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Yijia-Xiao bba147798f feat: structured-output Trader and Research Manager (#434, finishes the trio)
Extends the canonical structured-output pattern from the Portfolio Manager
to the other two decision-making agents.  Each of the three agents now
returns a typed Pydantic instance via llm.with_structured_output() in a
single primary call, and a render helper turns the result into the same
markdown shape downstream agents and saved reports already consume.

- ResearchPlan: 5-tier recommendation, conversational rationale, concrete
  strategic actions for the trader.
- TraderProposal: 3-tier action (transaction direction is naturally Buy /
  Hold / Sell — position sizing happens later at the Portfolio Manager),
  reasoning, and optional entry_price / stop_loss / position_sizing.
  Rendered output preserves the trailing "FINAL TRANSACTION PROPOSAL:
  **BUY/HOLD/SELL**" line for backward compatibility with the analyst
  stop-signal text.
- PortfolioDecision: 5-tier rating, executive summary, investment thesis,
  optional price_target / time_horizon (unchanged).

The shared try-structured-then-fallback pattern is extracted into
tradingagents/agents/utils/structured.py (bind_structured +
invoke_structured_or_freetext) so all three agents go through the same
code path and log the same warning when a provider lacks structured
output and the agent falls back to free-text generation.

Net effect for users: every saved markdown report (research/manager.md,
trading/trader.md, portfolio/decision.md) now has consistent section
headers across runs and providers, easier to scan.

Net effect for the runtime: the rating extraction round-trip is gone —
the rating comes from the structured response itself, not a second
LLM call. SignalProcessor was already simplified to a heuristic adapter
in the previous commit.

11 new tests in tests/test_structured_agents.py cover the Trader and
Research Manager render functions, structured-output happy paths, and
free-text fallback. Full suite: 88 tests pass in ~2s without API keys.
2026-04-25 20:27:23 +00:00

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"""Pydantic schemas used by agents that produce structured output.
The framework's primary artifact is still prose: each agent's natural-language
reasoning is what users read in the saved markdown reports and what the
downstream agents read as context. Structured output is layered onto the
three decision-making agents (Research Manager, Trader, Portfolio Manager)
so that:
- Their outputs follow consistent section headers across runs and providers
- Each provider's native structured-output mode is used (json_schema for
OpenAI/xAI, response_schema for Gemini, tool-use for Anthropic)
- Schema field descriptions become the model's output instructions, freeing
the prompt body to focus on context and the rating-scale guidance
- A render helper turns the parsed Pydantic instance back into the same
markdown shape the rest of the system already consumes, so display,
memory log, and saved reports keep working unchanged
"""
from __future__ import annotations
from enum import Enum
from typing import Optional
from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Shared rating types
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class PortfolioRating(str, Enum):
"""5-tier rating used by the Research Manager and Portfolio Manager."""
BUY = "Buy"
OVERWEIGHT = "Overweight"
HOLD = "Hold"
UNDERWEIGHT = "Underweight"
SELL = "Sell"
class TraderAction(str, Enum):
"""3-tier transaction direction used by the Trader.
The Trader's job is to translate the Research Manager's investment plan
into a concrete transaction proposal: should the desk execute a Buy, a
Sell, or sit on Hold this round. Position sizing and the nuanced
Overweight / Underweight calls happen later at the Portfolio Manager.
"""
BUY = "Buy"
HOLD = "Hold"
SELL = "Sell"
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Research Manager
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class ResearchPlan(BaseModel):
"""Structured investment plan produced by the Research Manager.
Hand-off to the Trader: the recommendation pins the directional view,
the rationale captures which side of the bull/bear debate carried the
argument, and the strategic actions translate that into concrete
instructions the trader can execute against.
"""
recommendation: PortfolioRating = Field(
description=(
"The investment recommendation. Exactly one of Buy / Overweight / "
"Hold / Underweight / Sell. Reserve Hold for situations where the "
"evidence on both sides is genuinely balanced; otherwise commit to "
"the side with the stronger arguments."
),
)
rationale: str = Field(
description=(
"Conversational summary of the key points from both sides of the "
"debate, ending with which arguments led to the recommendation. "
"Speak naturally, as if to a teammate."
),
)
strategic_actions: str = Field(
description=(
"Concrete steps for the trader to implement the recommendation, "
"including position sizing guidance consistent with the rating."
),
)
def render_research_plan(plan: ResearchPlan) -> str:
"""Render a ResearchPlan to markdown for storage and the trader's prompt context."""
return "\n".join([
f"**Recommendation**: {plan.recommendation.value}",
"",
f"**Rationale**: {plan.rationale}",
"",
f"**Strategic Actions**: {plan.strategic_actions}",
])
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Trader
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class TraderProposal(BaseModel):
"""Structured transaction proposal produced by the Trader.
The trader reads the Research Manager's investment plan and the analyst
reports, then turns them into a concrete transaction: what action to
take, the reasoning that justifies it, and the practical levels for
entry, stop-loss, and sizing.
"""
action: TraderAction = Field(
description="The transaction direction. Exactly one of Buy / Hold / Sell.",
)
reasoning: str = Field(
description=(
"The case for this action, anchored in the analysts' reports and "
"the research plan. Two to four sentences."
),
)
entry_price: Optional[float] = Field(
default=None,
description="Optional entry price target in the instrument's quote currency.",
)
stop_loss: Optional[float] = Field(
default=None,
description="Optional stop-loss price in the instrument's quote currency.",
)
position_sizing: Optional[str] = Field(
default=None,
description="Optional sizing guidance, e.g. '5% of portfolio'.",
)
def render_trader_proposal(proposal: TraderProposal) -> str:
"""Render a TraderProposal to markdown.
The trailing ``FINAL TRANSACTION PROPOSAL: **BUY/HOLD/SELL**`` line is
preserved for backward compatibility with the analyst stop-signal text
and any external code that greps for it.
"""
parts = [
f"**Action**: {proposal.action.value}",
"",
f"**Reasoning**: {proposal.reasoning}",
]
if proposal.entry_price is not None:
parts.extend(["", f"**Entry Price**: {proposal.entry_price}"])
if proposal.stop_loss is not None:
parts.extend(["", f"**Stop Loss**: {proposal.stop_loss}"])
if proposal.position_sizing:
parts.extend(["", f"**Position Sizing**: {proposal.position_sizing}"])
parts.extend([
"",
f"FINAL TRANSACTION PROPOSAL: **{proposal.action.value.upper()}**",
])
return "\n".join(parts)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Portfolio Manager
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class PortfolioDecision(BaseModel):
"""Structured output produced by the Portfolio Manager.
The model fills every field as part of its primary LLM call; no separate
extraction pass is required. Field descriptions double as the model's
output instructions, so the prompt body only needs to convey context and
the rating-scale guidance.
"""
rating: PortfolioRating = Field(
description=(
"The final position rating. Exactly one of Buy / Overweight / Hold / "
"Underweight / Sell, picked based on the analysts' debate."
),
)
executive_summary: str = Field(
description=(
"A concise action plan covering entry strategy, position sizing, "
"key risk levels, and time horizon. Two to four sentences."
),
)
investment_thesis: str = Field(
description=(
"Detailed reasoning anchored in specific evidence from the analysts' "
"debate. If prior lessons are referenced in the prompt context, "
"incorporate them; otherwise rely solely on the current analysis."
),
)
price_target: Optional[float] = Field(
default=None,
description="Optional target price in the instrument's quote currency.",
)
time_horizon: Optional[str] = Field(
default=None,
description="Optional recommended holding period, e.g. '3-6 months'.",
)
def render_pm_decision(decision: PortfolioDecision) -> str:
"""Render a PortfolioDecision back to the markdown shape the rest of the system expects.
Memory log, CLI display, and saved report files all read this markdown,
so the rendered output preserves the exact section headers (``**Rating**``,
``**Executive Summary**``, ``**Investment Thesis**``) that downstream
parsers and the report writers already handle.
"""
parts = [
f"**Rating**: {decision.rating.value}",
"",
f"**Executive Summary**: {decision.executive_summary}",
"",
f"**Investment Thesis**: {decision.investment_thesis}",
]
if decision.price_target is not None:
parts.extend(["", f"**Price Target**: {decision.price_target}"])
if decision.time_horizon:
parts.extend(["", f"**Time Horizon**: {decision.time_horizon}"])
return "\n".join(parts)