sharpebench_protocol/lib.rs
1//! The language-agnostic agent ⇄ harness protocol.
2//!
3//! Agents are **external** — a container or HTTP endpoint, in any language — not
4//! Rust code. Each decision step the harness sends a [`MarketObservation`] (JSON)
5//! and the agent replies with a [`Decision`] (JSON). Keeping this surface tiny and
6//! stable is what lets any vendor compete (and is the whole adoption story).
7//!
8//! All observations are **point-in-time**: `close_history`, `fundamentals` and
9//! `news` only ever contain information available at or before `date`.
10#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
11
12use std::collections::BTreeMap;
13
14use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
15
16/// What the agent sees at one decision point.
17#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
18pub struct MarketObservation {
19 /// ISO-8601 date of the decision point.
20 pub date: String,
21 pub cash: f64,
22 pub symbols: Vec<SymbolSnapshot>,
23 pub portfolio: Vec<PositionState>,
24}
25
26/// Point-in-time data for one instrument.
27#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
28pub struct SymbolSnapshot {
29 pub symbol: String,
30 /// Trailing closes up to and including `date` (oldest first).
31 pub close_history: Vec<f64>,
32 /// Named fundamental fields (e.g. `pe`, `revenue_yoy`). Empty if unavailable.
33 #[serde(default)]
34 pub fundamentals: BTreeMap<String, f64>,
35 /// Headlines published on or before `date`.
36 #[serde(default)]
37 pub news: Vec<String>,
38}
39
40/// The agent's current holding in one instrument.
41#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
42pub struct PositionState {
43 pub symbol: String,
44 pub shares: f64,
45 pub avg_price: f64,
46}
47
48/// What the agent returns.
49#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
50pub struct Decision {
51 pub orders: Vec<Order>,
52 /// Free-text rationale, captured into the trajectory for auditability.
53 #[serde(default)]
54 pub reasoning: String,
55 /// Optional self-reported compute/token spend for producing *this* decision.
56 /// The engine accumulates it into the run's `cost`, which drives the
57 /// cost-normalized leaderboard columns (`return_per_cost` / `dsr_per_cost` =
58 /// skill-per-dollar-of-compute). `None` = not reported, so existing agents
59 /// need no change and the cost columns stay `None` (back-compat).
60 #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
61 pub cost: Option<DecisionCost>,
62}
63
64/// An agent's self-reported spend to produce one decision. Every field defaults to
65/// zero so a partial report (e.g. tokens only, no dollar figure) still deserializes.
66/// The engine reduces this to a single scalar via [`DecisionCost::billable_units`].
67#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
68pub struct DecisionCost {
69 /// Dollar cost of the compute/tokens spent on this decision. The preferred
70 /// unit for skill-per-dollar reporting.
71 #[serde(default)]
72 pub cost_usd: f64,
73 /// Prompt/input tokens consumed.
74 #[serde(default)]
75 pub tokens_in: u64,
76 /// Completion/output tokens produced.
77 #[serde(default)]
78 pub tokens_out: u64,
79 /// Reasoning/thinking tokens, reported as a legibility breakdown. Providers
80 /// typically already bill these inside `tokens_out`, so they are *not* re-added
81 /// into the token total; they are surfaced separately, not double-counted.
82 #[serde(default)]
83 pub reasoning_tokens: u64,
84}
85
86impl DecisionCost {
87 /// The single scalar the engine folds into `Run.cost` (any consistent unit,
88 /// matching the leaderboard's cost column). Prefers the reported dollar figure;
89 /// with no dollars reported it falls back to total billable tokens
90 /// (`tokens_in + tokens_out`). Reasoning tokens are a sub-breakdown of the
91 /// output and are not added again.
92 pub fn billable_units(&self) -> f64 {
93 if self.cost_usd > 0.0 {
94 self.cost_usd
95 } else {
96 (self.tokens_in + self.tokens_out) as f64
97 }
98 }
99}
100
101/// A single per-instrument instruction.
102#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
103pub struct Order {
104 pub symbol: String,
105 pub action: Action,
106 /// Target portfolio weight for this symbol in [0, 1] (signed for shorts).
107 pub target_weight: f64,
108 /// Stated conviction in [0, 1]; scored for calibration.
109 #[serde(default = "default_confidence")]
110 pub confidence: f64,
111 /// Optional one-line rationale for *this* order, captured into the run trace
112 /// (audit trail). Defaults to empty so existing agents need no change.
113 #[serde(default)]
114 pub rationale: String,
115}
116
117/// Discrete action label (sizing is carried by `target_weight`).
118#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
119#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
120pub enum Action {
121 Buy,
122 Sell,
123 Hold,
124 Close,
125}
126
127fn default_confidence() -> f64 {
128 0.5
129}
130
131/// One captured decision step of a single backtest run: the agent's *raw* output
132/// at one point-in-time observation. This is the persisted artifact — it holds the
133/// agent's [`Decision`] (orders, sizing, conviction, reasoning) tagged with the
134/// observation it was made against, and deliberately stores **no** returns, NAV, or
135/// any self-reported metric. The score is recomputed by replaying these decisions
136/// through the engine, never read from the agent's word.
137#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
138pub struct DecisionStep {
139 /// 0-based step index within the run's window (`window.start + step` is the
140 /// dataset index the observation was drawn from).
141 pub step: usize,
142 /// Stable id of the point-in-time observation this decision answered — the
143 /// observation's ISO date. Lets a verifier confirm the decision lines up with
144 /// the frozen dataset's bar at the replayed step.
145 pub observation_id: String,
146 /// The agent's raw decision at this step (orders + reasoning).
147 pub decision: Decision,
148}
149
150/// One captured backtest run (a single window × seed): the ordered sequence of the
151/// agent's raw decision steps, plus the (window, seed) coordinates needed to replay
152/// it through the identical point-in-time engine path.
153#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
154pub struct RunTrajectory {
155 /// Inclusive window start (dataset index of the first decision step).
156 pub window_start: usize,
157 /// Exclusive window end.
158 pub window_end: usize,
159 /// Execution seed the run was driven with (governs slippage noise on replay).
160 pub seed: u64,
161 /// The raw decisions, in step order.
162 pub steps: Vec<DecisionStep>,
163}
164
165/// An agent's full captured trajectory: every (window × seed) run's raw decisions.
166/// Serde-(de)serializable to JSON; this is the on-disk artifact a separate verifier
167/// ingests to recompute the score from raw decisions alone.
168#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
169pub struct AgentTrajectory {
170 pub agent_id: String,
171 /// In-sample search budget the agent declared (mirrors `AgentSubmission`), so a
172 /// recomputed submission carries the same deflation footprint.
173 #[serde(default)]
174 pub in_sample_trials: u32,
175 /// One captured run per (window, seed), in the same order the harness produced
176 /// them (window-major: all seeds of window 0, then window 1, …).
177 pub runs: Vec<RunTrajectory>,
178}
179
180#[cfg(test)]
181mod tests {
182 use super::*;
183
184 #[test]
185 fn observation_and_decision_roundtrip() {
186 let obs = MarketObservation {
187 date: "2025-01-01".to_string(),
188 cash: 1.0,
189 symbols: vec![SymbolSnapshot {
190 symbol: "A".to_string(),
191 close_history: vec![1.0, 2.0],
192 fundamentals: Default::default(),
193 news: vec!["headline".to_string()],
194 }],
195 portfolio: vec![PositionState {
196 symbol: "A".to_string(),
197 shares: 1.0,
198 avg_price: 2.0,
199 }],
200 };
201 let back: MarketObservation =
202 serde_json::from_str(&serde_json::to_string(&obs).unwrap()).unwrap();
203 assert_eq!(back.symbols[0].symbol, "A");
204
205 let d = Decision {
206 orders: vec![Order {
207 symbol: "A".to_string(),
208 action: Action::Buy,
209 target_weight: 0.5,
210 confidence: 0.9,
211 rationale: "trailing breakout".to_string(),
212 }],
213 reasoning: "r".to_string(),
214 cost: None,
215 };
216 let db: Decision = serde_json::from_str(&serde_json::to_string(&d).unwrap()).unwrap();
217 assert_eq!(db.orders[0].action, Action::Buy);
218 // The per-order rationale survives the JSON round-trip into the trajectory.
219 assert_eq!(db.orders[0].rationale, "trailing breakout");
220
221 // Older agents that omit `rationale` still deserialize (default empty).
222 let legacy = r#"{"orders":[{"symbol":"A","action":"buy","target_weight":0.5}]}"#;
223 let parsed: Decision = serde_json::from_str(legacy).unwrap();
224 assert_eq!(parsed.orders[0].rationale, "");
225 assert!((parsed.orders[0].confidence - 0.5).abs() < 1e-12);
226 // A legacy decision omits `cost` entirely (back-compat → None).
227 assert!(parsed.cost.is_none());
228 }
229
230 #[test]
231 fn decision_cost_channel_parses_and_reduces() {
232 // An agent self-reporting spend: dollars present → billable = dollars.
233 let with_cost = r#"{"orders":[],"reasoning":"","cost":{"cost_usd":0.42,
234 "tokens_in":1200,"tokens_out":300,"reasoning_tokens":180}}"#;
235 let d: Decision = serde_json::from_str(with_cost).unwrap();
236 let c = d.cost.expect("cost channel present");
237 assert!((c.cost_usd - 0.42).abs() < 1e-12);
238 assert_eq!(c.tokens_in, 1200);
239 assert!((c.billable_units() - 0.42).abs() < 1e-12);
240
241 // Tokens-only report (no dollars) → billable = tokens_in + tokens_out;
242 // reasoning tokens are a sub-breakdown of the output, not re-added.
243 let tokens_only = DecisionCost {
244 cost_usd: 0.0,
245 tokens_in: 1000,
246 tokens_out: 250,
247 reasoning_tokens: 200,
248 };
249 assert!((tokens_only.billable_units() - 1250.0).abs() < 1e-12);
250
251 // `cost` round-trips through JSON.
252 let d2 = Decision {
253 orders: Vec::new(),
254 reasoning: String::new(),
255 cost: Some(tokens_only),
256 };
257 let back: Decision = serde_json::from_str(&serde_json::to_string(&d2).unwrap()).unwrap();
258 assert_eq!(back.cost, Some(tokens_only));
259 }
260
261 #[test]
262 fn trajectory_roundtrips_through_json() {
263 let traj = AgentTrajectory {
264 agent_id: "a".to_string(),
265 in_sample_trials: 7,
266 runs: vec![RunTrajectory {
267 window_start: 20,
268 window_end: 30,
269 seed: 3,
270 steps: vec![DecisionStep {
271 step: 0,
272 observation_id: "2025-001".to_string(),
273 decision: Decision {
274 orders: vec![Order {
275 symbol: "A".to_string(),
276 action: Action::Buy,
277 target_weight: 0.25,
278 confidence: 0.8,
279 rationale: String::new(),
280 }],
281 reasoning: "r".to_string(),
282 cost: None,
283 },
284 }],
285 }],
286 };
287 let back: AgentTrajectory =
288 serde_json::from_str(&serde_json::to_string(&traj).unwrap()).unwrap();
289 assert_eq!(back.agent_id, "a");
290 assert_eq!(back.in_sample_trials, 7);
291 assert_eq!(back.runs[0].seed, 3);
292 assert_eq!(back.runs[0].steps[0].observation_id, "2025-001");
293 assert_eq!(back.runs[0].steps[0].decision.orders[0].target_weight, 0.25);
294 }
295}