# edge-strategy-designer

Translates edge concepts from edge_concepts.yaml into trading strategy drafts and exportable tickets. It generates risk-calibrated variants before pipeline validation.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3400 installs · ★ 3267
- Author: tradermonty
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/tradermonty/claude-trading-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/edge-strategy-designer/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/edge-strategy-designer

## What it does

This skill runs `design_strategy_drafts.py` to convert raw hypotheses from `edge_concepts.yaml` into strategy specifications. It sits between concept synthesis and export validation. The script outputs YAML drafts inside `strategy_drafts/` along with `run_manifest.json`.

You choose a risk profile: `conservative`, `balanced`, or `aggressive`. The skill generates core or research-probe variants for each concept. It applies `HYPOTHESIS_EXIT_OVERRIDES` to calibrate stop-loss and trailing-stop settings for patterns such as `breakout` or `panic_reversal`.

It requires Python 3.9+ and `PyYAML`. The script clamps the reward-to-risk ratio at `RR_FLOOR=1.5` to prevent C5 review failures, so you cannot force looser reward thresholds. Generated ticket YAMLs feed directly into `export_candidate.py`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill edge-strategy-designer -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/edge-strategy-designer/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/edge-strategy-designer/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill edge-strategy-designer -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/edge-strategy-designer/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill edge-strategy-designer -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/edge-strategy-designer/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install tradermonty/claude-trading-skills edge-strategy-designer
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/edge-strategy-designer/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill edge-strategy-designer -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --path skills/edge-strategy-designer
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/edge-strategy-designer/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tradermonty/claude-trading-skills --skill edge-strategy-designer -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/tradermonty/claude-trading-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/edge-strategy-designer/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- convert raw hypotheses in `edge_concepts.yaml` into strategy drafts
- calibrate stop-loss and exit rules for specific hypothesis patterns
- produce conservative and balanced variants for each concept
- export ticket YAML files for downstream validation in `export_candidate.py`

## Example prompts
- Generate strategy drafts from `/tmp/edge-concepts/edge_concepts.yaml` using the balanced risk profile
- Create strategy drafts and exportable tickets from `edge_concepts.yaml` with the conservative profile

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: edge-strategy-designer
description: Convert abstract edge concepts into strategy draft variants and optional exportable ticket YAMLs for edge-candidate-agent export/validation.
---

# Edge Strategy Designer

## Overview

Translate concept-level hypotheses into concrete strategy draft specs.
This skill sits after concept synthesis and before pipeline export validation.

## When to Use

- You have `edge_concepts.yaml` and need strategy candidates.
- You want multiple variants (core/conservative/research-probe) per concept.
- You want optional exportable ticket files for interface v1 families.

## Prerequisites

- Python 3.9+
- `PyYAML`
- `edge_concepts.yaml` produced by concept synthesis

## Output

- `strategy_drafts/*.yaml`
- `strategy_drafts/run_manifest.json`
- Optional `exportable_tickets/*.yaml` for downstream `export_candidate.py`

## Workflow

1. Load `edge_concepts.yaml`.
2. Choose risk profile (`conservative`, `balanced`, `aggressive`).
3. Generate per-concept variants with hypothesis-type exit calibration.
4. Apply `HYPOTHESIS_EXIT_OVERRIDES` to adjust stop-loss, reward-to-risk, time-stop, and trailing-stop per hypothesis type (breakout, earnings_drift, panic_reversal, etc.).
5. Clamp reward-to-risk at `RR_FLOOR=1.5` to prevent C5 review failures.
6. Export v1-ready ticket YAML when applicable.
7. Hand off exportable tickets to `skills/edge-candidate-agent/scripts/export_candidate.py`.

## Quick Commands

Generate drafts only:

```bash
python3 skills/edge-strategy-designer/scripts/design_strategy_drafts.py \
  --concepts /tmp/edge-concepts/edge_concepts.yaml \
  --output-dir /tmp/strategy-drafts \
  --risk-profile balanced
```

Generate drafts + exportable tickets:

```bash
python3 skills/edge-strategy-designer/scripts/design_strategy_drafts.py \
  --concepts /tmp/edge-concepts/edge_concepts.yaml \
  --output-dir /tmp/strategy-drafts \
  --exportable-tickets-dir /tmp/exportable-tickets \
  --risk-profile conservative
```

## Resources

- `skills/edge-strategy-designer/scripts/design_strategy_drafts.py`
- `references/strategy_draft_schema.md`
- `skills/edge-candidate-agent/scripts/export_candidate.py`
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