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Giorgio Gilestro de3a9bfa66 review: teach reviewer about the rational-vs-irrational structural device
Live logs (analyze.lang_resolved final=it → reviewer_rejected:
"Self-questioning and working-through language ('Razionalmente...
Irrazionalmente')") showed Haiku confusing the dashboard's mandated
"Rational vs Irrational" contrast framework for scratchpad
self-questioning. The portfolio-analysis system prompt explicitly
requires every paragraph to contrast a rational reading
(fundamentals, policy, valuation) with an irrational one
(positioning, narrative momentum) — that's structural prose, not
the author thinking on the page.

Add an explicit "this is a structural device" carve-out to the
reviewer prompt, naming the framework and its IT / ES / FR / DE
translations so the rejection doesn't reappear when the prompt
output lands in non-English.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-29 16:20:00 +02:00
alembic alembic: make migration chain SQLite-compatible (fresh upgrade) 2026-05-28 00:16:09 +02:00
app review: teach reviewer about the rational-vs-irrational structural device 2026-05-29 16:20:00 +02:00
config add ECB Data Portal source; group-aware stale thresholds 2026-05-15 23:13:58 +01:00
docs docs: mobile responsiveness design spec 2026-05-28 18:30:42 +02:00
scripts scripts: one-off purge of unclean IndicatorSummary rows 2026-05-29 13:56:47 +02:00
tasks phase G: data minimisation + passwordless auth + DeepSeek-first LLM 2026-05-18 14:16:57 +01:00
tests review: gate strategic-log, portfolio, chat, and digest on reviewer 2026-05-29 14:40:04 +02:00
.dockerignore initial commit — cassandra v0.1 2026-05-15 21:56:10 +01:00
.env.example initial commit — cassandra v0.1 2026-05-15 21:56:10 +01:00
.gitignore docs: mobile responsiveness design spec 2026-05-28 18:30:42 +02:00
alembic.ini initial commit — cassandra v0.1 2026-05-15 21:56:10 +01:00
docker-compose.override.yml sync: encrypted cloud backup for portfolios + settings UX rework 2026-05-23 16:15:54 +02:00
docker-compose.prod.yml deploy: uvicorn --proxy-headers so https stays https behind NPM 2026-05-22 21:47:48 +01:00
docker-compose.test.yml test: standalone test container, isolated from the live prod stack 2026-05-25 23:58:55 +02:00
docker-compose.yml deploy: mount app/ + alembic from host in base compose 2026-05-25 12:49:27 +02:00
Dockerfile deps: add requirements.lock for reproducible builds 2026-05-28 00:07:38 +02:00
pyproject.toml stripe: wire checkout, customer portal, and webhook for read.markets 2026-05-26 18:45:13 +02:00
README.md deploy: split compose into base (prod-ready) + dev override 2026-05-22 21:30:28 +01:00
requirements.lock deps: add requirements.lock for reproducible builds 2026-05-28 00:07:38 +02:00

Read the Markets

Containerised macro-strategy dashboard — hourly market data, RSS news, Trading 212 portfolio, and an AI-generated strategic log written by Cassandra, the in-product seer. Read-only by design.

Production:

The Python package is still named cassandra and several internal identifiers (cookie names, advisory-lock keys, CASSANDRA_TOKEN env var, CSS filename) keep the legacy name on purpose — renaming them would invalidate live sessions / locks / configs for no user benefit. See app/branding.py for the brand single-source-of-truth.

Quick start (local dev)

cp .env.example .env       # fill in API keys; set CASSANDRA_TOKEN if exposing
docker compose up --build  # db + app + scheduler + daily backup sidecar
open http://localhost:8000/  # or whichever CASSANDRA_PORT you set

docker-compose.override.yml is auto-loaded and adds the host port binding so the app is reachable on localhost.

Production (VPS, NPM-fronted)

Always invoke with explicit -f flags — that way the dev override is skipped and the prod overlay (no host port, joins the external intranet Docker network, uvicorn on port 80) is applied:

docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d --build

Point Nginx Proxy Manager at upstream readmarkets-app-1:80.

Architecture

  • app (FastAPI + Jinja2 + HTMX) — web dashboard on port 8000
  • scheduler (APScheduler) — hourly ingestion jobs (market, news, portfolio, AI log)
  • db (MariaDB 11) — quotes, headlines, portfolio snapshots, strategic logs, job runs
  • backup (sidecar) — daily mariadb-dump to ./backup/

See /home/gg/.claude/plans/ok-i-think-this-tidy-lake.md for the design plan.

Config

File Purpose
config/default.toml Universal data tables: indicator groups, RSS feeds, keyword presets
config/portfolio.toml User-specific portfolios (overrides default.toml)
.env Secrets and runtime knobs — mounted read-only into containers

Endpoints

  • GET / — dashboard
  • GET /portfolio/{name} — portfolio detail
  • GET /news — news feed
  • GET /log — strategic-log archive
  • GET /api/health — job status (last success / failure per job)

All authenticated routes require Authorization: Bearer $CASSANDRA_TOKEN if the env is set; if unset, the app is open (LAN-only mode).