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Getting started

This guide takes you from an invite code to an open strategy workspace: create an account, sign in, learn your way around the app, and set up your first project and workspace. Allow about ten minutes.

Create your account

VeriRun Lab is currently in a private beta, so registration needs an invite code. If you don't have one yet, ask the person who runs your VeriRun Lab instance.

1. Open the registration page. Click Open the app on this site, then Sign up on the sign-in page. The form asks for your Email, your Invite code and a Password.
2. Pick a strong password. Passwords must be at least 15 characters. The form also checks your choice against lists of passwords exposed in known data breaches and will refuse one that has appeared there — a long, unique passphrase sails through.
3. Verify your email. After you press Create account, the app sends a verification link to your inbox. Click it, and your account is active.

Sign in

The sign-in page asks for your Email and Password. Two things worth knowing:

• A wrong email or password shows “Incorrect email or password.” — the app deliberately does not reveal which half was wrong.
• Repeated failed attempts temporarily throttle sign-in for your address. If you see a “too many attempts” style message, wait a little while and try again — details in the FAQ.

Forgot your password? Use the Forgot password? link — you'll get an email with a reset link.

Two-factor authentication

The app supports two-factor authentication with a standard authenticator app (six-digit codes). If it is enabled on your account, you'll be asked for a code right after signing in. We recommend turning it on: it is the single best upgrade to your account's security.

Find your way around

After signing in you land in the app shell. Three things orient everything else:

• The left sidebar is the main navigation. At the top, the Platform group holds the research tools this documentation focuses on — Projects, Workspaces, Runs, Data, Optimization, Screener, Firm Rules, Eval Tracker and Integrity. Below it, grouped sections cover planning calculators, the journal, learning material and settings. The sidebar can be collapsed with the « button, and the bottom of it holds your user card, the light/dark theme toggle and Sign out.
• The search box at the top (Ctrl+K / Cmd+K) doubles as a command palette: type to jump to any section, run actions, or ask the AI assistant.
• The ? key opens the keyboard-shortcuts reference at any time. Alt+← and Alt+→ move back and forward through your navigation history.

Create a project

A project is the container for related research: its strategies, its workspaces, its runs and the people collaborating on them. Most people start with one project per market or per broad idea (“ES opening range”, “NQ order-flow fades”).

1. Open Projects in the sidebar's Platform group.
2. Click New project. A dialog titled New project asks for a name. Give it something you'll recognize in six months, then press Create project.
3. Open the project. The project overview shows its strategies, members, workspaces and recent runs — it is the hub you'll come back to.

Create a workspace

A workspace is where strategy code lives: a small set of files you (or the AI Strategy Builder) edit, test and run. Each workspace belongs to a project.

1. Click New workspace on the project overview. A dialog titled New workspace asks for a name; press Create workspace.
2. Open it. You land in the workspace IDE: a file tree on the left, the editor in the middle, and a history/AI panel on the right. A fresh workspace is empty — the editor offers Create strategy with AI, or you can create files by hand.
3. Choose your path. To have the AI draft a strategy from a plain-English idea, continue with the AI Strategy Builder guide. To write code yourself, continue with Writing strategies by hand.