# StratCraft Features

> StratCraft is an AI-assisted platform for building local trading systems.

This page describes feature areas, but the product should first be understood as a local quant workflow platform under user control, not as an autonomous trading bot.

## What StratCraft Is

StratCraft helps users move from trading idea to code to validation on their own machine.

Its feature set exists to support that workflow:

- author strategies with AI assistance
- inspect and iterate on generated code
- backtest locally
- evaluate results
- monitor outputs
- extend toward portfolio-level workflows

## What StratCraft Is Not

StratCraft is not a black-box trading agent that should be given direct market access and trusted without validation.

Its purpose is to help users build trading systems, not to replace trading judgment.

## Core Capabilities

### AI-Assisted Strategy Authoring

- generate and iterate on strategy code with AI assistance
- help users get past the programming barrier
- keep the user in control of logic, assumptions, and final decisions

### Local Backtesting

- high-performance local backtesting
- inspectable execution workflow
- user-controlled validation on local infrastructure

### Research and Evaluation

- structured research workflows
- result inspection and backtest evaluation
- support for iterative refinement rather than one-shot generation

### Monitoring and Workflow Extension

- monitoring and result visualization
- extension paths toward broader trading-system workflows
- plugin and tool extensibility

### MCP Tool Interfaces

- MCP-exposed tools that AI agents can call and compose
- allows StratCraft workflows to be used as structured tools rather than chat-only prompts

### Portfolio Extension Paths

- supports moving beyond a single isolated strategy
- extension paths for portfolio construction and optimization workflows

## Product Signals

- AI-assisted strategy generation
- local-first quant workflow
- C++23 backtesting engine
- Python strategy authoring
- MCP interfaces for AI agents
- systematic trading infrastructure

## Related Resources

- [StratCraft Overview](https://stratcraft.ai/markdown-agents/stratcraft.md)
- [Platform Overview (QuantNexus legacy)](https://stratcraft.ai/markdown-agents/quantnexus.md)
- [Facts](https://stratcraft.ai/markdown-agents/facts.md)
- [Pricing](https://stratcraft.ai/markdown-agents/pricing.md)