tiger · @starchild-ai-agent

What this is

☁️ Cloud broker — runs directly in the container via the official tigeropen SDK. Covers US, HK, and A-share markets.

Auth is RSA-signed static key: a tiger_id + a local PKCS#1 private key (PEM) + your account number. No OAuth, no token refresh.

Paper/live guard: a Tiger paper (sandbox) account number is exactly 17 numeric digits (e.g. 20191106192858300); standard/global accounts are not. The chosen --profile must match the account format or the command fails closed. Live placement additionally requires --confirm-live. Note: paper accounts don't support GTC, so it's auto-forced to DAY.

Get your credentials

Open a Tiger account and apply for API access at the Tiger Open Platform (登录 → 开发者 / API).

Generate an RSA key pair (the platform requires PKCS#1). On any machine:

openssl genrsa -out tiger_private_key.pem 2048      # PKCS#1 private key
openssl rsa -in tiger_private_key.pem -pubout -out tiger_public_key.pem

On the Open Platform, paste the public key content (between the BEGIN/END lines) to bind it. Note your tiger_id (developer id) shown there.
Find your account number: paper account from the sandbox/模拟 section (17 digits); live/standard account from your real account page.
Keep the private key safe — it never leaves your machine. Provide either its file path or paste the PEM contents via secure input.

Configure (.env)

Request via secure input — never paste keys/PEM in chat.

Variable	Required	Notes
`TIGER_ID`	yes	developer tiger_id
`TIGER_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH`	one of these	path to the PKCS#1 PEM file
`TIGER_PRIVATE_KEY`	one of these	inline PEM (use `\n` for newlines); written to `~/.tiger_private_key.pem` (0600)
`TIGER_PAPER_ACCOUNT`	for paper	17-digit sandbox account (or set `TIGER_ACCOUNT`)
`TIGER_LIVE_ACCOUNT`	for live	real account number (or set `TIGER_ACCOUNT`)

TIGER_ACCOUNT is a fallback used by whichever profile if the profile-specific var isn't set.

Usage

pip install tigeropen (first run; already present in this workspace). JSON output. Default profile paper.

python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py status
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py account
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py positions
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py orders [--executions]
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py quote --symbol AAPL
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py history --symbol AAPL --period 1d --limit 90
# place (paper): qty in units only; market or limit; --currency default USD
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py place --symbol AAPL --side buy --qty 1 --type market
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py place --symbol AAPL --side buy --qty 1 --type limit --limit-price 180 --tif day
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py cancel --order-id <id>
# live:
python skills/tiger/scripts/tiger_cli.py --profile live --confirm-live place --symbol AAPL --side buy --qty 1

Periods: 1m 5m 15m 30m 1h 1d 1w 1M (note: 1m=minute, 1M=month, case-sensitive). Symbols are bare tickers (AAPL, 00700) — set --currency (USD/HKD/...) for non-USD.

Gotchas

Tiger has no notional path for stocks — always use --qty (units), never --notional.
status validates the profile/account match (17-digit guard) and pings assets. Run it first.
If you bound the public key but get auth errors, confirm the key is PKCS#1 (the openssl genrsa output), not PKCS#8.