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Overview

The financial-sanctions-risk skill analyzes sanctions regimes and their second/third-order effects: trade corridors under stress, bypass node emergence in neutral countries, energy market signals, currency/financial system pressure, and alliance cohesion fracture. GDELT Cloud detects these signals 12–24h before traditional financial media. Use this skill for: how a sanctions regime is propagating through neutral countries, which trade routes are under stress, energy market signals tied to active conflicts, currency or sovereign debt exposure from geopolitical shocks.

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Skill Resource URI

skill://financial-sanctions-risk

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Allowed Tools

get_media_events, get_media_event_cluster, get_conflict_events, get_conflict_events_summary, get_cameoplus_events, get_cameoplus_events_summary, get_entity, web_search, web_extract

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Analytical Frame

Sanctions contagion: When a primary sanctions regime is active, secondary effects ripple outward — neutral countries become bypass nodes, energy corridors reroute, financial systems develop workarounds, and alliance cohesion comes under stress. Key parameter: market_min on get_cameoplus_events isolates high-confidence market-moving events. Use 0.85+ for actionable calls, 0.6+ for early warning.

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Workflow Summary

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Conflict Intensity Baseline

get_conflict_events_summary with group_by=date for the conflict country. Rising fatality trend = escalating supply disruption probability.
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Energy Corridor Signals

get_media_events semantic search for chokepoint/disruption + get_cameoplus_events with domain=ECONOMIC and market_min=0.8 for the energy producer.
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Bypass Node Activity

get_cameoplus_events with domain=ECONOMIC for neutral countries (India, Turkey, UAE are key watch targets). Look for bilateral currency swaps, barter arrangements, shadow fleet stories.
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Trade Corridor Viability

get_media_events semantic search for rerouting and insurance premium spikes. get_cameoplus_events with domain=INFRASTRUCTURE for corridor stress.
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Alliance Cohesion

get_cameoplus_events with domain=POLITICAL and market_min=0.7 for alliance members. Diverging POLITICAL events = fracture signal.
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Financial System Stress

get_media_events semantic search for SWIFT, de-dollarization, sovereign debt. get_entity for central banks and international financial bodies.

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Output Format

For full assessments, use the Sanctions Contagion Dashboard structure: 
Conflict Intensity:      [score] → supply disruption probability
Key Chokepoint Status:   [OPEN/THREATENED/DISRUPTED]
Bypass Node Activity:    [{country}: HIGH/MED/LOW]
Trade Corridor Stress:   [{corridor}: %]
Alliance Cohesion:       [SOLID/FRAYING/FRACTURING]
Financial System Bypass: [ACCELERATING/STABLE/SLOWING]

POSITIONING: Exposed [sectors/FX] | Hedged [positions] | Monitor [triggers]
For quick exposure checks, give a direct paragraph — what does GDELT show for this actor/corridor and what does it mean for positioning? Skip the dashboard unless explicitly requested.

Workflow Guide

Detailed REST API workflow guide for financial and sanctions risk

Skills Overview

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