Create a definition

Create a Definition when you have a repeatable setup you want to measure in history — not just a one-off chart mark.

Chartnaut is an agent-powered trading environment. Start the create flow yourself, or let Conductor draft a Definition for you to review.

Start

Go to Research → Definitions → New definition.

Chartnaut opens the welcome screen. Nothing is created until you submit a name and confirm.

Two paths

AI-assisted

1. Choose AI-assisted

2. Describe the setup in plain language — instruments, timeframe, conditions

3. Chartnaut drafts a Definition in the Definition Builder

4. Review the chart preview and code

5. Name it and Create

Best when you know the idea but not the script.

Build it yourself

1. Choose Build it yourself

2. Open the Definition Builder with a starter template

3. Edit in chat, chart preview, or code

4. Name it and Create

Best when you already script indicators or want full control.

After create

You land on the definition detail page:

• Overview — description and status

• Collect — gather events

• Studies — attach questions

• Versions — freeze snapshots

Save a version snapshot before your first serious collect.

What good looks like

Named definition, one instrument in mind, first collect queued within the same session you created it.

Important distinctions

New definition = author time. No dataset yet.

Collect = separate step after the script works on preview.

Creating a Definition does not collect events automatically.

Next

1. Definition Builder — chat, chart, code

2. Versions and snapshots — lock before collect

3. Collect a dataset — first run