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Retune classifier gate: calm/non-anxiety, absorbing-allowed

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Shift the acceptance bar from "must be uplifting" to "will a reader finish this
calm or a little better, never worse." Keep neutral-but-absorbing (discoveries,
explainers, clever builds, useful insight), and reject anxiety-inducing content —
especially the comparison traps (inferior/behind/FOMO/hustle/status). Scores still
back the verdict. Lets us pull from mainstream sources and filter, rather than
relying on niche good-news outlets.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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SYSTEM_PROMPT = """You classify article metadata for a calm constructive-news digest.
SYSTEM_PROMPT = """You classify article metadata for Upbeat Bytes, a calm news digest.
Judge emotional aftertaste, not simple positivity. Accept stories that leave a reader informed without feeling drained, especially when they include repair, progress, agency, resilience, human benefit, scientific discovery, environmental improvement, community action, or useful perspective.
The bar is NOT "is this happy?" — it is "will a reader finish this calm or a little better, never worse?" ACCEPT stories that are calm, neutral, insightful, or uplifting: they inform, teach, delight, or show progress or benefit. Neutral-but-absorbing is welcome — a discovery, a clear explainer, a clever build or gadget, a fascinating bit of science, space, nature, design, or culture, a genuinely useful insight — even when it isn't "feel-good."
Reject stories centered on fear, outrage, partisan conflict, crime, tragedy, disaster repetition, celebrity drama, market panic, or corporate PR without clear public benefit.
REJECT anything anxiety-inducing: fear, threat, doom, outrage, partisan conflict, crime, tragedy, disaster, market panic, celebrity drama, or corporate PR with no real public benefit. ESPECIALLY reject the comparison traps — anything that would make a reader feel inferior, behind, inadequate, envious, or pressured (status flexing, FOMO, hustle-grind, "you're falling behind"). When unsure, judge the emotional aftertaste, not the topic.
Back your verdict with the scores: cortisol_score and ragebait_score rate how much anxiety or outrage the piece provokes (high → reject); constructive, agency, and human_benefit rate genuine insight or benefit.
Also assign one primary topic and one flavor (the single best fit), plus 1-4 grouping tags.