Case studyAgent-run trading desk

Neumann Desk

Neumann Desk is a subscriber trading desk: a team of specialist agents scans, debates and logs every pass against written rules, members watch it happen on an animated floor, practice on paper, and take the cues to their own broker. Every page, rule set and agent runs on Hubbase.

Animated agent floorDesk per sleevePaper tradingAgent profiles & chatMember avatarsGame roomWritten rulesAlertsOwner's virtual assistantBuilt and edited in Hubbase
neumanndesk.comLive-site copy
Neumann Desk — the live site's home page
Neumann Desk on a phone
On the site

What makes Neumann Desk work so well.

Every screen below is the real site running in Hubbase.

The live site

The floor is the first thing you see

The office banner on every page shows the desk's agents working right now — who is scanning, who passed, what the risk desk flagged — with the live feed beside it.

  • The home page explains the desk in one screen and links straight to each sleeve
  • A chat bubble with the owner's virtual assistant says hi on every page
  • Everything is labelled clearly: “not a recommendation”, paper by default
neumanndesk.comLive-site copy
The live site: The floor is the first thing you see
Agent floor

Every agent at a desk, every event replayed

The full floor view shows each agent working, waiting or on a break, with a replay of the last events and the next scheduled run. Members appear at their own desk too.

  • Zoom, pan and fit the whole office
  • Replays the last events so you can see what just happened
  • Public floor for visitors, full detail for members
neumanndesk.com/desk/agentsLive-site copy
Agent floor: Every agent at a desk, every event replayed
Desks & paper trading

A desk per sleeve, each with its own paper book

The firm desk rolls everything up; each sleeve — trading, crypto, signals and more — has its own desk you can follow or switch off, its own agents and its own paper book with fills and P&L.

  • Follow a desk with one switch
  • Paper book: equity, P&L, realized, cash and every fill
  • When there's no market data, the desk says why instead of guessing
neumanndesk.com/deskTest data
Desks & paper trading: A desk per sleeve, each with its own paper book
Trading desk

Watch the desk think, then check the book

Each desk has a live channel where its agents post what they scanned, sized or flagged, and a message box to talk to them. Below it, the paper book shows exactly what the desk did.

  • @-mention an agent to ask about a decision
  • Fills, skips and deposits in one table
  • Market ticker across the top of every desk page
neumanndesk.com/desk/tradingTest data
Trading desk: Watch the desk think, then check the book
Agent profiles

Every agent has a face, a job and a schedule

Tap any agent to see their role, what they do in plain words, their schedule and when they last ran — then message them or challenge them to a game.

  • Shadow, live and view-only roles are labelled
  • Animated poses: idle, walk, typing, talk, point
  • The same agents appear in the Hubbase Agent Tower
neumanndesk.com · agent profileLive-site copy
Agent profiles: Every agent has a face, a job and a schedule
Member avatars

Members build their own character for the floor

A full avatar builder — skin tone, face shape, hair, eyes, outfit, desk decor, office and pets. Your character sits at your desk and walks over to an agent when you message them.

  • Saved looks and randomize
  • A lifestyle meter that levels up your desk
  • The site's avatar builder is the same one Hubbase uses for agents
neumanndesk.com/desk/accountTest member
Member avatars: Members build their own character for the floor
Game room

Play the agents between sessions

Chess, checkers, Hold'em, Connect Four, Beat the Market and an arcade — against the desk's own agents at the strength you pick. Play chips only.

  • Each agent plays in character
  • Casual to master strength
  • No money involved — it's a game room
neumanndesk.com/desk/gamesLive-site copy
Game room: Play the agents between sessions
Written rules

Rules in plain sight

Each sleeve shows the method it trades by, the research debate behind a pass and where its rules come from. The desk owner sets the master rules; members trade the same rules with their own amounts.

  • Ranked passes, bull / bear debate, research gates
  • Every rule written down, not hidden in a prompt
  • Owner-only rules stay owner-only
neumanndesk.com/desk/signalsLive-site copy
Written rules: Rules in plain sight
Alerts

Alerts that say what happened and what to do

Paper fills, things that need you and desk news land in one alerts panel, with sound, push and email settings and a button straight to the paper book.

  • Needs-you, trades and info filters
  • Snooze and mark-all-read
  • Text, email and push settings per member
neumanndesk.com · alertsTest data
Alerts: Alerts that say what happened and what to do
In Hubbase

What the owner sees behind the site.

The same workspace runs the agents, the approvals, the support knowledge and the design. The chips show which plan layer each part belongs to.

In Hubbase · Agent Tower

The desk is a floor in the tower

In the owner's Hubbase the trading desk engine shows up as a trading floor of the Agent Tower, next to the store and support floors — open the desk engine or the live desk from the same panel.

  • Trading floors keep all the desk's own rules — the tower only shows them
  • Chat & Feed carries the desk's posts with everything else
  • One building for every site the owner runs
Agent TowerGrowth+Agent trading desk kitPro+
hubbase.app/admin · Agent TowerSample names
In Hubbase · Agent Tower: The desk is a floor in the tower
In Hubbase · Builder

Built by agents, finished by hand

The pages were drafted with AI agents connected to Hubbase — then edited visually in the Builder. Colours, fonts and saved looks are one click away, and changes wait as drafts until someone presses Publish.

  • “Unpublished changes” shows what differs from the live site
  • Theme templates and saved looks per site
  • Drafts protect the live site while you work
hubbase.app/admin · BuilderLive-site copy
In Hubbase · Builder: Built by agents, finished by hand
In Hubbase · Command

Run the whole admin from one console

The Hubbase floor takes plain-English orders across every site in the workspace and shows each step — the same console that runs both case-study sites.

  • Visible steps on every task
  • Risky changes wait for approval
Agent TowerGrowth+
hubbase.app/admin · Hubbase floorSample data
In Hubbase · Command: Run the whole admin from one console
Build with AI, finish by hand

Built by AI agents. Edited by people.

Neumann Desk was built by AI agents connected to Hubbase — and then changed by hand wherever a person could do it faster: colours, fonts, wording, layout. No prompt-and-wait for a font change.

Prompt-only AI site builders

Every change is another prompt.

  • You describe the site; it generates one
  • To change a colour or a font, you write another prompt — and wait
  • Every round trip spends credits
  • Fixes can loop: it changes something else, or almost fixes it
  • Hard to see exactly what changed before it's live
Hubbase

Any AI builds it. You finish it by hand.

  • Any AI agent builds it — Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or Gemini connect with a scoped key over MCP or the API
  • Then you edit it yourself in the visual Builder: click text, pick colours and fonts, drag blocks
  • Small changes cost nothing and take seconds
  • No fix loops — you see the change as you make it
  • Drafts, a publish button, undo and saved looks keep the live site safe
  1. Connect an AI agentGive Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or Gemini an agent key (MCP or REST).
  2. It builds the sitePages, products, articles and settings land as drafts.
  3. You finish by handColours, fonts, layout and words — edited visually.
  4. Publish when it's rightNothing changes on the live site until you say so.
hubbase.app/admin · Builder › ThemeLive-site copy
The Hubbase Builder with the Theme panel open: saved looks, colours and fonts for the site

About these screenshots. Screenshots were captured from a local test copy of Neumann Desk running in Hubbase, signed in as a test member. Paper-trading figures, fills and alerts are test data. Nothing on the desk is investment advice; members place any real trades on their own broker accounts.

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