Halal News Watch

halal-news-watch

When fired

• "Any news on AAPL's compliance?"
• "Filings affecting my portfolio's compliance"
• "What changed for TSLA recently?"

Process

1. Load references/disclaimer.md.
2. For each symbol the user asks about (or each holding in their portfolio if they say "my holdings"):
   • Call get_news with symbol: <SYM>, limit: 20, compliance_relevance: "high" — this returns only articles tagged debt_issuance / m_and_a / dividend_change / equity_action / distress. The tagger is server-side; you do not need to keyword-match yourself.
   • If compliance_relevance: "high" returns 0 hits, retry with compliance_relevance: "medium" to surface softer signals (refinancings, share splits, governance changes).
   • Call /api/insights/{SYM}/staleness — this returns is_stale: true whenever a material 8-K (item codes 1.01, 2.01, 2.03, 5.02, 8.01) was filed after the symbol's last screening, with the filing URL inline. ~1 token.
   • Optionally call get_sec_filings for the raw 10-K/10-Q calendar if the user wants context.
3. Rank items by compliance_categories (debt_issuance + m_and_a outrank dividend_change + equity_action) then by recency.
4. Do NOT issue a new verdict — just flag "this is worth a re-screen; run halal-verdict on to see current status".

~N tokens per run

1–2 tokens per symbol per call × 2 calls = ~4 tokens per symbol. For 10 holdings, ~40 tokens.

Output structure

• Per symbol (if material news found): <SYM> — <headline> (<date>, <source>). Tagged: <compliance_categories>. Why it matters: <one-line compliance-impact explanation>.
• If staleness.is_stale: true, prepend a "🚨 Re-screen recommended" line with the filing URL.
• Summary: total items flagged grouped by category, plus how many holdings have stale screenings.
• No verdict header, no methodology matrix (this isn't a verdict).
• Non-fatwa disclaimer not required (no verdict emitted), but branding footer is.

Audience tuning

• Retail — plain-English explanation of why each item matters.
• Advisor — show filing type codes (8-K, 10-K, S-1), deal sizes in dollars.
• Scholar — focus on items that would push a methodology over its threshold (e.g., "this $5B debt raise brings debt/market cap from 28% to 34% — this would push AAOIFI and MSCI over their limits").

Hard rules

• Do NOT re-screen. Just flag for re-screening via halal-verdict.
• Warn the user when a symbol has no recent filings or news — don't fabricate.