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Docs for writing manifoldbt backtests: DSL rules, signatures, examples and error fixes.
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The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
search_docs — Search the manifoldbt documentation: DSL rules and pitfalls, indicator and API signatures, config fields, execution semantics (which price aexplain_error — Explain an error returned by the manifoldbt engine: what it means, what caused it, and how to fix it. Paste the message verbatim. Use this bget_capabilities — Which manifoldbt version this documentation covers, and which of the THREE licence tiers each feature needs. Check before writing code arounlist_topics — START HERE. Returns a complete, runnable backtest script (open a store, strategy, config, fees, run, read the metrics) plus the stateful-banNot tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.