MCP Trader Server

# Installation Guide ## Prerequisites: TA-Lib C Library The Python `ta-lib` package requires the TA-Lib C library to be installed on your system before you can install the Python wrapper. ### macOS Using Homebrew: ```bash brew install ta-lib ``` ### Linux ```bash wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ta-lib/ta-lib-0.4.0-src.tar.gz tar -xzf ta-lib-0.4.0-src.tar.gz cd ta-lib/ ./configure --prefix=/usr make sudo make install ``` ### Windows 1. Download ta-lib-0.4.0-msvc.zip from http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ta-lib/ta-lib-0.4.0-msvc.zip 2. Unzip to `C:\ta-lib` 3. For 64-bit Python, you may need to build from source using Visual Studio ### Alternative: Using Conda If you're using Anaconda or Miniconda: ```bash conda install -c conda-forge ta-lib ``` ## Installing MCP Trader After installing the TA-Lib C library: ```bash # Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/yourusername/mcp-trader.git cd mcp-trader # Install the project uv pip install -e . ``` ## Troubleshooting ### macOS ARM64 (M1/M2) If you encounter issues on Apple Silicon: ```bash export TA_INCLUDE_PATH="$(brew --prefix ta-lib)/include" export TA_LIBRARY_PATH="$(brew --prefix ta-lib)/lib" uv pip install ta-lib ``` ### Linux Library Path Issues If you get library not found errors: ```bash echo "/usr/local/lib" | sudo tee -a /etc/ld.so.conf sudo ldconfig ``` ### Windows Compilation Issues For Windows users experiencing compilation errors: 1. Install Visual Studio Build Tools 2. Use pre-compiled wheels from https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#ta-lib ## Verification Test your installation: ```python import talib print(talib.get_functions()) ``` If this runs without errors, TA-Lib is properly installed.