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Future Work (Backlog)

This directory contains future work - items that are blocked, deferred, or planned for later.

Distinction from _specs/

Directory Purpose When to Use
_specs/ Active implementation Work happening NOW
_future/ Backlog Blocked, deferred, or planned later

Current Backlog

Blocked (External Dependency)

ID Title Why Blocked
FUTURE-002 Kalshi Blocked Endpoints Subaccounts (new feature), Forecast history (no data), Institutional endpoints

Ideas (External Data Sources)

These are potential future integrations for information arbitrage. Prioritized by signal-to-effort ratio.

ID Title Priority Cost Notes
FUTURE-003 Polymarket Cross-Arbitrage High Free Best ROI - similar data model, direct price comparison
FUTURE-004 Twitter/X Real-Time Data Medium-High $100+/mo Breaking news, but expensive and noisy
FUTURE-005 Sportsbook Odds API Medium Free-$80/mo Sports markets only, aggregator APIs available
FUTURE-006 Alternative News Sources Low Free HN/Reddit/RSS - Exa already covers most

Agent Evaluation & Optimization

ID Title Priority Blocked By Notes
FUTURE-008 DSPy Evaluation & Optimization Medium-High Need 100+ resolved predictions Auto-optimize synthesizer prompts, calibration metrics
FUTURE-009 Escalation Pathway Medium Nothing (ready when needed) Multi-agent critique, deeper research on low-confidence results

Strategy: Complete vertical stack (SPEC-030 → 033 → 032) first. Design ResearchProvider interface to be pluggable, then add external sources as providers.

Workflow

  1. New future work: Create FUTURE-XXX-description.md
  2. Ready to implement: Move to _specs/ as SPEC-XXX
  3. Implemented: Move to _archive/

ID Convention

  • FUTURE-XXX (001+): Substantial future features with full spec
  • FUTURE-00X (00A-00Z): Small blocked/deferred items

Archive (Completed)

Completed backlog items are stored under docs/_archive/future/ (excluded from the MkDocs site build). See docs/_archive/README.md for the archive structure.

Recently Promoted to Specs (2026-01-19)

ID Title Status
FUTURE-007 LLM Synthesizer Implementation ✅ Promoted → SPEC-042

Previously Promoted to Specs (2026-01-18)

ID Title Status
FUTURE-001 Exa Research Agent ✅ Promoted → SPEC-033
TODO-00B TradeExecutor Phase 2 ✅ Promoted → SPEC-034

Recently Completed (2026-01-15)

ID Title Status
TODO-00A API Verification Post-Deadline (Jan 15 cent removal) ✅ Complete

Recently Completed (Ralph Wiggum Cleanup - 2026-01-09)

ID Title Status
TODO-009 Cent-to-Dollar Field Migration ✅ Complete
TODO-008 Agent Safety Rails (dry_run) ✅ Complete
TODO-007 Market Timing Safety ✅ Complete
TODO-006 Session Friction Audit ✅ Complete
TODO-005 Market Open Date Validation ✅ Complete