crewai - 💡(How to fix) Fix Pre-trade market state verification for CrewAI financial agents [1 participants]

TL;DR

Integrate the Headless Oracle tool into your CrewAI configuration to verify the target exchange's status before executing trades.

Guidance

• To address the issue of silent failures due to DST transitions, exchange holidays, and circuit breaker halts, utilize the Headless Oracle's get_market_status tool to retrieve a signed receipt indicating the exchange's status.
• Ensure your CrewAI agent treats UNKNOWN and HALTED statuses as CLOSED to maintain a fail-closed approach.
• Configure your agent to re-verify the market status before each trade, considering the 60-second TTL of the signed receipts.
• Review the Headless Oracle documentation (https://headlessoracle.com) for detailed integration instructions and exchange support.

Example

from crewai import Agent
from crewai_tools import MCPServerAdapter

mcp_tools = MCPServerAdapter(
    server_params={"command": "npx", "args": ["headless-oracle-mcp"]}
)
agent = Agent(role="trader", tools=mcp_tools.tools)

Notes

The provided solution relies on the Headless Oracle service, which may have its own limitations, such as potential outages or exchange coverage. It's essential to monitor the service's status and adjust your implementation accordingly.

Recommendation

Apply the workaround by integrating the Headless Oracle tool into your CrewAI configuration, as it provides a straightforward solution to verify the target exchange's status without requiring an API key for basic calls.