I Tried Building a Trading App with AI (So I Never Miss a Setup)
(If you run into issues, see PT 2 'troubleshooting' video: • Part 2 of 'I Tried Building a Trading App ... )
New to coding?
You can skip all the steps below — just install Claude Code (or GPT) in your code editor, open the project folder, and tell it "set up and run this app." It will read the README file and handle everything for you.
If you prefer to do it manually, watch out for these common issues:
1.) Make sure Python is installed on your computer (python.org) - if you type python --version in your terminal and get an error, you need to install it first
2.) Make sure Git is installed (git-scm.com) - you need this to clone the repo, downloading the ZIP is not the same thing
3.) After cloning, run pip install -r requirements.txt in the project folder - this installs the libraries the app needs. Even if some are already installed on your machine, run it anyway to be safe
4.) Your .env file should have your API key with no spaces, no quotes around the value: ASKEDGAR_API_KEY=ask-live-yourkey
5.) If something isn't working, don't guess —-connect an AI assistant to the project folder and ask it to help. The README has everything it needs to guide you
In this video I walk through how the app works, the AI coding tools that make it possible (even if you've never written code), and how to clone and customize it yourself using the AskEdgar API.
🔗 Links:
Clone the app: https://github.com/jasontange/Ask-Edg...
Create an API Key: https://www.askedgar.io/api-pricing
Join the Discord: https://discord.askedgar.io/sign-up
🛠️ Tools mentioned:
Cursor: https://cursor.com
Claude Code: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/cl...
VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com
ChatGPT Codex: https://openai.com/codex