mcp-server by QuantConnect - MCP Server

mcp-server

Python MCP server for local interactions with the QuantConnect API.

Available Tools (19)

Tools provided by this Server	Short Description
`read_account`	Read the organization account status.
`create_project`	Create a new project in your default organization.
`read_project`	List the details of a project.
`list_projects`	List the details of all projects.
`update_project`	Update a project's name or description.
`delete_project`	Delete a project.
`create_project_collaborator`	Add a collaborator to a project.
`read_project_collaborators`	List all collaborators on a project.
`update_project_collaborator`	Update collaborator information in a project.
`delete_project_collaborator`	Remove a collaborator from a project.
`read_project_nodes`	Read the available and selected nodes of a project.
`update_project_nodes`	Update the active state of the given nodes to true.
`create_compile`	Asynchronously create a compile job request for a project.
`read_compile`	Read a compile packet job result.
`create_file`	Add a file to a given project.
`read_file`	Read a file from a project, or all files in the project if no file name is provided.
`update_file_name`	Update the name of a file.
`update_file_contents`	Update the contents of a file.
`delete_file`	Delete a file in a project.

Configuration Examples

To connect local MCP clients (like Claude Desktop) to the QC MCP Server, follow these steps:

Install Docker Desktop and Claude Desktop.
Clone this repository to your local machine.
In a terminal, navigate to the project and then run docker build -t mcp-server ..
Add the following JSON to your configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quantconnect": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e", "QUANTCONNECT_USER_ID",
        "-e", "QUANTCONNECT_API_TOKEN",
        "--name",
        "quantconnect-mcp-server",
        "mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "QUANTCONNECT_USER_ID": "<your_user_id>",
        "QUANTCONNECT_API_TOKEN": "<your_api_token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Open Claude Desktop.

Debugging

Logs

To log to the mcp-server-quantconnect.log file, import sys and then print("Hello world", file=sys.stderr).

Inspector

To start the inspector, run npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run src/main.py. To pass a model to the inspector tool, use JSON (for example, {"name":"My Project","language":"Py"}).