What is StockBuddy
StockBuddy is an AI financial agent in beta testing within the Tencent Self-Selected Stocks App. The tool connects to professional financial data sources, covers market quotes for Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and US markets, and provides proactive services such as individual stock/industry/market analysis, intelligent market monitoring, and simulated trading tracking. StockBuddy is based on theOpenClawframework to build a skill library, supporting seamless conversations within the WeChat and WeCom ecosystems, ready to use across devices without deployment, and all analyses include risk warnings.
StockBuddy's main features
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AI investment research assistant: Based on the fin-copilot skill library, it provides analysis for 12 major investment scenarios, including news aggregation, interpretation of news developments, and announcement translation.
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Intelligent pre-market and post-market briefings: Through the market-pulse scheduled task, it pushes overnight highlights and a watchlist scan before the market opens each day, and generates a post-market review of sector gains and declines and capital flows after the market closes.
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Financial search: fin-search supports keyword searches for external information such as financial news, research reports, and announcements.
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Portfolio diagnosis: portfolio-diagnosis provides a full health check for watchlist stocks and a portfolio screenshot diagnosis service.
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Simulated trading tracking: Supports simulated order placement and strategy tracking to help users validate trading ideas.
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Multi-platform access: Already connected to WeChat and WeCom, users can chat directly with StockBuddy in the chat window.
How to use StockBuddy
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Download the client: Download the Tencent Self-Selected Stocks App.
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Scan the code to log in: Log in with a Tencent Self-Selected Stocks App account and complete identity verification.
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Connect chat tools: Scan the code in settings to connect WeChat or WeCom, and you can chat directly in the chat interface.
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Enable scheduled tasks: Enable pre-market and post-market briefings in the App, and set the automatic push times.
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Use the skill library: Enable official skills such as fin-copilot, fin-search, and market-pulse as needed in the skill library.
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Daily interaction: Enter commands by voice or text, such as "execute market-pulse to review today's market" or "give my watchlist a full health check."
StockBuddy's core advantages
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Deep integration with the Tencent ecosystem: Native access to WeChat and WeCom, allowing conversations anytime without switching apps.
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Professional financial data foundation: Covers market quotes for Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and US markets, and generates analysis based on real financial data.
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OpenClaw skill architecture: Uses a modular skill library design, supporting flexible combinations of professional capabilities such as fin-copilot and fin-search.
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Compliance risk warnings: Automatically appends a risk warning at the end of each analysis, clarifying that the content is generated by AI and does not constitute investment advice.
Comparison of StockBuddy with similar competitors
| Dimension | StockBuddy | AI Xiaocaishen |
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| Developer | Tencent Self-Selected Stocks (Tencent-affiliated) | Caiyue Xingchen (Jiemian Cailianshe × StepFun) |
| Model foundation | The specific model is not disclosed; based on the OpenClaw framework | The hundred-billion-parameter Caiyue large model (Finstep), ranked first in multimodal evaluation in the financial field |
| Product form | Embedded in Tencent Stock App + standalone client (macOS/Windows) | WeChat Mini Program + standalone App (AI Xiaocaishen) |
| Agent architecture | Modular skill library (fin-copilot / fin-search / market-pulse / portfolio-diagnosis) | CashClaw CLI main Agent + 21 major financial expert Agents + Pro version multi-agent collaboration (Plan Agent + sub-agents + expert report agent) |
| Data coverage | Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and US market quotes, professional financial data sources | News and information, announcements, investment research, market quotes, stock database, Cailian Press exclusive data |
| Core functions | Investment research analysis, intelligent market monitoring, pre-market and post-market briefings, portfolio diagnosis, simulated trading | AI data mining, hotspot interpretation, financial report analysis, in-depth research report generation (report in half an hour), quantitative factors, intelligent charting |
| Interaction method | WeChat/WeCom chat dialogue + in-App AI dialogue | WeChat Mini Program dialogue + in-App dialogue + voice input |
StockBuddy application scenarios
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Market monitoring for office workers: Access through WeCom, get market briefings and individual stock movement alerts at any time during work hours.
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Post-market review: Automatically receive sector gain/loss, capital flow and watchlist review reports after the daily close.
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Investment research assistance: Use fin-search to quickly retrieve research reports and announcements, and fin-copilot to interpret news and public opinion.
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Beginner introduction: Through the simulated order placement and one-sentence stock selection features of the "Shrimp Playing Manual", learn investment logic at zero cost.
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Portfolio management: Upload portfolio screenshots to get AI diagnosis, and regularly give watchlist stocks a full health check.