create_rule
Create Rule
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Persist a trigger -> action rule and register it with the evaluator. 7 trigger types accepted (alert_fired, schedule_tick, inbox_item, price_threshold, filing_event, manual, scheduled_task_wake) x six action types (run_team, send_alert, create_report, score_thesis, schedule_task, post_inbox). These trigger types have a live event source and DO dispatch today: alert_fired, schedule_tick, inbox_item, filing_event and scheduled_task_wake. price_threshold and manual are accepted and persisted (forward-compatible schema) but have NO live event source wired yet, so a rule created with one of them is saved as enabled:true and simply never fires. Always read the returned rule's trigger_wiring_status field ("live" vs "not_yet_wired") — it is computed from the dispatcher's own registry, so it is authoritative even if this description is stale. condition_expr is an OPTIONAL single comparison ("field op value", op one of gt/gte/lt/lte/eq, e.g. "price_change_pct gt 5") evaluated against the trigger event's payload — omit to fire on the trigger alone. Deliberately NOT a general expression language (no AND/OR, no loops) — this is both an anti-complexity and an anti-loop guard; compose multiple rules if you need more than one comparison. Use test_rule immediately after creating to verify it fires as expected WITHOUT spending a real dispatch. Tier: sp500+ (sample rejected).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | yes | Human-readable label. |
| trigger | any | yes | Discriminated union — which signal fires this rule. |
| condition_expr | string | no | Optional single comparison against the trigger payload, e.g. "price_change_pct gt 5". Omit to fire on the trigger alone. |
| action | any | yes | Discriminated union — what happens when the rule fires. |
| replaces_rule_id | string | no | Optional. The id of a signal this call REPLACES — set it when saving an edit, which is stored as create-then-delete because neither engine has an update tool. A verified live record you own is discounted from the tier cap so an edit is cap-neutral; an unknown, deleted, or foreign id is ignored and the cap applies normally. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 120,
"description": "Human-readable label."
},
"trigger": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "alert_fired"
},
"alert_id": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 64,
"description": "Scope to one specific alert id. Omit to react to ANY of the rule owner's alerts firing."
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "schedule_tick"
},
"interval_minutes": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 5,
"maximum": 10080,
"description": "Minimum minutes between fires (5 min – 7 days). Rounded up to the nearest 5-minute cron tick."
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"interval_minutes"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "inbox_item"
},
"condition_type_filter": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 60,
"description": "Only consider inbox items whose condition_type equals this value. Omit to react to any inbox item."
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "price_threshold"
},
"ticker": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 10,
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9.\\-]{0,9}$"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"ticker"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "filing_event"
},
"ticker": {
"$ref": "#/properties/trigger/anyOf/3/properties/ticker"
},
"forms": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 20
},
"maxItems": 25
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "manual"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "scheduled_task_wake"
},
"task_id": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 64,
"description": "Scope to one specific scheduled_task id. Omit to react to ANY of the owner's tasks waking."
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
],
"description": "Discriminated union — which signal fires this rule."
},
"condition_expr": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "Optional single comparison against the trigger payload, e.g. \"price_change_pct gt 5\". Omit to fire on the trigger alone."
},
"action": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "run_team"
},
"team_id": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 64,
"description": "A standing_agent.id identifying which team to run — same identifier shape as a signal's agent_run channel target."
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"team_id"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "send_alert"
},
"channel": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "email"
},
"target": {
"type": "string",
"format": "email",
"maxLength": 256
},
"hmac_secret": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"target"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "webhook"
},
"target": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"maxLength": 512
},
"hmac_secret": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 16,
"maxLength": 128,
"description": "HMAC secret (≥16 chars) for webhook signature verification. Recommended for production."
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"target"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "dashboard"
},
"target": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 16,
"default": "@self",
"description": "Always '@self' for dashboard channels. Routes to the in-app inbox keyed by the signal's owning customer."
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "slack"
},
"target": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"maxLength": 512,
"description": "Slack incoming-webhook URL — must be on host hooks.slack.com (e.g. https://hooks.slack.com/services/T0000/B0000/XXXX). The URL itself is the secret, so no HMAC is used."
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"target"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "agent_run"
},
"target": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 64,
"description": "A standing_agent.id identifying which standing agent team to run when this signal fires. NOT a URL — no outbound-URL validation applies to this field."
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"target"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
],
"description": "Delivery channel — same discriminated union create_signal accepts (email/webhook/dashboard/slack/agent_run)."
},
"message": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 2000,
"description": "Optional custom message; defaults to a summary of the trigger event."
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"channel"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "create_report"
},
"report_type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"reverse_dcf",
"thesis"
]
},
"ticker": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 10,
"description": "Required when report_type=reverse_dcf."
},
"thesis_id": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 64,
"description": "Required when report_type=thesis."
},
"params": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {},
"description": "reverse_dcf DCF params — see create_report's own schema."
},
"title": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"report_type"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "score_thesis"
},
"thesis_id": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 64
},
"as_of": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"thesis_id"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "schedule_task"
},
"task": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 500
},
"wake_in_days": {
"type": "number",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"maximum": 90
},
"context": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {}
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"task",
"wake_in_days"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "post_inbox"
},
"title": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 120
},
"message": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 2000
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"title",
"message"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
],
"description": "Discriminated union — what happens when the rule fires."
},
"replaces_rule_id": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 64,
"description": "Optional. The id of a signal this call REPLACES — set it when saving an edit, which is stored as create-then-delete because neither engine has an update tool. A verified live record you own is discounted from the tier cap so an edit is cap-neutral; an unknown, deleted, or foreign id is ignored and the cap applies normally."
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"trigger",
"action"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}