Brandon LiandClaude Opus 5
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Repeat. A `repeat` block runs its steps several times, with the count either fixed in the config or taken from an input the user sets on the dashboard. The block is unrolled in resolveSteps before the runner sees it, so the runner needs no loop, the run's total step count stays honest, and every iteration appears in the log as its own line — a failure on the third purchase reads as "(3/5)" rather than as an indistinguishable repeat of the first. Counts are clamped server-side against the automation's declared min/max, and expansion is capped at 400 steps and three levels of nesting. Each iteration can be a purchase, so the number is not taken on trust from the client, and the confirmation dialog names it before anything runs. skipIfNotFound on a click or type step tolerates an element that is not on the page — a cookie banner, a modal that only sometimes appears. Only absence is tolerated. That distinction needed a new NotFoundError: previously a missing element, an unreachable dashboard, a missing tab and a covered button all surfaced as the same DashboardError, and skipping that whole class would mean a step quietly passing while the extension was down. Orphaned runs are now reaped. Only one run executes at a time, so a run left in 'running' when its runner went away blocked every future run — restarting the daemon mid-run deadlocked the queue, which is exactly what happened. The heartbeat decides: a runner that is gone, or up and reporting idle, is not driving that run whatever the status column says. Gated on the busy flag rather than elapsed time alone, since a run sitting in a waitFor gate or a sign-in wait can legitimately go minutes without progress. Lucid Trading is scaffolded with no automations yet. One match pattern covers both its hosts — `*.` matches the apex as well as subdomains, confirmed against a live tab. Its signed-out pattern is `//lucidtrading.com/` rather than `lucidtrading.com/dashboard`: the leading slashes anchor it to the start of the host, and without them the substring also matches dash.lucidtrading.com, which would abort every step while properly signed in. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
AutoFirmer
Automated futures trading dashboard for prop firm accounts via Tradovate.
VPS Setup (Windows Server 2019 / 2022)
All commands are run in PowerShell (run as Administrator).
1. Install Git
Download and install from https://git-scm.com/download/win, or via winget:
winget install --id Git.Git -e --source winget
Restart PowerShell after installing so git is on the PATH.
2. Install Node.js 22+
winget install --id OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS -e --source winget
Restart PowerShell, then verify:
node --version # should be v22.x or higher
npm --version
3. Install Windows Build Tools (required for better-sqlite3)
better-sqlite3 compiles a native C++ module and needs the Visual Studio build tools:
npm install -g windows-build-tools
If that fails on newer Node, install manually:
- Download Build Tools for Visual Studio from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2022
- During install, select "Desktop development with C++"
4. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/Senofy/autofirmer.git
cd autofirmer
5. Install dependencies
npm install
6. Build
npm run build
7. Run
Development (with hot reload):
npm run dev
Production:
npm start
The app runs on port 3000. Access it at http://<your-vps-ip>:3000.
First-time setup
On first run, the SQLite database (autotrader.sqlite) is created automatically in the project root. No migrations need to be run manually.
Open the app in your browser and add your firms through the UI:
- Click + Add Firm on the main page
- Enter the firm name, Tradovate username, and password
- Go to the firm's Settings page to configure account types (prefix, profit target, consistency %, etc.)
- Return to the main page — accounts will populate once the firm connects to Tradovate
Keeping it running (PM2)
Install PM2 globally:
npm install -g pm2
npm install -g pm2-windows-startup
Start the app and save the process list:
cd C:\path\to\autofirmer
pm2 start "npm start" --name autofirmer
pm2 save
pm2-startup install
To restart after pulling updates:
cd C:\path\to\autofirmer
git pull
npm install
npm run build
pm2 restart autofirmer
Firewall
To restrict port 3000 to a specific trusted IP only:
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "AutoFirmer" -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 3000 -RemoteAddress <your-ip> -Action Allow
Or open it to all inbound (less secure):
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "AutoFirmer" -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 3000 -Action Allow
Updating
cd C:\path\to\autofirmer
git pull
npm install # only needed if dependencies changed
npm run build
pm2 restart autofirmer