# Option Desk (remote · optiondesk.avidquant.com)

Option analytics over the SYNTH sample or a permitted chain: Greeks, positioning, payoffs, plots.

- Trust score: 73/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-27

## Components

- remote · `optiondesk.avidquant.com`: 73/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-avidquant-optiondesk/optiondesk.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-avidquant-optiondesk/optiondesk)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.3.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-27.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation check failed: no authorisation is required to call this server, and it exposes a tool marked destructive (option_delete_snapshot).
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 81/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 1383 tokens (~86/item across 16 items; 13 tools + 3 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 53/100
  - Stability observed for 16 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - All 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.
  - An AI judge read all 15 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

## Install

### How do I install the Option Desk MCP server?

Option Desk is a hosted endpoint at https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-avidquant-optiondesk 'https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-avidquant-optiondesk": {
      "url": "https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-avidquant-optiondesk": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-avidquant-optiondesk]
url = "https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-avidquant-optiondesk": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-avidquant-optiondesk --url 'https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-avidquant-optiondesk:
    url: "https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-avidquant-optiondesk": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-avidquant-optiondesk -t streamable-http -u 'https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-avidquant-optiondesk": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-27 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-25 (score 72, +1)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-22 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-20 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-18 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-16 (score 68, +1)

- [functional] Server version: 1.29.1 → 1.30.0

### 2026-09-14 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-12 (score 66, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

## MCP tools (13)

### `option_desk_status` (~52 tokens)

Check the Option Desk data mode, source, refresh time, and public licence gate before requesting figures. No live feed or hosted backtest tool exists, even with uploaded history. Do not offer hosted backtests.

### `option_snapshot_schema` (~35 tokens)

Return the accepted CSV and JSON option-chain fields, safe repair rules, size limits, data-rights confirmation, and retention policy.

### `option_chain_snapshot` (~92 tokens)

Summarize SYNTH or analyze a user-supplied option chain for private analysis. This service never fetches market data.

Input parameters:

- `data_source`
- `dividend_yield`
- `expiry`
- `rate`
- `rights_confirmed` (boolean)
- `source_data`
- `source_format`
- `source_text`
- `symbol` (string)

### `option_positioning` (~97 tokens)

Return gamma walls, gamma flip, and max pain from SYNTH or a user-supplied chain. Dealer signs are an assumption, not observed positions.

Input parameters:

- `data_source`
- `dividend_yield`
- `expiry`
- `rate`
- `rights_confirmed` (boolean)
- `source_data`
- `source_format`
- `source_text`
- `symbol` (string)

### `option_plots` (~143 tokens)

Render opaque PNG plots in the conversation. The SYNTH sample offers the market plot (dealer gamma exposure, open interest, volume and the smile by strike), the Greek ladder, and the structure comparison. Each is computed from the sample's own engine artifacts; there is no simulation or backtest for SYNTH because the hosted service has no price history.

Input parameters:

- `data_source`
- `dividend_yield`
- `expiry`
- `plot` (string)
- `rate`
- `rights_confirmed` (boolean)
- `source_data`
- `source_format`
- `source_text`
- `symbol` (string)

Output parameters:

- `captured_at`: Snapshot or fixture timestamp, when available.
- `data_mode` (string): Whether the figures are synthetic or user supplied.
- `data_source` (string): Named source used for the figures.
- `diagnostics` (object)
- `expiry`: Option expiry, when available.
- `expiry_note`: Set when the requested expiry is not the one the figures are for.
- `image_count` (integer): Number of returned PNG images.
- `images` (array): The returned images, for the inline plot app.
- `plot_types` (array): Plot names in the same order as the image content.
- `strategy`: Requested strategy for a payoff plot, when applicable.
- `strategy_records` (array): Exact plotted engine records. Use these for tables; do not infer values from images.
- `underlying` (string): Underlying shown by the plots.
- `units` (object)
- `warning` (string): Data and financial-risk warning.

### `option_strategy_plot` (~122 tokens)

Show an option-strategy payoff as an opaque PNG in the conversation. Any structure in the engine playbook can be built on the SYNTH sample chain. A market ticker requires user-supplied chain data. Do not start a localhost dashboard.

Input parameters:

- `data_source`
- `dividend_yield`
- `expiry`
- `rate`
- `rights_confirmed` (boolean)
- `source_data`
- `source_format`
- `source_text`
- `strategy` (string)
- `symbol` (string)

Output parameters:

- `captured_at`: Snapshot or fixture timestamp, when available.
- `data_mode` (string): Whether the figures are synthetic or user supplied.
- `data_source` (string): Named source used for the figures.
- `diagnostics` (object)
- `expiry`: Option expiry, when available.
- `expiry_note`: Set when the requested expiry is not the one the figures are for.
- `image_count` (integer): Number of returned PNG images.
- `images` (array): The returned images, for the inline plot app.
- `plot_types` (array): Plot names in the same order as the image content.
- `strategy`: Requested strategy for a payoff plot, when applicable.
- `strategy_records` (array): Exact plotted engine records. Use these for tables; do not infer values from images.
- `underlying` (string): Underlying shown by the plots.
- `units` (object)
- `warning` (string): Data and financial-risk warning.

### `option_report_plots` (~151 tokens)

Return the market map, Greek ladder, strategy comparison and up to three requested payoff charts in ONE widget. Prefer this tool for multi-chart reports instead of parallel individual plot calls. Includes strategy_records, Greek units, scenarios and cost assumptions. Use those records for tables; never invent currency or a multiplier. Uses SYNTH or a user-supplied chain; never fetches live data.

Input parameters:

- `data_source`
- `dividend_yield`
- `expiry`
- `rate`
- `rights_confirmed` (boolean)
- `source_data`
- `source_format`
- `source_text`
- `strategies` (array)
- `symbol` (string)

Output parameters:

- `captured_at`: Snapshot or fixture timestamp, when available.
- `data_mode` (string): Whether the figures are synthetic or user supplied.
- `data_source` (string): Named source used for the figures.
- `diagnostics` (object)
- `expiry`: Option expiry, when available.
- `expiry_note`: Set when the requested expiry is not the one the figures are for.
- `image_count` (integer): Number of returned PNG images.
- `images` (array): The returned images, for the inline plot app.
- `plot_types` (array): Plot names in the same order as the image content.
- `strategy`: Requested strategy for a payoff plot, when applicable.
- `strategy_records` (array): Exact plotted engine records. Use these for tables; do not infer values from images.
- `underlying` (string): Underlying shown by the plots.
- `units` (object)
- `warning` (string): Data and financial-risk warning.

### `option_private_dashboard` (~99 tokens)

Create a private interactive dashboard from user-supplied data. The bearer URL and all derived artifacts expire after one hour.

Input parameters:

- `data_source`
- `dividend_yield`
- `expiry`
- `rate`
- `retention_confirmed` (boolean)
- `rights_confirmed` (boolean)
- `source_data`
- `source_format`
- `source_text`
- `symbol` (string, required)

### `option_validate_snapshot` (~93 tokens)

Validate and safely normalize a user-supplied option-chain snapshot. Return corrections and a summary. Delete all temporary files before the response.

Input parameters:

- `data_source`
- `dividend_yield`
- `expiry`
- `rate`
- `rights_confirmed` (boolean)
- `source_data`
- `source_format`
- `source_text`
- `symbol` (string, required)

### `option_import_snapshot` (~97 tokens)

Import user-supplied option-chain data into a bearer-private interactive dashboard. Delete the artifacts after one hour.

Input parameters:

- `data_source`
- `dividend_yield`
- `expiry`
- `rate`
- `retention_confirmed` (boolean)
- `rights_confirmed` (boolean)
- `source_data`
- `source_format`
- `source_text`
- `symbol` (string, required)

### `option_plots_from_snapshot` (~104 tokens)

Create opaque market and Greek PNG images from a user-supplied snapshot. Stamp source, capture time, expiry, and warnings on every image. Delete temporary files before the response.

Input parameters:

- `data_source`
- `dividend_yield`
- `expiry`
- `rate`
- `rights_confirmed` (boolean)
- `source_data`
- `source_format`
- `source_text`
- `symbol` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `captured_at`: Snapshot or fixture timestamp, when available.
- `data_mode` (string): Whether the figures are synthetic or user supplied.
- `data_source` (string): Named source used for the figures.
- `diagnostics` (object)
- `expiry`: Option expiry, when available.
- `expiry_note`: Set when the requested expiry is not the one the figures are for.
- `image_count` (integer): Number of returned PNG images.
- `images` (array): The returned images, for the inline plot app.
- `plot_types` (array): Plot names in the same order as the image content.
- `strategy`: Requested strategy for a payoff plot, when applicable.
- `strategy_records` (array): Exact plotted engine records. Use these for tables; do not infer values from images.
- `underlying` (string): Underlying shown by the plots.
- `units` (object)
- `warning` (string): Data and financial-risk warning.

### `option_strategy_from_snapshot` (~98 tokens)

Build one option structure from a user-supplied chain and return its opaque payoff PNG with permanent source and risk warnings.

Input parameters:

- `data_source`
- `dividend_yield`
- `expiry`
- `rate`
- `rights_confirmed` (boolean)
- `source_data`
- `source_format`
- `source_text`
- `strategy` (string)
- `symbol` (string, required)

Output parameters:

- `captured_at`: Snapshot or fixture timestamp, when available.
- `data_mode` (string): Whether the figures are synthetic or user supplied.
- `data_source` (string): Named source used for the figures.
- `diagnostics` (object)
- `expiry`: Option expiry, when available.
- `expiry_note`: Set when the requested expiry is not the one the figures are for.
- `image_count` (integer): Number of returned PNG images.
- `images` (array): The returned images, for the inline plot app.
- `plot_types` (array): Plot names in the same order as the image content.
- `strategy`: Requested strategy for a payoff plot, when applicable.
- `strategy_records` (array): Exact plotted engine records. Use these for tables; do not infer values from images.
- `underlying` (string): Underlying shown by the plots.
- `units` (object)
- `warning` (string): Data and financial-risk warning.

### `option_delete_snapshot` (~29 tokens)

Delete one short-lived imported dashboard before its automatic one-hour expiry.

Input parameters:

- `token` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-avidquant-optiondesk/optiondesk#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-27: 73
- 2026-09-26: 72
- 2026-09-25: 72
- 2026-09-24: 71
- 2026-09-23: 71
- 2026-09-22: 71
- 2026-09-21: 70
- 2026-09-20: 70
- 2026-09-19: 69
- 2026-09-18: 69
- 2026-09-17: 68
- 2026-09-16: 68
- 2026-09-15: 67
- 2026-09-14: 67
- 2026-09-13: 66
- 2026-09-12: 66
- 2026-09-11: 65

## Common questions

### What is the Option Desk MCP server?

Option Desk is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.avidquant/optiondesk. Option analytics over the SYNTH sample or a permitted chain: Greeks, positioning, payoffs, plots. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/mcp).

### Is the Option Desk MCP server safe to use?

Option Desk scores 73 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Option Desk MCP server expose?

Option Desk exposes 13 tools: option_desk_status, option_snapshot_schema, option_chain_snapshot, option_positioning, option_plots, and 8 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,212 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Option Desk MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Option Desk without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Option Desk MCP server still maintained?

Option Desk is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 27 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/Iman/agent-driven-options-desk-and-skills
- Website: https://optiondesk.avidquant.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-avidquant-optiondesk/optiondesk.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-avidquant-optiondesk/optiondesk.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-avidquant-optiondesk/optiondesk