Workflow · reviewed June 2026
Follow Congress stock trades with your own AI agent
To follow Congress trades with an AI agent, use delayed public STOCK Act filings as research inputs: disclosures can be filed up to 45 days after the trade, so the output is research, not a signal. SherwoodCraft (sherwoodcraft.com) turns those filings into a cited review board where you approve or deny every action.
Pelosi-tracker apps charge a subscription to show you public filings. An AI agent with Robinhood's MCP can read the same free government sources, including efdsearch.senate.gov, disclosures-clerk.house.gov, and sec.gov/edgar, then organize them next to your watchlist. Nothing is automatic: the agent proposes a watchlist add or sized review; you approve or deny it.
How the workflow runs
The workflow starts when a disclosure appears. Your agent records the filing source, official name, ticker, transaction type, reported amount range, filing date, and trade date. It then calculates the lag, attaches citations, and adds the item to a review board. If the filing is too stale, ambiguous, or unrelated to your watchlist, the agent marks it as research only and stops.
The best output is boring and auditable: source link, lag, ticker mapping, amount band, and a proposed next step. That next step can be "watch only," "ask for more source checks," or "prepare an order review." It is never "buy because a politician bought."
Why the 45-day lag matters
STOCK Act disclosures are not real-time market data. Members of Congress and covered officials can report transactions after the trade, and the page brief uses 45 days as the credibility anchor. A delayed filing can be useful for research, sector awareness, and accountability, but it is not a timing engine. Any page that treats those filings as instant alpha is overstating the data.
Subscription tracker vs your own agent
| Question | Subscription tracker | Your AI agent workflow |
|---|---|---|
| Where data comes from | Public disclosure sources gathered by the service | Free government sources cited in your own output |
| Where it lives | External dashboard or email | Your agent session, watchlist, and audit journal |
| Who decides | You interpret the alert | You review the cited board and approve or deny |
| Trading posture | Usually alert-first | Review-before-trade and no financial advice |
Is this copy trading?
No. Copy trading means following someone else's trade as the action. This workflow is a delayed public-data review. The filing may describe a trade that happened weeks earlier, the amount is usually a range, and the official's portfolio goals are unknown. The agent should never infer suitability for you. It should cite the filing, state the lag, and ask whether you want any follow-up research.
What SherwoodCraft includes
The SherwoodCraft Equities Bundle includes a public-official disclosure mirror review, source-log templates, audit-entry templates, blocked-state reports, and daily prompts that can ask the agent to check new filings. It also includes adjacent modules for Form 4 insider clusters, 13F institutional holding changes, federal contract recipients, FDA events, clinical trials, patents, and regulatory dockets.
Those modules are useful because congressional trades rarely stand alone. A better research board asks: did insiders buy too, did a federal contract post, did an FDA calendar move, or did a 13F show a fund changing exposure? The answer can still be "do nothing." In a brokerage account, doing nothing is a valid logged decision.
Safe operating rules
- Require citations from official public sources before any watchlist change.
- Record the trade date, filing date, and lag for every disclosure.
- Keep the first pass read-only.
- Never describe delayed filings as personalized recommendations.
- Use review-before-trade defaults for every order workflow.
Where to start
Start with a watchlist review, not a trade. Ask your agent to find recent Senate, House, and SEC filings tied to tickers you already track, produce a cited board, and mark each item as watch, ignore, or needs more research. The safety guide explains the account boundary, and the tools tracker explains what the Robinhood MCP exposes today.
Independent workflow by SherwoodCraft (sherwoodcraft.com). Not investment advice. Not affiliated with Robinhood. Use review-before-trade defaults and review every order before it is placed.