Developer guides

Start offline. Add accounts only when ready.

The core research setup uses fixtures and does not need Alpaca credentials, Cloudflare, PostgreSQL, or an LLM provider.

Ten-minute offline quickstart

Install the locked tools and reproduce a fixture-based research run.

Implement the versioned equity target interface without broker access.

Configure a dedicated Alpaca paper account for the one-shot equity runner.

Configure paper-only credentials, validate the profile, and run the paper adapter.

Configure the separate options-wheel runtime, secrets, persistent state, and narrow image.

Build your own sanitized snapshot feed and optional Pages refresh schedule.

Forks do not inherit the owner’s paper account, host, schedule, tokens, or publication destination.