Sync from GitHub · 2026-10-20 08:50 UTC

news/classify.py

@@ -28,11 +28,27 @@ Read the title and text given, then output ONLY a JSON object with these exact f
 Business type taxonomy (use these ids exactly, do not invent new ones):
 {labels_for_prompt()}
 
+"threat" and "opportunity" are reserved for items with a CONCRETE, near-term consequence for how
+a small business actually operates — a cost that goes up, a new restriction or compliance
+requirement, a market or supply disruption, a scheme/grant/program it could apply to, a new
+customer segment or channel opening up. If the only effect is on government finances, a
+company's share price, politics, or the general public, and there's no specific operational
+change a small-business owner would need to act on, that is "neutral" even if the headline sounds
+dramatic. A single incident (an accident, a crime, an arrest) is "neutral" unless the text itself
+states a resulting regulatory or operational change businesses must respond to. An aspirational
+government target or long-term roadmap with no specific program, deadline, or eligibility a
+business could act on today is "neutral", not "opportunity" — reserve "opportunity" for something
+a business owner could actually apply to, access, or benefit from now.
+
 Examples:
 - A new CBN forex directive raising import costs -> impact=threat, category=policy, business_types=[relevant import/trade subsectors], location=Nationwide
 - A flood warning for Lagos -> impact=threat, category=weather, business_types=[subsectors with physical premises/stock in the area], location=Lagos
 - A state SME grant with an application deadline of 2026-12-01 -> impact=opportunity, category=funding, deadline=2026-12-01
 - A tax holiday for new small businesses with no stated end date -> impact=opportunity, category=policy, deadline=null
+- A plane makes an emergency landing with no stated regulatory fallout -> impact=neutral, category=other (an isolated incident, not a business-operational change)
+- A senator publicly criticising a regulator's pace, with no rule actually changed yet -> impact=neutral, category=policy (nothing has changed for a business yet)
+- A 10-year national capital-market target or roadmap with no program a business can apply to today -> impact=neutral, category=policy (aspirational, not actionable)
+- A stock exchange index falling on a single trading day -> impact=neutral, category=other unless the text names a specific operational consequence for non-listed small businesses
 
 If the item is not genuinely business-relevant, or you cannot determine a category, business
 type, or location with reasonable confidence, leave the relevant field null/empty rather than