From 10f2644408d2f5e18ad2ca87dcd342bd8de883da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Jeynes <william.jeynes@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 20:10:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use a slightly smaller model. Reduce concurreny. Be more
 clear in the prompts

---
 agent/nodes/model.ts            | 4 ++--
 agent/prompts/normalization.txt | 2 +-
 agent/prompts/relation.txt      | 9 ---------
 agent/prompts/trigger.txt       | 6 ++++++
 agent/prompts/verify.txt        | 8 --------
 supporting/Wrapper/run.ts       | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 agent/prompts/relation.txt
 delete mode 100644 agent/prompts/verify.txt

diff --git a/agent/nodes/model.ts b/agent/nodes/model.ts
index 74bdbe0..ef5778f 100644
--- a/agent/nodes/model.ts
+++ b/agent/nodes/model.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ export function createModelNode(tools: any, promptPath: string): GraphNode<typeo
         const sysPrompt = await hydratePrompt(promptPath, state);
 
         const model = new ChatOllama({
-            model: "llama3.1:8b-instruct-fp16",
-            temperature: 0.7,
+            model: "llama3.1:8b-instruct-q4_K_M",
+            temperature: 0.3
         });
 
         const modelWithTools = model.bindTools(Object.values(tools));
diff --git a/agent/prompts/normalization.txt b/agent/prompts/normalization.txt
index 1ac0f94..75b2206 100644
--- a/agent/prompts/normalization.txt
+++ b/agent/prompts/normalization.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ Relevent examples are included in preceeding messages, use these as exact inspir
 The claim to normalize is:
 ###TITLE###
 
-Produce no other text other than the condensed claim.
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+Produce no other text other than the condensed claim in inverted commas. Nothing should be around the normalised claim.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/agent/prompts/relation.txt b/agent/prompts/relation.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9136212..0000000
--- a/agent/prompts/relation.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-Could the following real-world event:
-###TECLAIM###
-
-Be a trigger for the following disinformation:
-###TITLE###
-
-Respond with "RELATION", followed by : followed by a confidence score (VERYHIGH, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, VERYLOW) followed by : followed by the reason. Use no other words, just return the score and reason in format.
-
-Ignore wether the event happened or not, purely consider the likiness of causation
diff --git a/agent/prompts/trigger.txt b/agent/prompts/trigger.txt
index d934e42..96de655 100644
--- a/agent/prompts/trigger.txt
+++ b/agent/prompts/trigger.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ Include a url to a source for your trigger event (not a web search, a specific u
 Include the date that the event happened ("March 2022" for exmaple)
 
 Use a JSON format with each entry containing "Event,ReasoningWhyRelevant,SearchQuery,Url,Date".
+Return ONLY valid JSON.
+Do not include explanations.
+Do not wrap in markdown.
+Do not label where the json is using colons
 
 Multiple tool invocations should be requested at once, if applicable.
 Use your abilities to look between the lines and produce some insightful analysis, thinking both short and long term.
@@ -26,4 +30,6 @@ Events will be reordered as part of processing, each statement must stand alone
 The preceeding messages act as examples of previous responses to potentially ficitonal events and scores given.
 Analysis should only be completed for proposed events that would graner >0.7 points
 
+Since URLs change frequently, use tools to retreive up to date informaiton everytime, provided examples or existing knowledge will be wrong or out of date.
+
 Lets go through it step by step
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diff --git a/agent/prompts/verify.txt b/agent/prompts/verify.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3df5d86..0000000
--- a/agent/prompts/verify.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-Do the search results cited below
-###TESEARCH###
-Support the idea that the following happened:
-###TECLAIM###
-
-Respond with "CONFIDENCE", followed by : followed by a confidence score (VERYHIGH, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, VERYLOW) followed by : followed by the reason. Use no other words, just return the score and reason in format.
-
-Dates can be off by a few days, that would still be valid
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diff --git a/supporting/Wrapper/run.ts b/supporting/Wrapper/run.ts
index 50fcaf9..6f6c191 100644
--- a/supporting/Wrapper/run.ts
+++ b/supporting/Wrapper/run.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const AGENT_NAME = process.env.AGENT ?? "agent";
  */
 const MODE = process.env.MODE ?? "claim";
 
-const MAX_CONCURRENCY = 5;
+const MAX_CONCURRENCY = 1;
 
 const client = new Client({ apiUrl: API_URL });