docs: add CLAUDE.md — AI-agent project entry doc

Convention file every new Claude session reads first when opening this
repo. Encodes the invariants that aren't visible from any single file:

  - Five trading-layer non-negotiable rules (sys2 manage-only, released_at,
    eff_* freezing, HL effective leverage, per-wallet locks).
  - Module map with the input/output function of every service file.
  - System 1 vs System 2 comparison table — the single most important
    distinction in this codebase.
  - /adopt flow walkthrough, including the race-protection points fixed in
    7599d49.
  - 8-point code-review checklist to run against any trading change.
  - ADR for why sys2 became manage-only (v2.0).
  - "Looks like a bug but isn't" + "Known issues not yet fixed" sections to
    save the next AI agent from chasing ghosts or shipping regressions.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Trump Alpha — Backend
> AI-powered crypto signal aggregator. Surfaces four uncorrelated signal
> streams (Trump Truth Social, Macro Vibes, KOL talks-vs-trades, funding
> reversal) and runs an optional execution layer on Hyperliquid perps.
> Real money — handle every change to the trading layer like surgery.
This file is the **first thing an AI agent should read** when entering this
repo. It encodes the invariants that aren't visible from any single file.
---
## 🛑 Read this BEFORE touching anything trading-related
This backend manages real Hyperliquid leveraged positions for real users.
Bugs cost users money. **Five non-negotiable rules:**
1. **Two systems, one execution layer.** System 1 (Trump scalp) auto-opens.
System 2 (Macro Vibes / reversal) is **MANAGE-ONLY since v2.0** — the
user opens manually on Hyperliquid, then `/adopt` hands it to the bot.
`process_post()` early-returns for sys2 sources. Re-enabling sys2
auto-open would silently reintroduce all the leverage/budget/concurrency
race conditions we excised. Don't do it without an ADR.
2. **`released_at` is the "user took back control" marker.** A trade with
`released_at IS NOT NULL` is **OUT OF BOUNDS for the bot**:
- `recovery.rehydrate_open_trades` skips it
- `reconciler` skips it
- `close_and_finalize`'s atomic claim requires `released_at IS NULL`
unless `force=True` (only manual_close passes that)
- `partial_derisk` and `pyramid_add` early-return idempotent-success
- `/positions/open`, `/positions/today`, telegram_digest all filter it
If you add ANY new code path that touches BotTrade rows, ask yourself
"does this respect released_at?" Almost always yes.
3. **Effective exit params are FROZEN on the BotTrade row at open time.**
See the `eff_*` columns on `BotTrade`. Recovery rebuilds the watchdog
from these, NOT from the live Subscription. Without this, restarting
the backend silently rewrites every open System-2 reversal's stop loss
to the user's Trump scalp setting (1.5%). NEVER read live
`Subscription.stop_loss_pct` etc. in the close path.
4. **HL leverage is what HL says, not what the user requested.** Hyperliquid
silently clips the requested leverage to the asset's max (memes capped
at 3×). `hyperliquid.open_position()` returns `effective_leverage`
bot_engine and adoption must use THAT value to compute
`sys2_protective_stop_pct(lev)` and the derisk ladder. Using the
requested value puts the stop OUTSIDE the real liquidation line.
5. **Per-wallet asyncio locks wrap "check + open" critical sections.**
See `_wallet_lock` in `bot_engine` and `_wallet_adopt_lock` in
`adoption`. Without them, two concurrent signals can both pass the
daily-budget / concurrency / already-open check before either commits.
---
## What this product does (90 seconds)
```
Four signal sources → one bot → optional Hyperliquid execution
┌──────────────────────────┐
│ 1. Trump Truth Social │── auto-classify (DeepSeek) → "buy"/"short"/"noise"
│ (every post, <3s) │ if actionable: Trump scalp auto-open (System 1)
└──────────────────────────┘ Tight 1.5% SL, 12h cooldown, ≥30min min-hold
┌──────────────────────────┐
│ 2. Macro Vibes │── 8 daily macro indicators (AHR999, F&G, etc.)
│ (BTC bottom + funding)│ + 2-of-3 bottom-reversal trigger
└──────────────────────────┘ Telegram alert with /adopt CTA — NO auto-open.
User opens on HL → /adopt → bot manages with
5-rung stop ladder, de-risk, pyramid, peak-trail.
┌──────────────────────────┐
│ 3. KOL talks-vs-trades │── Substack/podcast ingest + ETH on-chain diff
│ (19 KOLs, daily) │ Divergence (publicly bullish, secretly selling)
└──────────────────────────┘ is the platform's highest-conviction signal.
Telegram alert only — never auto-trades.
┌──────────────────────────┐
│ 4. Funding extreme │── Hourly BTC perp funding scan
└──────────────────────────┘ Alert only (manage-only via /adopt like Macro)
┌──────────────────────────┐
│ Telegram daily digest │── Once-a-day 3-section brief (Macro/KOL/Trump)
│ (per-user hour, opt-out)│ to every subscriber. Cron at minute=0 each hour.
└──────────────────────────┘
```
Free tier = read everything + Telegram alerts. Pro tier (Hyperliquid wallet
linked) = Trump auto-trade + /adopt manage-only flow for sys2.
---
## Stack
- **Python 3.9+** / FastAPI / async SQLAlchemy 2.x / APScheduler
- **DB**: SQLite dev, **Postgres prod**. All schema lives in
`alembic/versions/NNN_*.py`, ordered. Currently at head **024**.
- **AI**: DeepSeek via OpenAI-compatible API (`AI_BASE_URL`, `AI_MODEL`).
- Live scoring uses `AI_LIVE_MODEL` (~2s, latency-critical)
- Batch / reanalysis uses `AI_MODEL` (quality, ~10s)
- **Trading**: Hyperliquid SDK; API-wallet keys are envelope-encrypted with
`ENCRYPTION_KEY` (KEK), per-user DEK derivation via `crypto.py`.
- **Prices**: Binance WS (`binance.py`) feeds `price_store` + powers the
`tp_sl_monitor` per-tick evaluator.
- **Telegram**: long-poll mode (single instance), HTML messages, inline
keyboards. `telegram.py` send/edit/answer + `telegram_bot.py` commands.
---
## Module map (where things live)
```
app/
├── api/ HTTP routes
│ ├── signals.py POST /api/signals/ingest ← scanners write here
│ ├── positions.py /positions/open|today|close|grow|adopt|release|hl
│ ├── user.py /subscribe|settings|manual-window|auto-trade
│ ├── telegram.py /telegram/{preferences,bind,unbind,test}
│ ├── macro.py /macro/{snapshot,history}
│ └── kol.py /kol/{posts,digest,wallets,divergence}
├── services/
│ ├── bot_engine.py ★ TRADING CORE — process_post, _execute_for_subscriber,
│ │ close_and_finalize, partial_derisk, pyramid_add
│ ├── adoption.py ★ /adopt + /release flow (sys2 manage-only)
│ ├── tp_sl_monitor.py Per-price-tick close evaluator. on_price_tick is
│ │ called from binance.py once per second
│ ├── hyperliquid.py HL trader (open/close/reduce/leverage)
│ ├── recovery.py Startup rehydration of open BotTrades into watchdog
│ ├── reconciler.py Every 60s: compare DB ↔ HL state, mark drift
│ ├── circuit_breaker.py Per-system (sys1/sys2) CB, daily DD + N-loss streak
│ ├── signal_categories.py CRITICAL CONFIG — sys1/sys2 sources, ladders,
│ │ leverage clamping, protective stop formulas
│ ├── regime_filter.py Sys1 only — recent-move / vol-contraction gates
│ ├── analysis.py AI signal scoring (DeepSeek)
│ ├── entry_filter.py Cheap text-based pre-filter (skip RT/URL-only)
│ ├── telegram.py send_message / edit_message / answer_callback
│ ├── telegram_bot.py Long-poll loop + /start /digest /adopt /release ...
│ ├── telegram_digest.py Daily 3-section brief (rule-based; no LLM)
│ ├── price_store.py In-memory latest price per asset
│ ├── price_backfill.py Backfill historical 5min bars from Binance
│ ├── crypto.py HL API-key envelope encryption
│ ├── scanner_state.py In-memory toggle + observability for scanners
│ ├── macro/
│ │ ├── fetchers.py 8 macro indicator HTTP fetchers (each @_none_on_fail)
│ │ ├── scoring.py Weighted composite -100..+100
│ │ └── poll.py Daily UPSERT into macro_snapshots
│ ├── scanners/
│ │ ├── btc_bottom_reversal.py 2-of-3 AHR999 + 200WMA + Pi Bottom
│ │ ├── funding_reversal.py Hourly funding extreme
│ │ └── sma_reclaim.py (archive — not scheduled)
│ ├── kol_substack.py RSS ingest for 19 KOL feeds
│ ├── kol_onchain.py HL public API + Etherscan diff
│ ├── kol_divergence.py Cross-ref talks vs trades within ±7d
│ ├── kol_analysis.py AI ticker/direction/conviction extract
│ ├── bottom_indicators.py AHR999 / Pi Cycle / 200WMA math
│ └── funding_signal.py Real-time funding extreme detector
├── scrapers/
│ └── truth_social.py CNN + trumpstruth.org pollers (5s interval)
├── ws/
│ └── manager.py WebSocket fan-out for live UI updates
├── models.py ★ All SQLAlchemy models in one file
├── database.py Async engine + session factory
├── config.py Pydantic Settings — reads .env
└── main.py FastAPI lifespan, scheduler setup, route mount
alembic/versions/ Migrations (numbered NNN). Latest = 024
scripts/ One-shot ops
├── preflight.py Pre-launch readiness gate (env / DB / TG / AI)
├── launch_smoke.py End-to-end smoke (14 checks against running API)
├── rescore_v5.py Re-score every Post with current AI prompt
├── backfill_signals.py Fill in signal for posts missing it
└── verify_sys2_lifecycle.py Manual System-2 lifecycle walk-through
tests/ pytest, 64 tests, fast (<1s total)
```
---
## The two trading systems (memorise this)
```
System 1 System 2
──────── ────────
Source "truth" "btc_bottom_reversal"
(+"funding_reversal" alert-only)
Trigger Trump posts a thing Daily scanner: 2-of-3 confluence
Latency need Seconds (price moves fast) Days/weeks (signal lives a long time)
Open path Auto (bot_engine.process_post fires _execute_for_subscriber)
MANUAL: user opens on HL UI, then
/adopt hands it to the bot
Stop loss User-configured + tight sys2_protective_stop_pct(actual_lev)
1.5% floor (TRUMP_*) = 85% × (100/lev), capped at 35%
Exit model TP / trailing / SL 5-rung stop ladder + downside de-risk
+ pyramid + peak-trail. NO TP.
Min hold 30 min (suppresses TP) n/a
Max hold 6h 18 months (ladder is the real exit)
Sizing base × regime multiplier Whatever user opened on HL
Concurrency cap n/a 3 positions / wallet (correlated beta)
Confidence min 88 (platform) / user 85 (platform)
Circuit breaker sys1_* sys2_* (independent)
Daily budget Full daily_budget_usd n/a — user controls notional on HL
Telegram alert Trump alert format Macro/funding alert + /adopt CTA
```
**If you're tempted to put sys2 logic in `_execute_for_subscriber`**: stop.
`process_post()` early-returns for sys2. The function only runs for sys1 now.
The dead sys2 branches inside `_execute_for_subscriber` are kept for diff
minimalism — don't extend them.
---
## The /adopt flow (System-2 lifecycle in detail)
```
1. Scanner fires
└─ POST /api/signals/ingest (source=btc_bottom_reversal, signal=buy)
└─ Post row created
└─ process_post() early-returns for sys2 (no auto-open)
└─ notify_signal() → Telegram fan-out with /adopt CTA appended
2. User opens BTC long on Hyperliquid manually
└─ size / leverage of their choice
3. User in bot: /adopt
└─ adoption.list_hl_positions(wallet) reads HL state
└─ Telegram inline keyboard: tap [🟢 BTC long $1500 @72k · 2x]
└─ Mode picker: [📈 Standard] or [🚀 Aggressive]
└─ adoption.adopt_position(wallet, asset, mode):
a. Per-wallet asyncio lock acquired
b. Pre-flight: no_subscription / no_hl_key / paper_mode /
circuit_breaker (sys2 CB still gates adopt!) /
already_adopted / concurrency_cap (3)
c. Re-read HL state inside lock (fresh entry/size/lev)
d. Resolve sys2_protective_stop_pct(HL_actual_leverage)
e. INSERT BotTrade with eff_* frozen + sys2_mode + hl_order_id="adopted:<ts>"
+ trigger_post_id=NULL
f. register_trade() with full ladder/de-risk/addon/peak_trail
└─ Telegram confirmation w/ ladder summary
4. tp_sl_monitor drives the position
└─ Stop ratchet, downside de-risk partial reduces, pyramid add-ons,
peak-trail close, max_hold backstop. All staged through the
lock-protected partial_derisk / pyramid_add / close_and_finalize.
5a. User wants out: /release
└─ release_management(wallet, trade_id):
a. Sets BotTrade.released_at = now
b. unregister(trade_id) from watchdog
└─ HL position UNTOUCHED — bot stops driving, user has manual control
└─ Across restarts: recovery skips released rows (released_at filter)
└─ Reconciler skips them. Released trades don't appear in
/positions/open or the digest "your status" line.
5b. Bot drives the close (ladder / max-hold)
└─ close_and_finalize() atomic claim sets closed_at, computes pnl
└─ Trade is now CLOSED (closed_at set, exit_price + pnl_usd written)
5c. User force-closes via UI: POST /api/positions/{id}/close
└─ manual_close calls close_and_finalize(force=True) — bypasses
released_at guard. Works on adopted-and-released trades too.
6. Recovery on restart:
└─ recovery.rehydrate_open_trades reads BotTrade WHERE closed_at IS NULL
AND released_at IS NULL
└─ For each: rebuild ladder from sys2_mode + (category OR adopted fallback).
The fallback for trigger_post_id IS NULL is the critical fix —
without it adopted trades lose their entire sys2 ladder on restart.
```
---
## Critical invariants checklist (when reviewing any trading change)
- [ ] Does this code path respect `released_at IS NULL`?
- [ ] Does it use `eff_*` (frozen) not live `Subscription.*` for exit math?
- [ ] If it opens a new position, does it use HL's actual leverage (not requested)?
- [ ] If it touches an open position concurrently, is it wrapped in the
per-trade `_lock_for(trade_id)` lock?
- [ ] If it opens, is it inside `_wallet_lock(wallet)` so the budget /
concurrency check is atomic with the write?
- [ ] If it closes, does it use the conditional `UPDATE ... WHERE closed_at
IS NULL` atomic claim?
- [ ] Does it handle the `already_closed` path from HL gracefully (preserve
banked partial PnL)?
- [ ] Does it correctly check sys1 vs sys2 CB independently?
---
## Common workflows
### Add a new signal source
1. Decide: System 1 (auto-trade) or System 2 (alert + /adopt) or alert-only?
2. Write a scanner under `app/services/scanners/NEW.py` that posts to
`POST /api/signals/ingest` with `{source: "your_new_source", ...}`.
3. Schedule it in `app/main.py` (`_scheduler.add_job`).
4. Add the source to `signal_categories.SYSTEM_1_SOURCES` or
`SYSTEM_2_SOURCES` if it should trade. Leave it out if alert-only.
5. Add a Telegram preference column to `TelegramBinding` (migration)
+ a mapping entry in `telegram._pref_column_for_source`.
6. Add a label to `telegram._source_label` and `_signal_emoji`.
7. Add a `/yoursource on|off` command in `telegram_bot.py`.
8. If sys2: extend `signal_categories._CATEGORY_EXITS` if it needs a custom
exit profile (otherwise default works).
### Add a new bot command
1. `_cmd_x` async function in `telegram_bot.py`.
2. Route it in `_handle_message`.
3. If it needs inline buttons: build `reply_markup` payload, handle
callbacks in `_handle_callback` (route by `callback_data` prefix).
4. Update `HELP_TEXT` and remind the user to add it to BotFather
`/setcommands` after deploy.
### Add a column to an existing table
1. New migration `alembic/versions/NNN_description.py`.
- Use `op.batch_alter_table` (sqlite-compatible).
- Default values via `server_default=` so backfill is implicit.
2. Mirror the field on the SQLAlchemy model in `app/models.py`.
3. Apply locally: `DATABASE_URL=<sqlite> alembic upgrade head`.
### Deploy
```bash
# On the server:
DATABASE_URL=$PROD_URL alembic upgrade head
systemctl restart trumpalpha-backend # or whatever the unit is
python scripts/preflight.py # MUST pass before flipping traffic
python scripts/launch_smoke.py --base https://api.trumpalpha.io
```
---
## Testing
```bash
source venv/bin/activate
python -m pytest tests/ -q # full suite, ~0.5s
python scripts/preflight.py # env + DB + TG + AI auth checks
python scripts/launch_smoke.py # 14 end-to-end checks vs running API
```
64 tests. Adoption + telegram_digest are snapshot-style (no real HL/AI).
End-to-end trading is verified manually via the bot.
---
## Telegram bot mechanics (since it's a custom integration)
- **Long-poll mode** via `getUpdates`. Only ONE process can long-poll a
given bot token at a time — if you horizontally scale, switch to
webhook (not done yet).
- Bot must be re-bound via `@BotFather` `/setcommands` whenever new
commands are added (the slash-menu users see is separate from what
the bot internally handles).
- `send_message` returns `False` on failure; per-user binding rows track
`total_alerts_sent` / `total_alerts_failed` counters.
- **Inline keyboards** = the `reply_markup` payload to `sendMessage`.
Callback data is capped at 64 bytes; keep it short (`adopt:mode:BTC:standard`).
`_handle_callback` MUST end with `answer_callback` or the button spins
forever on the user's client.
- Free tier = walletless `/start` (chat_id only). Pro tier = wallet bound
via `/start CODE` where CODE comes from Settings UI.
---
## Why "Macro Vibes" became manage-only (the ADR)
V1.0: System 2 auto-opened sys2 trades on user wallets. Carried real
execution surface: leverage clipping, daily budget split, concurrency caps,
sys2 paper branches, key handling per user. Audit surfaced ~6 bugs.
V2.0 (current): sys2 manage-only. The strategy is day-K — entry delay of
24h doesn't matter. The valuable part is multi-month exit management
(5-rung ladder, de-risk, pyramid, peak-trail), which still runs against
positions the user adopts.
**Net effect**: massive reduction in execution risk surface; same alpha
(strategy logic unchanged); legal/responsibility shifts from "bot opened
this for you" to "you opened it, bot manages your discipline".
---
## Things that LOOK like bugs but aren't
- **`_execute_for_subscriber` has lots of `if sub["_is_system_2"]` branches.**
Dead code under v2.0 (process_post early-returns for sys2). Kept for diff
minimalism — don't extend or re-enable.
- **`funding_reversal` source is in `SYSTEM_2_SOURCES`? No.** It's
intentionally NOT in either supported set — it ingests as a Post for
audit + sends Telegram alert via the CTA path, but doesn't trigger any
auto-trading. Adopt still works (it's asset-based, not signal-based).
- **`Subscription.sys2_budget_pct` defaults to 0.7.** Legacy field from the
auto-open era. With v2.0 manage-only, it's effectively unused — sys1
(Trump) reads full `daily_budget_usd`. Don't read it for new code.
- **Adopted trades have `hl_order_id` starting with `"adopted:"`.** Distinct
from auto-opened (HL order id integer) and paper (`"paper"` literal).
Useful for telemetry filtering.
---
## Open known issues (not blocking launch but worth fixing later)
- **Trump daily budget split**: `_execute_for_subscriber` still computes
`daily_cap = total × (1 - sys2_pct)` for sys1 — i.e. Trump gets only 30%
of the configured daily budget by default. With sys2 manage-only there's
no reason to split. Fix: when not sys2, use full `total_cap`. (Low-prio:
users who notice can just set `sys2_budget_pct = 0` in DB.)
- **HL high-leverage adoption**: if a user has a 25× position on HL, our
`sys2_protective_stop_pct` clamps to 10× (the strategy's design max),
which gives a stop FURTHER from entry than the real liquidation point.
Position could get HL-liquidated before our stop fires. Fix: reject
adoptions where actual HL leverage > `SYS2_MAX_LEVERAGE`.
- **`adopt:choose:BTC` callback may show stale prices** if user takes >60s
to tap (HL fees, partial fills can change entry/size). adopt_position
re-reads HL at mode-tap time so the FROZEN BotTrade is always fresh,
but the picker label could be outdated.
- **Telegram bot offset on restart**: `getUpdates` may replay last 24h of
messages on backend restart. Stale `/adopt` could re-fire. User can
/release to recover.
---
## Repos in this project
- **This repo** (`/Users/k/Public/Claude/backend`) — Python/FastAPI backend
- **Sibling frontend** (`/Users/k/Public/Claude/trumpsignal`) — Next.js 16
dashboard at trumpsignal.com. See its own CLAUDE.md.
Both deployed independently. Backend serves the JSON API + Telegram bot.
Frontend is a thin SPA over the API + WebSocket.