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forecasting-tools

library0.2.90pypypiunverified

AI forecasting and research tools to help humans reason about and forecast the future. Current version 0.2.90, requires Python >=3.11, <4.0. Maintained actively on GitHub by Metaculus.

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pip install forecasting-tools

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INSTALL

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forecasting-tools

ai-mlpythonv0.2.90

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Install & Compatibility

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

ForecastTools

✓ from forecasting_tools import ForecastTools

✗ from forecasting_tools import ForecastingTools

Class name is ForecastTools (no 'ing').

run_forecast

✓ from forecasting_tools import run_forecast

✗ from forecasting_tools.forecast import run_forecast

run_forecast is top-level, not in submodule.

Initialize with API key and run a forecast.

import os from forecasting_tools import ForecastTools api_key = os.environ.get('METACULUS_API_KEY', '') ft = ForecastTools(api_key=api_key) result = ft.forecast(question='Will AGI be achieved by 2030?') print(result)

Debug

Known issues

breakingClass renamed from 'ForecastingTools' to 'ForecastTools' in v0.2.0. Old import breaks.

fix

Use 'from forecasting_tools import ForecastTools'.

affects: >=0.2.0

deprecatedFunction 'predict' deprecated in v0.2.5, replaced by 'forecast'.

fix

Use ft.forecast(...) instead of ft.predict(...).

affects: >=0.2.5

gotchaAPI key required; if not set, ForecastTools raises ValueError. Many users forget to set environment variable.

fix

Set METACULUS_API_KEY environment variable or pass api_key argument.

affects: all

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Version history

0.2.90latest on PyPI · released May 7, 2026

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/Metaculus/forecasting-tools ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/forecasting-tools/ ↗

homepagehttps://www.metaculus.com ↗