📊 Metaculus CLI

Terminal-native probabilistic forecast dashboard with animated text effects. Track prediction markets from your command line.

Live Dashboard Install CLI Documentation

# Quick preview
$ curl -s metaculus.raindesk.dev/text | head -15

╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ 📊 METACULUS - Probabilistic Forecasts                     ║
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║  ID │Tag │ Question              │Prediction│Closes│Status  ║
╠═════╪════╪═══════════════════════╪══════════╪══════╪════════╣
│  578│XRSK│Will humans go extinct │→▁  1.0%%  │closed│certain │
│  349│SPCE│Will SpaceX land on M..│↑▃ 30.0%%  │  4y  │leaning │
│31255│AI  │Will Google/Meta have..│→▇ 88.0%%  │  16d │likely  │

Features

🎬 TTE Effects

Animated terminal text effects (decrypt, burn, waves, matrix) that encode prediction confidence visually.

📈 Live Data

Real-time aggregated forecasts from Metaculus API with trend indicators and confidence intervals.

🏷️ Smart Categories

Auto-categorization: AI, CLIM, POL, ECON, HLTH, TECH, SPCE, WAR, XRSK and more.

⚡ Fast Startup

Built with Babashka for ~50ms startup. Designed for Unix pipelines and shell scripts.

🌐 Multi-format

JSON API, HTML dashboard, plain text for pipes, colored terminal output.

🔌 Unix Philosophy

Composable, minimal, text-stream oriented. Works with grep, jq, watch, tmux.

Installation

Prerequisites

Requires Babashka and optionally TTE for effects.


# Install Babashka (macOS)
brew install borkdude/brew/babashka

# Install Babashka (Linux)
bash < <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/babashka/babashka/master/install)

# Install TTE for effects (optional)
pip install terminaltexteffects

Get the CLI


# Clone and run
git clone https://github.com/uprootiny/metaculus-cli
cd metaculus-cli
chmod +x metaculus
./metaculus

# Or download directly
curl -sO https://metaculus.raindesk.dev/bin/metaculus
chmod +x metaculus
./metaculus text 10

Usage Examples

# Show dashboard with TTE effects
$ ./metaculus

# Plain text (no effects, pipeable)
$ ./metaculus text 20

# Colored output
$ ./metaculus color 15

# Filter by topic
$ ./metaculus ai       # AI questions
$ ./metaculus climate  # Climate questions
$ ./metaculus hot      # Most forecasted

# JSON output (for jq)
$ ./metaculus json | jq '.results[].title'

# Show single question detail
$ ./metaculus show 578

# Run web server
$ ./metaculus serve 8080