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Yijia-Xiao 0fda24515f feat: structured-output Portfolio Manager + 5-tier rating consistency (#434)
Three related changes that take the rating pipeline from heuristic-only
to type-safe at the source.

1) Research Manager prompt now uses the same 5-tier scale (Buy /
   Overweight / Hold / Underweight / Sell) as the Portfolio Manager,
   signal_processing, and the memory log.  The prior 3-tier wording
   (Buy / Sell / Hold) was the only remaining inconsistency in the
   pipeline.

2) Centralise the 5-tier vocabulary and the heuristic prose-rating
   parser into tradingagents/agents/utils/rating.py.  Both the memory
   log and the signal processor now share the same parser instead of
   duplicating regex and word-walker logic.

3) Make structured output a first-class part of the Portfolio Manager's
   primary call.  The PM uses llm.with_structured_output(PortfolioDecision)
   so each provider's native structured-output mode (json_schema for
   OpenAI/xAI, response_schema for Gemini, tool-use for Anthropic,
   function_calling for OpenAI-compatible providers) yields a typed
   Pydantic instance directly.  A render helper turns that instance back
   into the same markdown shape downstream consumers (memory log, CLI
   display, saved reports) already expect, so no other code has to know
   the PM now produces structured output.  Providers without structured
   support fall back gracefully to free-text + the deterministic
   heuristic.

   The previous SignalProcessor had been making a second LLM call to
   re-extract the rating from the PM's prose; that round-trip is now
   eliminated.  SignalProcessor is a thin adapter over parse_rating(),
   makes zero LLM calls, and stays for backwards compatibility with
   process_signal() callers.

Schema (PortfolioDecision) captures rating + executive_summary +
investment_thesis + optional price_target + time_horizon, with field
descriptions doubling as output instructions.  Agent prose remains the
primary artifact; structured output is layered onto the PM only because
it is the one agent whose output has machine-readable downstream
consumers.

15 new tests cover the heuristic parser (markdown-bold edge cases that
had no coverage before), the structured PM happy path, the free-text
fallback path, and that SignalProcessor never invokes the LLM.  Full
suite: 77 tests pass in ~2s without API keys.
2026-04-25 19:57:26 +00:00

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"""Portfolio Manager: synthesises the risk-analyst debate into the final decision.
Uses LangChain's ``with_structured_output`` so the LLM produces a typed
``PortfolioDecision`` directly, in a single call. The result is rendered
back to markdown for storage in ``final_trade_decision`` so memory log,
CLI display, and saved reports continue to consume the same shape they do
today. When a provider does not expose structured output, the agent falls
back to a free-text invocation and the existing heuristic rating parser.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import logging
from tradingagents.agents.schemas import PortfolioDecision, render_pm_decision
from tradingagents.agents.utils.agent_utils import (
build_instrument_context,
get_language_instruction,
)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
def create_portfolio_manager(llm):
# Wrap once at agent construction; if the provider does not support
# structured output we keep ``structured_llm`` as None and use the
# free-text fallback for every call.
try:
structured_llm = llm.with_structured_output(PortfolioDecision)
except (NotImplementedError, AttributeError) as exc:
logger.warning(
"Portfolio Manager: provider does not support with_structured_output (%s); "
"falling back to free-text generation",
exc,
)
structured_llm = None
def portfolio_manager_node(state) -> dict:
instrument_context = build_instrument_context(state["company_of_interest"])
history = state["risk_debate_state"]["history"]
risk_debate_state = state["risk_debate_state"]
research_plan = state["investment_plan"]
trader_plan = state["trader_investment_plan"]
past_context = state.get("past_context", "")
lessons_line = (
f"- Lessons from prior decisions and outcomes:\n{past_context}\n"
if past_context
else ""
)
prompt = f"""As the Portfolio Manager, synthesize the risk analysts' debate and deliver the final trading decision.
{instrument_context}
---
**Rating Scale** (use exactly one):
- **Buy**: Strong conviction to enter or add to position
- **Overweight**: Favorable outlook, gradually increase exposure
- **Hold**: Maintain current position, no action needed
- **Underweight**: Reduce exposure, take partial profits
- **Sell**: Exit position or avoid entry
**Context:**
- Research Manager's investment plan: **{research_plan}**
- Trader's transaction proposal: **{trader_plan}**
{lessons_line}
**Risk Analysts Debate History:**
{history}
---
Be decisive and ground every conclusion in specific evidence from the analysts.{get_language_instruction()}"""
final_trade_decision = _invoke_pm(structured_llm, llm, prompt)
new_risk_debate_state = {
"judge_decision": final_trade_decision,
"history": risk_debate_state["history"],
"aggressive_history": risk_debate_state["aggressive_history"],
"conservative_history": risk_debate_state["conservative_history"],
"neutral_history": risk_debate_state["neutral_history"],
"latest_speaker": "Judge",
"current_aggressive_response": risk_debate_state["current_aggressive_response"],
"current_conservative_response": risk_debate_state["current_conservative_response"],
"current_neutral_response": risk_debate_state["current_neutral_response"],
"count": risk_debate_state["count"],
}
return {
"risk_debate_state": new_risk_debate_state,
"final_trade_decision": final_trade_decision,
}
return portfolio_manager_node
def _invoke_pm(structured_llm, plain_llm, prompt: str) -> str:
"""Run the PM call and return the markdown-rendered decision.
Tries the structured-output path first; if it fails for any reason
(provider does not support it, model returns malformed JSON, network
glitch on the structured endpoint), falls back to the plain free-text
invocation so the pipeline still produces a result.
"""
if structured_llm is not None:
try:
decision = structured_llm.invoke(prompt)
return render_pm_decision(decision)
except Exception as exc:
logger.warning(
"Portfolio Manager: structured-output invocation failed (%s); "
"retrying once as free text",
exc,
)
response = plain_llm.invoke(prompt)
return response.content