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WorldQuant BRAIN (unofficial) for VS Code

io.github.tukorama/mcp-server-worldquantbrain

Simulate and backtest alphas on WorldQuant BRAIN, browse data fields and operators. Unofficial.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install WorldQuant BRAIN (unofficial) in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "wqb-email",
      "description": "WQB_EMAIL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "wqb-password",
      "description": "WQB_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "wqb-credentials-file",
      "description": "WQB_CREDENTIALS_FILE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "wqb-allow-submit",
      "description": "WQB_ALLOW_SUBMIT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-server-worldquantbrain": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-worldquantbrain"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WQB_EMAIL": "${input:wqb-email}",
        "WQB_PASSWORD": "${input:wqb-password}",
        "WQB_CREDENTIALS_FILE": "${input:wqb-credentials-file}",
        "WQB_ALLOW_SUBMIT": "${input:wqb-allow-submit}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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