# CyclePulse

US inventory & production cycle signal — the bullwhip gauge for the real economy. Returns the manufacturing-and-trade inventory-to-sales ratio and its month/year trend (total business plus retail, wholesale, and manufacturer breakdown), factory new orders for durable goods (total and ex-transportation) and core capital goods ex-aircraft (the cleanest business-investment leading indicator), the order backlog, and a plain-English cycle phase (expansion/restocking, mid-cycle, destocking/contraction risk, or bottoming). Companion to supply-chain-stress and macro data. $0.05 via x402 on Base or Solana. | Also: SupplyChainPulse (supply.lonestaroracle.xyz) | MacroPulse (macro.lonestaroracle.xyz) | TradePulse (trade.lonestaroracle.xyz) | Full catalog: lonestaroracle.xyz

Base URL: https://cycle.lonestaroracle.xyz
Payment: x402 micropayment in USDC on Base (eip155:8453) or Solana (solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp); a 402 response returns payment terms.

## Endpoints
### GET /cycle
US inventory & production cycle signal (bullwhip gauge). No parameters — returns the full national snapshot.

## Related services
Other LoneStarOracle feeds often used with this one:
- MacroPulse (macro.lonestaroracle.xyz, $0.05) - US macro (Fed/yields/VIX/inflation)
- LaborPulse (labor.lonestaroracle.xyz, $0.05) - US labor market (jobs/wages/JOLTS)
- ConsumerPulse (consumer.lonestaroracle.xyz, $0.05) - US consumer/retail demand
- SupplyChainPulse (supply.lonestaroracle.xyz, $0.05) - supply-chain stress
- ComputePulse (compute.lonestaroracle.xyz, $0.05) - compute/AI-infra pulse
- RealEstatePulse (realestate.lonestaroracle.xyz, $0.03) - mortgage/housing

Agent manual (SKILL.md): https://cycle.lonestaroracle.xyz/SKILL.md