Side-by-side comparison of two Model Context Protocol servers — install paths, tools, quality signals, and directory engagement so you can pick the right one for Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients.
AlphaForge quant CLI as an MCP server — backtest, optimize (Optuna TPE), and walk-forward-test trading strategies from Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Claude Code. Local-first, anti-overfitting. uvx alpha-forge-mcp
MCP server for the FLOX trading systems framework. 30 tools to run backtests, scaffold strategies, validate for lookahead bias, place orders, query PnL via Claude/Cursor. C++23 core with Python/Node/Codon/QuickJS strategy bindings. Same code from backtest to live (CcxtBroker or native connectors). Install: pip install flox-mcp.