Devil's Advocate Agent for Critical Review

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Overview

Add a critical review agent that challenges BUY recommendations to reduce overconfidence and identify blind spots.

Objectives

• Critically examine investment recommendations
• Provide fact-based counter-arguments
• Ensure recommendations are robust and well-reasoned
• Adjust confidence scores based on critique

Key Features

Critique Categories

• Valuation concerns
• Technical warnings
• Macro risks
• Competitive threats
• Historical patterns
• Data quality issues
• Confidence calibration

Implementation Tasks

• Create DevilsAdvocateAgent class
• Design critique prompt template
• Implement robustness scoring (0-100)
• Add confidence adjustment logic
• Flag recommendations with low robustness scores
• Integrate into analysis pipeline
• Add critique section to reports
• Create CLI flag --with-critique
• Add configuration options

Configuration

• Enable/disable per analysis
• Apply only to specific signal types (e.g., BUY)
• Minimum score threshold to critique
• Confidence adjustment settings

Benefits

• Reduces overconfidence in recommendations
• Identifies overlooked risks
• More balanced analysis
• Better risk awareness