mcp_server

QuantDinger MCP server

Thin Model Context Protocol server that exposes a curated subset of the QuantDinger Agent Gateway (/api/agent/v1) as MCP tools, so AI clients that support MCP (Cursor, Claude-style desktop apps, OpenClaw, NanoBot, etc.) can drive QuantDinger without writing custom HTTP code.

This package is an additive integration. The Agent Gateway REST API remains the source of truth.

What it exposes

Read-class (R) and Backtest-class (B) tools only — no live trading from MCP. Use the REST /api/agent/v1/quick-trade/... endpoints if/when you explicitly enable trading for an agent.

Tool	Class	Purpose
whoami	R	Inspect the calling token
list_markets	R	Markets the token may query
search_symbols	R	Symbols within a market
get_klines	R	OHLCV bars
get_price	R	Latest price
list_strategies	R	Tenant's strategies
get_strategy	R	One strategy
submit_backtest	B	Queue a backtest
get_job	R	Poll a job
regime_detect	B	Synchronous regime detection
submit_structured_tune	B	Queue grid/random tuning

Install

From PyPI (recommended — works on any machine without cloning the repo):

pipx install quantdinger-mcp
# or, no install at all (cached on first run):
uvx quantdinger-mcp
# or, into a venv:
pip install quantdinger-mcp

Editable install for hacking on the server itself:

cd mcp_server
pip install -e .

Run

Configuration is env-only so the same binary works in desktop and cloud.

Variable	Required	Purpose
QUANTDINGER_BASE_URL	yes	e.g. http://localhost:8888
QUANTDINGER_AGENT_TOKEN	yes	a token issued via /api/agent/v1/admin/tokens
QUANTDINGER_MCP_TRANSPORT	no	stdio (default), sse, or streamable-http
QUANTDINGER_MCP_HOST	no	bind host for HTTP transports (default 127.0.0.1)
QUANTDINGER_MCP_PORT	no	bind port for HTTP transports (default 8000)
QUANTDINGER_TIMEOUT_S	no	upstream HTTP timeout (default 60)

stdio (desktop IDEs)

QUANTDINGER_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8888 \
QUANTDINGER_AGENT_TOKEN=qd_agent_xxxxx \
quantdinger-mcp

SSE / Streamable HTTP (cloud agents, remote IDEs)

QUANTDINGER_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8888 \
QUANTDINGER_AGENT_TOKEN=qd_agent_xxxxx \
QUANTDINGER_MCP_TRANSPORT=streamable-http \
QUANTDINGER_MCP_HOST=0.0.0.0 \
QUANTDINGER_MCP_PORT=7800 \
quantdinger-mcp

The server is then reachable at http://<host>:7800/. Use sse instead of streamable-http for clients that only support the older SSE transport.

Wire into a client

Local stdio client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quantdinger": {
      "command": "quantdinger-mcp",
      "env": {
        "QUANTDINGER_BASE_URL": "http://localhost:8888",
        "QUANTDINGER_AGENT_TOKEN": "qd_agent_xxxxxxxx"
      }
    }
  }
}

Remote HTTP client config

For clients that connect to an MCP server over HTTP/SSE rather than spawning a subprocess, point them at the URL the server is bound to (e.g. http://your-host:7800) and let the client handle protocol negotiation.

Never put production exchange keys or admin JWTs in the MCP config — only agent tokens, scoped to the capabilities the client actually needs.