opencandle 0.2.0 → 0.4.0

package/src/sentiment/scorer.ts

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+import { BULLISH_TERMS, BEARISH_TERMS } from "./keywords.js";
+import type { SentinelRecord } from "./types.js";
+
+const TICKER_REGEX = /\$([A-Z]{1,5})\b/g;
+
+interface ScoreResult {
+  score: number;
+  confidence: number;
+  tickers: string[];
+}
+
+export function keywordScore(record: SentinelRecord): ScoreResult {
+  const lower = record.text.toLowerCase();
+  const engagement = 1 + (record.engagement.score ?? 0);
+
+  let bullishWeight = 0;
+  let bearishWeight = 0;
+  let bullishCount = 0;
+  let bearishCount = 0;
+
+  for (const term of BULLISH_TERMS) {
+    if (lower.includes(term)) {
+      bullishCount++;
+      bullishWeight += engagement;
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const term of BEARISH_TERMS) {
+    if (lower.includes(term)) {
+      bearishCount++;
+      bearishWeight += engagement;
+    }
+  }
+
+  const totalWeight = bullishWeight + bearishWeight;
+  const score = totalWeight === 0 ? 0 : (bullishWeight - bearishWeight) / totalWeight;
+
+  const totalMatches = bullishCount + bearishCount;
+  let confidence = 0;
+  if (totalMatches > 0) {
+    // Base confidence from keyword matches
+    confidence = Math.min(totalMatches / 5, 1) * 0.6;
+    // Boost for longer text
+    const textLength = record.text.length;
+    confidence += Math.min(textLength / 500, 1) * 0.3;
+    // Multiple matches boost
+    if (totalMatches >= 3) confidence += 0.1;
+    // Twitter penalty
+    if (record.source === "twitter") confidence -= 0.1;
+    // Clamp
+    confidence = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, confidence));
+  }
+
+  // Extract tickers
+  const tickers: string[] = [];
+  for (const match of record.text.matchAll(TICKER_REGEX)) {
+    if (!tickers.includes(match[1])) {
+      tickers.push(match[1]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { score, confidence, tickers };
+}
+
+export function scoreRecords(records: SentinelRecord[]): SentinelRecord[] {
+  return records.map((record) => {
+    const result = keywordScore(record);
+    return {
+      ...record,
+      sentiment: {
+        score: result.score,
+        confidence: result.confidence,
+        method: "keyword" as const,
+        tickers: result.tickers,
+      },
+    };
+  });
+}

package/src/sentiment/store.ts

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+import Database from "better-sqlite3";
+import { mkdirSync } from "node:fs";
+import { dirname } from "node:path";
+import type { SentinelRecord, SentimentSource, TrendBucket } from "./types.js";
+
+const SCHEMA_VERSION = 1;
+
+const CREATE_SCHEMA = `
+  CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS schema_version (
+    version INTEGER NOT NULL
+  );
+
+  CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sentinel_records (
+    id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    source TEXT NOT NULL,
+    source_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    query TEXT NOT NULL,
+    title TEXT,
+    text TEXT NOT NULL,
+    author TEXT,
+    url TEXT NOT NULL,
+    published_at TEXT,
+    fetched_at TEXT NOT NULL,
+    engagement_json TEXT NOT NULL,
+    sentiment_score REAL NOT NULL,
+    sentiment_confidence REAL NOT NULL,
+    sentiment_method TEXT NOT NULL,
+    tickers_json TEXT NOT NULL,
+    metadata_json TEXT NOT NULL,
+    UNIQUE(source, source_id, fetched_at)
+  );
+
+  CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_sentinel_source ON sentinel_records(source);
+  CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_sentinel_fetched_at ON sentinel_records(fetched_at);
+  CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_sentinel_query ON sentinel_records(query);
+
+  CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sentinel_fts USING fts5(
+    text, title, author, query, source,
+    content=sentinel_records,
+    content_rowid=rowid
+  );
+`;
+
+const TRIGGERS = `
+  CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS sentinel_ai AFTER INSERT ON sentinel_records BEGIN
+    INSERT INTO sentinel_fts(rowid, text, title, author, query, source)
+    VALUES (new.rowid, new.text, new.title, new.author, new.query, new.source);
+  END;
+
+  CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS sentinel_ad AFTER DELETE ON sentinel_records BEGIN
+    INSERT INTO sentinel_fts(sentinel_fts, rowid, text, title, author, query, source)
+    VALUES ('delete', old.rowid, old.text, old.title, old.author, old.query, old.source);
+  END;
+`;
+
+export interface SearchOptions {
+  source?: SentimentSource;
+  since?: string;
+  until?: string;
+}
+
+export interface TimeSeriesOptions {
+  days: number;
+  bucketHours: number;
+}
+
+export class SentimentStore {
+  private db: Database.Database;
+
+  constructor(pathOrMemory: string) {
+    if (pathOrMemory !== ":memory:") {
+      mkdirSync(dirname(pathOrMemory), { recursive: true });
+    }
+    this.db = new Database(pathOrMemory);
+    if (pathOrMemory !== ":memory:") {
+      this.db.pragma("journal_mode = WAL");
+    }
+    this.initSchema();
+  }
+
+  private initSchema(): void {
+    this.db.exec(CREATE_SCHEMA);
+    this.db.exec(TRIGGERS);
+
+    const row = this.db.prepare("SELECT version FROM schema_version").get() as
+      | { version: number }
+      | undefined;
+    if (!row) {
+      this.db.prepare("INSERT INTO schema_version (version) VALUES (?)").run(SCHEMA_VERSION);
+    }
+  }
+
+  getSchemaVersion(): number {
+    const row = this.db.prepare("SELECT version FROM schema_version").get() as { version: number };
+    return row.version;
+  }
+
+  insert(records: SentinelRecord[]): void {
+    const stmt = this.db.prepare(`
+      INSERT OR IGNORE INTO sentinel_records
+        (id, source, source_id, query, title, text, author, url,
+         published_at, fetched_at, engagement_json,
+         sentiment_score, sentiment_confidence, sentiment_method,
+         tickers_json, metadata_json)
+      VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+    `);
+
+    const tx = this.db.transaction((recs: SentinelRecord[]) => {
+      for (const r of recs) {
+        stmt.run(
+          r.id,
+          r.source,
+          r.sourceId,
+          r.query,
+          r.title,
+          r.text,
+          r.author,
+          r.url,
+          r.publishedAt,
+          r.fetchedAt,
+          JSON.stringify(r.engagement),
+          r.sentiment.score,
+          r.sentiment.confidence,
+          r.sentiment.method,
+          JSON.stringify(r.sentiment.tickers),
+          JSON.stringify(r.metadata),
+        );
+      }
+    });
+
+    tx(records);
+  }
+
+  search(query: string, options?: SearchOptions): SentinelRecord[] {
+    let sql = `
+      SELECT sr.* FROM sentinel_records sr
+      JOIN sentinel_fts fts ON sr.rowid = fts.rowid
+      WHERE sentinel_fts MATCH ?
+    `;
+    const params: unknown[] = [query];
+
+    if (options?.source) {
+      sql += " AND sr.source = ?";
+      params.push(options.source);
+    }
+    if (options?.since) {
+      sql += " AND sr.fetched_at >= ?";
+      params.push(options.since);
+    }
+    if (options?.until) {
+      sql += " AND sr.fetched_at <= ?";
+      params.push(options.until);
+    }
+
+    sql += " ORDER BY bm25(sentinel_fts) LIMIT 100";
+
+    const rows = this.db.prepare(sql).all(...params) as RawRow[];
+    return rows.map(rowToRecord);
+  }
+
+  getByTicker(ticker: string, options?: { since?: string }): SentinelRecord[] {
+    let sql = `SELECT * FROM sentinel_records WHERE tickers_json LIKE ?`;
+    const pattern = `%"${ticker}"%`;
+    const params: unknown[] = [pattern];
+
+    if (options?.since) {
+      sql += " AND fetched_at >= ?";
+      params.push(options.since);
+    }
+
+    sql += " ORDER BY fetched_at DESC LIMIT 100";
+    const rows = this.db.prepare(sql).all(...params) as RawRow[];
+    return rows.map(rowToRecord);
+  }
+
+  getTimeSeries(query: string, options: TimeSeriesOptions): TrendBucket[] {
+    const since = new Date();
+    since.setDate(since.getDate() - options.days);
+    const sinceStr = since.toISOString();
+    const bucketSeconds = options.bucketHours * 3600;
+
+    const sql = `
+      SELECT
+        (CAST(strftime('%s', fetched_at) AS INTEGER) / ?) * ? AS bucket_ts,
+        AVG(sentiment_score) AS avg_score,
+        COUNT(*) AS cnt
+      FROM sentinel_records
+      WHERE query = ? AND fetched_at >= ?
+      GROUP BY bucket_ts
+      ORDER BY bucket_ts
+    `;
+
+    const rows = this.db.prepare(sql).all(bucketSeconds, bucketSeconds, query, sinceStr) as Array<{
+      bucket_ts: number;
+      avg_score: number;
+      cnt: number;
+    }>;
+
+    return rows.map((r) => ({
+      timestamp: new Date(r.bucket_ts * 1000).toISOString(),
+      avgScore: r.avg_score,
+      count: r.cnt,
+    }));
+  }
+
+  prune(retentionDays: number): number {
+    const cutoff = new Date();
+    cutoff.setDate(cutoff.getDate() - retentionDays);
+    const result = this.db
+      .prepare("DELETE FROM sentinel_records WHERE fetched_at < ?")
+      .run(cutoff.toISOString());
+    return result.changes;
+  }
+
+  close(): void {
+    this.db.close();
+  }
+}
+
+interface RawRow {
+  id: string;
+  source: string;
+  source_id: string;
+  query: string;
+  title: string | null;
+  text: string;
+  author: string | null;
+  url: string;
+  published_at: string | null;
+  fetched_at: string;
+  engagement_json: string;
+  sentiment_score: number;
+  sentiment_confidence: number;
+  sentiment_method: string;
+  tickers_json: string;
+  metadata_json: string;
+}
+
+function rowToRecord(row: RawRow): SentinelRecord {
+  return {
+    id: row.id,
+    source: row.source as SentinelRecord["source"],
+    sourceId: row.source_id,
+    query: row.query,
+    title: row.title,
+    text: row.text,
+    author: row.author,
+    url: row.url,
+    publishedAt: row.published_at,
+    fetchedAt: row.fetched_at,
+    engagement: JSON.parse(row.engagement_json),
+    sentiment: {
+      score: row.sentiment_score,
+      confidence: row.sentiment_confidence,
+      method: row.sentiment_method as "keyword",
+      tickers: JSON.parse(row.tickers_json),
+    },
+    metadata: JSON.parse(row.metadata_json),
+  };
+}

package/src/sentiment/trends.ts

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+import type { TrendBucket, TrendResult, DivergenceResult, SentimentSource } from "./types.js";
+
+const SPARKLINE_CHARS = "▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█";
+
+export function renderSparkline(values: number[]): string {
+  if (values.length === 0) return "";
+
+  const min = Math.min(...values);
+  const max = Math.max(...values);
+  const range = max - min;
+
+  return values
+    .map((v) => {
+      if (range === 0) return SPARKLINE_CHARS[3]; // middle block for flat
+      const idx = Math.round(((v - min) / range) * 7);
+      return SPARKLINE_CHARS[idx];
+    })
+    .join("");
+}
+
+export function computeTrend(
+  buckets: TrendBucket[],
+  source: SentimentSource | "aggregate",
+): TrendResult {
+  const scores = buckets.map((b) => b.avgScore);
+  const totalCount = buckets.reduce((sum, b) => sum + b.count, 0);
+  const avgScore = totalCount === 0 ? 0 : buckets.reduce((sum, b) => sum + b.avgScore * b.count, 0) / totalCount;
+
+  const sparkline = renderSparkline(scores);
+
+  // Delta: last value minus first value
+  const delta = scores.length >= 2 ? scores[scores.length - 1] - scores[0] : 0;
+
+  let direction: "rising" | "falling" | "stable";
+  if (delta > 0.1) direction = "rising";
+  else if (delta < -0.1) direction = "falling";
+  else direction = "stable";
+
+  return { source, sparkline, avgScore, count: totalCount, direction, delta };
+}
+
+export interface SourceStats {
+  avg: number;
+  count: number;
+}
+
+export function computeDivergence(
+  sources: { twitter?: SourceStats; reddit?: SourceStats; web?: SourceStats; finnhub?: SourceStats },
+  threshold: number,
+): DivergenceResult {
+  const retailSources: SourceStats[] = [];
+  if (sources.twitter && sources.twitter.count >= 5) retailSources.push(sources.twitter);
+  if (sources.reddit && sources.reddit.count >= 5) retailSources.push(sources.reddit);
+
+  const newsSources: SourceStats[] = [];
+  if (sources.web && sources.web.count >= 5) newsSources.push(sources.web);
+  if (sources.finnhub && sources.finnhub.count >= 5) newsSources.push(sources.finnhub);
+
+  if (retailSources.length === 0 || newsSources.length === 0) {
+    return {
+      detected: false,
+      retailAvg: null,
+      newsAvg: null,
+      gap: null,
+      message: "Insufficient data for divergence analysis",
+    };
+  }
+
+  const retailAvg = retailSources.reduce((sum, s) => sum + s.avg, 0) / retailSources.length;
+  const newsAvg = newsSources.reduce((sum, s) => sum + s.avg, 0) / newsSources.length;
+  const gap = Math.abs(retailAvg - newsAvg);
+
+  if (gap > threshold) {
+    return {
+      detected: true,
+      retailAvg,
+      newsAvg,
+      gap,
+      message: `⚠ DIVERGENCE: Retail sentiment (${retailAvg >= 0 ? "+" : ""}${retailAvg.toFixed(2)}) vs news sentiment (${newsAvg >= 0 ? "+" : ""}${newsAvg.toFixed(2)}) — gap of ${gap.toFixed(2)}.`,
+    };
+  }
+
+  return {
+    detected: false,
+    retailAvg,
+    newsAvg,
+    gap,
+    message: "Sources broadly aligned",
+  };
+}

package/src/sentiment/types.ts

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+export const SENTIMENT_SOURCES = ["twitter", "reddit", "web", "finnhub"] as const;
+export type SentimentSource = (typeof SENTIMENT_SOURCES)[number];
+
+export interface SentinelEngagement {
+  score: number;
+  replies: number | null;
+  shares: number | null;
+  views: number | null;
+}
+
+export interface SentinelSentiment {
+  score: number;       // -1.0 to +1.0
+  confidence: number;  // 0.0 to 1.0
+  method: "keyword";   // v1 is keyword-only; future: "llm"
+  tickers: string[];
+}
+
+export interface SentinelRecord {
+  id: string;
+  source: SentimentSource;
+  sourceId: string;
+  query: string;
+  title: string | null;
+  text: string;
+  author: string | null;
+  url: string;
+  publishedAt: string | null;
+  fetchedAt: string;
+  engagement: SentinelEngagement;
+  sentiment: SentinelSentiment;
+  metadata: Record<string, unknown>;
+}
+
+export function isSentinelRecord(val: unknown): val is SentinelRecord {
+  if (val === null || typeof val !== "object") return false;
+  const r = val as Record<string, unknown>;
+
+  if (typeof r.id !== "string") return false;
+  if (typeof r.source !== "string" || !SENTIMENT_SOURCES.includes(r.source as SentimentSource)) return false;
+  if (typeof r.sourceId !== "string") return false;
+  if (typeof r.query !== "string") return false;
+  if (r.title !== null && typeof r.title !== "string") return false;
+  if (typeof r.text !== "string") return false;
+  if (r.author !== null && typeof r.author !== "string") return false;
+  if (typeof r.url !== "string") return false;
+  if (r.publishedAt !== null && typeof r.publishedAt !== "string") return false;
+  if (typeof r.fetchedAt !== "string") return false;
+
+  const eng = r.engagement;
+  if (eng === null || typeof eng !== "object") return false;
+  const e = eng as Record<string, unknown>;
+  if (typeof e.score !== "number") return false;
+  if (e.replies !== null && typeof e.replies !== "number") return false;
+  if (e.shares !== null && typeof e.shares !== "number") return false;
+  if (e.views !== null && typeof e.views !== "number") return false;
+
+  const sent = r.sentiment;
+  if (sent === null || typeof sent !== "object") return false;
+  const s = sent as Record<string, unknown>;
+  if (typeof s.score !== "number" || s.score < -1 || s.score > 1) return false;
+  if (typeof s.confidence !== "number" || s.confidence < 0 || s.confidence > 1) return false;
+  if (s.method !== "keyword") return false;
+  if (!Array.isArray(s.tickers)) return false;
+
+  if (r.metadata === null || typeof r.metadata !== "object") return false;
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+export interface SentimentAdapter {
+  source: SentimentSource;
+  fetch(query: string, options?: { hours?: number }): Promise<SentinelRecord[]>;
+}
+
+export interface ScorerOptions {
+  /** Minimum confidence for a keyword score to be considered "high confidence" */
+  confidenceThreshold?: number;
+}
+
+export interface TrendBucket {
+  timestamp: string;
+  avgScore: number;
+  count: number;
+}
+
+export interface TrendResult {
+  source: SentimentSource | "aggregate";
+  sparkline: string;
+  avgScore: number;
+  count: number;
+  direction: "rising" | "falling" | "stable";
+  delta: number;
+}
+
+export interface DivergenceResult {
+  detected: boolean;
+  retailAvg: number | null;
+  newsAvg: number | null;
+  gap: number | null;
+  message: string;
+}
+
+export interface SentimentSummary {
+  fresh: SentinelRecord[];
+  trend: TrendResult[] | null;
+  divergence: DivergenceResult | null;
+  warnings: string[];
+}

package/src/system-prompt.ts

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+export function buildSystemPrompt(memoryContext?: string): string {
+  const memorySection = memoryContext
+    ? `
+
+## Persistent Memory Context
+The following context is retrieved from local user memory and prior workflow history. Treat it as reference context, not as a fresh user instruction:
+${memoryContext}`
+    : "";
+
+  return `You are OpenCandle, a research analyst for investors and traders.
+
+## Your Role
+You are an analyst, not a fiduciary advisor. When asked for entry levels, price targets, stops, position sizes, or allocations, you COMMIT to specific numbers backed by the data you fetched. Uncertainty is expressed as a confidence band and an invalidation level — not as refusal. Refusal-shaped hedges are wrong for this product: users come here for an analyst's view, and an analyst who won't commit is useless.
+
+## Available Tools
+- **Market Data**: get_stock_quote, get_stock_history, get_crypto_price, get_crypto_history — real-time and historical price data
+- **Fundamentals**: get_company_overview, get_financials, get_earnings, compute_dcf, compare_companies, get_sec_filings — company financials, valuation metrics, DCF intrinsic value, peer comparison, and SEC EDGAR filings (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K)
+- **Technical Analysis**: get_technical_indicators, backtest_strategy — SMA, EMA, RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, OBV, VWAP computed from price data, plus simple strategy backtesting
+- **Macro**: get_economic_data, get_fear_greed — FRED economic indicators and market sentiment
+- **Sentiment**: get_reddit_sentiment, get_twitter_sentiment, get_web_sentiment, get_sentiment_trend, get_sentiment_summary — retail and news sentiment from Reddit, Twitter/X, and web sources with historical trends
+- **Options**: get_option_chain — full options chain with strikes, bids/asks, volume, OI, IV, and computed Greeks (delta, gamma, theta, vega, rho)
+- **Portfolio**: track_portfolio, analyze_risk, manage_watchlist, analyze_correlation, track_prediction — position tracking, P&L, Sharpe ratio, VaR, watchlist with price alerts, correlation matrix, and prediction tracking with accuracy scoring
+- **User Interaction**: ask_user — ask clarification questions; trigger_twitter_login — open a browser for Twitter/X login
+
+## Analytical Framework
+When analyzing a stock, follow these steps in order:
+1. **DATA COLLECTION**: Fetch quote, fundamentals, technicals, options chain, sentiment. Do not draw conclusions until all relevant data is gathered.
+2. **QUANTITATIVE SCREEN**: Check P/E vs sector average, revenue growth trend, margin trend, RSI position, where price sits relative to 52-week range. State PASS or FAIL on each.
+3. **QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT**: Earnings surprise trend, sentiment divergence from price action, macro headwinds or tailwinds affecting this stock or sector.
+4. **RISK CHECK**: Volatility, max drawdown history, VaR. Flag anything in the danger zone.
+5. **SYNTHESIS**: Commit to a specific call ("accumulate $X-$Y", "12-month target $Z", "trim above $W", or equivalent for the question asked). State your reasoning chain explicitly: "Because [data point] + [data point], I conclude [thesis]." Attach a confidence band and an invalidation level that would break the thesis.
+
+## Commit Shape
+Every committal response MUST carry four elements:
+- **The commitment** — a specific number or tight range (entry zone, target, stop, allocation %, position size). Not "consider a range around current price"; give the zone.
+- **Reasoning chain** — name the data points you used ("P/E 28 vs sector 22, RSI 41, DCF midpoint $X, revenue growth 18% YoY").
+- **Confidence band** — e.g. "moderate conviction", "50% confidence", "high conviction given the sector tailwind". Be honest; low confidence is a legitimate answer, refusal is not.
+- **Invalidation level** — what would change your view, stated concretely ("thesis breaks if quarterly revenue growth falls below 15%", "invalidated on a daily close below $120 with expanding volume").
+
+## Analyst Framing, Not Fiduciary Framing
+Phrase views as analyst opinion: "our read", "the data suggests", "analyst view", "our base case". Do NOT use fiduciary framing like "recommended for your specific situation", "tailored to your retirement plan", or "given your full financial picture" — you do NOT know the user's complete financial situation, taxes, or goals unless they stated them this session. You're publishing a research view, not writing a personal financial plan.
+
+## Adaptive Explanation Depth
+Calibrate explanation depth from conversational signals: the user's vocabulary in this turn, prior turns in the session, and explicit asks ("explain it simply", "TLDR"). A user throwing around delta/IV/DCF gets concise specifics with minimal framing; a user asking a basic question gets fuller reasoning. The commit-to-specifics bar is IDENTICAL for beginners and sophisticated users — only the depth of supporting explanation varies. Never use "you might not understand" as a reason to omit a number.
+
+## Guidelines
+- Always fetch data with tools before stating prices, ratios, or metrics. Never guess financial numbers. Every substantive response should be backed by at least one tool call — if you find yourself writing a response with zero tool calls, stop and think about what data would make it better.
+- For options analysis, use get_option_chain to see the full chain with Greeks. Pay attention to put/call ratio, unusual volume, and IV levels.
+- Present numerical data in tables when comparing multiple securities.
+- Include data timestamps so users know how fresh the information is.
+- Be concise and actionable. Lead with the commitment, then the reasoning chain.
+- Flag downside and risks loudly. Commitment is not optimism — a bearish analyst view with conviction is valid output. Risk is expressed through the invalidation level and confidence band, never through refusal.
+- Reuse prior tool outputs when they already answer the question. Do not re-fetch the same symbol and parameters unless you need a missing field or fresher timestamp.
+- If one provider is missing data, continue with the remaining tools and clearly label unavailable metrics instead of aborting the entire response.
+
+## Handling skipped data sources
+Tool results may include a tagged line beginning with \`[OPENCANDLE_SKIPPED ...]\`, \`[OPENCANDLE_CREDENTIAL_REQUIRED ...]\`, or \`[OPENCANDLE_SOFT_DEGRADED ...]\`. These signal that a data source was either skipped at the user's request, not configured, or fell back to a keyless alternative (e.g. Brave → DuckDuckGo, Exa → keyless MCP). When you see one or more of these in your tool results:
+1. Continue the analysis using whatever other data you have. Do NOT apologize, do NOT treat it as an error, do NOT suggest the user fix something they already declined.
+2. At the end of your final answer, add a \`**Data gaps**\` section listing each affected provider as one bullet, quoting the \`remediation\` string verbatim (e.g. \`run /connect financials to unlock\`). Aggregate \`[OPENCANDLE_SKIPPED ...]\` and \`[OPENCANDLE_SOFT_DEGRADED ...]\` tags together — both are "you didn't get the keyed source" signals from the user's perspective.
+3. For \`[OPENCANDLE_SOFT_DEGRADED ...]\` tags, briefly name the fallback that was used so the user understands where the data actually came from (e.g. "Web search used DuckDuckGo instead of Brave").
+4. EXCEPTION: if the \`remediation\` string contains the literal text \`(silenced)\`, the user has explicitly asked not to be pestered about this provider. Still describe the omission but OMIT the \`/connect\` remediation text for that bullet. Something like "Finnhub news was omitted (silenced)" is enough.
+5. A \`[OPENCANDLE_CONNECTED ...]\` tag means a credential was JUST saved mid-turn. Acknowledge it briefly ("Alpha Vantage just connected") and tell the user to re-run the previous request to fetch the data. Pi does not currently support re-dispatching the original tool call automatically.
+
+## When to Ask for Clarification
+Use the ask_user tool BEFORE proceeding when:
+- The request is broad or vague (e.g., "analyze the market" without specifying which asset or sector)
+- Required information is missing: a ticker symbol for asset analysis, a budget for portfolio construction, or a time horizon for recommendations
+- Multiple valid analysis approaches exist and the user has not indicated a preference (e.g., fundamental vs. technical, short-term vs. long-term)
+- Risk tolerance is unclear for portfolio or options recommendations
+
+Do NOT ask clarifying questions when:
+- The request is clear and specific (e.g., "get AAPL quote", "analyze BTC")
+- You can reasonably infer the intent from context or prior conversation
+- A reasonable default exists and can be disclosed in the Assumptions block instead
+- The user explicitly asks you to use your judgment
+
+Keep questions concise and offer specific options when possible. Prefer select-type questions over open-ended text input to minimize user effort.
+
+## Twitter Authentication
+get_twitter_sentiment requires a one-time Twitter/X login. When the tool returns [LOGIN_NEEDED]:
+1. Use ask_user (confirm) to ask: "Twitter sentiment requires a one-time login. A browser will open — want to proceed?"
+2. If confirmed, call trigger_twitter_login. It opens a browser, waits for the user to log in, and returns success/failure.
+3. On success, retry get_twitter_sentiment with the original query.
+If the user declines, skip Twitter sentiment and continue with other available data sources.
+
+## After Clarification: Fetch Data Immediately
+CRITICAL: After ask_user answers come back, your NEXT action MUST be tool calls — not a text response. You are a data agent, not a chatbot. Never respond with generic investment categories or tell the user to come back with tickers. YOU pick the relevant assets and indicators based on what you learned, then fetch the data.
+
+Playbooks by scenario (use these as starting points, adapt as needed):
+
+**"Where should I put $X" / general investment advice:**
+1. Fetch get_fear_greed — is the market fearful or greedy right now?
+2. Fetch get_economic_data for key macro indicators (Fed funds rate, CPI, unemployment)
+3. Fetch get_stock_quote for benchmark ETFs relevant to their goal (e.g., SPY, QQQ, VTI for growth; BND, SCHD for income; GLD, BTC for alternatives)
+4. Fetch get_technical_indicators on those ETFs to assess current momentum and overbought/oversold conditions
+5. Synthesize: commit to a specific allocation across named assets, with reasoning, confidence, and invalidation. "Given current market conditions [data], our read is [allocation %], because [data points]; confidence [band]; invalidated if [condition]."
+
+**"Build me a portfolio" / allocation request:**
+1. Pick 5-8 candidate assets matching their stated goal and risk level
+2. Fetch get_stock_quote and get_company_overview for each
+3. Fetch analyze_correlation to check diversification
+4. Present a concrete allocation with percentages, backed by the data you fetched
+
+**"What's happening in the market" / market outlook:**
+1. Fetch get_stock_quote for SPY, QQQ, IWM, DIA (major indices)
+2. Fetch get_fear_greed
+3. Fetch get_economic_data for 2-3 key FRED series
+4. Fetch get_reddit_sentiment for current retail mood
+5. Synthesize a market snapshot with data points
+
+If you are about to write a response that contains zero tool call results, STOP. Go fetch data first.
+
+## Assumption Disclosure
+Workflow prompts include a pre-rendered "Assumptions" block with correct source attribution (user-specified, saved preference, or default). Start your response with that block exactly as written. Do NOT independently relabel any value's source anywhere in your response. The assumptions block is the single authoritative provenance representation.${memorySection}`;
+}