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name: pinets description: Run Pine Script indicators from the command line using pinets-cli. Use when asked to execute, test, or analyze Pine Script indicators, calculate technical analysis values (RSI, SMA, EMA, MACD, etc.), or fetch market data for crypto trading pairs. This tool can run PineScript indicators from .pine files or stdin and output the resulting plots and variables data. version: 1.0.0 metadata: openclaw: requires: bins:

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pinets-cli — Run Pine Script Indicators from the Terminal

pinets is a CLI tool that executes TradingView Pine Script indicators via the PineTS runtime. It outputs structured JSON with calculated indicator values.

Installation

``bash

Global install

npm install -g pinets-cli

Or run directly with npx (no install needed)

npx pinets-cli run indicator.pine --symbol BTCUSDT -q ` Verify (if installed globally): `bash pinets --version ` When using npx, replace pinets with npx pinets-cli in all examples below.

Core command

` pinets run [file] [options] ` The indicator can be a file argument or piped from stdin.

Options

Data source (one required)

| Flag | Description | | ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | -s, --symbol | Symbol from Binance (e.g., BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, SOLUSDT.P for futures) | | -t, --timeframe | Candle timeframe: 1, 5, 15, 30, 60, 120, 240, 1D, 1W, 1M (default: 60) | | -d, --data | JSON file with candle data (alternative to --symbol) |

Output

| Flag | Description | | --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | -o, --output | Write to file instead of stdout | | -f, --format | default (plots only) or full (plots + result + marketData) | | --pretty | Pretty-print JSON | | --clean | Filter out null, false, and empty values from plot data | | --plots | Comma-separated list of plot names to include (default: all) | | -q, --quiet | Suppress info messages (essential when parsing stdout) |

Candle control

| Flag | Description | | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | | -n, --candles | Number of output candles (default: 500) | | -w, --warmup | Extra warmup candles excluded from output (default: 0) |

Debug

| Flag | Description | | --------- | ------------------------------------------- | | --debug | Show transpiled JavaScript code (to stderr) |

Usage patterns

Run a .pine file with live Binance data

`bash pinets run indicator.pine --symbol BTCUSDT --timeframe 60 --candles 100 -q `

Run with warmup (important for long-period indicators)

`bash

EMA 200 needs at least 200 bars to initialize

pinets run ema200.pine -s BTCUSDT -t 1D -n 100 -w 200 -q `

Pipe Pine Script from stdin

`bash echo '//@version=5 indicator("RSI") plot(ta.rsi(close, 14), "RSI")' | pinets run -s BTCUSDT -t 60 -n 20 -q `

Run with custom JSON data

`bash pinets run indicator.pine --data candles.json --candles 50 -q `

Save output to file

`bash pinets run rsi.pine -s BTCUSDT -t 60 -o results.json -q `

Get full execution context

`bash pinets run indicator.pine -s BTCUSDT -f full -q --pretty `

Filter signals with --clean (for signal-based indicators)

`bash

Without --clean: 500 entries, mostly false

pinets run ma_cross.pine -s BTCUSDT -t 1D -n 500 -q

With --clean: Only actual signals

pinets run ma_cross.pine -s BTCUSDT -t 1D -n 500 --clean -q `

Select specific plots with --plots

`bash

Get only RSI, ignore bands

pinets run rsi_bands.pine -s BTCUSDT --plots "RSI" -q

Get only Buy and Sell signals

pinets run signals.pine -s BTCUSDT --plots "Buy,Sell" -q

Combine both: only signals, only true values

pinets run signals.pine -s BTCUSDT --plots "Buy,Sell" --clean -q `

Output structure

default format

`json { "indicator": { "title": "RSI", "overlay": false }, "plots": { "RSI": { "title": "RSI", "options": { "color": "#7E57C2" }, "data": [ { "time": 1704067200000, "value": 58.23 }, { "time": 1704070800000, "value": 61.45 } ] } } } `

full format

Adds result (raw return values per bar) and marketData (OHLCV candles) to the default output.

JSON data format (for --data)

`json [ { "openTime": 1704067200000, "open": 42000.5, "high": 42500.0, "low": 41800.0, "close": 42300.0, "volume": 1234.56, "closeTime": 1704070799999 } ] ` Required fields: open, high, low, close, volume. Recommended: openTime, closeTime.

Pine Script quick reference

pinets-cli accepts standard TradingView Pine Script v5+: `pinescript //@version=5 indicator("My Indicator", overlay=false) // Technical analysis functions rsi = ta.rsi(close, 14) [macdLine, signalLine, hist] = ta.macd(close, 12, 26, 9) sma = ta.sma(close, 20) ema = ta.ema(close, 9) bb_upper = ta.sma(close, 20) + 2 * ta.stdev(close, 20) // Output — each plot() creates a named entry in the JSON output plot(rsi, "RSI", color=color.purple) `

Important notes

• Always use -q when parsing JSON output programmatically.

• Warmup matters: Indicators with long lookback periods (SMA 200, EMA 200) produce NaN for the first N bars. Use --warmup to pre-feed the indicator.

• time` values are Unix timestamps in milliseconds.

• Errors go to stderr with exit code 1.

• The tool bundles PineTS internally — no additional npm packages are needed at runtime.

Warmup recommendations

| Indicator | Minimum warmup | | ------------------- | -------------- | | SMA(N) / EMA(N) | N | | RSI(14) | 30 | | MACD(12,26,9) | 50 | | Bollinger Bands(20) | 30 | | SMA(200) | 200+ | Rule of thumb: set warmup to 1.5x-2x the longest lookback period.