I can't affort the full model lol. Use jsonrepair module to fix agent malformed JSON instead.

agent/nodes/model.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export function createModelNode(tools: any, promptPath: string): GraphNode<typeo
         const sysPrompt = await hydratePrompt(promptPath, state);
 
         const model = new ChatOpenAI({
-            model: "gpt-5-mini"
+            model: "gpt-5.4-mini"
         });
         const modelWithTools = model.bindTools(Object.values(tools));
 

agent/nodes/verificationSetup.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { GraphNode } from "@langchain/langgraph";
 import { MessagesState, ProposedTriggerEventArray } from "../state";
 import { logger } from "../utils/logger";
-import { queryScraper } from "../tools/webSearch";
+import { jsonrepair } from 'jsonrepair'
-import { rankAndDisplayData } from "../tools/triggerEventTools";
 
 export const verificationSetup: GraphNode<typeof MessagesState> = async (state) => {
   //this is kinda doing two things, but having two nodes for it seems overkill
@@ -11,7 +10,10 @@ export const verificationSetup: GraphNode<typeof MessagesState> = async (state)
     logger.warn("No trigger events in memory, parsing")
 
     let genResponse = state.messages.at(-1)?.content.toString() ?? "";
-    const parsed = ProposedTriggerEventArray.parse(JSON.parse(genResponse));
+
+    const repaired = jsonrepair(genResponse);
+
+    const parsed = ProposedTriggerEventArray.parse(JSON.parse(repaired));
 
     for (let i = 0; i < parsed.length; i++) {
       const search = parsed[i].SearchQuery

agent/package-lock.json

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         "dotenv": "^17.2.3",
         "exponential-backoff": "^3.1.3",
         "fs": "^0.0.1-security",
+        "jsonrepair": "^3.13.3",
         "langchain": "^1.2.14",
         "selenium-webdriver": "^4.40.0",
         "tldts": "^7.0.23",
@@ -2075,6 +2076,15 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-ZClg6AaYvamvYEE82d3Iyd3vSSIjQ+odgjaTzRuO3s7toCdFKczob2i0zCh7JE8kWn17yvAWhUVxvqGwUalsRA==",
       "license": "ISC"
     },
+    "node_modules/jsonrepair": {
+      "version": "3.13.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonrepair/-/jsonrepair-3.13.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-BTznj0owIt2CBAH/LTo7+1I5pMvl1e1033LRl/HUowlZmJOIhzC0zbX5bxMngLkfT4WnzPP26QnW5wMr2g9tsQ==",
+      "license": "ISC",
+      "bin": {
+        "jsonrepair": "bin/cli.js"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/jszip": {
       "version": "3.10.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jszip/-/jszip-3.10.1.tgz",

agent/package.json

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "dotenv": "^17.2.3",
     "exponential-backoff": "^3.1.3",
     "fs": "^0.0.1-security",
+    "jsonrepair": "^3.13.3",
     "langchain": "^1.2.14",
     "selenium-webdriver": "^4.40.0",
     "tldts": "^7.0.23",

agent/prompts/trigger.txt

@@ -26,4 +26,8 @@ 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
 
+First, consider a range of directions in which the proposed disinformation could have been influenced by.
+Then, research these directions in turn, using the tools at hand.
+Finally, refine your proposed "trigger event" until it is specific, quantifiable and backed up by evidence.
+
 Lets go through it step by step

agent/tools/webpageFetch.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export async function extractWebpageContent(url: string): Promise<string[]> {
     const response = await backOff(async () => {
       return await extractWebpageContentWorker(url);
     }, {
-      numOfAttempts: 10,
+      numOfAttempts: 5,
       startingDelay: 500,
       timeMultiple: 2,
       jitter: "full",