fix(agents): say when the resolved identity is today's, not the run date's

- the vendor profile has no historical vintage, and every agent is told to anchor to it

tradingagents/agents/utils/agent_utils.py

@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ __all__ = [
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+from tradingagents.dataflows.utils import get_current_date  # noqa: E402
+
 
 def get_language_instruction() -> str:
     """Return a prompt instruction for the configured output language.
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ def build_instrument_context(
     ticker: str,
     asset_type: str = "stock",
     identity: Mapping[str, str] | None = None,
+    curr_date: str | None = None,
 ) -> str:
     """Describe the exact instrument so agents preserve identity and ticker.
 
@@ -144,6 +147,11 @@ def build_instrument_context(
     :func:`resolve_instrument_identity`), the company name and business
     classification are injected so agents anchor to the real company rather
     than pattern-matching the price chart to a wrong one (#814).
+
+    That profile carries no historical vintage: it describes the company today.
+    For a run dated earlier, the context says so, since a company that has since
+    renamed or been reclassified would otherwise anchor the whole graph to an
+    identity it did not have on the analysis date.
     """
     is_crypto = asset_type == "crypto"
     instrument_label = "asset" if is_crypto else "instrument"
@@ -174,6 +182,13 @@ def build_instrument_context(
             "Do not substitute a different company or ticker unless a tool "
             "result explicitly disproves this resolved identity."
         )
+        today = get_current_date()
+        if curr_date and str(curr_date) < today:
+            context += (
+                f" This identity is how the vendor describes the instrument today "
+                f"({today}), not necessarily on {curr_date}: a name or "
+                f"classification changed since then would read as the current one."
+            )
 
     if is_crypto:
         context += (

tradingagents/graph/trading_graph.py

@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ class TradingAgentsGraph:
         if updates:
             self.memory_log.batch_update_with_outcomes(updates)
 
-    def resolve_instrument_context(self, ticker: str, asset_type: str = "stock") -> str:
+    def resolve_instrument_context(self, ticker: str, asset_type: str = "stock",
+                                   curr_date: str | None = None) -> str:
         """Resolve ticker identity once and return the full instrument context.
 
         Deterministic yfinance lookup (cached, fail-open) injected into a
@@ -403,7 +404,7 @@ class TradingAgentsGraph:
         graph regardless of entry point.
         """
         identity = resolve_instrument_identity(ticker)
-        return build_instrument_context(ticker, asset_type, identity)
+        return build_instrument_context(ticker, asset_type, identity, curr_date)
 
     def _memory_as_of(self, trade_date) -> str | None:
         """Point-in-time cutoff for past-context lessons (#1251).
@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ class TradingAgentsGraph:
             past_context=self.memory_log.get_past_context(
                 company_name, as_of=self._memory_as_of(trade_date)
             ),
-            instrument_context=self.resolve_instrument_context(company_name, asset_type),
+            instrument_context=self.resolve_instrument_context(company_name, asset_type, trade_date),
             portfolio_context=portfolio.render(company_name) if portfolio is not None else "",
         )