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thejayman77 a36b1a098e Retune classifier gate: calm/non-anxiety, absorbing-allowed
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>
2026-06-06 02:03:24 +00:00

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from __future__ import annotations
import json
import os
import sqlite3
import urllib.error
import urllib.request
from collections.abc import Callable
from dataclasses import dataclass
from .taxonomy import (
ALLOWED_TAGS,
FLAVORS,
MAX_TAGS,
TOPICS,
coerce_flavor,
coerce_tags,
coerce_topic,
flavors_prompt_block,
tags_prompt_block,
topics_prompt_block,
)
DEFAULT_BASE_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:1234/v1"
DEFAULT_MODEL = "gpt-oss"
DEFAULT_EMBED_MODEL = "text-embedding-nomic-embed-text-v1.5"
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 180
# Structured-output schema. Newer LM Studio / OpenAI-compatible servers want a
# json_schema response_format (older ones took json_object); we try schema first
# and fall back gracefully so the client works across server versions.
_SCORE_FIELD = {"type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 10}
CLASSIFICATION_SCHEMA = {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": False,
"required": [
"constructive_score",
"cortisol_score",
"ragebait_score",
"agency_score",
"human_benefit_score",
"novelty_score",
"pr_risk_score",
"accepted",
"topic",
"flavor",
"tags",
"reason_code",
"reason_text",
],
"properties": {
"constructive_score": _SCORE_FIELD,
"cortisol_score": _SCORE_FIELD,
"ragebait_score": _SCORE_FIELD,
"agency_score": _SCORE_FIELD,
"human_benefit_score": _SCORE_FIELD,
"novelty_score": _SCORE_FIELD,
"pr_risk_score": _SCORE_FIELD,
"accepted": {"type": "boolean"},
"topic": {"type": "string", "enum": list(TOPICS)},
"flavor": {"type": "string", "enum": list(FLAVORS)},
"tags": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string", "enum": list(ALLOWED_TAGS)}, "maxItems": MAX_TAGS},
"reason_code": {"type": "string"},
"reason_text": {"type": "string"},
},
}
# Response-format variants tried in order. Once one succeeds for a client, it is
# pinned so we stop paying failed round-trips on every subsequent call.
_RESPONSE_FORMATS = (
{"type": "json_schema", "json_schema": {"name": "classification", "strict": True, "schema": CLASSIFICATION_SCHEMA}},
{"type": "json_object"},
None,
)
SYSTEM_PROMPT = """You classify article metadata for Upbeat Bytes, a calm news digest.
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 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.
Primary topic (what the story is mainly about):
{topics}
Flavor (why it belongs in a calm, uplifting digest):
{flavors}
Grouping tags — choose ONLY from this controlled vocabulary:
{tags}
Tag discipline: assign 1-4 tags; prefer fewer, stronger ones; never tag by weak
association; pick tags a reader would reasonably use to find this story later.
Return only JSON with this exact shape:
{{
"constructive_score": 0,
"cortisol_score": 0,
"ragebait_score": 0,
"agency_score": 0,
"human_benefit_score": 0,
"novelty_score": 0,
"pr_risk_score": 0,
"accepted": false,
"topic": "one_of_the_allowed_topics",
"flavor": "one_of_the_allowed_flavors",
"tags": ["one_to_four_allowed_tags"],
"reason_code": "short_snake_case",
"reason_text": "one concise sentence"
}}
""".format(topics=topics_prompt_block(), flavors=flavors_prompt_block(), tags=tags_prompt_block())
@dataclass
class LocalModelClient:
base_url: str
model: str
api_key: str | None = None
timeout: int = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
embed_model: str = DEFAULT_EMBED_MODEL
# Index into _RESPONSE_FORMATS that the server accepts; discovered lazily.
_response_format_idx: int | None = None
@classmethod
def from_env(cls) -> "LocalModelClient":
return cls(
base_url=os.environ.get("GOODNEWS_LLM_BASE_URL", DEFAULT_BASE_URL).rstrip("/"),
model=os.environ.get("GOODNEWS_LLM_MODEL", DEFAULT_MODEL),
api_key=os.environ.get("GOODNEWS_LLM_API_KEY"),
timeout=int(os.environ.get("GOODNEWS_LLM_TIMEOUT", DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)),
embed_model=os.environ.get("GOODNEWS_EMBED_MODEL", DEFAULT_EMBED_MODEL),
)
def embed(self, texts: list[str]) -> list[list[float]]:
"""Return embedding vectors for a batch of texts via /embeddings."""
body = json.dumps({"model": self.embed_model, "input": texts}).encode("utf-8")
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
if self.api_key:
headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {self.api_key}"
request = urllib.request.Request(
f"{self.base_url}/embeddings", data=body, headers=headers, method="POST"
)
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=self.timeout) as response:
data = json.loads(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
except urllib.error.HTTPError as exc:
detail = exc.read().decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
raise RuntimeError(f"HTTP {exc.code} from embeddings: {detail}") from exc
except urllib.error.URLError as exc:
raise RuntimeError(f"could not reach embeddings at {self.base_url}: {exc.reason}") from exc
try:
return [item["embedding"] for item in data["data"]]
except (KeyError, TypeError) as exc:
raise RuntimeError(f"unexpected embeddings response: {data}") from exc
def classify(self, article: sqlite3.Row) -> dict:
messages = [
{"role": "system", "content": SYSTEM_PROMPT},
{"role": "user", "content": _article_prompt(article)},
]
# If we already learned which response_format the server accepts, use it.
if self._response_format_idx is not None:
return self._chat(self._build_payload(messages, _RESPONSE_FORMATS[self._response_format_idx]))
# Otherwise escalate through the variants, pinning the first that works.
last_exc: RuntimeError | None = None
for idx, fmt in enumerate(_RESPONSE_FORMATS):
try:
result = self._chat(self._build_payload(messages, fmt))
self._response_format_idx = idx
return result
except RuntimeError as exc:
if "HTTP 400" not in str(exc):
raise
last_exc = exc
raise last_exc if last_exc else RuntimeError("no usable response_format")
def _build_payload(self, messages: list[dict], response_format: dict | None) -> dict:
payload = {"model": self.model, "temperature": 0.1, "messages": messages}
if response_format is not None:
payload["response_format"] = response_format
return payload
def list_models(self) -> list[str]:
headers = {}
if self.api_key:
headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {self.api_key}"
request = urllib.request.Request(f"{self.base_url}/models", headers=headers)
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=10) as response:
data = json.loads(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
except urllib.error.HTTPError as exc:
detail = exc.read().decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
raise RuntimeError(f"HTTP {exc.code} from local model: {detail}") from exc
except urllib.error.URLError as exc:
raise RuntimeError(f"could not reach local model at {self.base_url}: {exc.reason}") from exc
models = data.get("data", [])
names = []
for model in models:
if isinstance(model, dict) and model.get("id"):
names.append(str(model["id"]))
return names
def chat_text(self, messages: list[dict]) -> str:
"""Plain chat completion → the raw message text (no JSON parsing).
Used for free-form output like summaries; classification uses _chat,
which JSON-parses the same content.
"""
return self._raw_content(self._build_payload(messages, None))
def _raw_content(self, payload: dict) -> str:
body = json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8")
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
if self.api_key:
headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {self.api_key}"
request = urllib.request.Request(
f"{self.base_url}/chat/completions",
data=body,
headers=headers,
method="POST",
)
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=self.timeout) as response:
data = json.loads(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
except urllib.error.HTTPError as exc:
detail = exc.read().decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
raise RuntimeError(f"HTTP {exc.code} from local model: {detail}") from exc
except urllib.error.URLError as exc:
raise RuntimeError(f"could not reach local model at {self.base_url}: {exc.reason}") from exc
try:
return data["choices"][0]["message"]["content"]
except (KeyError, IndexError, TypeError) as exc:
raise RuntimeError(f"unexpected local model response: {data}") from exc
def _chat(self, payload: dict) -> dict:
return parse_classifier_json(self._raw_content(payload))
@dataclass
class ClassifyReport:
results: list[tuple[int, dict]]
attempted: int
succeeded: int
skipped: int
def classify_articles(
conn: sqlite3.Connection,
client: LocalModelClient,
limit: int,
include_rejected: bool = False,
dry_run: bool = False,
only_unclassified: bool = False,
progress: "Callable[[int, int, int], None] | None" = None,
) -> ClassifyReport:
rows = _classification_candidates(
conn, limit=limit, include_rejected=include_rejected, only_unclassified=only_unclassified
)
results = []
skipped = 0
for index, row in enumerate(rows, start=1):
try:
scores = client.classify(row)
except RuntimeError as exc:
# One slow/failed article (timeout, bad response) shouldn't sink the
# whole batch or discard work already committed. Skip and continue.
skipped += 1
print(f"[{row['id']}] skipped: {exc}")
continue
scores = normalize_scores(scores, model_name=client.model)
results.append((row["id"], scores))
if not dry_run:
upsert_article_score(conn, row["id"], scores)
conn.commit()
if progress is not None:
progress(index, len(rows), row["id"])
return ClassifyReport(results=results, attempted=len(rows), succeeded=len(results), skipped=skipped)
def parse_classifier_json(content: str) -> dict:
content = content.strip()
try:
return json.loads(content)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
start = content.find("{")
end = content.rfind("}")
if start == -1 or end == -1 or end <= start:
raise RuntimeError(f"model did not return JSON: {content}")
return json.loads(content[start : end + 1])
def normalize_scores(data: dict, model_name: str) -> dict:
return {
"constructive_score": _bounded_int(data.get("constructive_score")),
"cortisol_score": _bounded_int(data.get("cortisol_score")),
"ragebait_score": _bounded_int(data.get("ragebait_score")),
"agency_score": _bounded_int(data.get("agency_score")),
"human_benefit_score": _bounded_int(data.get("human_benefit_score")),
"novelty_score": _bounded_int(data.get("novelty_score")),
"pr_risk_score": _bounded_int(data.get("pr_risk_score")),
"accepted": 1 if bool(data.get("accepted")) else 0,
"topic": coerce_topic(data.get("topic")),
"flavor": coerce_flavor(data.get("flavor")),
"tags": coerce_tags(data.get("tags")),
"reason_code": str(data.get("reason_code") or "model_no_reason")[:120],
"reason_text": str(data.get("reason_text") or "")[:1000],
"model_name": model_name,
}
def upsert_article_score(conn: sqlite3.Connection, article_id: int, scores: dict) -> None:
conn.execute(
"""
INSERT INTO article_scores (
article_id, constructive_score, cortisol_score, ragebait_score,
agency_score, human_benefit_score, novelty_score, pr_risk_score,
accepted, topic, flavor, reason_code, reason_text, model_name, scored_at
)
VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)
ON CONFLICT(article_id) DO UPDATE SET
constructive_score = excluded.constructive_score,
cortisol_score = excluded.cortisol_score,
ragebait_score = excluded.ragebait_score,
agency_score = excluded.agency_score,
human_benefit_score = excluded.human_benefit_score,
novelty_score = excluded.novelty_score,
pr_risk_score = excluded.pr_risk_score,
accepted = excluded.accepted,
topic = excluded.topic,
flavor = excluded.flavor,
reason_code = excluded.reason_code,
reason_text = excluded.reason_text,
model_name = excluded.model_name,
scored_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
""",
(
article_id,
scores["constructive_score"],
scores["cortisol_score"],
scores["ragebait_score"],
scores["agency_score"],
scores["human_benefit_score"],
scores["novelty_score"],
scores["pr_risk_score"],
scores["accepted"],
scores["topic"],
scores["flavor"],
scores["reason_code"],
scores["reason_text"],
scores["model_name"],
),
)
# Replace this article's grouping tags (controlled vocabulary, 0-4).
conn.execute("DELETE FROM article_tags WHERE article_id = ?", (article_id,))
for tag in scores.get("tags") or []:
conn.execute(
"INSERT OR IGNORE INTO article_tags (article_id, tag) VALUES (?, ?)", (article_id, tag)
)
def _classification_candidates(
conn: sqlite3.Connection,
limit: int,
include_rejected: bool,
only_unclassified: bool = False,
) -> list[sqlite3.Row]:
filters = []
if not include_rejected:
filters.append("(s.accepted = 1 OR s.constructive_score >= 4)")
if only_unclassified:
# Articles still carrying the fast heuristic score, i.e. not yet judged
# by the model. Lets a scheduled cycle only spend the LLM on new items.
filters.append("s.model_name LIKE 'heuristic-%'")
where = ("WHERE " + " AND ".join(filters)) if filters else ""
return conn.execute(
f"""
SELECT
a.id,
a.title,
a.description,
a.published_at,
a.canonical_url,
src.name AS source_name,
src.default_category,
src.trust_score AS source_trust_score,
src.pr_risk_score AS source_pr_risk_score,
s.constructive_score,
s.cortisol_score,
s.ragebait_score,
s.agency_score,
s.human_benefit_score,
s.pr_risk_score,
s.accepted,
s.reason_code
FROM articles a
JOIN sources src ON src.id = a.source_id
LEFT JOIN article_scores s ON s.article_id = a.id
{where}
ORDER BY
CASE WHEN s.model_name LIKE 'heuristic-%' THEN 0 ELSE 1 END,
COALESCE(a.published_at, a.discovered_at) DESC
LIMIT ?
""",
(limit,),
).fetchall()
def _article_prompt(article: sqlite3.Row) -> str:
return "\n".join(
[
f"Source: {article['source_name']}",
f"Source category: {article['default_category'] or 'unknown'}",
f"Source trust score: {article['source_trust_score']}/10",
f"Source PR risk score: {article['source_pr_risk_score']}/10",
f"Published: {article['published_at'] or 'unknown'}",
f"Title: {article['title']}",
f"Snippet: {article['description'] or ''}",
f"URL: {article['canonical_url']}",
]
)
def _bounded_int(value: object) -> int:
try:
parsed = int(value)
except (TypeError, ValueError):
parsed = 0
return max(0, min(10, parsed))