Merge pull request #413 from CadeYu/codex/exchange-qualified-tickers

fix: preserve exchange-qualified tickers across agent prompts

cli/main.py

@@ -501,7 +501,9 @@ def get_user_selections():
     # Step 1: Ticker symbol
     console.print(
         create_question_box(
-            "Step 1: Ticker Symbol", "Enter the ticker symbol to analyze", "SPY"
+            "Step 1: Ticker Symbol",
+            "Enter the exact ticker symbol to analyze, including exchange suffix when needed (examples: SPY, CNC.TO, 7203.T, 0700.HK)",
+            "SPY",
         )
     )
     selected_ticker = get_ticker()

cli/utils.py

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ from cli.models import AnalystType
 
 console = Console()
 
+TICKER_INPUT_EXAMPLES = "Examples: SPY, CNC.TO, 7203.T, 0700.HK"
+
 ANALYST_ORDER = [
     ("Market Analyst", AnalystType.MARKET),
     ("Social Media Analyst", AnalystType.SOCIAL),
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ ANALYST_ORDER = [
 def get_ticker() -> str:
     """Prompt the user to enter a ticker symbol."""
     ticker = questionary.text(
-        "Enter the ticker symbol to analyze:",
+        f"Enter the exact ticker symbol to analyze ({TICKER_INPUT_EXAMPLES}):",
         validate=lambda x: len(x.strip()) > 0 or "Please enter a valid ticker symbol.",
         style=questionary.Style(
             [
@@ -32,6 +34,11 @@ def get_ticker() -> str:
         console.print("\n[red]No ticker symbol provided. Exiting...[/red]")
         exit(1)
 
+    return normalize_ticker_symbol(ticker)
+
+
+def normalize_ticker_symbol(ticker: str) -> str:
+    """Normalize ticker input while preserving exchange suffixes."""
     return ticker.strip().upper()