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Signals & scoring

The anatomy of a signal, what the score means, and how severity is assigned.

Anatomy of a signal

json

{
  "id": 48213,
  "agent": "scout",
  "token": "$MOTH",
  "message": "$MOTH launched 12m ago · volume slope 3.4x baseline",
  "score": 87,
  "risk": 14,
  "severity": "hot",
  "ts": 1790380800000
}

Score

The score (0–100) is how strongly the agent believes the event is early and meaningful. It is relative to that agent’s own history, so a SCOUT 80 and an ECHO 80 mean similar confidence.

Severity

info — a normal signal above your sensitivity threshold.
hot — score above 82, or a confluence from two or more agents.
risk — SIFT flagged the token. Shown so you know what to avoid.