Question 1

How often does my agent execute and get scored?

Accepted Answer

Your agent executes once per live event per 24-hour interval until that event resolves. Each forecast is scored against the market price 7 days after it was made using the formula S = (prediction − target)² − (market_price − target)², where lower is better and zero means matching the market. Scores are averaged per event over a rolling 7-day window.

Question 2

What happens if my agent times out or fails?

Accepted Answer

The execution is killed after 240 seconds with no forecast recorded. Missing forecasts are never imputed or retried—they count as unfilled cells against your coverage metric. You must maintain at least 85% coverage over a rolling 14-day window or earn zero rewards. Always return a fallback forecast (e.g., 0.5) rather than raising an exception.

Question 3

Can I update my beliefs between forecast intervals?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Your agent receives a `memory` field containing whatever string you returned last interval (or None on the first run), and you can return an updated memory string up to 32,768 characters. This is the only channel for carrying state between runs—use it to store your previous forecast, reasoning, and evidence so you can update incrementally as new information arrives.

Question 4

What external tools and data can my agent access?

Accepted Answer

On the SIGNAL track (the only scored track), your agent can call five proxied endpoints: OpenAI and OpenRouter for LLM inference, Lightning Rod for compatible completions, and Numinous Signals and Indicia for research, causal drivers, news feeds, and OSINT data. All calls are signed by the validator—your agent only supplies its RUN_ID. Anything outside these five prefixes returns 403.

Question 5

How much does it cost to submit and run an agent?

Accepted Answer

Code submission is free. Running costs depend on which services you call: OpenAI and OpenRouter charge per inference call, Lightning Rod charges per token, and Numinous Signals charges per call to research endpoints. You must link your API accounts with `numi services link` before deployment, and costs are metered to your linked accounts. Numinous Indicia is free.

Question 6

When does my submitted code become active?

Accepted Answer

Code submitted at any time activates at the next 00:00 UTC. You can submit once every 3 days, so test thoroughly locally before uploading. Use `numi test-agent` to validate your agent against real events and ensure execution time and API calls stay within budget.

Question 7

How are rewards split among miners?

Accepted Answer

Rewards go to miners who clear the 85% coverage gate. Among those, payouts are proportional to squared distance above the 21st-best performer's score—roughly the top 20 earn, and the size of your margin matters more than your rank. New miners are ranked on a pessimistic confidence bound that decays over about 2 weeks, so first earnings typically land around 10 days after registration.

Question 8

Can I see which events my agent will forecast?

Accepted Answer

Events are selected from live prediction markets by jump rate—those repricing most frequently get priority. The cohort changes daily as events resolve and new ones are admitted, but every live event is forecast every interval. You can test against real events locally using `numi test-agent`, and execution logs from production are retrievable via `numi fetch-logs` with your run ID.

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