MCP Integration

What is MCP

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets AI assistants — such as Claude, OpenAI, or Gemini — connect to external applications and interact with them through well-defined tools. StrategyQuant X ships a built-in MCP server that exposes your projects, strategies, and databanks directly to any MCP-compatible AI client.

This is the first release of the SQX MCP integration. The current toolset covers project management and strategy inspection; more tools will be added in future builds.

The dialog shows the server URL and the exact commands needed to connect your AI client.

Connect an AI client

Claude Desktop

Add the following block to your 

claude_desktop_config.json

 file (find it under Settings → Developer inside Claude Desktop):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sqx": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "http://localhost:8080/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop after saving the file. The SQX tools will appear automatically in the next conversation.

Available tools

Once connected, your AI client has access to the following SQX tools. You can list them at any time by typing list tools of sqx mcp in Claude Code.

Usage examples

Running a project

Ask Claude to find and start a project by name. Claude will list the available projects, identify the right one, and call run_project — all in a single conversation turn.

Inspecting strategy statistics

Ask Claude to list strategies from a databank and retrieve detailed stats for any of them. The results are presented as a structured table directly in the conversation.