option_desk_status
Check the Option Desk data mode, source, refresh time, and public licence gate before requesting figures. No live feed or hosted backtest tool exists, even with uploaded history. Do not offer hosted backtests.
Takes no parameters.
Option Desk
com.avidquantPublished by avidquant.comOfficial publisherv0.3.0Updated Oct 24, 2026
Option analytics over the SYNTH sample or a permitted chain: Greeks, positioning, payoffs, plots.
Overview
AI-generated overview
Option Desk is a hosted options-analysis service that lets an assistant summarize option chains, compute Greeks and positioning, and render payoff and market-ch
- What you can do
- Check service status, data mode, source and licence gate before requesting figures, and read the accepted snapshot schema and repair rules. Validate, normalize and import a user-supplied option chain, then delete an imported dashboard early. Summarize a chain and compute Greeks, gamma walls, gamma flip and max pain from the SYNTH sample or user data. Render market, Greek-ladder and structure-comparison plots, and build payoff charts for a chosen option structure. Produce a combined multi-chart report with strategy records, Greek units, scenarios and cost assumptions, or a private interactive dashboard from user data.
- When to use it
- Use it when you want an assistant to inspect an option chain you already have, compare multi-leg structures by payoff and Greeks, or produce teaching-style charts from the synthetic SYNTH sample. It suits private analysis and reporting rather than live market data or backtesting.
- Requirements
- A remote streamable HTTP endpoint; no package, environment variable or header is declared. The hosted workflow covers snapshot validation, Greeks, positioning and strategy plots. The SYNTH sample needs no data account; analyzing a real ticker requires you to supply the chain data yourself.
Before you install
The service never fetches market data, so figures depend entirely on the chain you upload; confirm you hold the rights to that data. Dealer signs are an assumption, not observed positions, and results are not fills, recommendations or investment advice. Imported dashboards are reachable by bearer URL and expire after one hour; delete them early if the data is sensitive. No hosted backtests exist.
Installation
In SourceWeft
- Open Option Desk in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
- Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.
Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.
Use with an agent
Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.
Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/com.avidquant%2Foptiondesk/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.Other MCP clients
Add this to your client's mcpServers config.
{
"mcpServers": {
"option-desk": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/mcp"
}
}
}README
Option Desk
Options research with a local dashboard, agent skills, and MCP tools. Import a chain, inspect its Greeks and positioning, compare structures, and keep the results as readable files.
[Checks] [Tests] [Unit coverage gate] [Mutation cases] [Python]
[License] [Ask DeepWiki] [Local skills] [Hosted skills] [Local MCP tools]
[MCP Registry] [Option Desk MCP connector, tool definition quality and endpoint health on Glama] [Hosted sample]
Contents
On this page
- See the desk
- Get started
- Ask your agent
- Follow a research workflow
- Read the documentation
- Development
- Licensing
Guides and wiki
See the desk
The dashboard brings the chain, model assumptions, and research results onto one page. These are captures of the current local dashboard with synthetic teaching inputs. They are not market observations or evidence of trading performance. Capture details distinguish the input scenario from the capture date.
[Structure comparison in the local dashboard, using synthetic inputs]
Dashboard tour
Open an image for its full resolution. The complete gallery includes individual panels and charts. The dashboard guide explains how to read them.
[The dashboard pipeline from input through saved research artifacts]
Get started
Choose one route:
Try the supplied sample
Requirements: Git and Python 3.11 or later. Run these commands on macOS or Linux:
Open http://127.0.0.1:8787 on the same computer.
Select SYNTH and 2026-10-08.
Press Ctrl+C in the terminal to stop the server. The result files remain in artifacts/tutorial.
The supplied sample contains 62 synthetic contracts and a fixed valuation scenario. It needs no external provider after installation. The walkthrough includes Windows activation, expected results, and the next steps. Sample provenance explains the inputs.
Install the full local desk
From a checkout, run:
This installs the local tools and skills and attempts MCP registration with supported runtime CLIs it finds. Installation covers paths, flags, Docker, and removal. A plugin installation alone does not install the local calculation engine.
For an existing local provider setup, run the complete demonstration:
The runner retrieves data, builds the research artifacts, opens a paper position, and serves the dashboard.
It writes to ~/TradingDesk/option-desk-demo by default.
Use --dry-run to inspect its commands.
Read provider setup before enabling Yahoo access.
Ask your agent
Install skills in your product
The installation guide includes single-skill and all-skill commands, user/project scope, ZIP preparation, and connection checks.
After connecting the local tools, ask:
The local MCP server exposes 12 tools. The hosted service supports a smaller workflow: snapshot validation, Greeks, positioning, and strategy plots. Simulation and backtests remain local workflows. See agent setup and prompts.
Follow a research workflow
The dashboard reads saved artifacts. It does not fetch new data when you open the page.
Use the same --out-dir for related commands and the dashboard.
The results guide explains how to interpret each stage.
Read the documentation
Where the desk is listed
Directory listings describe the hosted endpoint or the repository as they were on the date shown. The listing pages are maintained on each directory, not in this repository.
Development
Testing and coverage covers happy and failure paths, BDD scenarios, integration checks, and the 80% unit line-coverage gate per package.
Run from the repository root with the development dependencies installed. See Development for environment setup and screenshot capture.
These are collection counts, not a claim that this documentation edit ran every test. The workflow badge links to the actual CI result.
Ten stages in a full run rebuild generated documents and packages, check recorded evidence, and run the suites and repository rules. The mutation harness defines ninety-nine mutations. Use its output to distinguish detected changes, survivors, and skipped cases.
Eight schemas under shell/src/optiondesk/contracts/ define the artifact interface: 8 schemas + validator.
See the architecture guide for their roles.
Recorded historical example
The evidence record pins an earlier chain measurement to 2026-08-30T14:12:17+00:00.
It records 607 contracts, spot, listed expiries and 595 solved, 12 refused as unidentified.
These are historical evidence strings, not counts for the sample or the current screenshots.
The recorder retains them here for its existing documentation checks.
Contribute · Backlog · Changelog · Security
Licensing
The repository uses PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0. It is source available and free for noncommercial use. Commercial use requires a separate written agreement. See LICENSES.md. The software license does not grant rights to provider data.
Research software. No order placement. Model results are not fills, recommendations, or investment advice. Read the disclaimer, privacy policy, and third-party notices.
Source: README.md at commit c802f0e
Tools
13option_snapshot_schema
Return the accepted CSV and JSON option-chain fields, safe repair rules, size limits, data-rights confirmation, and retention policy.
Takes no parameters.
option_chain_snapshot
Summarize SYNTH or analyze a user-supplied option chain for private analysis. This service never fetches market data.
Parameters
rateexpirysymboldata_sourcesource_datasource_textsource_formatdividend_yieldrights_confirmedoption_positioning
Return gamma walls, gamma flip, and max pain from SYNTH or a user-supplied chain. Dealer signs are an assumption, not observed positions.
Parameters
rateexpirysymboldata_sourcesource_datasource_textsource_formatdividend_yieldrights_confirmedoption_plots
Render opaque PNG plots in the conversation. The SYNTH sample offers the market plot (dealer gamma exposure, open interest, volume and the smile by strike), the Greek ladder, and the structure comparison. Each is computed from the sample's own engine artifacts; there is no simulation or backtest for SYNTH because the hosted service has no price history.
Parameters
plotrateexpirysymboldata_sourcesource_datasource_textsource_formatdividend_yieldrights_confirmedoption_strategy_plot
Show an option-strategy payoff as an opaque PNG in the conversation. Any structure in the engine playbook can be built on the SYNTH sample chain. A market ticker requires user-supplied chain data. Do not start a localhost dashboard.
Parameters
rateexpirysymbolstrategydata_sourcesource_datasource_textsource_formatdividend_yieldrights_confirmedoption_report_plots
Return the market map, Greek ladder, strategy comparison and up to three requested payoff charts in ONE widget. Prefer this tool for multi-chart reports instead of parallel individual plot calls. Includes strategy_records, Greek units, scenarios and cost assumptions. Use those records for tables; never invent currency or a multiplier. Uses SYNTH or a user-supplied chain; never fetches live data.
Parameters
rateexpirysymbolstrategiesdata_sourcesource_datasource_textsource_formatdividend_yieldrights_confirmedoption_private_dashboard
Create a private interactive dashboard from user-supplied data. The bearer URL and all derived artifacts expire after one hour.
Parameters
rateexpirysymbolrequireddata_sourcesource_datasource_textsource_formatdividend_yieldrights_confirmedretention_confirmedoption_validate_snapshot
Validate and safely normalize a user-supplied option-chain snapshot. Return corrections and a summary. Delete all temporary files before the response.
Parameters
rateexpirysymbolrequireddata_sourcesource_datasource_textsource_formatdividend_yieldrights_confirmedoption_import_snapshot
Import user-supplied option-chain data into a bearer-private interactive dashboard. Delete the artifacts after one hour.
Parameters
rateexpirysymbolrequireddata_sourcesource_datasource_textsource_formatdividend_yieldrights_confirmedretention_confirmedoption_plots_from_snapshot
Create opaque market and Greek PNG images from a user-supplied snapshot. Stamp source, capture time, expiry, and warnings on every image. Delete temporary files before the response.
Parameters
rateexpirysymbolrequireddata_sourcesource_datasource_textsource_formatdividend_yieldrights_confirmedoption_strategy_from_snapshot
Build one option structure from a user-supplied chain and return its opaque payoff PNG with permanent source and risk warnings.
Parameters
rateexpirysymbolrequiredstrategydata_sourcesource_datasource_textsource_formatdividend_yieldrights_confirmedoption_delete_snapshot
Delete one short-lived imported dashboard before its automatic one-hour expiry.
Parameters
tokenrequiredVersion history
1- v0.3.0LatestSep 16, 2026
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