token-pick

name	Token Pick
description	One token recommendation and one prediction market pick — scored, quantified, with a skip branch when signals are weak
var
tags	["crypto"]

${var} — Focus area or thesis (e.g. "AI tokens", "election markets", "contrarian bets"). If empty, scans broadly.

Read memory/MEMORY.md for context. Read the last 7 days of memory/logs/ and grep for prior Token Pick entries — extract the symbols and market questions already picked. Hard dedup gate: do not re-pick the same token or the same prediction market unless there is a materially new catalyst that you can name in one sentence.

Goal

Produce ONE token call and ONE prediction-market call per day, each with a numeric signal/edge score and a conviction tier. If neither qualifies for at least MEDIUM conviction, send a short "no picks today" message rather than forcing a weak pick.

Steps

1. Fetch token data

# Trending coins
curl -s "https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/search/trending" \
  ${COINGECKO_API_KEY:+-H "x-cg-pro-api-key: $COINGECKO_API_KEY"}

# Top 250 by market cap with 24h and 7d changes
curl -s "https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/markets?vs_currency=usd&order=market_cap_desc&per_page=250&page=1&sparkline=false&price_change_percentage=24h,7d" \
  ${COINGECKO_API_KEY:+-H "x-cg-pro-api-key: $COINGECKO_API_KEY"}

# BTC + ETH 24h/7d for relative-strength benchmark (extract from the markets call above; no extra request needed)

# DEX-side cross-confirmation (no auth, optional but preferred)
curl -s "https://api.dexscreener.com/latest/dex/search?q=trending"

If any curl returns empty or errors, retry once with WebFetch for the same URL. Track per-source status (cg=ok|fail, dex=ok|fail) — surfaced in the output footer.

2. Fetch prediction markets

# Top events by 24h volume (events group multi-outcome questions)
curl -s "https://gamma-api.polymarket.com/events?active=true&closed=false&order=volume_24hr&ascending=false&limit=30"

# Newer markets gaining traction
curl -s "https://gamma-api.polymarket.com/markets?closed=false&order=startDate&ascending=false&limit=20"

WebFetch fallback on failure. Track poly=ok|fail.

3. Score every candidate token (0–10 scale)

For each token in the top 250 (and the trending list), compute a signal score:

Signal	Points
24h price change > 0	+1
7d price change > 0	+1
Both 24h and 7d > +5%	+2 (in addition to above)
Appears on CoinGecko trending list	+2
Volume/MarketCap ratio ≥ 0.10	+2
Volume/MarketCap ratio ≥ 0.20 (replaces above)	+3
Outperforming BOTH BTC and ETH on the 7d	+2
Confirmed on DexScreener trending/gainers (cross-source)	+1
Matches ${var} thesis when set	+1

Drop candidates with market cap < $20M (too pumpable) unless ${var} explicitly targets micro-caps. Drop any token already picked in the last 7 days (per dedup gate) unless you can name a fresh catalyst.

Pick the highest-scoring token. Use WebSearch to surface the most likely catalyst and at least one named risk (regulatory, unlock, narrative-faded, exchange listing, etc.).

4. Score prediction markets — edge calculation

For the top ~10 markets by 24h volume that pass the dedup gate (and ${var} filter when set), do this for each:

1. Read the question and current YES price (price/outcomePrices).
2. Use WebSearch to gather 1–3 recent data points relevant to the resolution.
3. Estimate a fair YES probability as a single number (your best calibrated guess, not a range). State the 1–3 inputs you used.
4. Compute edge = |fair − current_price| as percentage points.
5. Liquidity gate: require 24h volume ≥ $50k AND market not resolving in < 24h (no last-minute mean-reversion roulette).

Pick the market with the largest edge that clears the gate. If you cannot defend a fair-value estimate within ±10% (insufficient public info), discard and try the next market.

5. Conviction tiers

Tier	Token criterion	Market criterion
HIGH	signal score ≥ 7	edge ≥ 10pp
MEDIUM	signal score 4–6	edge 5–10pp
SKIP	signal score < 4	edge < 5pp

Skip-day branch: if BOTH the chosen token and the chosen market land in SKIP, do not synthesize a pick. Send the skip message (step 6b) and log accordingly. This is a feature — forcing low-conviction picks degrades the signal of the whole feed.

6a. Notification — normal day (under 4000 chars)

Send via ./notify:

*Daily Pick — ${today}*

*Token: SYMBOL*  [HIGH | MEDIUM]  signal X/10
Price: $X.XX (±X.X% 24h / ±X.X% 7d) | mcap $XB | vol $XM (vol/mcap X.XX)
Score breakdown: [trending+2, vol/mcap+3, RS vs BTC/ETH+2, narrative+1] = 8/10
Catalyst: [one sentence — what's driving this right now, named source/event]
Risk: [one sentence — concrete risk, not generic "could go down"]
Vs recent picks: [first time / repeat with new catalyst: ...]

*Market: "Question?"*  [HIGH | MEDIUM]  edge Xpp
Current: YES X¢ / NO Y¢ | 24h vol $Xm | resolves: DATE
Fair YES: ~Y% (inputs: [src1], [src2], [src3])
Thesis: [one sentence — why the market is wrong, action implied]
Risk: [one sentence — what could make your fair-value estimate wrong]

sources: cg=ok|fail, dex=ok|fail, poly=ok|fail
not financial advice — pattern-matching only

If only one of the two pick types qualifies, send just that one section (omit the other entirely — do not include a HIGH and a SKIP in the same message).

6b. Notification — skip day

*Daily Pick — ${today}* — no picks

Token signals weak today (best: SYMBOL @ score 3/10).
Markets either thin liquidity or no defensible edge ≥ 5pp (best: "Question?" edge 2pp).

Tomorrow.
sources: cg=ok|fail, dex=ok|fail, poly=ok|fail

If all sources failed, send TOKEN_PICK_NO_DATA with the source-status line — do not invent picks from cached intuition.

7. Log to memory/logs/${today}.md

## Token Pick
- **Token:** SYMBOL — $price (±X% 24h) — tier HIGH/MEDIUM/SKIP — score X/10
- **Token thesis:** [one line, including catalyst]
- **Market:** "Question?" — YES X¢ — tier HIGH/MEDIUM/SKIP — edge Xpp
- **Market thesis:** [one line, including fair-value estimate]
- **Sources:** cg=ok|fail, dex=ok|fail, poly=ok|fail
- **Notification sent:** yes (normal | skip | no-data)

Append symbol + market question on a single line for easy grep next-day dedup, e.g.:

TOKEN_PICK_DEDUP: SYMBOL | "Will X happen by Y?"

Sandbox note

The sandbox may block outbound curl. Use WebFetch as a fallback for any URL fetch (CoinGecko, DexScreener, Polymarket all work without auth). For auth-required APIs, use the pre-fetch/post-process pattern (see CLAUDE.md). On total source failure, send the no-data notification rather than silent fail.

Environment Variables

• COINGECKO_API_KEY — CoinGecko API key (optional, increases rate limits)

Constraints

• Never force a pick. If signals are weak, the skip message IS the output.
• Never re-pick the same token or market within 7 days unless you can state a new catalyst in one sentence.
• Show your work: every score must show the breakdown; every edge must show the inputs.
• Liquidity gates (mcap ≥ $20M for tokens, 24h vol ≥ $50k for markets) are hard floors — ignoring them turns the feed into a degen casino.
• One token + one market max. Never bundle "honorable mentions" — that defeats the discipline.