support.
Open source methodology. Production-ready data.
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