Quant Research¶

Quantitative trading, factor research, backtesting, and live-execution workflows. Distinct from the Finance hub (which covers banking / capital markets / equity research / fund admin) — overlap is mostly on the data-source side.

Skills in this repo¶

Local¶

Skill	One-line	Notes
`quantatitive-factor-researcher`	Python quant-research persona for factor engineering, backtesting, cross-validation, and Sharpe / IR / Tracking Error metrics.	Anchor skill of this hub.
`vectorbt`	OSS/PRO library development, release-aligned XDG docs, migration checks, and optional MCP.	`quantitative-finance` group
`nautilus-trader`	v1 Cython / v2 Rust-PyO3 generation detection, git-tag docs cache, event-driven backtests, sandbox/live-trading gates.	`quantitative-finance` group

Vendored¶

Skill	Upstream	Series
none yet

External skills (manual install)¶

Status enum (single source of truth across the catalog)

Every external-skill or MCP entry below carries a status: value:

Status	Meaning	Where it links
`vendored`	Already in `vendor.yaml`.	Link to the `skills/vendor/<name>/` (or series) entry.
`deferred`	Open `TODO P?` item — under consideration.	Link to the `TODO.md` anchor.
`skipped`	Looked at, chose not to vendor.	Inline reason required (1 sentence).
`evaluated`	Read but no decision recorded. Effectively "tracked."	Inline 1-line note describing what was learned.
`wishlist`	Surfaced but not yet evaluated.	No link required; default for fresh discoveries.

Status changes are explicit edits — see the Adding catalog entries workflow doc (under Workflows in the nav) for the wishlist → deferred → vendored recipe.

Manual install for non-vendored skills

When a skill is not in vendor.yaml, you can still install it directly from upstream via the npx skills CLI:

# Whole-repo install (if SKILL.md sits at repo root or skills/)
npx skills@latest add <owner>/<repo>

# Subpath install (when the skill is nested)
npx skills@latest add <owner>/<repo>/<path-to-skill-dir>

# Cherry-pick by name
npx skills@latest add <owner>/<repo> -s <skill-name>

# Force deep discovery (skill nested >1 level inside skills/)
npx skills@latest add <owner>/<repo> --full-depth -s <skill-name>

For Anthropic-style plugin marketplaces (e.g. anthropics/financial-services, anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins), use the Claude Code plugin commands instead:

claude plugin marketplace add <owner>/<repo>
claude plugin install <plugin-name>@<repo-name>

For MCP servers, see the per-entry "Auth & install" section in the MCP wiki — install commands vary by transport (HTTP / stdio / SSE) and host (Claude Code / Claude Desktop / Cursor / Managed Agents).

Skill / Plugin	Upstream	Status	Why this status	Install hint
VectorBT Backtesting Skills	marketcalls/vectorbt-backtesting-skills	`skipped`	Evaluated OSS workflow; OpenAlgo indicator defaults do not match this library-focused skill.	Upstream instructions
NautilusTrader docs skill	aysuio/nt-skill	`skipped`	No license; assumes hosted `latest` docs track the installed release, which fails during the v1 → v2 RC period.	Upstream instructions
NautilusTrader skill	clay584/nautilus-trader-skill	`skipped`	No license; verified against 1.228.0 and teaches the v1 `TradingNode` API.	Upstream instructions

MCP servers¶

Name	Upstream	Status	Auth	Records
Financial Datasets MCP	`docs.financialdatasets.ai/mcp-server`	`wishlist`	OAuth 2.1 + API key	Per-MCP page

Backlog (TODO `P?` items)¶

See the P? lane in TODO.md:

[?/L] Tardis SDK skill — historical market data workflows, access assumptions, and example-driven guidance.
[?/L] Financial data sources skill set — provider comparison (cross-listed in Finance).