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Trigger & Ingestion
CRON / POLLER
Schedule: At 08:00 UTC, Monday through Friday
{
"sentiment": "bullish",
"confidence": 0.92,
"key_drivers": [
"Tech equities rallied 2.4%",
"Cooling inflation print",
"Fed potential rate pause"
],
"urgent_alert": false
}
| Dimension | Deterministic (Cron + Prompt + Webhook) | Fragile AI Agent Loop (ReAct / LangChain) |
|---|---|---|
| Execution Model | Linear DAG, 1 LLM call, fixed I/O contract | Unbounded while-loop with dynamic tool calling |
| Failure Modes | HTTP 4xx/5xx handled by exponential backoff | Tool hallucination, prompt injection, infinite looping |
| Token Consumption | ~450 tokens / run (exact template) | 6,000 - 25,000 tokens / run (memory accumulation) |
| Debuggability | Trivial curl replay with exact JSON snapshot | Non-deterministic trace; impossible to reliably reproduce |
| Maintenance Overhead | Zero runtime infrastructure (Runs on GH Actions / Cron) | Agent orchestration server, vector DB, session state sync |
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