Backtesting engine for your AI Agent with PineScript support for TradingView usage

Production-ready MCP server for running TradingView Pine Script strategy backtests (Binance data) from AI agents.

Quick Overview

tv-pinescript-backtest-mcp exposes a remote MCP endpoint so agents can:

• run strategy backtests by symbol/timeframe/date range,

• pass strategy inputs programmatically,

• receive structured backtest results (trades, win rate, profit, drawdown),

• keep long-running runs observable via progress notifications,

• support Binance Futures tickers only,

• enforce a maximum of 1440 candles per backtest,

• apply a rate limit of 3 backtests per minute per user,

• ask your agent to write a strategy and backtest it.

Related MCP server: backtester-mcp

Connect To Your Agent

Get API key: https://backtest-engine-mcp.click/dashboard

You need:

1. Your MCP server URL (https://backtest-engine-mcp.click/mcp/backtest)

2. Your API key (Bearer token)

Use HTTP transport and pass the API key in Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>.

Supported Agents

Claude Code

CLI:

claude mcp add --transport http tvmcp https://backtest-engine-mcp.click/mcp/backtest --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>"

Project file (.mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tvmcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://backtest-engine-mcp.click/mcp/backtest",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

OpenCode

opencode.json:

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "tvmcp": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://backtest-engine-mcp.click/mcp/backtest",
      "oauth": false,
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json (or ~/.cursor/mcp.json globally):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tvmcp": {
      "url": "https://backtest-engine-mcp.click/mcp/backtest",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Note: the same MCP configuration is used by cursor-agent CLI.

Codex

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project):

[mcp_servers.tvmcp]
url = "https://backtest-engine-mcp.click/mcp/backtest"
http_headers = { Authorization = "Bearer <API_KEY>" }

Note: Codex CLI and IDE extension share the same config.toml.

VS Code

Open MCP configuration (.vscode/mcp.json or user mcp.json) and add:

{
  "servers": {
    "tvmcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://backtest-engine-mcp.click/mcp/backtest",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

If needed, use Command Palette: MCP: Open User Configuration.

Minimal Test Prompt

Try these prompts with your agent:

Optimize my strategy: <pinescript code>

Optimize my strategy from file: sma20.pine

Find a strategy on the internet and backtest it using the tvmcp backtest tool.

Backtest my strategy on BTCUSDT 1h from 2026-03-01 to 2026-03-10, Pine code:
//@version...

Troubleshooting

The backtest-engine server has been tested on 30 strategies and tuned to match TradingView backtests 1:1 as closely as possible. Some operators may still be unsupported.

If you hit this case, please create a minimal strategy that reproduces the issue and submit it in Issues. We will do our best to add support quickly.