What is actually inside a Stack?

Skills — the instructions that tell the agent how this workspace expects to be used — plus any MCP servers it depends on, and a starter project. All of it lands in your file tree.

Do I need one to get started?

No, but the Quant Research Stack is the fastest honest route from an idea to a backtest with a verdict attached, and it is included.

ApplicationsShipping

Stacks

If MCP servers are drivers, Stacks are applications. A Stack is a workspace with its own tools, its own instructions and its own starter project, installable in one action. It is the unit in which a way of working gets packaged, kept and handed to someone else.

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Brokers & Venues

Connect the venue you already use.

Market Data

Price history and live feeds.

Backtesting

Test against real history.

Research

Explore an idea before you commit.

Risk & Portfolio

Sizing and loss limits.

Execution & Ops

Keep it running and watch it.

ML & Signals

Models and signal research.

Options

Greeks and structured trades.

What it does

A working setup, not a template

A Stack carries the MCP servers it needs, the skills that tell the agent how to use them, and a project to start from. Installing it gives you something that already runs.

Forking is the point

Stacks are meant to be opened up. Fork one, delete the parts that do not fit how you trade, and keep the scaffolding. What you end up with is yours, not a configuration of ours.

Quant Research ships in the box

The starter Stack goes idea to rules to backtest to verdict, carrying the backtester, the canvas and the workbench tools plus a research playbook that argues with you when the evidence is thin.

Publish what you build

A Stack you author can be shared, listed, or sent to another operator in a message. On the top tier, listings can be password-protected for private distribution.

Questions

What is actually inside a Stack?: Skills — the instructions that tell the agent how this workspace expects to be used — plus any MCP servers it depends on, and a starter project. All of it lands in your file tree.
Do I need one to get started?: No, but the Quant Research Stack is the fastest honest route from an idea to a backtest with a verdict attached, and it is included.

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Stacks is part of QuantIDE. There is no separate purchase and no add-on — the download is free on macOS, Windows and Linux.

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